[alife] IRobot 2009 CfP

[Luís Correia]

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Call for papers
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IROBOT'2009 Thematic Track on Intelligent Robotics
http://www.fe.up.pt/~irobot
a track of EPIA'2009 - Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence
http://epia2009.appia.pt/

October 12-15, 2009
Aveiro, Portugal
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IROBOT'2009 is a thematic track dedicated to Intelligent Robotics,  
integrated in the 2009 Portuguese Conference on Artificial  
Intelligence.  Its main purpose is to bring together researchers,  
engineers and other professionals interested in the application of AI  
techniques in real and simulated robotics, to discuss current work and  
future directions.

The IRobot'2009 track will especially target the theme “Cognitive  
versus Reactive approaches – hybridization is the solution?”. A  
related aspect will be explored, consisting on analysing these models  
from the point of view of stringent applications of mobile robots, in  
particular in robotic competitions. “Are the theoretical models of any  
use when real time competition is the goal?” These topics will be the  
subject of panel discussions led by well known researchers with vast  
experience in robotics and their different applications, in  
particular, mobile robot competitions. Nevertheless, other aspects  
will be addressed as well and a non exhaustive list of topics that may  
be addressed is suggested next.

Topics of Interest
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  AI Planning for robotics
  Autonomous vehicles
  Cognitive Robotics
  Computer vision and object recognition
  Coordination in robotics
  Evolutionary robotics and reactive intelligence
  Human-robots interfaces
  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

Important dates
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     * Deadline for paper submission: April 15, 2009
     * Notification of paper acceptance: May 31, 2009
     * Deadline for final versions: July 15, 2009
     * Conference dates: October 12-15, 2009

Submission instructions
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Submissions must follow the guidelines specified in the conference  
site (http://epia2009.web.ua.pt/cfp.asp). 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.

Organizing Committee
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Luis Paulo Reis - University of Oporto, Portugal
Luis Correia - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Antonio J.R. Neves - University of Aveiro, Portugal

Program Committee
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António José Neves - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
António Paulo Moreira - Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Armando J. Pinho - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Armando Sousa - Universidade do Porto, 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
Enrico Pagello - University of Padua, Italy
Fernando Lobo Pereira - Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Fernando Osório - Universidade São Paulo/SC, Brazil
Fernando Ribeiro - Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Flavio Tonidandel - Centro Univ. FEI, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Gabriella Sanniti Di Baja - Istituto di Cibernetica CNR, Italy
Guy Theraulaz – CRCA, University of Toulouse III: Paul Sabatier, France
Hans-Dieter Burkhard - Humboldt-Universität, Germany
Huosheng Hu - University of Essex, UK
Jacky Baltes - University of Manitoba, Canada
Jorge Dias - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Jose Miguel Sanchiz - University Jaume I, Spain
Luís Correia - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Luís Paulo Reis - Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Luis Seabra Lopes - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Marco Dorigo - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Maria Isabel Ribeiro - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Martin Riedmiller - University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Mikhail Prokopenko - CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia
Nuno Lau - Universidade de Aveiro
Paulo Gonçalves - Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Paulo Oliveira - Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Paulo Urbano - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Reinaldo Bianchi - IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Stephen Balakirsky - National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA
Urbano Nunes - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Xiaoping Chen - University of Science and Technology, China
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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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