Call for Papers

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

This conference is the 14th in a series organized by ANS’s Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls Division (HFICD). Authors are invited to participate in the International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC & HMIT 2025).

Sponsored by the American Nuclear Society (ANS), NPIC & HMIT is the de facto forum for nuclear instrumentation and control and human factors engineering professionals to meet with leaders in industry and academia, discover the state of the technology, exchange information, and discuss future directions.

The conference welcomes the submission of full-length technical papers in I&C, human factors, cyber security, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, which will be peer reviewed and published as conference proceedings. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference to be included in the conference proceedings. Papers will be scheduled for either podium presentations or the student competition. Detailed information and announcements regarding the conference will be posted on the NPIC&HMIT web page.

For participants from industry and vendor organizations: You have the option to submit an abstract only. If the abstract is accepted, you will provide a presentation at the conference; a full paper will not be required. For this option, submit your abstract to Track A, Abstract Option for Industry and Vendor Presentations

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

Maximum of one page identifying title, authors, affiliations, and three paragraphs (total fewer than 500 words) describing the key concepts of the paper. A wide range of topic areas are highlighted below. Authors are encouraged to submit papers on these proposed topics as well as others. The abstract template is on the NPIC&HMIT 2025 web page. Additionally, please follow these formatting/submittal guidelines:

• Do not use all capital letters for the title or any part of any authors’ names. For the title of the abstract, Capitalize the First Letter of Major Words. Author names should be First Name or Initial(s) followed by Last Name.
• The names of all authors should be entered into the Authors page in the Electronic Paper Submission and Review (EPSR) system. List the authors in the same order in which their names appear in the abstract. Author information in the conference program is derived from the entries in the EPSR’s Authors page.
• In the EPSR, authors’ affiliations should match the affiliation provided on the abstract itself. If an author has multiple affiliations, enter the ONE that should be included in the program, assuming the abstract and subsequent paper are accepted.

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers. Full papers must describe work that is new, significant, and relevant to the conference. The limit for full-paper submissions is 10 pages. If a paper over 10 pages is accepted, page charges are $100/page for p. 11 and above. Authors of accepted papers must agree to register and attend the conference and present their papers. Papers that are not presented in person at the conference will not appear in the final conference publication.

STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION

We welcome and encourage students to submit papers to this conference. Please ensure that papers for which the Primary Author is a student are identified as such in the yes/no student-status question in the Authors section of the EPSR. The committee will use this information to identify the papers invited for the student paper competition. A “student paper” is a paper whose first author and presenter is a student.

SUGGESTED TOPICS

Track A, Abstract Option for Industry and Vendor Presentations

Note: The topics listed above are not the final session titles; they are provided just as a guide. The NPIC&HMIT 2025 Technical Program Committee will be happy to expand the areas and include new sessions into the program. Please contact the Technical Program Chair kangh6@rpi.edu to discuss new and alternative concepts.