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The IEEE Power Electronics Society announces the Thirteenth IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL'12). This workshop will be held at Muromachi Campus, Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan. COMPEL'12 brings together industrial, government, and academic researchers for interactive discussion on the latest advances in modeling, analysis, and control of power electronic devices, circuits, and systems. Special emphasis at COMPEL'12 will be on modeling and simulation application techniques for power electronic systems as well as analysis, modeling, control, and power management. The workshop also includes hands-on software and hardware demonstrations presented by participants.

The COMPEL'12 Technical Committee will consider all submissions relevant to the areas of interests of the workshop. Topics suitable for the workshop include (but are not limited to):

The Workshop will be held at Kambaikan on the Muromachi Campus, Doshisha University in Kyoto. As the campus is located in the center of Kyoto city, it is very convenient to visit number of famous sight seeing spots including Kyoto Imperial Palace.

The Muromachi campus is a part of Imadegawa campus located on the site where Doshisha was founded 135 years ago. The campus buildings of the Meiji era, such as the Doshisha Chapel, Shoeikan, Yushukan, Harris Science Hall, and Clarke Memorial Hall are designated as cultural properties of national importance. They harmonize with the modern buildings on the campus which were constructed in the Taisho and early Showa eras. These buildings stand as a living museum, a testament to the history and development of university education in Japan through the years from the Meiji era to the present day.

Access to Muromachi Campus

by Train
Airport express HARUKA (JR west line) is useful to access from Kansai International Airport to Kyoto station. At Kyoto station, please change to the metro and go to Imadegawa Station. The Muromachi Campus is about 3-minutes walk from Imadegawa Station.

by Taxi Shuttle
Door to door taxi shuttle services Yasaka Taxi and MK Taxi are useful and recommended to access.

Useful links to Campus Access: Transportation facilities, Access to Muromachi Campus and Campus Map of Doshisha University

Prospective authors should submit a cover page and a separate digest not exceeding five double-spaced pages of their intended submission in PDF format. The total file size must be less than 2MB. The cover page should include the paper title, area of contribution (please choose the most suitable keyword of your contribution from Contribution area), objective circuits (please choose from Objective circuits), author names, affiliations, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses of the corresponding author, and a 100-word abstract. The digest should not identify any authors. Please do not write author names in the digest.

All submissions must be sent via E-mail to submit12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp with its mailing subject "COMPEL12 paper submission". The text message in the e-mail should include the paper title, area of contribution (please choose the most suitable keyword of your contribution from Contribution area), objective circuits (please choose from Objective circuits), author names, affiliations, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses of the corresponding author, and a 100-word abstract.
Please see the sample of the submission e-mail, and text template.

Paper submissions should be sent to: submit12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Questions concerning paper submissions should be sent to: compel12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Digest submissions deadline : March 2, 2012 -> March 12, 2012 (Closed)

COMPEL 2012 on-line registration is taken care by Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) on or before May 31, 2012 (JST) to avoid any troubles and chaos of confirming the receipt of the registration fee. After June 1, 2012, on-site registration is only available by cash payment.

COMPEL 2012 On-line Registration Site

The full registration fees listed below cover tutorials and technical sessions, welcome reception (June 10), lunch (3 times), banquet (June 12), award dinner (June 13) and coffee breaks.

An on-line full registration payment (registration of your information and payment of the fee) by at least one of the co-authors is required for each paper on or before May 31, 2012 (JST). For authors who have multiple accepted papers, one IEEE member full registration by one of the co-authors is sufficient for up to two accepted papers, on the other hand one IEEE student member full registration is valid for only one accepted paper.

Advance Registration Rates (Payment on or before May 14, 2012)

On-site Registration Rates (Payment after May 15, 2012)

Thank you very much for following the instructions to prepare and submit a final paper. All papers in the program are included on a USB memory stick. Registered attendees will receive it upon check-in/on-site registration desk.

Final paper submission instructions in PDF

To be presented at the workshop and then published in IEEE Xplore, the accepted papers must:

1. have full registration payment on or before May 31, 2012 (JST) by at least one of the co-authors, even if all co-authors are students, and even if only student co-authors are attending,
2. be submitted by e-mail to finalpaper12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp, together with a signed IEEE copyright form and registration receipt No. in 6-digit by June 8, 2012 (JST),
3. be presented at COMPEL 2012.

Final paper submission should be sent to: finalpaper12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp with its subject "CP-XXXX COMPEL12 Final paper submission", where XXXX is your paper submission number.

