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Hotel

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Huigao Garden Hotel

    The Huigao Garden Hotel (Tianjin Huigao Huayuan Jiudian) is situated in the Kemao Street, Nankai district which is reputed as the “silicon valley” of TianJin city, and boasts good business environment and market prospects. Besides, it is very close to the renowned Tianjin University and Nankai University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences), the first central Hospital of Tianjin, Cyber-shopping mall etc. it is 5 minute drive to the commercial district and is adjacent to the scenic spots such as Tianjin TV tower, water park and Tianjin Olympic stadium etc. The10-storied hotel has a floor space of 14300 square meters and enjoys grandeur and has been one of the representing architecture in Baidi road.

    Hotel lobby, fashion and tasteful environment are atmosphere, where the graceful lotus brake. The water is no doubt a good place for recreation to relax the guests. At the same time, the hotel also equipped with business centers, the fitness club and the body and beauty center, commercial facilities. The hotel is well-accommodated and decorated and it has 189 deluxe and commercial rooms divided into seven types of commercial single room, luxurious single room, business standard room, grand standard room, luxurious standard room. The internet service, international satellite TVs, central air conditioning system, IDD, Electronic safety, mini-bar are offered in each room which can meet the different needs of different people.


Location

  • 4 km away from the downtown
  • 9 km away from Tianjin railway station
  • 7.5 km away from Tianjin West Railway Station
  • 20 km away from Tianjin Binhai International Airport

Hotel Amenities

  • Meeting facilities
  • Business center
  • Currency exchange
  • Ticket office
  • Laundry service
  • Escalator/elevator
  • Front desk valuables safe
  • Bellman
  • Baggage deposit service
  • Morning call service
  • ATM
  • Free parking
  • Complimentary tourism traffic map
  • Taxi calling service
  • Beauty salon

Hotel Dining

  • Lobby bar
  • Room service
  • Chinese/Western cuisine
  • Western cuisine
  • Coffee shop

Fitness & recreation

  • Fitness facilities
  • Massage

Room amenities

  • domestic direct-dial
  • International direct-dial
  • Central air conditioning
  • Slipper
  • Writing desk
  • Bathroom magnifying make-up mirrior
  • 24 hours hot water
  • Electric kettle
  • Tea/coffee pot
  • Complimentary bathroom amenities
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Mini bar
  • Mini refrigerator
  • Bathrobe
  • Multi-type electrical outlet
  • 110V electrical outlet
  • Hair dryer
  • In-room safe

Room and Transport Service description

Room Type Room Information

Rack Rate

(per night) Reserve through the hotel reception desk

Preferential Price

(Reserve through the Conference Secretariat)

Breakfast

Superior Queen Room

King/Queen bed

  • Room size: 20-27 sqm
  • Floor: 2-9
  • Bedding: Queen bed, 1.80m
  • Non-smoking room:
    Deodorizing room treatment available. 
  • Internet access:
    Free Internet

 203.2USD

1280 RMB

 61.6 USD

388 RMB

 1 breakfast included

Superior Twin Room

Twin bed

  •  Room size: 20-27 sqm
  • Floor: 2-9
  • Bedding: Twin bed
  • Internet access:
    Free Internet

 203.2USD

1280 RMB

 61.6 USD

388 RMB

 2 breakfast included

Deluxe Queen Room

King/Queen bed

  •  Room size: 33-35 sqm
  • Floor: 2-9
  • Bedding: Queen bed, 2.00m
  • Non-smoking room:
    Deodorizing room treatment available.
  • Internet access:
    Free Internet

 219 USD

1380 RMB

 69.5 USD

438 RMB

 1 breakfast included

 Deluxe Twin Room

Twin bed

  •  Room size: 37-44 sqm
  • Floor: 2
  • Bedding: Twin bed, 1.50m
  • Non-smoking room:
    Deodorizing room treatment available.
  • Internet access:
     Free Internet

 219 USD

1380 RMB

 69.5 USD

438 RMB

 2 breakfast included

 Executive Suite

King/Queen bed

  •  Room size: 47-70 sqm
  • Floor: 9
  • Bedding: Queen bed, 2.00m
  • Non-smoking room:
    Deodorizing room treatment available 
  • Internet access:
    Free Internet

 488.9USD

3080 RMB

 139.7 USD

880 RMB

 1 breakfast included

 


Transport Service (6:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m.)


