Call for Papers

The Semiconductor Industry has undergone drastic transformations in recent years. Driven by the sudden expansion of manufacturing capacities worldwide in 300mm wafers, and coupled by the rapid evolution of manufacturing capabilities in full-scale functional integrations from shop-floors up to top-level corporate operations, this transformation is in constant acceleration to accompany the stringent technological requirements of ever-shrinking device dimensions, so as to meet the unquenchable thirst of human demands on all digital inventions, large or small. The sky-high investment in each 300-mm wafer fabrication plant places too huge a financial stack for any business operator taking risks not to integrate every functionality and activity under one single synchronized note in order to cut down costs and reduce cycle-times while staying flexible to respond immediately to market changes.

With all the prevailing notions of supply-chains, engineering-chains, value-chains and many others as ascribed, e-Manufacturing has been identified to unify the synchronized integration as a critical link in these chains. To drive in recognition of e-Manufacturing in Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry with specific concerns targeted to the interests of manufacturers in the region, Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) initiates e-Manufacturing Symposium 2007, in joint efforts with Automation 2007. This offers a public arena facilitating exchanges of up-to-date experiences among Asian manufacturers for adoption of recent technological developments in e-Manufacturing.

Submission Procedure --

Electronic submission of full-length paper in MSWord or PDF format must be made by March 9, 2007 directly to eManufacturing@tsia.org.tw. You should select the topic(s) your contribution best fits in from the list above.

Each paper (up to a maximum of six-pages of A4-paper size at two-column formats with 10-point fonts, including both texts and graphical illustrations) should clearly describe the purpose, the chosen approach, and the achieved results.

Presentations may be conducted in oral or interactive-poster formats. You may indicate your preference of oral or poster presentation, and the program committee will decide the final selection of oral presentations. Presenters will be notified by April 1, 2007 and final PowerPoint presentations must be submitted by May 15, 2007 in electronic format. Official language of the symposium is English.

All submissions must include: title of paper, author's name(s), address and affiliation(s), contact telephone/fax numbers, e-mail address, presenter's name and five keywords.

Students are highly encouraged to enter into the Student Paper Competition.