Papers in the following areas are invited by the symposium, but papers in other related areas will also be considered:
Abrasive machining
Abrasive jet machining
Advanced cutting technology
Beam processing and related topics
CMP and semiconductor wafer processing
Applications of abrasive technologies
Eco-machining
EDM and non-traditional machining
Ultrasonic machining
Finishing, lapping, polishing, and deburring
Die, mold and related topics
Grinding wheel and abrasive grain technologies
High-speed and high-efficiency machining
In-process measurement, monitoring, and metrology
Machine tools and systems, tooling
Additive manufacturing and related topics
Micro/nano-machining
Surface integrity and materials characterization
Tribology in manufacturing
Truing, dressing and ELID
Paper Submission Guidelines
Authors will be provided the options to submit their papers to ISAAT proceedings only, or to both the ISAAT proceedings and the International Journal of Abrasive Technology (IJAT, EI indexed).
The submission of a paper abstract is not required.
Full ISAAT papers must be written in English and are not fewer than 4 proceedings pages.
Each ISAAT paper must be formatted and submitted according to the Instructions for Authors available in the conference website.
The version of the paper for IJAT has no page limit and can be submitted through the journal website at: www.inderscience.com/ijat.
Excellent Paper Awards Excellent Paper Awards will be granted to orally presented papers that have exceptionally good quality. Details will be available on the ICAT website.
Paper Presentation and Publication All papers will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers MUST be presented in oral or poster session. Each delegate may present up to two papers (a publication fee will be charged for the second paper).