[robocup-worldwide] SIMPAR2010: Final Call for Contributions *** June 21, 2010 *** Submission Deadline

[Oskar von Stryk]

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                     Final Call for Papers

               2nd International Conference on
             SIMULATION, MODELING and PROGRAMMING
              for AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS (SIMPAR 2010)

           Darmstadt (Germany), November 15-18, 2010

                    http://www.simpar.org
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The objective of the International Conference on Simulation,
Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR) is
to offer a unique forum for the next generation of methodologies
and tools for robot development and to bring together researchers
from academia and industry to identify and solve the key issues
necessary to ease the development of increasingly complex robot 
software, and to boost a smooth shifting of results from simulated
to real applications.

Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:

       * 3D robot simulation
       * Reliability, scalability and validation of robot simulation
       * Simulated sensors and actuators
       * Offline simulation of robot design
       * Online simulation with realtime constraints
       * Simulation with software/hardware in the loop
       * Middleware for robotics
       * Modeling framework for robots and environments
       * Testing and validation of robot software
       * Standardization for robotic services
       * Communication infrastructures in distributed robotics
       * Interaction between sensor networks and robots
       * Human robot interaction and collaboration
       * Multirobot systems

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INVITED SPEAKERS (confirmed)

O. Khatib (Stanford University)
P. Fritzson (Linkoping University)

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CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format by

*** June 21, 2010, 23:59 PM PST ***

through EasyChair
 	https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=simpar2010
Papers can be up to 12 pages length (Springer LNCS format).
Further instructions can be found on the conference website.

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TUTORIAL & WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

Proposals for half-day or full-day tutorials and workshops must be
submitted to the Tutorials/Workshops Chairs by June 21, 2010.
Further instructions can be found on the conference website.

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IMPORTANT DATES

*** Extended deadlines, there will be no further extension ***

Deadline for submission of papers:   June 21, 2010
Proposals for tutorials/workshops:   June 21, 2010
Notification of acceptance:          July 26, 2010
Submission of camera-ready papers: August 23, 2010

Conference proceedings will be published in the Springer LNCS/LNAI 
series.

A special issue of the Journal of Software Engineering
for Robotics related to the conference will be planned.

Workshop proceedings will be published online with ISBN number.

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         General Chair
O. von Stryk (TU Darmstadt, Germany)

         International Program Co-Chairs
N. Ando (AIST, Japan)
S. Balakirsky (NIST, USA)
M. Reggiani (University of Padua, Italy)

        International Steering Committee
M. Gini (University of Minnesota, USA)
L. Parker (University of Tennessee, USA)
T. Arai (University of Tokyo, Japan)
X.P. Chen (University of Science and Technology of China)
H. Bruyninckx (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
E. Pagello (University of Padua, Italy)

         Award Chair
Itsuki Noda (AIST, Japan)
         Local Chair
T. Hemker (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
         Tutorial Chair
D. Brugali (University of Bergamo, Italy)
         Workshop Chair
E. Menegatti (University of Padua, Italy)
         Exhibition Chair
M. Friedmann (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
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