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                   Please circulate this announcement.
________________________________________________________________________

    FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONCURRENT ENGINEERING, 
                  RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
         Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania - August 29-31, 1994
 (Originally planned to be held in Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania)

CALL FOR PAPERS: CERA CONFERENCE

The Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications (CERA) conference
is a major forum for the international scientific exchange and presenta-
tions of the multi-disciplinary and inter-organizational aspects of 
concurrent engineering (CE) utilizing integrated enterprise processes, 
collaborative work, information sharing, co-locating people, tools 
and places, and integrating frameworks and tools. This conference 
addresses research and applications issues.

CERA is sponsored by the International Society for Productivity 
Enhancement (ISPE) and is co-sponsored and hosted by the Concurrent 
Technologies Corporation, (CTC), Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA.


TOPICS OF INTEREST

Submissions are invited on substantial, original, and previously 
unpublished research in all areas of product design, engineering 
and manufacturing, including, but not limited to:

   Enterprise integration (e.g., assessing an organization's readiness, 
   CE assessment models, integrated process capture, re-engineering 
   enterprise processes, CE metrics, barriers to CE)
 
   Cooperative work (e.g., team coordination, common visibility of 
   activities and data, monitoring progress of product development, 
   change notification across perspectives, conflict resolution 
   techniques, constraints management, planning and scheduling of 
   activities, cooperative problem solving, computer support for team 
   structure)
 
   Information sharing (e.g., information modeling and simulation, 
   data version management, multi-level user access, data change 
   management, capturing corporate history, enterprise multimedia 
   notebooks, integrated database and knowledgebase management systems)

   Communication tools (e.g., computer-based video and audio confering 
   and consulting, multimedia electronic mail, network-wide sharing of 
   tools, graphical collaborative user interfaces for inter-operability)
 
   Integrating frameworks and tools (e.g., architectures for building 
   concurrent engineering systems, integration of tools, integration of 
   design and manufacturing, knowledge-based integration )


TIMETABLE

Author should submit a 200-word, extended abstract (in English) to 
the Program Chair not later than  November 15, 1993 (E-Mail is suggested, 
if possible). Submissions received after that date will be returned 
unopened. Authors should note that ordinary mail can sometimes be 
considerably delayed, and should take that into account when timing 
their submissions. Notification of receipt will be mailed to the first 
author (or designated author) soon after the abstract is received.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be mailed to the first 
author (or designated author) on or before December 31, 1993.

Final version of papers must be received by March 1, 1994.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag Publishers, 
Berlin, Germany.

Selected expanded papers will be included in a special issue of 
the international journal, Concurrent Engineering: Research & Application 
(CERA).


CERA CONFERENCE CONTACTS

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Dr. Anand J. Paul
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
1450 Scalp Avenue, Johnstown, PA 15904
E-Mail: paul@ctc.com, Office: (814) 269-2501, FAX: (814) 269-4458

PROGRAM CHAIR
Paper submissions, reviewing, invited talks and all matters related to 
the technical program:

Dr. Michael Sobolewski			
Concurrent Engineering Research Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6506, Morgantown, WV 26506, 
E-Mail: sobol@cerc.wvu.edu, Office: (304) 293-7226, FAX: (304) 293-7541


CONFERENCE LOCATION

The conference will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in
Pittsburgh.  The Convention Center and all other major hotels are located
in the heart of the safe and walkable downtown area.  Delegates can take
advantage of the many entertainment, cultural, and dining opportunities
the city has to offer.  The Carnegie Science Center has been called 
"The Amusement Park of the Mind."  The city is rich in cultural activities
and is home to hundreds of performing art groups.  Sports have always been
a big part of Pittsburgh.  With major-league championship teams like the
Penguins - hockey, Steelers - football, and Pirates - baseball there is
always a big game in town.  For dining, Pittsburgh offers a wide variety
of dining choices - ranging from exquisite continental cuisine to ethnic
eateries - to suit your tase and budget.