International Conference on  
Engineering and Meta-Engineering: ICEME 2010

collocated with
The 16th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: ISAS 2010
and
The 8th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies: CCCT 2010


April 6 th - 9 th, 2010 ~ Orlando, Florida USA


  

 


ICEME 2010

 

Foreword

Engineering activities are based on the development of new Knowledge (Scientia), new 'made things' (Techné), and/or new ways of working and doing (Praxis). Scientia, Techné, and Praxis are three important dimensions of a comprehensive conception of Engineering as a whole. Engineering, as Scientia, is mostly developed in academia; as Techné, is practiced in industry generating technological innovations; and as Praxis, is carried out in technical and non-technical organizations, supporting managerial activities and technical procedures, via methodical and methodological design and implementation. This is why Engineering provides one of the most solid academic and professional substrata for bridging among universities, industries and governments.

Publications and conferences related to Engineering are usually oriented to one of its three dimensions. While this is an adequate thing to do when disciplinary focus is sought, it does not represent Engineering as a whole and it misses the very important synergic relationships among the three kinds of engineering activities mentioned above. This is why a group of scholars, professionals, and consultants, in the field of engineering, considered the possibility of organizing a conference where presentations would not be reduced to one specific Engineering dimension, but would foster the participation of academics, practitioners, and managers in the three dimensions of Engineering, in the same conference, so they can synergistically interact with each other. A consequence of this purpose was the organization of IMETI 2009, and now ICEME 2010, where submissions were accepted for the presentation of:

  • New knowledge (Engineering as scientia);
  • New products and services, i.e. technological innovations (Engineering as techné);
  • New technical and managerial methods and methodologies (Engineering as praxis);
  • New meta-engineering (Engineering of Engineering activities) knowledge, innovations, and methodologies.

One of the primary objectives of ICEME 2010 is to promote and encourage interdisciplinary cross-fertilization and knowledge communication. They encourage systemic thinking and practice, including the analogical thinking that characterizes the Systems Approach, which is, in most cases, the required path to logical thinking, scientific hypothesis formulation, and new design and innovation in engineering.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I extend our heartfelt thanks to:

  1. the 165 members of the Program Committees from 44 countries;
  2. the 256 additional reviewers, from 56 countries, for their double-blind peer reviews;
  3. the 237 reviewers, from 50 countries, for their efforts in making the non-blind peer reviews. (Some reviewers supported both: non-blind and double-blind)

A total of 1139 reviews made by 494 reviewers (who made at least one review) contributed to the quality achieved in ICEME 2010. This means an average of 4.83 reviews per submission (236 submissions were received). Each registered author could get information about: 1) the average of the reviewers’ evaluations according to 8 criteria, and the average of a global evaluation of his/her submission; and 2) the comments and constructive feedback made by the reviewers, who recommended the acceptance of his/her submission, so the author would be able to improve the final version of the paper.

In the organizational process of ICEME 2010 about 236 papers/abstracts were submitted. These conference proceedings include about 49 papers that were accepted for presentation. The submissions were reviewed as carefully as time permitted; it is expected that most of them will probably appear in a more polished and complete form in scientific journals.

This information about ICEME 2010 is summarized in the following table, along with the other collocated conferences:

    Conference
# of submissions received # of reviewers that made at least one review # of reviews made Average of reviews per reviewer Average of reviews per submission # of papers included in the proceedings % of submissions included in the proceedings

IMCIC 2010

426

1161

2286

1.97

5.37

171

40.14%

ICEME 2010

236

494

1139

2.31

4.83

49

20.76%

ICSIT 2010

225

507

1395

2.75

6.20

94

41.78%

TOTAL

887

2162

4820

2.23

5.43

314

35.40%

We extend our gratitude to the co-editors of these proceedings, for the hard work, energy and eagerness they displayed in their respective activities. We express our intense gratitude to Professor William Lesso for his wise and opportune tutoring, for his eternal energy, integrity, and continuous support and advice as Honorary President of ICEME 2010 and its collocated conferences, as well as for being a very caring old friend and intellectual father to many of us. We also extend our gratitude to Professor Belkis Sanchez, who brilliantly managed the organizing process.

Special thanks to professors Jorge Baralt and Hsing-Wei Chu for co-chairing the Program Committee; and to professors José Ferrer and Andrés Tremante for co-charing the Organizing Committee. We also wish to thank all the authors for the quality of their papers, and to the 494 reviewers for the great job they did making the 1161 reviews that supported the acceptance process.

We also extend our gratitude to María Sánchez, Juan Manuel Pineda, Juan Pinto, Leonisol Callaos, Dalia Sánchez, Keyla Guédez, Nidimar Díaz, Yosmelin Marquez, Gabriel Briceño, Riad Callaos, Marcela Briceño, and Pedro Martínez for their knowledgeable effort in supporting the organizational process and for producing the hard copy and CD versions of the proceedings.

 

Professor Nagib C. Callaos,
ICEME 2010 General Chair





 

 

IMCIC  2010

 
CCCT  SPRING 2010

 

ISAS  2010

 

KGCM  SPRING  2010

 

ICSIT  2010


ICETI  2010

 

ICEME 2010

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