2011

Oral Presentation

Oral presentation consists of 25 minutes for presentation of the problem, the background, the innovative approach, the new results, the comparative evaluation and questions from attendees. A question and answer period of approximately 5 minutes are included in the 25 minutes allotted for the presentation. Acceptable formats for presentations are MS PowerPoint 2003.

To perform the presentation, the following equipment will be available in the conference room:

Laptop computer (with MS Windows XP operating system and PowerPoint 2007) and LCD projector. Please bring your presentation on a memory stick to upload on the laptop provided prior to your session.

The presenter should prepare a reasonable number of electronic slides, so as not to exceed the 25 minute time. Typically, 1 slide is presented in 1 minute. Additional slides could be prepared to support possible answers to attendees' questions.

Each slide should not be overcrowded by text and graphics. Too much text should be avoided: slides should support the presentation, they should not be simply read by the presenter.

Graphics should be designed to help in the overall communications, to illustrate key points and illucidate the basic ideas. Avoid excess graphics as this makes the overall file size large and can delay slide loading.

Use large fonts so as they are readable without efforts: typically 20 point font is the smallest that should be used. Headers within the body are typically 24-pt and slide headers are typically 28 or 32-pt font. Use Arial, Verdana or other san-serif font for readability.

Poster Presentation

The maximum usable area for posters is:
Width = 40 inches ( 102 cm )
Height = 40 inches ( 102 cm )
Supplies needed for attaching the posters to the poster boards will be provided. There will be session chairs to direct those who have poster presentations to the appropriate location.

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Transportation

• There are direct flights to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport from Amsterdam, Frankfort, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and other cities. You are advised to fly to Hangzhou via Hong Kong or Beijing if all possible. Transfer from Beijing or Hong Kong to Hangzhou Airport takes no more than 2 hours.

• Shanghai Pudong Airport is one of the largest and busiest airports in Asia. There are direct flights to Shanghai Pudong Airport from New York, San Francisco, Vancouver, Paris, London, Frankfort and many more. An express train service from Shanghai to Hangzhou takes one and a half hours. You need to take subway, taxi or bus to Shanghai Railway Station from the airport. Alternatively, you may take the shuttle bus from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Hangzhou. The journal takes normally less than three hours. On arriving in Hangzhou, you can take a local taxi to the conference hotel.

• The Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail service is now avaliable.
  Shanghai and Hangzhou are now connected by an express rail service, further expanding China’s network of high-speed trains.
  
  The 202km journey has been shortened to 45 minutes from 78 minutes. It begins at Shanghai Hongqiao Station and passes through nine stops before arriving at Hangzhou Station.
  
  Since no central online booking engine exists currently, the most practical way to purchase tickets is to buy directly at the station or through travel agents. A one-way first-class ticket for the entire journey costs RMB131 (US$20.1) and a second-class ticket costs RMB82 (US$12.96).

• There will be complimentary pick-up transport service at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. There will also be guide service at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, and there will be buses for attendees who arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport after 8:00pm (USD20/person,RMB 130). It is suggested that attendees get to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport through Beijing or HongKong.
  
  

Guide Services

For conference attendants, we offer guide services from Shanghai Pudong International Airport or Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Statioin or Hangzhou Railway Statioin or Hangzhou Tourist (Yellow Dragon) Center Or Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport on May 8 and 9, 2011. The conference volunteers will use the logo of I2MTC as welcome board.

For detailed route information with maps please click here.

The Impression on the West Lake is a landscape subject-live show directed by Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge and Fan Yu, the famous directors in China.

Strong history and culture to the West Lake and the beautiful natural scenery as a source of creativity, in-depth digging Hangzhou, an ancient folk tales, myths, cultural and historical representation of the elements of the West Lake to reproduce the same time, re-use of high-tech way, "West Lake Rain", from a side of West Lake and West Lake in the rain to reflect the natural charm of the rain. The entire landscape Virtual performances, through dynamic interpretation, realistic reproduction of the Hangzhou City connotation and condensed into a natural landscape to a high standard of art in the world, introduced to the world.

"The Romance of the Song Dynasty” is an indoor and panorama style large-scale show. It is based on Hangzhou history and mythology which is a combination of singing, dancing and acrobatics. The show will give you a pleasant and impressed feeling and its standard can be compared to the “Red Grindery” in Paris and “O Show” in Las Vegas.

Social Program:

Tuesday, 10 May 2011
*Welcome Reception to be held between 6pm and 8pm in the conference hotel.

