Conference Chairs
  Hoang Pham
        Rutgers University
  Shigeru Ymada
        Tottori University
Program Chairs
  Yi-Kuei Lin
        National Taiwan Univ. of
        Science and Technology
  Guangbin Yang
        Ford Motor Company
Arrangements Chair
  Zhenmin Chen
        Florida Intern'l University
Program Committee Members
  Philippe Castagliola  (France)
  Philip L.Y. Chan  (Hong Kong)
  Chung-Ho Chen  (Taiwan)
  Zhenmin Chen  (USA)
  Chun-Yuan Cheng  (Taiwan)
  Ching-San Chiang  (Taiwan)
  B. S. Dhillon  (Canada)
  E. A. Elsayed  (USA)
  Takaji Fujiwara  (Japan)
  Olivier Gaudoin  (France)
  D. Gary Harlow  (USA)
  Hong-Zhong Huang  (China)
  Rui Kang  (China)
  Kailash C. Kapur  (USA)
  Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar  (USA)
  Won Kyung Kim  (Korea)
  Mitsuhiro Kimura  (Japan)
  Bengt Klefsjo  (Sweden)
  Yi-Kuei Lin  (Taiwan)
  Anatoly Lisnianski  (Israel)
  R. B. Misra  (India)
  Toshio Nakagawa  (Japan)
  Syouji Nakamura  (Japan)
  Stavros Papastavridis (Greece)
  Arrigo Pareschi  (Italy)
  Dong Ho Park  (Korea)
  Sang Jun Park  (Korea)
  Kyung S. Park  (Korea)
  Alessandro Persona  (Italy)
  Hoang Pham  (USA)
  Gordon J. Savage  (Canada)
  A. K. Sinha  (India)
  Hurdy Su  (South Africa)
  Robert M. Szabo  (USA)
  Yoshinobu Tamura  (Japan)
  Koichi Tokuno  (Japan)
  Nikola Vujanovic  (Serbia)
  Hongzhou Wang  (USA)
  Eric T. T. Wong  (Hong Kong)
  Liyang Xie  (China)
  Min Xie  (Singapore)
  Shigeru Yamada  (Japan)
  Guangbin Yang  (USA)
  P. Zeephongsekul (Australia)

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 Conference Program
 Instruction for
 Oral Presentation
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Journal Publications
Outstanding papers will be considered for publication in special issues of the International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering and IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics.

Calls For Papers

17th ISSAT
Int'l Conference
Reliabiltiy & Quality in Design

Vancouver B.C., Canada
August 4-6, 2011

16th ISSAT RQD Conference - Aug. 5-7, 2010, Washington D.C., USA

Organizers and Sponsors

   The conference is sponsored by the
       International Society of Science and Applied Technologies

   In cooperation with the
       IEEE Reliability Society


Conference Venue
  It's our pleasure to welcome you to the 16th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design held at the Westin Washington, D.C. City Center Hotel which is located in the heart of the nation’s capital with 406 guest rooms and suites.  We sure hope to bring you both the nice and comfort accommodations the four-star Westin Washington D.C. hotel has to offer and the convenience of having the conference right on the premise.

The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center

Conference Venue - Westin Washington D.C. City Center

1400 M Street NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
United States
Phone: (202) 429-1700
Website: www.westinwashingtondccitycenter.com

Hotel booking

Special Group Rate!  $139.00 per night (plus tax)

Group rate is available for hotel reservations made by July 14, 2010

  Online: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1002264216&key=CA44B

  Phone: 1-800-937-8461  (Must mention your attendance at the ISSAT Conference
                                                 to get this special group rate)

This special group rate will be available until Wednesday July 14, 2010, or until reserved rooms are sold out.  Since reserved room block is limited, please make your reservations as soon as possible and mention your attendance at the ISSAT conference.  Group rate will apply three (3) days before and (3) days after conference based upon availability. Hotel reservations, cancellations, and charges are the responsibility of the attendee.

Hotel offers Valet Parking at the rate of $40.00 plus tax.  Conference guests who do not have overnight accommodations, the parking rate is $18.00 plus tax for 2-10 hours.

More information about hotel can be viewed at www.westinwashingtondccitycenter.com.

Registration

Registration is required of all attendees of the 16th ISSAT RQD conference.  Please follow the steps below to register:

       Complete and submit Registration form to rqd@issatconferences.org

       Click on the Pay Fees button to pay for your registration fees online using credit cards

 

 

Conference Program

Click here to view or print Conference Program.  Hard copies of the Conference Program will be available at the conference.


Instruction for Oral Presentation
  • The allotted time for each presentation is approx. 22 minutes including Q&A. 
  • Presentation files should be in Microsoft Office PowerPoint format (MS Office 2000 or newer version).
  • Submit your PowerPoint Presentation files to chenzh@fiu.edu by Friday, July 23, 2010.
  • Name your PowerPoint presentation files in the following format:  ISSAT_Session Number_First name_ Last name.ppt      Example: ISSAT_S1_John_Smith.ppt
  • Include your file name in the Subject line of your email.
  • Kindly bring a back-up file of you presentation with you on-site.
  • Contact Professor Zhenmin Chen, Conference Arrangement Chair, at chenzh@fiu.edu for questions or more information regarding presentation submission.
  • Computer and LCD projector will be provided for presentations at the conference