A number of Specialized Research Sessions will be arranged during the ERSA conference. The aim of Specialized Research Sessions is to concentrate on the specific topics of a general interest.

The deadline for proposals is January 15, 2011.

ERSA EC (Executive Committee) considers the proposals, and if the proposal is approved, the session chairs can call invited speakers and advertise the open submission of regular papers.

Chairs

Each session has a Chair (usually a senior academician or a senior industrial manager) and a Co-Chair (usually a post-doc, assistant professor or design engineer from industry).

Session chairs are responsible for invited papers, i.e. for inviting and soliciting top-level professors and industrial leaders to present their work and achievements on the specific area. Session chairs prepare a general intro and topics of interests that they will distribute among colleagues and, which is published on the ERSA website.

Invited Papers

Invited Papers must summarise a research in some topic area where the presenter has achieved outstanding results recognized worldwide by the research community. Invited Papers are not research papers, are not transferable to some other person in the research group of invited person or somebody else and, in a normal case, must be written and presented by the invited author solely. In some cases, ERSA accepts up to two co-authors; SC should approve this. If the presenter cannot participate for some reason, the talk is usually cancelled. In general, it is not accepted that somebody else will present the talk. (Note, the reason to invite somebody, is to have a talk given by this particular outstanding researcher). In some case we can accept replacement, in this case, Chairs should contact with SC.

Each invited paper is a full IEEE two-column paper up to 14 pages; normally, it is 10 pages. In some circumstances (top-level professors and CEOs), we accept invited presentations without paper, but we request at least one page extended abstract for each presentation. Conference SC should approve this case.

Session

It is expected that the Specialized Research Sessions will have around six papers proposed by Chairs. (In some cases, the ERSA EC may make an exception and accept a Specialized Research Sessions with a smaller number of papers.) This is the responsibility of the Specialized Research Sessions chairs to have a sufficient number of submissions and accepted papers. ERSA PC (Program Committee) will review the Specialized Research Sessions papers together with Session chairs and is responsible for the quality of session. The ERSA conference reserves the right to restructure the Specialized Research Sessions. Papers of Specialized Research Sessions may be of all categories: invited/distinguished papers, regular papers, short papers. and posters. The session chairs will participate in the final selection of papers. All accepted papers will be published in ERSA Proceedings.

Specialized Research Sessions proposal

Proposals must include a list of six papers / presentations with tentative titles, list of authors, and one page abstracts. The list should indicate the Invited talks, with the short Bio of all invited authors. On that basis, the SC makes his decision to accept or reject the session. Once SC has accepted the session and presentations, no changes in the list of authors of invited papers are allowed.

• Brief description of the session
  1. Title of the Specialized Research Sessions
  2. An introduction, a list of topics/scope of the technical session, the novelty, and the importance to the ERSA audience.
  3. A short biography of the Specialized Research Sessions organizers.
• List of contributors
  1. It is expected that session organizers take a contact with potential contributors in advance to submitting the proposal.
  2. A list of possible contributors, including titles, authors, contact information of the corresponding authors, and a short abstract of each contribution.
  3. A list of Invited Talks and Authors, including tentative titles, short abstracts, and Bios with contact information
  4. Technical session should not include more than one overview paper.
  5. Organisers should not contribute more than one paper.
  6. Once the technical session is accepted, it will be listed on the ERSA website and the submission is open for everybody.

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