[robocup-humanoid] CfP: The universe of RoboCup simulators -- Implementations, Challenges and Strategies for Collaboration

Oskar von Stryk stryk at sim.tu-darmstadt.de
Thu Jun 26 03:17:52 EDT 2008


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Call for Papers:

The universe of RoboCup simulators --
Implementations, Challenges and Strategies for Collaboration

Workshop at the International Conference on Simulation, Modeling,
and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR) 2008

November 4th, 2008
Venice, Italy

http://www.simpar-conference.org/


* Scope & Aim:

Creating realistic simulators for robotics research is a difficult and 
time-consuming task. Nevertheless, almost every robotics group is working on 
custom simulation solutions for their specific robots, often re-inventing the 
wheel and investing time that could be used for research on the concrete 
problems at hand. This is no different within the RoboCup community where many 
teams are building simulators for their robots from scratch again and again. 
Given the ambitions, goal and time-frame of the RoboCup initiative, it would be 
beneficial if these resources could be put to other use. Therefore, this 
workshop is intended to bring together researchers from within RoboCup and 
relevant companies to survey the state of the art in mobile robot simulation, 
get a clear picture of what teams require for their robot simulations, what is 
missing from existing solutions, and to explore possibilities for 
collaborations, e.g. through standards and project mergers.

* Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:

- design and implementation of robot simulators
- application of simulators within RoboCup
- standards for robot simulation
- work flows for robot model creation
- robot specification languages for RoboCup
- tools used in conjunction with robot simulators
- requirement analysis for future simulators
- realistic physics models for robot simulators
- validation studies for existing simulators

* Important dates:

Submission of full papers: September 1st
Notification of acceptance: October 5th
Submission of camera ready papers: October 20th
Workshop: November 4th


* Venue:

The workshop will be held in the antique palace Campo San Salvador - San Marco, 
Venice, Italy (a conference site of the Telecom Italia 
http://www.telecomfuturecentre.it/ ). It will be co-located with SIMPAR 2008 
(SIMULATION, MODELING and PROGRAMMING  for AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS, 
http://www.simpar-conference.org/ )

* Format:

We will have oral presentations and an open discussion at the end of the 
workshop.
For details on the submission, please visit the workshop website 
(http://www.simpar-conference.org/, then go to 'Workshops' -> 'The Universe of 
RoboCup Simulators').


* Co-Chairs:

Heni Ben Amor <amor at informatik.tu-freiberg.de>
Joschka Boedecker <joschka.boedecker at ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp>
Oliver Obst <oliver.obst at csiro.au>

* Program committee:

Heni Ben Amor (TU Freiberg, Germany)
Joschka Boedecker (Osaka University, Japan)
Ansgar Bredenfeld (Fraunhofer AiS, Germany)
Hans Dieter Burkhard (Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany)
Stefano Carpin (University of California, Merced, USA)
Bernhard Jung (TU Freiberg, Germany)
Tim Laue (Universität Bremen, Germany)
Mike Lewis (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
N. Michael Mayer (Osaka University, Japan)
Oliver Obst (CSIRO, Australia)
Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Mikhail Prokopenko (CSIRO, Australia)
Thomas Roefer (DFKI, Germany)
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Oskar von Stryk (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Yasutake Takahashi (Osaka University, Japan)
Ubbo Visser (Universität Bremen, Germany)
Astrid Zeman (CSIRO, Australia)


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