Wednesday, 11 May 2011
*Conference Dinner to be held in the Banquet Hall of the conference hotel.  *Traditional Chinese music and dance will be available during the Dinner.

Thursday, 12 May 2011
*Optional theatrical performance either the Romance of the Song Dynasty or Impressions on the West Lake.

Excursions and Tours:

• Boating on the West Lake
• Buying silk products and dragon-well tea
• Shopping in the cultural street (souvenirs)
• Tour of Zhejiang University Campus 
• Tour of the Key Instrumentation Research Lab

Final Instructions

The Conference Proceedings will be included in the IEEE Interactive Electronic Library (IEL) as part of IEEE Xplore. All authors who have been accepted must register for the conference and attend the conference to present their paper. Authors who do not attend the conference to present their papers, or arrange for a co-author or knowledgeable colleague to present their paper in the absence of the primary author, will not have their paper published in the IEEE IEL and IEEE Xplore, per latest IEEE policy.

1. Prepare the final version of the manuscript using the paper templates linked below.

Paper Templates

Final Paper Appearance

REMEMBER: the final version of a paper in the format given above CANNOT EXCEED 6 PAGES. NO EXCEPTION IS ALLOWED.

2. Register online.

You MUST register before uploading your final paper. Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author has registered and paid the FULL IEEE Member or Non-Member registration fee by March 1, 2011. Student fees do not ensure publication of a paper - no exceptions. One full registration covers only one (1) paper. To guarantee inclusion in the proceedings of more than one (1) paper, the author must pay a USD $50 surcharge for each paper in excess. If you need to register by bank transfer, please contact Rachel Edmunds, I2MTC 2011 Administrator.

NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S COMPLETED REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT.

3. An electronic version of the final manuscript must be generated for the conference proceedings.

From the final manuscript formatted as instructed above, authors must generate the electronic version in PDF format. Regardless of its initial format, the file containing the final version of the paper must be transformed in the PDF format using the IEEE PDF express web tool. PDF files generated by means of other tools are not acceptable.

To generate the IEEE Xplore compatible PDF file of your paper, follow these steps:

Create your IEEE PDF eXpress account by going to: http://www.pdf-express.org and using Conference ID: i2mtc11xx

The first time you access the system, please follow the link to New user. Please note that, in order to access the service, you need to allow the use of cookies from the PDF eXpress web site. Once you have registered as a new user:

1. upload the source file (containing your paper) for conversion
2. receive by e-mail the IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF of your paper. Once you’ve received your PDF file, upload it to EDAS

4. Send the electronic version of the final manuscript, complete the presenter's biography form, and submit the copyright form through EDAS by March 1, 2011.

1. Once you receive your Xplore compatible PDF, log in at http://edas.info

2. Upload you paper.
Click the My Papers tab. Click the upload icon (third column from the right) and a dialog box will open that will enable you to select and upload your paper via the web or via FTP.

3. Fill in and sign the IEEE Copyright Transfer form.
The IEEE is enforcing strict copyright rules. For your convenience, the copyright form is made available electronically through EDAS. To access the copyright form, click on the 'My Papers' tab and then click on the copyright icon under the copyright column (second column from the right). Authors who are not authorized to sign a copyright transfer form, should download the paper version of a copyright transfer form, fill it in, and ask an authorized person to sign it.Then, send the completed form to the I2MTC 2011 Administrator by fax: +1 (352) 872 5545.
NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE SUBMITTED COPYRIGHT FORM.

4. Prepare the presenter's biography form.
Please declare who will be presenting the paper at the conference on EDAS. To do this, click the 'My Papers' tab, click on your paper title, and then click the Change/Add icon in the Presenter row. Indicate who will present the paper and click Choose presenter. Presenters must fill out a short bio (50 word max) on EDAS by going to the ‘My Profile’ tab and filling in the information in the ‘Brief bio’ field. Information in this form will be used by the session chairperson to introduce the presenter.

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR WEB AND INTERNET POSTING

If authors like to post their papers electronically on any web site, any ftp site, or any other electronic dissemination technique, they must include the IEEE Copyright notice on the initial screen displaying the IEEE-copyrighted material.

Problems in preparing and submitting your final manuscript? Further Information?

Contact the IEEE I2MTC 2011 Conference Administrator:

Rachel Edmunds
Conference Catalysts, LLC
1-352-872-5544

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IEEE Interantional Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques
Batu Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia
May 17 - 18, 2011     

Tutorial Fees

IEEE Member  $125.00
Non-Member  $175.00
Student           $50.00

I2MTC TENTATIVE TUTORIAL SCHEDULE
9 May 2011

I²MTC 2011 SPECIAL ISSUE OF IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT

The I²MTC 2011 Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, intended to promote best results presented at I²MTC 2011, will be published in May 2012.

