<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Please find below the CfP for book chapters. We are also seeking editorial review board members for this book as well. Interested parties are welcome to contact the book editor using the email address in the call.</div>
<div> <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Regards, Zongwei</div></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Proposal Submission Deadline: Oct 30, 2013</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Robotics, Automation and Control in Industrial and Service Settings</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">A book edited by Dr. Zongwei Luo</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">(University of Hong Kong, China)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">To be published by IGI Global:
</span><a href="http://bit.ly/15TBQvk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">http://bit.ly/15TBQvk</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">For release in the
</span><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-civil-industrial-engineering/73673" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering (ACIE)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">
Book Series</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">The <b>Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering (ACIE) Book Series</b> aims to present research and methodology that will provide solutions and discussions to meet such needs. The latest
methodologies, applications, tools, and analysis will be published through the books included in <b>ACIE </b>in order to keep the available research in civil and industrial engineering as current and timely as possible.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Introduction</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Vision for robotics, automation, and control in industrial and service settings has been driven by fast advances in information technology (e.g., RFID, sensors, Internet of Things, and the Cloud).
A smarter world vision supported by ubiquitous interconnection and intelligence has generated considerable interest and demand for the next generation of robotics, automation, and control technologies and their applications towards enabling smart manufacturing
and human-centric services. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Objective of the Book</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">This book will provide a forum of innovative findings in advanced robotics, automation, and control research and development. It aims to promote an international knowledge exchange community
involving multidisciplinary participation from researchers, practitioners, and academicians with insight addressing real life issues and problems toward smarter manufacturing and human-centric services. By disseminating the latest developments in robotics,
automation, and control innovation and transformation upon current and/or emerging technology opportunities and market imperatives, this book covers both theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for smart manufacturing and human-centric service research
and development.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Target Audience</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">The target audience will include multidisciplinary participants from society, industry, academia, and government. The book will be suitable as a reference book for college students and professors.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Topics Covered</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Topics related to robotics, automation and, control will be welcome. Examples of relevant topic areas include, but are not limited to, the following:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Next generation robotics</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Human-centric computing and services</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Robotics for service enablement</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Robotics for automation and control</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Smarter manufacturing and industrial automation</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Virtual and augmented reality</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, and compliant motion control</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Sensing and actuation for robotics</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Submission Procedure</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
<b><i>October 30, 2013</i></b>, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by
<b><i>November 30, 2013</i></b> about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by
<b><i>February 28, 2014</i></b>. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Publisher</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference,
Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit
</span><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">www.igi-global.com</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">. This book is anticipated
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">October 30, 2013:
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">November 30, 2013:
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">February 28, 2014:
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">April 30, 2014:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif""> Review Results Returned</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">May 30, 2014:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif""> Final Chapter Submission</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">June 30, 2014:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif""> Final Deadline</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><i>electronically</i></b> (Word document) or by <b><i>mail</i></b> to the Editor:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Zongwei Luo</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">ETI, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Or via E-mail at
</span><span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:zwluo@hku.hk" target="_blank">zwluo@hku.hk</a></span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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