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HOME CALL FOR PAPERS IMPORTANT DATES INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS Welcome MECHANISM DESIGN CONTEST FOR STUDENTS KINEMATICS WORKSHOP CONFERENCE PROGRAMME CONFERENCE ORGANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGISTRATION ACCOMMODATION CONTACT AMM HOMEPAGE IFTOMM HOMEPAGE The Association for Machines and Mechanism, India, is the national affiliate of IFToMM, an international body of about fifty member nations. India was one of the thirteen founder members when IFToMM came into being in the year 1969. The national body of AMM was founded in 1984. The main objective of AMM is to contribute to mechanical design at all levels starting from academic research to industrial initiatives, thereby enhancing the quality and reliability of indigenous machines. With this in view, AMM organises the National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, NaCoMM, and the workshop, Industrial Problems on Machines and Mechanisms, IPRoMM, regularly. NaCoMM 2011 is the 15th in the series of biennial conferences organised under the aegis of AMM. The conference aims at bringing together researchers, industry experts and students interested in various aspects of design and analysis of machines and mechanisms. This year the conference starts with a one-day workshop, focussing on the kinematics of mechanisms and robot manipulators. The conference proper would consist of regular paper and poster presentations, and special talks by experts. Selected papers from the conference would be published in the IFToMM's scientific journal, Mechanism and Machine Theory. Also included in the conference is the Students' Mechanism Design contest, an event that became part of NaCoMM in 2009. About Association for Machines and Mechanism and IFToMM About the Conference Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras, under the aegis of Association for Machines and Mechanisms (AMM) and the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM) announces the 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM 2011) to be held in IIT Madras between November 30 to December 02, 2011.

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HOME Download the first Call for Participation (PDF) CALL FOR PAPERS Download the second Call for Participation (PDF) IMPORTANT DATES INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS MECHANISM DESIGN CONTEST FOR STUDENTS KINEMATICS WORKSHOP CONFERENCE PROGRAMME CONFERENCE ORGANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGISTRATION ACCOMMODATION CONTACT AMM HOMEPAGE IFTOMM HOMEPAGE The topics for NaCoMM 2011 include, but are not limited to: Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms Compliant Mechanisms Design and Analysis of Biomedical Devices Dynamics and Control of Multi-body Systems Dynamics and Vibration Analysis in Machines History of Machines and Mechanisms Mechanisms and Machines for Rural, Agricultural and Industrial Applications Mechatronic Systems Micro-, Nano-Machines and Mechanisms Robotics Theoretical and Computational Kinematics Authors of each accepted abstract would be invited to submit full versions of their papers for peer review. Each paper would go through a review process involving three experts. Based on the reviews, some papers would be accepted for presentation and some more for poster presentations. All accepted papers would be included in a CD and also uploaded to the AMM website. Selected papers would be published in IFToMM's scientific journal Mechanism and Machine Theory. The best two papers (one in general, and other in students' category) would receive AMM Best Paper awards. The details about these would be made available through the conference website. Call for Papers Authors are invited to submit a two-page extended abstract following the Abstract Submission link in the conference website between February 15 and May 31, 2011 (CLOSED). The official language of the workshop is English.

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Important Dates

First Announcement Submission of Abstract Acceptance of Abstract Submission of Full Paper Notification of Acceptance Submission of Camera-Ready Paper Registration (for at least one author of each accepted paper) Conference Programme

January 31, 2011 May 31, 2011 (CLOSED) June 15, 2011 (CLOSED) August 15, 2011 (FINAL) October 15, 2011 (Extended) October 30, 2011 (Extended) October 30, 2011 (Extended) November 30 - December 02, 2011

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Information for Authors Please follow the instructions below for formatting the final paper as well as submission.

1. Download paper templates: Paper template in Latex (follow the instructions below) a. Unzip "nacomm2011_template.zip" and put all the files in a single directory. The file "appendix.sty" is typically there in any standard Latex installation and is NOT included. If required, it is readily available at www.ctan.org. Paper template in MS Word 2. Summary of formatting instructions: a. The uploaded papers MUST be in the format mentioned above. Papers not in the prescribed format will be SENT BACK to the authors for reformatting. b. The uploaded paper must be in Latex/MS Word generated PDF file uploaded as "corresponding-author-name.pdf". c. The maximum length of the paper is EIGHT (8) A4 pages in single column format. d. The paper must be in 10 point Times New Roman Font unless mentioned otherwise.

Papers can be uploaded at the following site till August 15th, 2011 (FINAL). No further extension is possible. http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nacomm2011

Note : 1. All papers MUST be submitted via the EasyChair system, following the above link only. Submissions/resubmissions through emails cannot be handled manually. This can be done by clicking the following menu options: Overview (or My Submissions) -> information -> Submit a new version. If there is a specific issue with the EasyChair system, the author can send an email to nacomm2011@iitm.ac.in. Please quote the paper number in all communications. 2. Please do not create new submissions. You are required only to update the PDF file in your existing submission (i.e., the submission that you had created at the time of submitting the extended abstract). Please also make sure that the abstract (in plain text) is the same as in the final paper. 3. Please make sure that you change the paper number field (i.e., NaCoMM 2011-123) to your actual paper number in each paper. The author information would be blanked out before the reviews, and hence this tag is very important. 4. Please follow the formatting instructions given above carefully. Papers not in format will be excluded from the proceedings or the authors would be required to pay the formatting charges levied by the publisher, up to Rs. 1000/- per paper. This would be totally under the discretion of the review committee. 5. Accepted papers will be announced after the review process is completed. The review results would be sent to the corresponding authors by email after October 15th, 2011.

