CONTROLO2024: 16th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal, July 17-19, 2024

Conference website	https://controlo2024.pt
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=controlo2024
Submission deadline	May 10, 2024

We invite the control engineering community to submit a paper or a Session Proposal to the the 16th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing (CONTROLO 2024), to be held in Porto, Portugal, from 17 to 19 July 2024. The contribution can be in the form of a submitted paper to be included in a Regular Session or a Special Session proposal.Regular sessions are within the scope of the following topics:

• Control Systems;
• Automation and Robotics;
• Soft-Computing.

To enhance the technical program and focus on specific topics and areas, CONTROLO 2024 will include Special Sessions in addition to regular ones.The working language of the conference is English.

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts should be written in English with a paper length of 10 pages (max.), including figures and tables. Up to two (2) additional pages can be accepted. Authors must adhere to the written format of the conference proceedings. Further details are in the “Information for Authors of Springer Proceedings” here. Latex and Word templates and an eBook sample can be found on the same site here.

List of Topics

Research topics of interest for submission include but are not limited to:

Control Systems

• Adaptive Control
• Aeronautics and Aerospace control
• Control Education
• Control technology, sensors and actuators
• Control Theory
• Architectures and Applications
• Discrete-event systems
• Distributed Control
• Estimation and Identification
• Fault Detection, Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control
• Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy
• Systems and Control
• Human in the Loop Control
• Hybrid Systems
• Intelligent and AI Based Control
• Linear and Nonlinear Control
• Modelling and Simulation
• Networked Control Systems
• Optimal, Robust and Stochastic Control
• Optimization Approaches
• Remote and Virtual Laboratories

Automation and Robotics

• Automated Guided Vehicles
• Autonomous Agents
• Cyber Physical Systems
• Embedded Systems
• Factory Modelling and Automation
• Grafcet and Petri-Nets
• Human – Agent Interaction
• Human-Machine Interfaces
• Industrial Networks and Automation
• Industrial Automation
• Instrumentation
• Internet of Things and Industry 4.0
• Manufacturing systems
• Mechatronics Systems
• Mobile Robots
• Modelling of Complex Systems
• Perception and Awareness
• Process Automation
• Real-Time Systems
• Robotics
• Vision, Recognition and Reconstruction

Soft-Computing with application to Control, Automation or Robotics

• Adaptive and Dynamic Programming
• Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition
• Cloud, Fog and Big Data
• Cognitive Artificial Systems
• Computational Intelligence
• Data Mining and Information Retrieval
• Data Reduction and Interpretation
• Evolution of AI Systems
• Independent and Cognitive Computing
• Intelligent Agents and Context Awareness
• Knowledge Acquisition and Representation
• Machine Learning
• Perception Intelligent Decision Systems
• Reinforcement and Deep-Learning

Approved Special Sessions

SS1. “Geometric and Analytic Methods for Nonlinear Data”

Knut Hüper, Mathematisches Institut, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany / Fátima Silva Leite, Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal

SS2. “Optimal Control: Theory, Methods and Applications

Sofia Lopes, Universidade do Minho, Portugal / Nathalie Khalil, SYSTEC-ARISE, Universidade do Porto

SS3. “Control in Airborne Wind Energy Systems”

Luis A. Roque, ISEP, Politécnico do Porto / Luis Tiago Paiva, SYSTEC-ARISE, Universidade do Porto

SS4. “Control in the space of probabilities and its applications”

Dmitry Karamzin, SYSTEC-ARISE, Universidade do Porto / Maxim Staritsyn, SYSTEC-ARISE, Universidade do Porto / Nikolay Pogodaev, Dipartimento di Matematica “Tullio Levi-Civita”, Universita degli studi Padova, Italy / Roman Chertovskih, SYSTEC-ARISE, Universidade do Porto

SS5. “Numerical aspects of optimization and optimal control”

Roman Chertovskih, SYSTEC-ARISE, Universidade do Porto / Silvio Gama, CMUP, Universidade do Porto

SS6. “Hybrid Techniques Applied to Modelling and Control of Engineering Systems”

Matilde Santos, University Complutense of Madrid / Jesús Enrique Sierra-García, Universidad de Burgos

SS7. “Control Applications in Robotics”

Paulo Costa, University of Porto / José Lima, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança / José Gonçalves, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

Updated in: https://controlo2024.pt/special-sessions/

Committees

General Chair

                António Pedro Rodrigues Aguiar (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

Co-Chair

                Maria Paula Macedo Rocha Malonek (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

IPC Chair

                Fernando A.C.C Fontes (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

IPC Vice-chair

                Paulo Tabuada, University of California at Los Angeles, USA,

Vice-Chair from Industry

                Dr Bharat Chetry, Vestas Technology Centre, Porto

Organizing Committee

                Adriano Carvalho (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Fernando Fontes (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Gil Gonçalves (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Margarida Ferreira (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Maria do Rosário Pinho (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Roman Chertovskikh (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Sílvio Gama (Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto)

                Vítor H. Pinto (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

Section Chairs

                Financial: Vítor H. Pinto (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Local Arrangements: Maria do Rosário Pinho (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Publication: Roman Chertovskikh (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Publicity: Gustavo A. Andrade (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

Integrated Conference Coordination Committee (ICCC)

                Paulo Lopes (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

                Sara Costa (Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto)

International Program Committee (IPC)

                Aamir Ahmad, University of Stuttgart, Germany

                Alberto Cardoso, DEI/CISUC – University of Coimbra, Portugal

                Alessandro Saccon, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

                Alex Alcocer, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

                Alexandra Moutinho, IDMEC/LAETA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                Amélia Caldeira, School of Engineering Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

