The first International Conference on Power Control and Optimization PCO 2008

Date: 18-20th, July 2008,  Venue: Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Paper Submission Via E-mail: icpco.20@gmail.com

It is our great pleasure to announce the first International  Conference on Power Control and Optimization PCO 2008, which
will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 18 to 20 July 2008. The Conference is sponsored by Ilog, WSEAS, EUROPT, Elsevier, and IEEE Thailand section and organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand and Curtin University, Malaysia.

Scope of the conference is contemporary and original research and educational development in the area of electrical power engineering, control systems and methods of optimization techniques. The scope of the conference includes, but not limited to, the following topics:

- Hybrid hydrogen renewable energy
- Controllers, drives and machine design
- Smart System
- Mechatronics and nano physics
- NEMS and MEMS
- Simulators and software engineering
- Soft computing and computational intelligent
- Fuzzy and hybrid optimization
- Artificial immune systems
- Evolutionary algorithms
- Ant colony, Genetic and Swarm optimization
- Probabilistic & possibilistic optimization
- Production design and Rough set
- Optimization and decision making
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Prospective authors from universities and industries are invited to submit abstract online before the deadline. Paper should be
submitted electronically, formatted in PDF file or MSWord.

All papers will be peer reviewed by two independent reviewers as per IEEE guide. Selected papers from PCO-08 will be published in Elsevier, Hindawi, Bentham, WSEAS and Springer Verlag, Journals.

Proposal for holding special sessions and workshop are invited from prospective authors and industrial bodies, and should be
addressed to the Chair, Special Sessions.

The program committee found speakers and sponsors from both industry and academics, and is currently looking for more from industries and professional bodies.

Authors' deadlines:
Receipt of Full Papers 30/06/08
Registration with full payment 30/06/08

Each accepted paper must be presented by one of the authors after paying the necessary fee of EURO 200.00 for all delegates,
accompanies and students. No discount or waving will be given any way.

Organizing Committee
Nader Barsoum, Malaysia
Sermsak Uatrongjit, Thailand
Pandian Vasant, Malaysia
Nipon Theera-Umpon, Thailand
Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul, Thailand

Steering Committee
Jeffrey Webb, Thailand
Fernando Jimenez, Spain
Cevetco Andreeski, Macedonia
Kaisa Miettinen, Finland
Erik Kropat, Germany

Program Committee
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Paper Submission Via E-mail: icpco.20@gmail.com
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Sincerely yours
Chairman
PCO'20008

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EUROPT (EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization):
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- a Sponsor of PCO'2008 - welcomes you.