 

Originating Station  Service Type Charges
Tianjin Binhai International Airport Individual Transportation Service 20 USD
Beijing Capital International Airport Individual Transportation Service 150 USD
Beijing Capital International Airport Shuttle Bus Transportation Service  70 USD

Credit cards accepted by the hotel:American Express, Diners Club International, Master Card, Visa, JCB Card, UnionPay Card 


Hotel Photo Gallery

Superior Queen Room                                             Superior Twin Room

    Deluxe Queen Room      Deluxe Twin Room      Exec. Suite Living Room

                         Executive Suite Room                   Exec.  Suite Bathroom

          Hotel Lobby                 Ninth Floor HUI HAI office           Restaurant

                                      Banquet Hall                               Restaurant


Reserving Rooms and Transport Service through the Conference Secretariat

Please fill out the following form

If you have any questions, please email contact Miss Xiuyun Liu (Conference Secretary):
Room 515, College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering,
92 Weijin Road, Nankai District,Tianjin University,
Tianjin, 300072, China.
Tel: + 86 22 2740 8718
+86 22 2789 2212
Email: vecims2012@tju.edu.cn

Venue

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Tianjin Huigao Garden Hotel

(No. 236-1, Baidi Road, Nankai District)

Tianjin Huigao Hotel is a four star hotel just 4 km away from the downtown area, 9 km away from Tianjin railway station,7.5 k away from Tianjin West Railway Station and 45 minutes drive to the Tianjin Binhai International Airport.

Transportation Service

The Organizing Committee will provide airport transport service for conference attendees on a scheduled basis from 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., at a cost of 20 US$ per single trip from Tianjin Binhai International Airport, and 70 US$ for shuttle bus transportation from Beijing Capital International Airport. If you are interested in these services, please inform the Conference Secretariat when you book your room, and provide your flight number as well as arrival time when you have confirmed your travel plans.

Public Transportation to Huigao Garden Hotel

1. Transportation from Tianjin Railway Station to Huigao Garden Hotel (about 9 km):

  •    Taxi: It takes about 20 minutes.
  •    Bus: Take bus 638 and get off at Kemaodasha (科贸大厦) station, and then walk to Huigao Garden Hotel in two minutes.  

2. Transportations from Tianjin Binhai International Airport to Huigao Garden Hotel (24km):

  • Shuttle bus +Taxi:Take Tianjin airport shuttle bus No.5 and get off at Yuexiulu(越秀路)station, and then take a taxi to Huigao Garden Hotel.
  • Taxi: Take a taxi from Tianjin Binhai International Airport to Huigao Garden Hotel.

3. Transportation from Tianjin West Railway Station to Huigao Garden Hotel (about 7.6 km):

  • Bus: Take bus 852, get off at Chuanfuxincun (川府新村) station, and then take bus 640 and get off at Kemaodasha(科贸大厦)station, and walk to Huigao Garden Hotel.
  • Taxi: Take a taxi from Tianjin West Railway Station to Huigao Garden Hotel.

4. Transportation from Beijing Capital International Airport toTianjin huigao Garden Hotel:

  • Subway+High-speed railway: Take the Airport line of Beijing Metro, transfer to subway line 2 at Dongzhimen(东直门) station, then transfer to subway line 4 at Xuanwumen (宣武门)station, and get off at Beijing South station(北京南站) where you can take Beijing-Tianjin High speed railway. The transportation from Tianjin station to Huigao Garden Hotel is given above.
  • Shuttle bus + taxi: Take the airport shuttle bus to Tianjin Tianhuankeyun station (天环客运站), then take a taxi to Huigao Garden Hotel in 5 minutes.

Contacting Information

Conference Secretary: Miss Xiuyun LIU
Tel: +86 22 27408718/27892212
Address: Room 515, College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University
Email: vecims2012@tju.edu.cn
Web: http://vecims2012.ieee-ims.org/

Registration

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Registration is now available!

Registration fees are listed below in USD:

 

Till June 1, 2012
Advance Registration

After June 1, 2012
Late and On-Site Registration

IEEE Member

$495

$620

Non-Member

$620

$775

Student, IEEE Life-Member

$300

$375

 * Conference registration includes access to all technical sessions, breaks, lunches and banquet dinner, as well as a copy of the Proceedings.

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 June 1, 2012 - 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 one accepted paper. 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 VECIMS Administrator:

Lauren Pasquarelli

Registration

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Registration fees are listed below in USD:

 

Till June 1, 2012
Advance Registration

After June1, 2012
Late and On-Site Registration

IEEE Member

$495

$620

Non-Member

$620

$775

Student, IEEE Life-Member

$300

$375

 * Conference registration includes access to all technical sessions, breaks, lunches and banquet dinner, as well as a copy of the Proceedings.

