CIGR Newsletter No 51
CIGR-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES
A chronological list of events in the field of agricultural engineering can also be found in our Events Calendar which can be consulted on CIGR’s Website:
2nd IFAC/CIGR International Workshop on Bio-Robotics, Information Technology and Intelligent Control for Bioproduction Systems
This event will be held on 25-26 November, 2000 in Osaka, Japan. The workshop aims at providing a forum for presenting new approaches and results on bioproduction robots including many kinds of automated or autonomous machine systems with or without manipulators, information-oriented technology to deal with variability, and technology intelligence for bioproduction systems.
For further information, please contact: Prof. Naoshi Kondo
Faculty of Agriculture Okayama University 1-1-1, Tsushima-Naka Okayama 700-8530, Japan
E-mail: nkondo@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
XIV Memorial CIGR World Congress 2000
The XIV CIGR World Congress will be held on 28 November - 1 December 2000 at the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. This Congress is sponsored by CIGR and the Science Council of Japan and organised by the Japan Association of the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering and the University of Tsukuba in co-operation with AAAE, ALIA, ASAE, EurAgEng and SEASAE. Topics include:
* Land and water use
* Farm buildings, equipment, structures, environment
* Equipment engineering for plant production
* Rural electricity and other energy sources
* Management, ergonomics and systems engineering
* Processing New agricultural technologies in the 21st century: informatics, life support systems, plant factories
* Global agriculture in the 21st century: paddy field agriculture, upland field agriculture, small-scale farming, sustainable bio-production and processing.
Language: English
For detailed information consult our website at:
http://bee2.en.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cigr2000/
For further information, please contact: Dr. H. Nishina, Dept. Biomechanical Systems; Ehime University, Tarumi, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan. Fax.: +81 89 947 8748;
E-mail: nishina@agr.ehime-u.ac.jp
4th IFAC/CIGR International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture AIA 2001
The meeting will take place from 6-8 June 2001 in Budapest, Hungary. It is organised by the Department of Physics and Process Control, Gödöllö University of Agricultural Sciences, and by the Process Control Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences – GUAS. It is supported by CIGR, the International Federation of Automatic Control, TC on Modelling and Control in Agricultural Processes, TC on Intelligent Control in Agricultural Automation, Gödöllö University of Agricultural Sciences and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Topics of interest include:
* Fundamental representation issue
* Tools, techniques, algorithms
* Applications and partical issues
Deadlines:
Submission of abstracts 31 Oct 2000
Notification of acceptance 15 Jan 2001
Submission of full papers 31 Mar 2001
Early registration 25 Apr 2001
For paper submission and information contact:
Secretariat of the AIA’2001 Workshop; c/o Prof. I. Farkas; Department of Physics and Process Control; University of Agricultural Sciences; Godollo, Páter K. u. 1. H-2103 HUNGARY; Tel: + 36 28 522055; Fax: + 36 28 410804
E-mail: IFARKAS@FFT.GAU.HU
http://fft.gau.hu/events/aia2001.html
The 2nd IFAC/CIGR/JSAM/CREATA/HimII Workshop on "Intelligent Control for Agricultural Applications"
This event will be held on 22-24 August, 2001 in Bali, Indonesia. Topics will include:
* Genetic algorithms
* Fuzzy methods
* Neuro-fuzzy methods
* Post harvest operations
* Control for precision farming
* Harvesting systems
* Quality and storage automation
* Food processing control
* Ergonomics
* Instrumentation and Measurement
* Robotics for Bio-production and Bio-systems
Deadlines:
Abstracts: 27 Nov 2000
Notification of Authors: 5 Feb 2001
Full Papers: 7 May 2001
For further information go to www.creata-ipb.com/icaaa-ifac
CIGR Section IV International Conference on Intergrated Renewable Energy for Regional Development–CIRERD 2001
The conference will be held in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, from 28-31 August 2001. Main points of the conference are:
* Renewable energy for rural household (food and fuel)
* Renewable energy applications for agricultural production
* Renewable energy for small and medium scale industries
* Supply and demand modeling of renewable energy for integrated rural development
* Government policy on renewable energy (country report)
* Experiences gained from renewable energy pilot projects
Important dates:
Abstracts 1 Nov 2000
Notification of Authors 1 Feb 2001
Full Papers 1 May 2001
For further inforamtion contact the Conference Secretariat,
CIRERD 2001 Secretariat, c.q. CREATA-Research Institute-IPB, Darmaga Campus PO Box 220 Bogor 16002, INDONESIA; Tel./Fax: 62-251-621886/7
