A special session is a group of 6 papers (or multiple of 6), organized on the initiative of any volunteer proposing NO MORE than 2 papers inside. Special session topics must be in areas consistent with those of the conference.

In order to avoid that Special Sessions tend to draw papers from Regular Tracks, the Special Sessions on Topics not enough specific and too general will be rejected.

List of Accepted Special Sessions

The following is list of accepted Special Sessions and Call for Papers.
You can upload provisional Special Session full papers by specifying the corresponding session in the pull down menu at IECON2015 manuscript submission system.
Notice that the deadline of full paper is the same as of the regular papers.

No Special Session Title / Organizer CFP
SS1 Big Data Analytics for Industrial Informatics
Elizabeth Chang, Paulo Leitao, Tharam Dillon, Farookh Khadeer Hussain
SS2 Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) for transportation, logistics and asset management
Elizabeth Chang, Tharam Dillon, Armando Colombo
SS3 Digital Ecosystems and Smart Technologies
Elizabeth Chang, Veleriy Vyatkin, Farookh Hussain
SS4 Trust, Security, Privacy and Risk in Industrial Informatics
Elizabeth Chang, Omar Hussain, Naeem Janjua, Farookh Hussain
SS5 ROBOTICS IN THE MODERN AGE
Hitoshi Kino, Tomonori Kato, Kenji Tahara
SS6 Wireless Power Transfer
Zhen Zhang, Chunhua Liu
SS7 Advancing Electric Vehicle Technologies
Chunhua Liu, Zhen Zhang
SS8 Induction Heating Systems
Óscar Lucía, Claudio Carretero
SS9 Biomimetics and Intelligent Robotics
Maki K. Habib, Keigo Watanabe, Fusaomi Nagata
SS10 Information Technologies for Smart Grids
Thomas Strasser, Sebastian Rohjans
SS11 Real-time Simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation Methods for Power and Energy Systems
Georg Lauss, Thomas Strasser
SS12 Smart Sensors for the Future “Internet of Things”
Zhichao Tan, Stoyan Nihtianov, Ridha Ben-Mrad, Antonio Luque
SS13 Signal and Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Techniques for Electric Machine and Power Electronics Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis
Jose Antonino-Daviu, Hubert Razik
SS14 New methodologies in electrical and electronic engineering education
Jose Antonino-Daviu, Larisa Dunai Dunai
SS15 Fault Detection, Diagnostics and Prognostics in Electromechanical Devices
Omid Geramifard, Le Tung, Jian-Xin Xu
SS16 Multiphase Electric Machines for Generation and Motor Applications
Emil Levi, Federico Barrero
SS17 Biomedical Applications of Industrial Electronics
Carlo Cecati, Toshio Fukuda, Óscar Lucía
SS18 CONTROL AND FILTERING FOR DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED SYSTEMS
Qing-Long Han, Chen Peng
SS19 ADVANCED CONTROL OF ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
Michael Ruderman, Makoto Iwasaki
SS20 MULTIFUNCTIONAL HIGH POWER FACTOR RECTIFIERS
Hadi Y. Kanaan, Kamal Al-Haddad
SS21 MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Hadi Y. Kanaan, Kamal Al-Haddad
SS22 ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Hadi Y. Kanaan, Kamal Al-Haddad
SS23 Vision Sensing and Data Processing for Human Assistive Systems
Sota Shimizu, Naoki Oda, Toshiyuki Murakami
SS24 Multilevel Converter
Marcelo A. Perez, Sergio Vazquez
SS25 Conversion and Control of Photovoltaic Energy Systems
Samir Kouro, Christian Rojas
SS26 Optimized real-time control strategies of power electronics for embedded hybrid energy systems
Fei Gao, Alexandre De Bernardinis
SS27 MATRIX CONVERTERS
Marco Rivera, José Rodríguez, Patrick Wheeler, Haitham Abu-Rub
SS28 Advanced Motion Control for Mechatronic Systems
Hiroshi Fujimoto, Makoto Iwasaki, Roberto Oboe, Toshiaki Tsuji
SS29 Engineering Paradigms for Automated Facilities
Matthias Foehr, Tobias Jäger, Paulo Leitão
SS30 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON TIME-DELAY SYSTEMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Qing-Long Han, Yutaka Uchimura
SS31 ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND DRIVES FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES
Christopher H. T. Lee, T. W. Ching
SS32 RENWEABLE ENERGY HARVESTING TECHNIQUE FOR FUTURE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Wenlong Li, T. W. Ching
SS33 Intelligent Robotic Control and Motion Planning
Xu Jianxin, Ren Qinyuan
SS34 Vehicle Intelligence for Proactive Assistance
Takahiro Wada, Takashi Bando, Tadahiro Taniguchi
SS35 Bio-signal and Multimedia Signal Processing
Nozomu Hamada, Yasue Mitsukura
SS36 Power electronic converters for fuel cell electric transportation
Arnaud GAILLARD, Daniela CHRENKO
SS37 Human Support and Monitoring Technology on Human Factors
Kang-Hyun JO, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Sho YOKOTA, Satoshi SUZUKI
SS38 Smart Transparent Actuation Systems
Kyougnchul Kong, Hiroshi Fujimoto
SS39 New trends in Education regarding Cyber-Physical Systems and Industrial Agents
Armando Walter Colombo, Paulo Leitão, João Martins
SS40 Wireless and Cloud Systems for Industrial Sensing Applications
Mikael Gidlund, Kim Fung Tsang, Gerhard P. Hancke
SS41 Real-World Haptics Based on Motion Control Technology
Seiichiro Katsura, Kiyoshi Ohishi, Yasutaka Fujimoto
SS42 FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND FAULT TOLERANCE IN POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVES
Chiara Boccaletti, António João Marques Cardoso
SS43 Building Automation –Solving the Complexity Challenges
Jan Haase, Gerhard Zucker
SS44 Static and Dynamic Wireless Charging for Electric Transportation
Giuseppe Buja, Akshay Kumar Rathore, Kishore Naik Mude
SS45 RESONANT POWER CONVERTERS TOPOLOGIES, CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS
Maria Teresa Outeiro, Giuseppe Buja
SS46 Information and Communication Technology for Smart Energy Application
Palensky Peter, Jan Haase, Hiroaki Nishi
SS47 Nonlinear Control Techniques for Power System and Renewable Energy Applications
Ahmed Al-Durra, S.M. Muyeen, M. E. H. Benbouzid

Organizer Instructions

Any potential organizer (or group of organizers: no more than 2) has to complete the following tasks:

  • provide Special Sessions Co-Chairs with a provisional title of the special session;
  • send a "Call for Papers" dedicated to that special session to Special Sessions Co-Chairs (one PDF page as the one provided in the conference website): Deadline March 15, 2015;
  • send a potential list of authors to be invited to submit a paper;
  • send a list of potential reviewers (at least 3 reviewers per paper) to facilitate the review process

If less than 6 papers will be submitted before the end of the deadline, the submitted papers will be moved to regular tracks to be reviewed as regular contributions.

Special Sessions Co-Chairs

Prof. Makoto Iwasaki:
Prof. Roberto Oboe:
"Call for Papers" template Template
Deadline for Special Session proposal submission March 15, 2015
Deadline for uploading provisional Special Session full papers SAME AS REGULAR PAPERS - April 15, 2015