The I²MTC 2011 Special Issue will contain 40-60 papers selected on the basis of the results of regular peer review of the manuscripts submitted for consideration by the participants of I²MTC 2011. Each manuscript should be based on a paper published in the I²MTC 2011 Proceedings and presented at I²MTC 2011. However, the manuscript MUST be significantly extended beyond the scope of the proceedings paper (in terms of the overall TECHNICAL content and research results).

Special issue manuscript may ONLY be uploaded in the period of June 4th to the 20th, 2011. Please DO NOT try to submit your papers earlier, since the I2MTC Special Issue folder in Allentrack will not be available. NO LATE MANUSCRIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

GUEST EDITORS

Yong Yan received the B.Eng. and M.Sc. in instrumentation and control engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in solids flow measurement and instrumentation from the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, U.K., in 1992. Dr. Yan started his academic career in 1988 as an Assistant Lecturer at Tsinghua University. In 1989 he joined the University of Teesside as a Research Assistant. After a short period of postdoctoral research, he worked initially as a lecturer with the University of Teesside during 1993-1996, and then as a senior lecturer, reader and professor, respectively, with the University of Greenwich during 1996-2004. He is currently a Professor of Electronic Instrumentation, the Head of Instrumentation, Control and Embedded Systems Research Group, and the Director of Research at the School of Engineering and Digital Arts, the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.

Dr. Yan has published in excess of 260 research papers in archived journals and conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology (formerly IEE), the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Measurement and Control, U.K. He is a member of five UK national technical committees and expert panels. He was appointed as Kuang-Piu Guest Professor at Zhejiang University and Yangtze Scholar Professor at Tianjin University, P R China in 2005 and 2006, respectively. In recognition of his contributions in particle flow measurement and combustion flame imaging, Dr. Yan was awarded the Achievement Medal by the IEE in 2003 and the Engineering Innovation Prize by the IET in 2006 and the Rushlight Commendation Award in 2009, respectively. He has been teaching electronic instrumentation and related modules on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels for more than 17 years. His contribution in engineering education was recognized by a national award from the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2007.

Ruth Dyer

PREPARATION FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

The manuscript, together with the accompanying documents “viz. the manuscript submission cover letter, the IEEE copyright transfer form, and the overlength page charge form” must be submitted electronically using the web-based submission system. Prior to submission of the manuscript, its author, especially if he/she has not yet used that system, should register and obtain a password that will enable him/her to enter the system and read Authors Instructions and Manuscript Upload Instructions. Both instructions contain information of vital importance for the problem-free submission. In particular, Authors Instructions provide the guidelines for the preparation of the manuscript. The following additional requirementsmust also be satisfied when submitting the manuscript:

1.  The manuscript must be TECHNICALLY extended beyond the scope of the proceedings paper, as mentioned above.
2. At the time of submission, the authors must provide detailed information regarding how the manuscript is a technically-extended version of the proceedings paper, as per the instructions below.
   
   
3. The proceedings paper MUST be clearly referred to in the text and listed as one of the references in the special-issue manuscript.
   
   
4. A PDF copy of the proceedings paper must also be submitted, as per the instructions below.

When uploading your manuscript click on “Special Issue Manuscript” in the “Manuscript Upload Instructions” page of the Allentrack System.  Then, in page #1 of “Submit Manuscript” you must choose the proper Special Issue (i.e., I2MTC 11 Special Issue).  Subsequently, in the same page and in the “Files to Upload” section you MUST upload two files; one with containing a detailed explanation of how the paper is TECHNICALLY extended beyond the scope of the proceedings paper and another which is a PDF copy of the I2MTC 2011 Proceedings paper.  To this end, you must put the number “2” in the small box in front of “Extension Beyond Proceedings & Copy of Proceedings (if any was published)” so that the system allows you to upload these two files.  Consequently, these two files will be available to the reviewers.

Failure to submit a detailed explanation of the TECHNICAL extension and a PDF copy of the I2MTC Proceedings paper will result in the immediate return of the manuscript to the author(s) as an unacceptable submission.
Notice: The I2MTC 2011 paper identifier should be put in the upper right-hand corner of every document to be submitted.

Further information and help:

Mrs. Cam Ingelin
Editorial Assistant
E-mail: c.ingelin@ieee.org