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The City of Aachen and RWTH


With a population of about 260,000 inhabitants the city of Aachen is a medium-sized city of Germany. Located in the very west of Germany Aachen is right at the border to Belgium and The Netherlands. Furthermore, it is just about an hour drive to the large cities of Düsseldorf, Cologne and Brussels.

Since 3,000 BC the area of Aachen is inhabited. During the 1st century BC the Romans used the hot springs to create a spa settlement. In the 8th century King Charlemagne resided in Aachen and at that time its Palace Chapel, which today is part of the Aachen Cathedral, was built. At the point of the full completion of the cathedral it was the largest dome north of the Alps. Beginning in the 10th century Aachen was the center for the coronation of German kings for more than 600 years.

The main entrance of the Dome

A complete view of the Dome

In the 14th century the current city hall was built which lies next to the cathedral in the city center. Starting from the Middle Ages the cloth industry became an important business for Aachen. The industrialization led to a further strong development of this industry. During the Second World War 65% of the city was destroyed. Because of its location it was the first city which was captured by the Allies. In the following periods with its open boarders of Europe Aachen due to its geographic location became an important center of Europe.

The city hall

With a temperature of 74°C Aachen has the hottest springs in Central Europe. Today a lot of buildings still represent the usage of Aachen as a spa. The Elisenbrunnen as an example is besides the cathedral and the city hall the most famous sight of Aachen. With Ponttor and Marschiertor two of the original 11 towers included in the city wall from the 13th century can be seen today. The inner city still represents the historic center and includes most of the sights of Aachen.

A nice corner in the city center of Aachen

Today, Aachen is an important scientific center. There are several universities and research institutions. The largest university is RWTH Aachen University which was established in 1870. With 30,000 students it belongs to the largest engineering universities in Germany. The campus is spread through a large part of the city and there are external faculties around Germany as well. The university hospital is the largest hospital building in Europe.

RWTH is a member of the IDEA League with its partners TU Delft, Imperial College London, ETH Zürich and ParisTech. The university has strong connection to industry and receives the highest amount third-party-funding in Germany. RWTH Aachen University hosts several research clusters. The E.ON Energy Research Center (E.ON ERC) is the largest public-private-partnership in Germany.

(The pictures on this page are a courtesy of Laura Cocco)

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Online Registration will open on March 1, 2010. The registration fees are as follows and must be paid in US dollars.

COVERING THE EXPENSES FOR PAPER PUBLICATION
Do not jeopardize the publication of your work in the proceedings! An accepted paper will be published in the proceedings only if the full-fee registration payment for one of the authors is received and correctly processed by March 25, 2010 - no exceptions. Only member or non-member fees are allowed to cover the publication of an accepted paper. Student registration fees cannot be used to guarantee the publication of an accepted paper. If the author registering to cover the paper publication is a student, he has to pay the appropriate member or non-member fee. Members to whom the society bylaws grant special discounts (e.g., Life members of the IEEE) cannot use the discounted rates to cover the publication of an accepted paper: they have to pay the member fee.

One author registration will cover the publication expenses of only two accepted papers. For each additional accepted paper associated to the same registration, a 50 US$ printing contribution will be charged. In the case no registration has been received and correctly processed to cover the paper publication, the conference organizers will contact the authors before the paper is removed from the proceedings.

To qualify for member rates, the membership number must be provided in the registration form. No exception.

REGISTRATION PROBLEMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information concerning your registration, please, contact only the MeMeA Workshop Administrator:

Rachel Edmunds
email: redmunds@conferencecatalysts.com

Rachel Edmunds
MeMeA 2009 Workshop Administrator
email: redmunds@conferencecatalysts.com

Abstract Preparation

Prospective authors should submit an extended abstract of 3 to 4 pages in length, including figures, tables and references. Shorter submissions may be automatically rejected. The extended abstract should summarize the scope of the paper and the primary results and findings, emphasizing new advances, theories and/or applications so that the program committee will be able to understand the originality and the value of the work.
The extended abstract must be formatted as follows:

• Paper: US-letter or A4 paper
• Margins: 1 inch (2.5 cm) on top, bottom, left and right sides

For your convenience, the Style Manual and Conference Paper templates in various formats are available through the following links:

Style Manual

Paper Templates

Accepted Papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore digital library and indexed by EI/Compendex.

DEADLINES

Extended Abstract Submission: February 14, 2010
Acceptance Notification: March 9, 2010
Final Manuscript Submission: April 8, 2010

Author Registration

Each lead author must visit the EDAS web site and establish an account with a username and password. The lead author then logs in to the EDAS system to actually submit the abstract, and later, the paper via the following steps:

1. Visit www.edas.info and click the New User button.
2. Create your profile. Only the five fields with the red asterisk are required. These fields are first & last name, affiliation (company or organization), country, e-mail address, and status. When the fields are filled in, check the Privacy Policies box and click the Add Person button.
   [note: if you select USA as the country, you will get a message asking for your state]
3. You will receive an e-mail containing your password. Your email address and the given password must later be used to access the system during the following steps, so be careful to remember it.
4. You can then return to the EDAS log-in page (http://www.edas.info) and change your assigned password to one that is easier to remember. To do this, click on the My Profile tab, and then click on change your password. Be sure to record your user name, password and ID number for later reference.

Submission of Extended Abstract

Please login at http://edas.info/N8533 and follow the following steps:

1. Type in the title of the paper in the block and give a five line description of your paper. Then select the topic area(s) your paper falls under best.
   [note: This will help in choosing the reviewers. The abstract will be uploaded later]
2. Click the Submit button.
3. The next page you see will have a large green check mark and a statement that the paper was registered. The last row says Manuscript, and has an icon of a yellow folder next to it. Click on this icon, and then you can upload your manuscripton the next page. Manuscript is used to refer to the PDF form of your extended abstract. You can also upload the paper by clicking the My Papers tab at the top of the screen, and then select the upload icon on the same row as the name of your paper. The upload icon (third column from the right) will open a dialog box that will enable you to select and upload the abstract file via the web or via FTP.

Problems in preparing and submitting your extended abstract? Further Information?

Contact MeMeA Workshop Administrator:
Rachel Edmunds
Conference Catalysts, LLC