IFTC' 2021: 3rd IFSA Frequency & Time Conference Hotel Melia Palma Marina Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Spain, September 22-24, 2021 |
Conference website | https://iftc-conference.com/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iftc2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | August 31, 2021 |
Submission deadline | September 10, 2021 |
The 3rd IFSA Frequency and Time Conference (IFTC’ 2021) is organized by International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA) – one of the major professional, non-profit association serving for sensor industry and academy more than 20 years.
IFSA was founded on 23 August 1999 with the aim to encourage the research and development in the area of sensors with frequency, time interval, duty-cycle and digital output, including multifunction, multifrequency transducers, the usage of new physical effects and principles. IFSA reports on current research in this field worldwide through its media.
Frequency/time domain signal processing and so time-to-digital converters (TDC) and frequency-to-digital (FDC) converters are well suitable for high volume microelectronics in order to circumvent analog impairments in nanometer-scale CMOS technologies. Hence, the TDC and FDC concepts are promising that have the ability to exploit fully the advantage of digital circuits. The FDC will be a trend-setting technology for ultimately scaled CMOS technologies in the nearest future, and can be used for many applications such as smart digital sensors, IoT and Industry 4.0. No any doubt that now we are living in time, when the old prediction becomes true !
On the basis of the mentioned above and Industry 4.0 and IoT 2.0 challenges it has been decided to start a new annual international conference, which will cover both: methods of measurements of frequency-time parameters of signals, and devices including appropriate sensors, transducers and converters to frequency, and frequency to digital. Sure, the conference can not ignore the other related areas connected with frequency and time, namely: generation, transfer, various oscillators and resonators, standards and references, etc.
The 3rd IFTC' 2021 will take place in Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Spain in conjunction with the 7th Annual International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA' 2021) under the same conference umbrella.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Regular papers
- Posters
- Special sessions papers
- Keynote presentations
- Invited talks
- Industrial presentations
Papers must be prepared according to the conference proceedings template
Posters size: A0 (21 x 29.7 cm), vertical orientation
List of Topics
The topics of interest include (but not limited):
- Methods for Frequency, Time and Phase Measurements
- Measurements of Frequency-Time Parameters of Signals
- Frequency-to-Digital Converters (FDC)
- Time-to-Digital Converters (TDC)
- Voltage-to-Frequency Converters (VFC)
- Current-to-Frequency Converters
- ADC based on Voltage-to-Frequency Converters
- Capacitance-to-Frequency Converters
- Resistance-to-Frequency Converters
- Resistive Bridge-to-Frequency Converters
- Inductance-to-Frequency Converters
- Impedance-to-Frequency Converters
- Counters, Phasemeters and Tachometers
- Frequency Generators and Synthesizers
- Frequency, Period, Duty-cycle, Time interval output sensors and transducers
- Pulse width modulation (PWM) and Pulse number output sensors and transducers
- Time of Flight Sensors (ToF)
- Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) sensors
- Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) sensors
- Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) sensors
- Ultrasonic Sensors
- Oscillators, Resonators, Timers, Resonator Circuits and Filters
- Voltage-controlled Oscillators
- Atomic and Optical Frequency Standards
- Frequency References
- Frequency Control, Timing and Time Distribution
- Timekeeping, Time and Frequency Transfer
- Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, and Piezomagnetic Materials
- GNSS Applications
- Applications, trends and market
Contribution Types:
- Keynote presentations
- Invited talks
- Industrial presentations
- Regular presentation
- Special Session presentation
- Posters
- Panel discussions & round tables
- Exhibition
- Tutorials
Special Sessions and Tutorials:
Authors are welcome to propose and manage special sessions or give a half-day pre-conference tutorial during the IFTC' 2021. Each special session will contain 4-6 papers in a related field as specified above.
Session organizers will get:
- Certificate of Appreciation
- Free Registration for the Event
- Special Publishing Theme within Conference Proceedings
Committees
Program Committee
Chairman
Prof., Dr. Sergey Y. Yurish (IFSA, Spain)
Advisory Chairmen
- Prof., Dr. Vincenzo Piuri (Universit' degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
- Prof., Dr. José Miguel Pereira (Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (ESTSetúbal/IPS, Portugal)
Organizing committee
- Tetyana Zakharchenko (IFSA Publishing, S.L., Spain)
- Mr. Javier Canete (Universitat Politecnica de Catalynya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain)
- Mr. Luis Morey (Universitat Politecnica de Catalynya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain)
- Mr. Sergey Garmash (FSA Publishing, S.L., Spain)
Publication
One event - three different publications !
- All registered abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings (USB flash drive edition of published Proceedings with the ISBN). The IFTC Conference Series Proceedings are indexed in Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics (formerly known as Thomson Reuters).
- Authors will be invited to submit full-page extended papers to special issue of Sensors & Transducers open access journal (ISSN 2306-8515, e-ISSN 1726-5479), which is published in both formats: print and electronic (pdf) or in the special issues of open access journals MDPI Sensors (e-ISSN: 1424-8220) or MDPI Biosensors (e-ISSN: 2079-6374).
- The limited number of full-page papers published in the journals will be selected by the Editorial Board to extend to open access book chapters for the Book Series on 'Advances in Sensors: Reviews', Vol.9, or 'Advances in Measurements and Instrumentation: Reviews', Vol. 3. These Book Series are indexed in the Book Citation Index (Wed of Science) by Clarivate Analytics.
Venue
The SEIA' 2021 conference will take place in the Hotel Melia Palma Marina, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Spain.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ifsa@sensorsportal.com