Step-by-step instructions:

1. At least one of the co-authors completes a full registration payment on or before May 31, 2012 (JST). Save registration receipt No. in 6-digit.
2. Prepare your manuscript using a standard IEEE conference template. The manuscript must have no more than 8 pages.
3. Create an IEEE Xplore-compliant PDF using IEEE PDF eXpress. Conference ID is: compel12wkx. Detailed IEEE PDF eXpress instruction is available. Save your final PDF document as CP-XXXX_yourlastname.pdf, where XXXX is the 4-digit paper submission number you received in the acceptance e-mail.
4. Prepare the IEEE Copyright form. Scan the signed form and save it as CP-XXXX_copyright.pdf where XXXX is the 4-digit paper submission number. No papers will be published by IEEE without the executed copyright form.
5. Submit your files: the PDF final paper CP-XXXX_yourlastname.pdf and the signed copyright form CP-XXXX_copyright.pdf, where XXXX is your paper submission number, with registration receipt No. in 6-digit via e-mail to finalpaper12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp by June 8, 2012 (JST). This is a strict deadline. Please include your submission number in the subject line such as “CP-XXXX COMPEL12 Final paper submission”.

Notice:

Submitting a file to IEEE PDF eXpress is only for creation of a compliant PDF file, you must still submit your final paper and the signed copyright form with registration receipt No. in 6-digit via e-mail.

For authors who have multiple accepted papers, one IEEE member full registration by one of the co-authors is sufficient for up to two accepted papers, on the other hand one IEEE student member full registration is valid for only one accepted paper.

This grant is for qualified student participants of IEEE COMPEL Workshop, and is made available by IEEE Power Electronics Society through the Technical Committee (TC) on Power and Control Core Technologies. The objective of the grant is to encourage student participation in the annual COMPEL Workshop. The grant is managed by the TC in coordination with the organizing committee of COMPEL each year. The grant will reimburse up to US$700 airfare and other travel-related expenses of a student. The number of awards to be made each year depends on the available funds and the number of qualified students. It is anticipated that 6-8 awards will be made for COMPEL 2012.

Interested students should check and complete the IEEE COMPEL Student Travel Grant Application Form.

Travel grant application deadline : April 1, 2012 (Closed)

Tentative schedule in PDF version is here.

VISA information

An invitation letter for the authors will be sent on request after completing on-line full registration payment. Please send your request to: compel12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp with your registraion receipt No. in the e-mail text. Several business days will be required to process requests. Please note that this invitation letter does not guarantee that you will receive a visa. Be sure to find out how long the embassy requires to process your visa application so that you allow sufficient time for processing and mailing of both the letter and the visa.

Flight to Japan

The nearest airport to Kyoto is Kansai International Airport (City : Osaka, Airport code : KIX) to which there are direct flights from Helsinki, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris in Europe and Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the North America. Also, there are many flights to Narita International Airport (Tokyo), however, it takes more than 3.5 hours to Kyoto from the airport including train transfer at Tokyo. Therefore, it is recommended to take a flight to the Kansai International Airport.

Access to Muromachi Campus

by Train
Airport express HARUKA (JR west line) is useful to access from Kansai International Airport to Kyoto station. At Kyoto station, please change to the metro and go to Imadegawa Station. The Muromachi Campus is about 3-minutes walk from Imadegawa Station.

by Taxi Shuttle
Door to door taxi shuttle services Yasaka Taxi and MK Taxi are useful and recommended to access.

Climate

In Japan, June is a rainy season. The average temperature in June is 23.2 degree celsius, and the humidity is around 60 %. It is better to bring a folding umbrella, but you can buy a cheap umbrella in Japan by 4 Euros or 6 US dollars on a fine day. If rain starts, the price may be doubled.

Money exchange

Money exchange is made only at a bank in a city, an airport and at a hotel. There is no exchange shop such as one in many European cities.
Credit cards (Amex, Visa and Masters) can be used in most hotels, many restaurants and shops. It is recommended to bring cash (Japanese YEN) to buy train tickets, snacks and refreshments.

Links to local transportations and Kyoto city guide

Local Transportation: West Japan Railway Company (JR west), Keihan Railway, Kintetsu Railway, Kyoto City Bus and Municipal Subway

Kyoto Travel Guide: Kyoto City, Kyoto Travel Guide

Link to hotels near the campus:
(Please book a hotel directly or through your travel agencey by yourself.)

Kyoto Heian Hotel (Hotel Heian Kaikan)
(There is a long term stay discount.)
http://kyoto-heian-hotel.com/english/index.html

The PalaceSideHotel
(There is a long term stay discount.)
http://www.palacesidehotel.co.jp/english_site/

Kyoto Garden Palace Hotel
http://www.hotelgp-kyoto.com/english1

(In the my page of the registration site, you can book a hotel (not listed above) provided by Japan Travel Bureau (JTB). Please contact to JTB directly if you have any questions about booking a hotel listed in the registraion site.)

The organizing committee of COMPEL 2012 invites your company to be an exhibitor of the conference: One opportunity is as an Exhibitor with sponsorship of one lunch during the Conference. Another opportunity is as an Exhibitor with sponsorship of USB conference proceedings. If you are interested in hosting an event or have any questions on how to be involved with this conference, please contact the organizing committee at compel12@mail.doshisha.ac.jp.