                Anastasios Tefas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

                André Conceição, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

                André Teixeira, Uppsala University, Sweden

                Aniko Costa, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

                António Pascoal, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                António Ruano, CSI, FCT, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

                António Sala, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

                António P. Moreira, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal

                Antónios Tsourdos, Cranfield University, United Kingdom

                Camelia Avram, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

                Carla Viveiros, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Portugal

                Carlos Balsa, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

                Carlos Cardeira, IDMEC/LAETA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                Constantino Lagoa, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

                Cristian Mahulea, University of Zaragoza, Spain

                Diogo Gomes, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

                Duarte Valério, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                Elisa Capello, Politecnico di Torino, CNR-IEIIT, Italy

                Estela Bicho, University of Minho, Portugal

                Fabrício Nogueira, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Brazil

                Fátima Silva Leite, University of Coimbra, Portugal

                Fátima Pina, Instituto Superior de Gestão e Administração de Santarém, Portugal

                Felipe Pait, University of São Paulo, Brazil

                Fernanda Coutinho, Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, Portugal

                Fernando Lizarralde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

                Filipe Moutinho, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

                Filomena Soares, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

                Gabor Sziebig, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

                Grace Deaecto, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

                Hamed Khodadadi, Islamic Azad University, Iran

                Hong Yue, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

                Hyo-Sang Shin, Cranfield University / Defence Academy of the UK, United Kingdom

                Izaskun Garrido, University of the Basque Country, Spain

                Jan Komenda, Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno Branch, Czechia

                Jianhua Zhang, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

                João Paulo Coelho, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal

                João Hespanha, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States of America

                João Martins, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

                João Rosas, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

                João M. Lemos, INESC-ID/IST, Portugal

                John Ringwood, NUI Maynooth, Ireland

                John Rossiter, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

                José Araujo, Ericsson Research, Sweden

                José Lima, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal

                José Boaventura, UTAD University, Portugal

                José Gonçalves, ESTiG-IPB, PortugalJosé Sánchez, UNED, Spain

                Josenalde Oliveira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

                Karl Johansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

                Katalin Hangos, HAS Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungary

                Katarina Zakova, FEI STU, SlovakiaKnut Hüper, University of Wuerzburg, Germany

                Lorenzo Marconi, DEI-University of Bologna, Italy

                Lucíola Campestrini, UFRGS, Brazil

                Luís M. Camarinha-Matos, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

                Manuel Arias-Montiel, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Mexico

                Manuel Braz-Cesar, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal

                Manuel Silva, ISEP-IPP and INESC TEC CRIIS, Portugal

                Marcos Moreira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

                Margarida Camarinha, University of Coimbra, Portugal

                Maria Ruano, University of Algarve, Portugal

                Maria Tomas Rodriguez, The City, University of London, United Kingdom

                Maria Pia Fanti, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy

                Mário Mendes, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Portugal

                Matilde Santos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

                Mauro Mancini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

                Michael Sebek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia

                Michel Kinnaert, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

                Miguel Ayala Botto, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                Mihoko Niitsuma, Chuo University, Japan

                Mikulas Huba, STU Bratislava, Slovakia

                Nuno Amaro, R&D Nester, Portugal

                Nuno Martins, University of Maryland, USA

                Oscar Barambones, University of the Basque Country, Spain

                P. B. Sujit, Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India

                Patrícia Pena, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

                Paulo Costa, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal

                Paulo Gil, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

                Paulo Moura Oliveira, UTAD University, Portugal

                Paulo Oliveira, IDMEC/LAETA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                Paulo Rosa, Deimos Engenharia SA, Portugal

                Paweł Martynowicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland

                Pedro Batista, ISR/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                Pedro Lourenço, GNC division/Space Segment and Robotics BU/GMV, Portugal

                Pedro Pereira, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

                Rafal Wisniewski, Aalborg University, Denmark

                Ramon Vilanova, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Spain

                Reza Gabchelo, Tampere University, Finland

                Ricardo Queiros, Agostinho Neto University, Angola

                Rita Cunha, ISR/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

                Roberto Galeazzi, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

                Rodolfo Oliveira, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

                Ron Patton, University of Hull, School of Engineering, United Kingdom

                Rui Azevedo Antunes, DEE-ESTS, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal

                Rui Barros, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal

                Samuele Grillo, Department of Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

                Sandra Ricardo, UTAD, PortugalSérgio Pequito, Uppsala University, Sweden

                Silvio Simani, Dept. of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Italy

                Stanimir Valtchev, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

                Sylvain Bertrand, ONERA, France

                Teresa Azevedo Perdicoulis, ISR, Coimbra, UTAD, Portugal

                Thor I. Fossen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

                Valter Leite, CEFET-MG / Campus Divinópolis, Brazil

                Vicenc Puig, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

                Vilma Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Brazil

                Vinayak Prabhu, Colorado State University, USA

                Wojciech Giernacki, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

                Zhan Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

                Zita Vale, GECAD, ISEP/IPP, Portugal

Publication

The proceedings of CONTROLO 2024 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes on Electrical Engineering and indexed by:

• EI-Compendex
• SCOPUS
• MetaPress
• Springerlink

Venue

CONTROLO 2024 will be held at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto located at Rua Dr Roberto Frias, sn, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal. Coordinates: 41.1780, -8.5980 (41° 10’ 40.8’’ N, 8° 35’ 52.8’’ W).

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@controlo2024.pt 

CONTROLO2024 Secretariat:

                SYSTEC - Research Center for Systems & Technologies

                Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - Porto

                Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

                Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, sn, office i217, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

                Phone: (+351) 22 041 3211 e-mail: info@controlo2024.pt

Sponsors

APCA - Associação Portuguesa de Controlo Automático

ISR - Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - Porto

FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto