[alife] IRobot-IBERAMIA-2008: Call for Papers

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Call For Papers
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IROBOT 2008: 3rd Intelligent Robotics Workshop
(http://www.fe.up.pt/~irobot)
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To be held at
IBERAMIA 2008 - 11th edition of the
Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
October 14-17, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal
(http://www.adetti.pt/events/IBERAMIA2008/)

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Workshop Description
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Research in robotics has traditionally emphasized two approaches. On  
the one
hand we have hardware related aspects such as low-level sensing and  
control
tasks, path planning, morphology and actuator design and energy  
management.
On the other hand, several Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers  
are more
concerned with providing real/simulated robots with higher-level  
cognitive
functions that enable them to reason, act and perceive in an  
autonomous way
in dynamic, inaccessible, continuous and non deterministic environments.
Combining results from robotics hardware and control with those from  
AI and
cognitive science will be thus essential for the future of intelligent
robotics.

The purpose of the 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Robotics -
IROBOT''2008 is to bring together researchers, engineers and other
professionals interested in the application of AI techniques in
real/simulated robotics to discuss current work and future directions.  
The
workshop will also promote discussion on two specific topics:

. Simulated vs. Real Robotics: How to bridge the gap between  
simulation and
real robotics?
. Benefits and dangers of robotic competitions to promote scientific
progress?

These topics will be the subject of two panel discussions led by well  
known
researchers with vast experience in organizing/participating in
national/international real or simulated robotic competitions and on
migrating approaches tested on simulators to real robotic platforms.

IROBOT'08 workshop intends to approach the iberoamerican AI and Robotics
communities and to bridge the gap between the development of AI
methodologies and their application into real robotic platforms.

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Topics of Interest
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The workshop will be structured around the following themes:

* AI Planning for robotics
* Autonomous vehicles
* Cognitive Robotics
* Computer vision and object recognition
* Coordination in robotics
* Evolutionary robotics and reactive intelligence
* Human-robots interfaces
* Intelligent buildings and warehouses
* Intelligent transportation technologies and systems
* Learning and adaptation in robotics
* Mobile robot performance measures
* Modelling and simulating complex robots
* Multi-Robot systems
* Field Robots
* Real-time reactivity
* Robot behaviour engineering
* Robot Expressiveness and Emotional Awareness
* Robotic surveillance
* Sensor fusion
* Simulation and virtual reality systems in robotics

This topic's list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of  
the
listed topics, although authors should not feel limited by them.  
Unlisted
but related topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in the  
workshop
main subject.

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Paper Submission
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Authors are invited to submit original research contributions or  
experience
reports in English. Scientific or technical articles describing
state-of-the-art techniques, algorithms, systems, environments,  
problems or
applications relevant to the area of Intelligent Robotics may be  
submitted.
Papers discussing application transfer from simulated to real robots and
papers showing socially useful robotic applications generated by
participations in robotic competitions are also welcome.

Submissions must follow the guidelines specified in the workshop site.  
The
Springer LNCS format must be used (instructions in
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html/). The length of submitted
full papers must not exceed 12 pages. Authors must remove their names  
from
the submitted papers, and should take reasonable care not to indirectly
disclose their identity. Paper submissions should be made in PDF format,
and sent by email to the Workshop email address irobot at fe.up.pt.

Three program committee members will be assigned to review each paper.
Acceptance will be based on the paper's significance, technical quality,
clarity, relevance and originality. Accepted papers, must be presented  
at
the workshop by one of the authors. Accepted papers will be scheduled  
for
presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors should
register at the Conference. All accepted papers will be published in the
Workshop Proceedings.

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Conference Site
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Further and up-to-date information can be found in the official site  
of the
conference at: http://www.adetti.pt/events/IBERAMIA2008/

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Important Dates
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24-Jul-2008 Paper Submission Deadline
2-Set-2008 Author Notification
12-Set-2008 Deadline for Final Camera-Ready Copies
14-17-Oct-2008 IBERAMIA 2008 Conference

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Organising Committee
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Luís Paulo Reis
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal
Tel. +351 22 5081829, Fax. +351 22 5081443
http://www.fe.up.pt/~lpreis
E-mail: lpreis at fe.up.pt

Luís Correia
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Artificial Life Group - LabMAg Research Center
Campo Grande, 1749 - 016 Lisboa, Portugal
Phone: +351 217 500 238, (ext. 26307) Fax: +351 217 500 084
http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~lcorreia/
Email: luis.Correia at di.fc.ul.pt

Nuno Lau
Universidade de Aveiro
Departamento de Electrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática
Campo Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Phone: +351 234 370524, Fax: +351 234 370545
http://www.ieeta.pt/~lau
Email: lau at det.ua.pt

Reinaldo Bianchi
IIIA - CSIC, Spain / Centro Universitário da FEI
Campus SBC - São Paulo, Brazil,
Phone: +11 4353-2900, Fax: +11 4109-5994
http://www.fei.edu.br/~rbianchi/,
Email: rbianchi at fei.edu.br


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Program Committee
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António P. Moreira (Universidade do Porto - FEUP, Portugal)
Arnau Ramisa (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Armando Sousa (Universidade do Porto - FEUP, Portugal)
Augusto Loureiro da Costa (UFBA, Salvador, Brazil)
Carlos Carreto (Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal)
Cesar Analide (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Eduardo Silva (Instituto Sup. Engenharia do Porto, Portugal)
Fernando Ribeiro (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Fernando Osório (Univ. São Paulo/SC, Brazil)
Flavio Tonidandel (Centro Univ. FEI, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil)
Hans-Dieter Burkhard (Humboldt-Universität, Germany)
J. Norberto Pires (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Jorge Dias (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Luis Seabra Lopes (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Luís Correia (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Luís Paulo Reis (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Luiz Marcos Goncalves (UFRN, Natal, Brazil)
Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Mikhail Prokopenko (CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia)
Nuno Lau (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)
Paulo Urbano (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Raul Rojas (Free University of Berlin, Germany)
Reinaldo Bianchi (IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)
Stephen Balakirsky (National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA)

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Luís Correia
Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências
Departamento de Informática
Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
Tel: (+351) 217 500 238
Fax: (+351) 217 500 084
Luis.Correia at di.fc.ul.pt
http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~lcorreia/
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