Event is organised in 2012 in occasion of 60th universsary of fundation of Technical University of Kosice and Mechanical Engineering Faculty and 20th universary of fundation of Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies in Presov, under auspices of Dr.h.c. mult. prof. Ing. František Trebuna, CSc. ., Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Kosice and prof. Ing. Jozef Novak-Marcincin, PhD., Dean of Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with seat in Presov, Technical University of Kosice by Department of Automation, Control and Human Machine Interaction from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and by Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Cybernetics from Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with a seat in Prešov, Slovak Republic.

The aim of sixth meeting of experts in the field of Automation and Control from Slovakia and Czech Republic is to draw attention to modern trends in the branch, to allow experts, teachers and researchers to present the results of their activities, as well as to exchange their experience and establish new contacts among the participants.
Automation is a modern interdisciplinary field integrating several subjects like cybernetics, electrical engineering, informatics and manufacturing technologies. Its aim is to achieve the synergy of effects in the design, production and use of machines, instruments, devices, complex machine structures and products using a combination of knowledge bases from mechanical engineering, electronics, informatics and control. Since automation and control is a part of virtually every advanced technical field, it asks for adequate meeting of requirements imposed by practice through a school program modernisation and appropriate response to the needs dictated by basic and applied research in this field.

1. Theoretical Aspects of Automation and Control

â–  modern methods of automatic control
â–  modeling and simulation
â–  artificial intelligence in automation and control

2. Practical Aspects of Automation and Control

â–  means of automatic control
â–  hardware and software for machine and process automation
â–  automation and industrial informatics application examples

3. Academic education in automation and applied informatics

â–  new methods and education forms
â–  teaching aids
â–  e-learning
â–  practice needs for experts in the field of automation and industrial informatics

In case of interest, an excursion to a significant local object will take place on February 24, 2012.

The place of conference High Tatras (Stará Lesná), Slovakia, is situated at the footrest of Lomnický Štít massif, in the eastern part of High Tatras. It lies on the border of Vysoké Tatry national park, not far away from Tatranská Lomnica and Starý Smokovec. The accommodation for participants is reserved in the ACADEMIA congress centre in Stará Lesná. The participants are expected to pay accommodation costs at the conference place. It is possible to provide an accommodation apart from the duration of conference for those interested in an extended form of staying prior to (or after) the conference. As a part of accompanying programme, it is possible to visit the AquaCity or organize a bowling tournament (paid by participants personaly).