e-mail:cirerd01@indo.net.id; www.creata-ipb.com/cirerd
International Symposium on Agricultural Buildings of CIGR Section II
This symposium will be held on 3-7 September, 2001 in Campinas, SP, Brazil. It is organised by CIGR Section II: Farm Building, Equipment, Structures and Environment in co-operation with the Brazilian Society of Agricultural Engineering (SBEA) and the Brazilian Agricultural and Animal Research Company (Embrapa). It is organised by the State University of Campinas - UNICAMP The official language will be English with a translation to Portuguese. Topics:
Landscape and planning
Construction: materials and technique
Climatisation: environmental aspects
Architectural layout
Infrastructure
Research institutes, universities and related industrial companies are invited to present results in oral and poster sessions. General Correspondence:
AgriBuilding 2001, FEAGRI – UNICAMP. Caixa Postal 6011, 13081-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Tel.: +55-19-788-1039; Fax: +55-19-788-1010,
E-mail:
International Workshop on
Wastewater Reuse Management
The Workshop is organized by the ICID Work Team on Use of Poor Quality Water together with CIGR Section I: Land and Water Use, the Korean National Committee of ICID-KNCID, the British Section of ICID, and CIHEAM/MAI-B, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Bari, Italy, as a part of 52nd ICID International Executive Council Meeting, which will be held in Seoul, South Korea in September 2001. As co-sponsors appear EurAgEng: Soil and Water Group, the World Bank, and the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association, NOWRA, USA. Topics will include:
* Technology
* Health related issues
* Environmental impacts
* Cost effectiveness
* Soil – crop – water management
* Planing and institutional aspects
Abstracts (max 600 words) should be directed to the Secretariat. The language will be English. Deadlines:
Submission of 600 words abstracts 1 Sep 2000
Notification of acceptance or rejection 1 Nov 2000
Receipt of full-length manuscript 1 Feb 2001
Receipt of final manuscript 1 Jun 2001
For further information contact the Secretariat:
Dr. R. Ragab, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8BB, UK. Tel:+44-1491-692303; Fax: +44-1491-692424; E-mail: Rag@ceh.ac.uk
CAPPT2001 – 3rd IFAC/CIGR Workshop on Control Application in Post-Harvest and Processing Technology.
This event will be held on 3-5 October, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan.
The main points of the workshop are:
* Optimal control, intelligent control, Fuzzy control
* Measurement and modelling of crop or product responses for quality enhancement during storage of processing
* Identification of control structures based on plant responses
* Intelligent, crop based decision criteria
* Effect of product variability on control strategy
* Compartments and instruments for control in processing and storage
Deadlines:
Call for papers: 30 Nov 2000
Abstracts: 31 Mar 2001
Notification of authors: 15 May 2001
Full papers: 15 July 2001
For further Information, please contact: Prof. S. Oshita, Graduate School of Agri. & Life Sci.; Dep. of Biological & Environmental Eng.; University of Tokyo; Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 111-8657; Japan
CIGR Section II Symposium on
"Animal Welfare Considerations in Livestock Housing Systems"
The meeting will take place from 22-24 October 2001 at the Technical University of Zielona Góra, Poland. It is supported by CIGR Section II, the Polish Committee of Agricultural Engineering, the Agricultural University of Wroclaw, and the Technical University of Zielona Góra. The symposium language will be English, and the main topics of the symposium will be:
* Farm animal welfare: the contemporary context
* Testing methodologies, techniques and equipment
* Influence of housing systems on animal health
* Influence of housing systems and stockperson attitude on animal welfare
* Environmental effects on animal stress, behavior and productivity.
* Effect of animal welfare considerations on technical solutions of livestock housing and equipment.
* Animal welfare in the context of other concerns about animal agriculture
* Genetic aspects of animal welfare
* Economic constraints and incentives in promoting farm animal welfare
Call for papers
Short (max 300 words) abstracts for paper or poster presentations should be sent by mail, fax or e-mail to the Symposium Secretariat by November 15, 2000. The program committee will review the abstracts and notify authors of acceptance by March 1, 2001.
For inquireies contact Symposium Secretariat:
Department of Agricultural Buildings, Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Pl. Grunwaldzki 24, 50 363 Wroclaw, Poland; Tel: +48 71 320 55 26; Fax: +48 71 320 55 84; E-mail: ibr@ozi.ar.wroc.pl;
or Prof. Tadeusz Kuczynski, Technical University of Zielona Góra, ul. prof. Zygmunta Szafrana 2, 65 016 Zielona Góra, Poland; Fax: +48 71 337 13 82; E-mail: t.kuczynski@wm.pz.zgora.pl
Also check the following web pages: www.pz.zgora.pl/cigr/ or www.ar.wroc.pl/english/conferences/index.html
