Scope of Conference

Original unpublished papers are invited in all areas of design, manufacturing, and innovation. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

-         Additive/Layered Manufacturing/Rapid Prototyping

-         Big Data Applications in Manufacturing

-         Bionic Mechanisms and Bio-manufacturing

-         Cloud Manufacturing / Cloud Automation

-         Collaborative Design/Distributed Design

-         Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing

-         Design Informatics

-         Design Theory and Methodology

-         Human Centric Design and Manufacturing

-         Human Factors Engineering

-         Industrial Internet / Internet of Things in Manufacturing

-         Innovative Manufacturing Processes

-         Mass Customization and Personalization

-         Nano and Micromanufacturing

-         Product Lifecycle Management

-         Service Innovation and Design

-         Sustainable Design and Manufacturing

-         Virtual Engineering and Virtual Manufacturing

-         Visual Analytics in Design and Manufacturing

Submission of Papers

Papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, is limited to 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.

Publication

All submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE categorized conference proceedings and will be submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex) and other indexing services. Extended versions of selected papers will be recommended and further published in the special issues of well-known SCI journals such as Computers in Industry (pending), International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (pending).

February 28, 2014: Full paper submission due

March 31, 2014: Notification of acceptance

April 30, 2014: Final papers due

April 30, 2014: Author registrations due

For more details, please visit http://www.icidm2014.org/.