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 June 1, 2012 - 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 one accepted paper. 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 CIMSA Administrator:

Chris Dyer
email: cdyer@conferencecatalysts.com

Conference History

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VECIMS 2011
September 19 - 21, 2011 | Ottawa, Canada

VECIMS 2010
September 6 - 8, 2010 | Taranto, Italy

VECIMS 2009
May 11 - 13, 2009 | Hong Kong, China

VECIMS 2008
July 14 -16, 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey

 

Author Instructions

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Author Instructions

Final Instructions

The Conference Proceedings will be included in the IEEE Interactive Electronic Library (IEL) as part of IEEE Xplore. All authors who have been accepted must register for the conference and attend the conference to present their paper. Authors who do not attend the conference to present their papers, or arrange for a co-author or knowledgeable colleague to present their paper in the absence of the primary author, will not have their paper published in the IEEE IEL and IEEE Xplore, per latest IEEE policy.

1. Prepare the final version of the manuscript using the paper templates linked below.

Paper Templates

REMEMBER: the final version of a paper in the format given above CANNOT EXCEED 6 PAGES. NO EXCEPTION IS ALLOWED.

2. Register online.

You MUST register before uploading your final paper. Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author has registered and paid the FULL IEEE Member or Non-Member registration fee by June 1, 2012. Student fees do not ensure publication of a paper - no exceptions. One full registration covers only one (1) paper. To guarantee inclusion in the proceedings of more than one (1) paper, the author must pay a USD $50 surcharge for each paper in excess. If you need to register by bank transfer, please contact Lauren Pasquarelli, VECIMS 2012 Administrator.

NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S COMPLETED REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT.

3. An electronic version of the final manuscript must be generated for the conference proceedings.

From the final manuscript formatted as instructed above, authors must generate the electronic version in PDF format. Regardless of its initial format, the file containing the final version of the paper must be transformed in the PDF format using the IEEE PDF express web tool. PDF files generated by means of other tools are not acceptable.

To generate the IEEE Xplore compatible PDF file of your paper, follow these steps:

Create your IEEE PDF eXpress account by going to: http://www.pdf-express.org and using Conference ID: vecims2012x

The first time you access the system, please follow the link to New user. Please note that, in order to access the service, you need to allow the use of cookies from the PDF eXpress web site. Once you have registered as a new user:

   1. upload the source file (containing your paper) for conversion
   2. receive by e-mail the IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF of your paper. Once you’ve received your PDF file, upload it to EDAS

4. Send the electronic version of the final manuscript, complete the presenter's biography form, and submit the copyright form through EDAS by June 1, 2012.

   4.1. Once you receive your Xplore compatible PDF, log in at http://edas.info

   4.2. Upload you paper.
Click the My Papers tab. Click the upload icon (third column from the right) and a dialog box will open that will enable you to select and upload your paper via the web or via FTP.

   4.3. Fill in and sign the IEEE Copyright Transfer form.
The IEEE is enforcing strict copyright rules. For your convenience, the copyright form is made available electronically through EDAS. To access the copyright form, click on the 'My Papers' tab and then click on the copyright icon under the copyright column (second column from the right). Authors who are not authorized to sign a copyright transfer form, should download the paper version of a copyright transfer form, fill it in, and ask an authorized person to sign it.Then, send the completed form to the VECIMS 2012 Administrator by fax: +1 (352) 872 5545.
NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE SUBMITTED COPYRIGHT FORM.

   4.4. Prepare the presenter's biography form.
Please declare who will be presenting the paper at the conference on EDAS. To do this, click the 'My Papers' tab, click on your paper title, and then click the Change/Add icon in the Presenter row. Indicate who will present the paper and click Choose presenter. Presenters must fill out a short bio (50 word max) on EDAS by going to the ‘My Profile’ tab and filling in the information in the ‘Brief bio’ field. Information in this form will be used by the session chairperson to introduce the presenter.

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR WEB AND INTERNET POSTING

If authors like to post their papers electronically on any web site, any ftp site, or any other electronic dissemination technique, they must include the IEEE Copyright notice on the initial screen displaying the IEEE-copyrighted material.

Questions?