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Conference programme The details of the conference programme would be posted on this page as and when available. The following have been decided as of now: Kinematics workshop: November 30, 2011. Keynote lectures: K. Lakshminaraya Memorial Lecture, by Prof. Ashitava Ghosal, Department of Mechanical Engineering & CPDM Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, http://www.mecheng.iisc.ernet.in:8080/htmlweb/Ghosal.html.

B. M. Belgaumkar Memorial Lecture, by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrs Kecskemthy , Chair of Mechanics and Robotics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, www.uni-due.de/mechanikb/organisation/Kecskemthy.php.

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Conference Organisation

Patron Conference Chair Conference Co-Chairs

M. S. Ananth, Director, IIT Madras Sandipan Bandyopadhay, IIT Madras G. Saravana Kumar, IIT Madras M. Sreekumar, IIITD&M Kancheepuram Ramanathan M., IIT Madras Sekaran N., IIT Madras Shankar Ram C.S., IIT Madras Asokan T., IIT Madras Balkrishna C. Rao, IIT Madras Palaniappan Ramu, IIT Madras Arun D. Mahindrakar, IIT Madras

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Advisory Committee

C. Amarnath G. K. Ananthasuresh Marco Ceccarelli P. Chandramouli I-Ming Chen S. G. Dhande Ashitava Ghosal Amitabha Ghosh R. Gnanamoorthy Manfred Husty Arun Juara Andrs Kecskemthy Ashok Mallik Jean-Pierre Merlet T. S. Mruthyunjaya Amalendu Mukherjee S. Narayanan Doina Pisla Jagannath Raju K. Ramesh J. S. Rao B. V. A. Rao Bernard Roth Subir Kumar Saha Sankar N. Shome P. Sivakumar B. Sridhar C. D. Sridhara Nilesh J. Vasa S. Venugopal

IIT Bombay, India. IISc Bangalore, India. University of Cassino, Italy. IIT Madras,India. NTU, Singapore. IIT Kanpur, India. IISc Bangalore,India. BESU, India. IIITD&M, India. University of Innsbruck, Austria. Eaton Corporation, India. University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. BESU, India. INRIA, France. Bangalore, India . IIT Kharagpur, India. IIT Madras, India. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Systemantics India Pvt. Ltd, India. CAIR, India. Altair Engineering India Pvt. Ltd, India. VIT, India. Stanford University, USA. IIT Delhi, India. CMERI, India. CVRDE, India. Function Dynamics Infosolutions India Pvt. Ltd, India. ISRO, India. IIT Madras, India. IGCAR, India.

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HOME CALL FOR PAPERS IMPORTANT DATES INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS INFORMATION FOR REVIEWERS MECHANISM DESIGN CONTEST FOR STUDENTS KINEMATICS WORKSHOP CONFERENCE PROGRAMME CONFERENCE ORGANISATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGISTRATION ACCOMMODATION CONTACT AMM HOMEPAGE IFTOMM HOMEPAGE Delegates from India Full-time research scholars and students Delegates from academia and research organisations Others Concession to AMM Life or Corporate members (over respective fees in all categories) Delegates from other Countries Full-time research scholars and students Delegates from academia and research organisation Others Concession for delegates from IFToMM Member Organisations (over respective fees in all categories) US $150 US $250 US $400 US $50 Rs Rs Rs Rs 1500 4500 6500 500 Registration Procedure The registration process for NaCoMM 2011 is web-based. Each participant needs to register through a web-form linked below. For your convenience, we have listed below the steps to be followed for the registration process. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for the conference by October 30, 2011. One registered participant can present a maximum of two papers. Step 1: Please find out your registration category and the corresponding fees from the table below. Registration for NaCoMM 2011 is now open. Please read the instructions below and fill-up the web-form to register.

Registration fee includes conference souvenir containing abstracts of all the selected papers, proceedings in CD, snacks and lunches at workshop and conference, and the conference dinner. Step 2: Please make the payment via internet banking, wire-transfers, or demand drafts. Transaction charges, if any, is to be borne by the remitter. Account details for remittance: 1. Beneficiary name: NACOMM2011 2. A/c No. 31598057716 3. Bank name: State Bank of India 4. Branch Name: IIT Madras 5. Branch Code: 1055 6. SWIFT code: SBININBB453 Please keep a hard-copy of the transaction record with you, as it would be needed later on. Step 3: Please fill in the web-form carefully. Check for the correctness of the data before submitting the form. Please note that the form does not store any data unless it is submitted. As such, you would need to complete it and submit in a single session. Step 4: Once you submit the form, you will receive an email with the details entered by you. Kindly print the same, and sign it. If you find any error/incompleteness in the data, please mark the corrections on the hardcopy itself. We shall incorporate these changes in the database on your behalf. Please do not fill-in another form, as it would create a duplicate entry in the database and create confusions.

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2011 ED,IITM. All rights reserved. Step 5: Please send the signed hardcopy of the registration email and draft/transaction record to the address given below. These documents (except for the bank draft) can also be scanned and emailed to nacomm2011@iitm.ac.in with the subject line "NaCoMM registration data". Address for sending the signed forms: Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India.

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Accommodation

In view of multiple programmes running at IITM during the time of the conference, very few rooms are available in the guest house in the campus. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for accommodation in hotels close to the campus. More information about near-by hotels would be made available through this page.

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