IEEE COMPEL 2004 --

The IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics.

Last-Minute Updates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,   August 15-18, 2004

The conference program is now available.  Please see the preliminary program, linked here.  Thanks to all of our authors.

Authors:  For final instructions, please look at the Author Instructions, available in both Word and PDF formats.  Papers are due August 15, 2004, on arrival at the workshop, although advance delivery is preferred.

New:  Hotel shuttle for participants.

New:  High-speed internet access for participants.

Registration is open!!  Discount registration available through July 19. 

Featured Monday evening panel session:  "Sampling and Switching in Power Electronics: Fallacies and Realities of Nyquist Rates in Power Conversion."

Link here for travel and registration information.

(A printable PDF version of this Call for Papers is available here.)

Coordinated Science Laboratory -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The IEEE Power Electronics Society announces the Ninth IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics (COMPEL’04). This workshop addresses computational science and engineering applications to the design, analysis, simulation, control, modeling, operation, and teaching of power electronic circuits, devices, and systems. Thanks to advances in digital signal processing (DSP) and in high-level design description (VHDL) methods, computation continues to accelerate in all aspects of electronic energy processing. Special emphasis at COMPEL’04 is “fully digital” control approaches that minimize analog-to-digital converters and extend performance beyond conventional limits. The workshop also includes hands-on software and hardware demonstrations presented by participants.

The COMPEL’04 Committee will consider all submissions relevant to the workshop areas of interest. Typical topics suitable for submission include:
• Simulation: devices, circuits, systems (including electro-thermal), numerical methods, standards or benchmarks.
• Control: “fully digital” methods, DSP-based, low-power, hybrid approaches, standards or benchmarks, computational circuits and devices as active loads.
• Modelling: devices, packaging, layout, noise susceptibility, failure mechanisms and processes, systems, loads.
• Design: synthesis tools, VHDL, visualization tools, state-space and frequency-domain control design tools, virtual prototyping and testing.
• Education: virtual laboratories, multimedia classroom tools, interactive simulation, symbolic analysis tools.
The COMPEL’04 Committee also seeks half-day tutorial submissions in these areas.

Deadlines:
Digest submissions due April 15, 2004.
Author notification of acceptance by June 1, 2004.
Final paper versions due on arrival, August 15, 2004.

Schedule:
Tutorials Sunday, August 15, 2004.
Workshop sessions and demonstrations Monday-Wednesday August 16-18, 2004. Social events include a Sunday reception and Tuesday banquet.

Tutorials and sessions will be held at the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois.

Preparation of Submissions:
All submissions must be provided in electronic form. Prospective authors of papers or tutorials are asked to submit a cover page and a separate digest not exceeding five double-spaced pages (including all figures, tables and references) of their intended submission. The cover page should include the title, author names and complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax number, e-mail addresses, and an abstract, not to exceed 100 words. Please clearly identify the corresponding author. The digest should include only the title but should not identify the authors. Tutorial submissions should include a cover page and a detailed outline of the proposed content. Electronic submission of the cover page and digest (or tutorial outline) is required. Please use two separate files. Acceptable formats include .PDF and .PS types. Be sure to avoid fonts that are not part of the standard set. Submissions should be delivered as e-mail attachments to ComPEL04@pels.org.

Sponsors
The 2004 IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics is sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics Society and by the Grainger Lecture Series at the University of Illinois, in cooperation with the IEEE Central Illinois Section.

General Chair
Philip T. Krein

Program Chair
Patrick L. Chapman

Conference Contacts
Voice: +1 (217) 333-6592
Fax: +1 (217) 333-1162
E-mail: ComPEL04@pels.org
http://energy.ece.uiuc.edu/COMPEL

Conference Address
Grainger Center for Electric
Machinery and Electromechanics
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
University of Illinois
1406 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801 USA