12th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control  April 9-11, 2015, Howard Civil Service International House, Taipei, Taiwan Sponsor: IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Honorary Chair Tsu-Tian Lee, Tamkang U., Taiwan General Chair Chi-Hsu Wang, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan General Co-Chairs Shun-Feng Su, Nat. Taiwan U. of S&T Wei-Yen Wang, Nat. Taiwan Normal U. Program Chair Yo-Ping Huang, Nat. Taipei U. of Tech. Program Co-Chairs Chin-Wang Tao, Nat. I-Lan Univ. Jyh-Yeong Chang, Nat. Chiao Tung U. Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern Univ. Special Sessions Co-Chairs Ching-Chih Tsai, Nat. Chung Hsin Univ. Kuang-Yow Lian, Nat. Taipei U. of Tech. Publication Chair Chen-Chien Hsu, Nat. Taiwan Normal U. Webmaster Co-Chairs Cheng-Ming Huang/Chao-Cheng Wu Nat. Taipei U. of Tech. Publicity Co-Chairs Qianchuan Zhao, Tsinghua Univ. Rudy Negenborn, Delft Univ. of Tech. Conference Theme: Intelligent Networking, Sensing and Control for Industrial Machines The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control will be held in Taipei, Taiwan. This conference will provide a remarkable opportunity for the academic and industrial communities to address new challenges and share solutions, and discuss future research directions. It will feature plenary speeches, industrial panel sessions, funding agency panel sessions, interactive sessions, and invited/special sessions. Contributions are expected from academia, industry, and management agencies. Technical topics of the conference include but are not limited to: Award Chair Pao-Lo Hsu, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ. Finance Chair Tesheng Hsiao, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ.. Local Arrangements Co-Chairs Kuo-Hsiung Tseng/ Pang-Jung Liu Nat. Taipei U. of Tech. International Advisory Co-Chairs MengChu Zhou, NJ Inst. of Tech. Zofia Lukszo, Delft Univ. of Tech. International Advisory Committee Philip C. L. Chen, Univ. of Macao Chengbin Chu, Ecole Central Paris Houshang Darabi, U. of IL at Chicago Mincong Deng, Tokyo U. of A&T Larry Hall, Univ. of South Florida Henry Leung, Univ. of Calgary Xiaoou Li, CINVESTAV-IPN Chin-Teng Lin, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ. Derong Liu, Univ. of IL at Chicago Saïd Mammar, Evry University Imre. J. Rudas, Obuda Univ. Kazuo Tanaka, Univ. of Elect.-Comm. Fei-Yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sci. Wen-June Wang, Nat. Central Univ. Jiacun Wang, Monmouth University Naiqi Wu, Guangdong Univ. of Tech. Automobile control and sensor systems Bio-informatics, bio-signals and systems Collaborative systems Complex system management Control of networks Distributed intelligent systems Emergency mitigation Emergency planning Emergency response Fuzzy and neural systems Hazard mitigation Heterogeneous wireless networks Homeland security Human factors Human adaptive mechatronics Human/computer interface Information systems & infrastructure Intelligent vehicle highway systems Internet of things Medical and patient monitoring Micro/nano, electro-mechanical sensor systems Multi-agent systems Multi-level multi-objective optimization Network security Network-based computing systems Networked control systems Resilient Control systems Sensor design, integration and fusion Sensor networks Smart car and vehicle control Smart grids Smart home environments Smart vision and image processing Space-based networking Tele-robotics Wireless communications Workflow management PAPER SUBMISSION Complete manuscripts must be electronically submitted through the conference website http://www.icnsc.org Submitted manuscripts should be within six (6) pages in IEEE two-column format, including figures, tables, and references. Please use the templates at Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings from the conference website to prepare your paper. All submissions MUST be in PDF format. IMPORTANT DATES Special session proposals deadline ------------------- September November 1, 2014 Paper submission deadline------------------------------ October 1 January 10, 2015 Notification of acceptance------------------------------ November 15, 2014 January 16, 2015 Camera-ready copy due--------------------------------- December 15, 2014 January 30, 2015