[rp-ml] Call for abstracts - 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping

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Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping(VRAP
2005), Leiria, Portugal
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The 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and
Rapid Prototyping (http://www.estg.ipleiria.pt/dem/vrap2005) is going to
be held on 28th September-1st October 2005 at Leiria, Portugal. The
organising committee of the VRAP International Conference is calling for
papers with an abstract deadline of 20 December 2004. Please see the
information below:
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The conference will take place at the School of Technology and
Management which is at an important industrial centre and historical
city of Portugal, Leiria, distant around 1 hour from Lisbon. This School
provides education in the sectors of technology and management for more
than 5000 students and is one of the six Schools forming the Institute
Polytechnic of Leiria.VRAP is designed to be a major forum for the
Scientific exchange of multi-disciplinary and inter-organisational
aspects of virtual and physical prototyping and related areas. On
October 2003 the Institute Polytechnic of Leiria hosted the 1 st
International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid
Prototyping. The Conference carried out a full paper submission
refereeing process resulting in just 103 papers.
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Conference Topics
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1. CAD and 3D data acquisition technologies · Fast geometrical modelling
schemes · 3D digitising · X-ray tomography · Photogrammetry ·
Image-based modelling systems 2. Materials · Advanced rapid prototyping
materials - ceramics - polymer liquid crystals - composites, etc. ·
Biomaterials 3. Virtual environments · Virtual engineering and
manufacturing · Virtual enterprise engineering · Internet-based product
development · Rapid prototyping simulation and optimisation · New
methods for virtual prototyping 4. Advanced rapid prototyping
technologies and nanofabrication · Advances on material removal and
addition otechnologies · Research on new rapid prototyping otechnologies
· Micromachining · Nanofabrication 5. Rapid tooling and manufacturing ·
High speed machine technology · Small batch production methods · Systems
for the direct manufacturing of metallic and ceramic components 6.
Concurrent engineering · Concurrent engineering in virtual environment ·
Frameworks for information sharing · Collaborative decision-making in
concurrent engineering · Concurrent design and manufacture 7.
Human-machine interaction 8. Applications · Model-making, tool-making
and mould-making · Automotive industry · Medical technology ·
Architecture and art, etc.
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Call for Papers
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Simple page abstracts addressing the conference themes are invited from
all interested participants and can be submitted by email to
pbartolo@estg.ipleiria.pt or by mail to the Conference Chair. Abstracts
should be no more than 500 words in length and should summarise the
intended content of the paper and the substantive issues it will rise.
All abstracts and full papers will be rigorously refeered. All papers
will be included in conference proceedings published on an ISBN numbered
book, published by A.A. Balkema an imprint of Taylor&Francis Group and
made available to delegates attending the conference.
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Important Dates
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Submission of Abstracts: 20 th of December 2004 Notification of
acceptance: 21 th of January 2005 Submission of preliminary papers: 14
th of March 2005 Acceptance of papers with referee comments: 29 th of
April 2005 Submission of revised camera-ready paper: 3 rd of June 2005
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Conference Chair Paulo Jorge Bártolo Head of the Mechanical Engineering
Department School of Technology and Management Morro do Lena, Alto
Vieiro Aprt. 4163 2401-951 Leiria Portugal Tel.: +351 244 820 374 Fax.:
+351 244 820 310 Email.: pbartolo@estg.ipleiria.pt Organising Committee
Artur Mateus Fernando Batista Henrique Amorim Joel Vasco Mário Correia
Nuno Alves Nuno André Paulo Bártolo Paulo Lima Paulo Novo Pedro Custódio
Pedro Martinho Rui Carvalho
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Received on Wed Nov 17 20:44:41 2004