Contact the VECIMS 2012 Administrator:
Lauren Pasquarelli
Conference Catalysts, LLC

Organizers

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Honorary Chairs

John C.Y. Leong,
Open University of Hong Kong, China

Mel Siegel,
Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Fernando Lopez Pena,
Universidade da Coruna, Spain

General Co-Chairs

Dong Ming,
Tianjin University, China

Yong Hu,
The University of Hong Kong, China

Shervin Shirmohammadi,
University of Ottawa, Canada

Stefano Ferrari,
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Program Co-Chairs

Guizhi Xu,
Hebei University of Technology, China

Jiying Zhao,
University of Ottawa, Canada

Richard J. Duro,
Universidade da Coruna, Spain

Publicity Chair

Wei Yin,
Oklahoma State University, USA

Special Session Co-Chairs

Yuanming Feng,
Tianjin University, China

Lei Xing,
Stanford University, USA

Xin-Hua Hu,
East Carolina University, USA

Jun Deng,
Yale University, USA

Jianrong Dai,
CAMS Cancer Institute, China

Local Arrangement Chair

Hongzhi Qi,
Tianjin University, China

Steering Committee

Emil M. Petriu,
University of Ottawa, Canada

Vincenzo Piuri,
University of Milan, Italy

Mel Siegel,
CMU, USA

Peter Wide,
University of Orebro, Sweden

Technical Program Committee

CesareAlippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

RiniAkmeliawati, International Islamic University, Malaysia

AlbertoAmato, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

ValentinaEmiliaBalas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania

FrancescoBellocchio, University of Milan, Italy

MarcoCalabrese, Politecnico di Brai, Italy

YonghuaChen, The University of Hong Kong, China

S.H.Choi, The University of Hong Kong, China

Ana-MariaCretu, University of Ottawa, Canada

SergeDemidenko, RMIT Vietnam University, Vietnam

VincenzoDiLecce, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

GiovanniDimauro, Universita' di Bari, Bari, Italy

RuggeroDonidaLabati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

RichardJ.Duro, Universidade da Coruna, Spain

YoshinobuEbisawa, Shizuoka University, Japan

M.OnderEfe, TOBB Economics and Technology University, Turkey

StefanoFerrari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

AlessandroFerrero, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

AntonFuchs, Graz University of Technology, Austria

AngeloGenovese, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

YongHu, The University of Hong Kong, China

DanIonescu, University of Ottawa, Canada

PeterX.Liu, Carleton University, Canada

FernandoLopezPena, Universidade da Coruna, Spain

GillesMauris, Universite de Savoie, France

MihaiV.Micea, Politechnica University of Timisoara, Romania

DongMing, Tianjin University, China

SubhasC.Mukhopadhyay, Massey University, New Zealand

MelanieOoi, Monash University, Malaysia

RobertoOttoboni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

PierrePayeur, University of Ottawa, Canada

EmilM.Petriu, University of Ottawa, Canada

VincenzoPiuri, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Radu-EmilPrecup, Politechnica University of Timisoara, Romania

HongzhiQi, Tianjin University, China

GabriellaSannitidiBaja, Institute of Cybernetics "E.Caianiello", CNR, Italy

RobertoSassi, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Giovanni Semeraro, University of Bari, Italy

GourabSenGupta, Massey University, New Zealand

WeiSun, Drexel University, USA

STTan, The University of Hong Kong, China

JesusUrenaUrena, University of Alcala, Spain

AnnamariaR.Varkonyi-Koczy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

ThomasE.Whalen, Communications Research Centre, Canada

YizhongWang, Tianjing University of Science and Technology, China

GuizhiXu, Hebei University of Technology, China

WeiYin, Oklahoma State University, USA

TaoZhang, Nankai University, China

YunfengZhang, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Welcome to VECIMS 2012

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VECIMS 2012 is an interdisciplinary symposium that intends to bring a methodical instrumentation and measurement perspective to the theory and practice of virtual and virtualized environments, and human-computer interfaces by focusing on the quantitative and metrological aspect of these technologies and their interactive applications in telerobotics, telemedicine, remote control, engineering design, environment sensing and monitoring, training, education, arts, and computer games.  


Papers are solicited on all aspects of virtual environments and human-computer interaction technologies for measurement systems and the related applications, from the points of view of both theory and practice.  This includes but is not limited to multimodal (visual, haptic, audio, etc) virtual environments, sensors and displays, perception and psychophysics, object modeling, model validation, multi-sensor data fusion, soft computing techniques, human-computer interaction, augmented and virtualized reality, virtual reality languages, APIs, RTIs, collaborative distributed virtual environments, model-based telecommunications and telecontrol, calibration, standards, implementation technologies, and applications.


Joint VECIMS 2012 and CIMSA 2012 Special sessions (when submitting a paper, you may indicate the special session preferred):

•    Multimodal virtual environments, simulation and measurement in medical physics
•    Food testing and security

Additionally, there will be a joint VECIMS 2012 and CIMSA 2012 best student paper award.