Welcome to the ISFA 2008 Website

Dear Colleagues:
We invite you to the 2008 International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA) (formerly the Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation) to be held in Atlanta, Georgia on 23 – 26 June, 2008. The purpose of this biennial symposium is to promote research activities in various areas of flexible automation by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, presentation of technological achievements, and discussion of future directions. While the main focus of this symposium is on manufacturing automation, papers dealing with flexible automation in non-manufacturing areas will be welcomed.

The symposium will be housed within Georgia Tech’s manufacturing cluster, in the beautiful city of Atlanta. All hotels will be walking distance from the symposium venue and will be easily accessible via the Atlanta subway system, MARTA.

Our Program Committee, lead by Professor Singhose of Georgia Tech, and Professor Kaihara of Kobe University, are planning an exciting set of presentations, discussions and interactions at the 2008 ISFA. We sincerely, hope that you join us for this leading edge conference in Atlanta.

Sincerely,

Professor Thomas R. Kurfess
Organizing Committee Co-Chair (USA)
BMW Chair of Manufacturing
Clemson University

Dr. Steven Y. Liang
Organizing Committee Co-Chair (USA)
Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems
Georgia Institute of Technology

Professor Mamoru Mitsuish
Organizing Committee Co-Chair (Japan)
Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering
University of Tokyo