REV - Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation

Welcome to the REV2008 Conference!

REV2008 is the fifth in a series of annual events concerning the area of remote engineering and virtual instrumentation. Previous editions of REV were organised in the form of an international symposium, which from 2007 assumes the role of the annual conference of the International Association of Online Engineering (www.online-engineering.org). The general objective of this conference is to discuss fundamentals, applications and experiences in the field of remote engineering, both in industry and academia. REV2008 combines an exciting technical program with opportunities to network with other researchers during the social event on June 22 & 23.

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Scope of the conference

Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation are very future trends in engineering and science. Due to:

the growing complexity of engineering tasks,
more and more specialized and expensive equipmentas well as software tools and simulators,
the necessary use of expensive equipment and software tools/simulators in short time projects,
the application of high tech equipment also in SME's,
the need of high qualified staff to control recent equipment,
the demands of globalization and division of labour,

it is increasingly necessary to allow and organize a shared use of equipment, but also specialized software as for example simulators. Organizers especially encourage people from industry to present their experience and applications of remote engineering and virtual instruments.

The general objective of this conference is to discuss fundamentals, applications and experiences in the field of remote engineering and virtual instrumentation.
The use of virtual and remote laboratories is one of the future directionsfor advanced teleworking, remote service and e-working environments.
Another objective of the symposium is to discuss guidelines for educationin university level courses for this topic.

This conference will be organized by Department of Electrical Engineering of University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf :

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to)

Virtual and remote laboratories
Remote process visualization and virtual Instrumentation
Remote control and measurement technologies
Online engineering
Networking and grid technologies
Mixed Reality environments for education and training
Demands in education and training, e-learning, b-learning, m-learning and ODL
Teleservice and telediagnosis
Telerobotics and telepresence
Support of collaborative work in virtual engineering environments

Teleworking environments
Telecommunity and their social impact
Present and future trends including social and educational aspects
Human computer interfaces, usability, reusability,accessibility
Applications and experiences
Standards and standardization proposals
Innovative organizational and educational concepts for remote engineering
Products

Types of sessions

Full Paper sessions (peer reviewed)
Interactive demonstrations (online demonstrations or lectures from a remote location are also welcome)
Poster sessions
Discussion panels
Tutorials
Keynote talks

Other opportunities to participate

Thematic workshops / tutorials / technical sessions, as well as interactive demonstrations and exhibitions, may also be proposed. Prospective organisers of other REV2008 events are encouraged to contact the Conference Chair. It is intended to broadcast all technical sessions via Internet.