[robocup-small] CFP: RoboCup Symposium: deadline is extended

[NODA Itsuki]

[Deadline Extended: Revised Call For Paper]
(also includes instruction for electric submision)

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                     RoboCup International Symposium 2005                      
                                                                               
                    Osaka, Japan, July 18th and 19th, 2005                     
                         (http://www.robocup2005.org)                          

                                Call for Papers                                
                     (Deadline of Submision is Extended.)                      

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Purpose and Scope

The 9th RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction and
immediately after the RoboCup 2005 Competitions and Demonstrations as the core
meeting for the presentation of scientific contributions in areas of relevance
to RoboCup. Its scope is encompasses, but is not restricted to the fields of
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Education.

Among the topics of interests are:

 *  Multi-Agent Systems/Multi-Robot Systems
 *  Planning, Reasoning, and Modeling
 *  Vision and Image-Processing
 *  Cooperation and Collaboration
 *  Omnidirectional Vision
 *  Adversarial Planning
 *  Sensor-Motor Control
 *  Dynamic Resource Allocation/Heterogeneous Agents
 *  Distributed Sensor Networks
 *  Learning and Adaptive Systems
 *  Self-localization and Navigation
 *  Simulation and Visualization
 *  Mobile Robots and Humanoids
 *  Disaster rescue information systems
 *  Search and Rescue Robots
 *  Adjustable Autonomy
 *  Embedded and Mobile Hardware
 *  System integration and Software-Engineering
 *  Robotics and Science Education
 *  Realtime and Concurrent Programming
 *  Computer and Robotic Entertainment
 *  Speech Synthesis and Natural Language Generation
 *  New Devices and Materials for Robots
 *  Robot Test Methods and Performance Measures

Submission

We solicit submissions of papers reporting on high quality, original work with
relevance to the areas described above. The RoboCup International Symposium
includes but is not limited to these areas. Due to its interdisciplinary nature
and the exploration of various and intimate connections of theory and practice
of a wide spectrum of different fields, it provides an excellent opportunity to
introduce novel ideas and approaches and spread them amongst various scientific
disciplines. The experimental, interactive and benchmark character of the
RoboCup tournament creates the opportunity to present, learn and evaluate novel
ideas and approaches with significant potential; if promising, they are then
rapidly adopted and field-tested by a large (and still strongly growing)
community.

In particular, we would like to urge also people not actively participating in
RoboCup to submit their work on above or related topics, as the RoboCup project
provides a uniquely powerful, effective and visible platform for rapid
evaluation and dissemination of successful scientific and technological
approaches.

Both papers describing real-world research and papers dealing with strong
theoretical results are welcome, as well as combinations thereof. We also
encourage the submission of high-quality overview articles for any field
related to the general scope of RoboCup, especially the ones listed above.

The proceedings of RoboCup are published within the Springer LNAI-series. All
submissions to the International Symposium enter the selection process for the
RoboCup "Scientific Challenge Award", which recognizes outstanding research
within a field related to the scope of the Symposium.

Submission Format and Instructions

Submitted papers should follow the Springer LNAI format, and are limited to 12
pages. Instructions for formatting can be found at:

   
    http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
   
We strongly encourage electronic submissions per the electronic instructions.

Authors will be required to register on the RoboCup Symposium 2005 paper
submission site:

   
    http://robocupsymposium.confmaster.net/
   
and to submit a formatted electronic version of their paper through this
software.

Instructions on the electronics submission process is also published on the
symposium website (available via the official RoboCup 2005 website http://
www.robocup2005.org)

The electronic submission process requires a pdf file of the full paper, and
the separate submission of an abstract. Authors who cannot submit their papers
electronically should contact the program chairs for instructions on submitting
hard copies. All submission materials are due:

    midnight EST Feb 10, 2005.

Team Description Papers (TDPs)

Every team participating in RoboCup 2005 is additionally encouraged to submit a
team description paper (TDP), that describes its approach in more detail. The
length of the TDP is limited to 12 pages. Please use the same Springer LNAI
format as symposium submissions (instructions above). There will be no extra
review process for the TDPs. Acceptance is decided by the qualification to the
RoboCup 2005 competition.

The TDPs will be published on a CD that will be part of the final RoboCup 2005
book.

Submission deadline for TDPs is

    midnight EST May 1st, 2005.

Important Dates


Feb 10, 2005   Submission deadline                             
Feb 10, 2005                                                   
April 1st      Notification of acceptance                      
May 1st        Camera-ready copies due (Symposium and TDPs)    
July 13-17     International RoboCup Competitions and          
               Demonstrations                                  
July 18-19     RoboCup International Symposium                 

Conference Co-Chairs

 *  Itsuki Noda <i.noda at aist.go.jp>:
    Information Technology Research Institute, National Institute on Advanced
    Industry, Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.
 *  Adam Jacoff <adam.jacoff at nist.gov>:
    Intelligent Systems Division, National Institute of Standards and
    Technology (NIST), USA.
 *  Ansgar Bredenfeld <ansgar.bredenfeld at ais.fraunhofer.de>:
    Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS), Germany.
 *  Yasutake Takahashi <yasutake at er.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp>:
    Dept. of Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University, Japan.

                                                    (last modified: 2005/01/26)