[robocup-worldwide] Portugal Open 2017 Rescue Agent Simulation - Call for Participation

Mon Jan 23 08:34:11 EST 2017

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*Call for Participation*

*Portugal Open Rescue Agent Simulation League Tournament*

*to be held at Estádio Universitário de Coimbra,*

*Coimbra, Portugal -- April 26-30, 2017*

*(http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt/index.php/en/competitions/senior/45-rescue-simulation-robocup
<http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt/index.php/en/competitions/senior/45-rescue-simulation-robocup>)*

*Co-located with the*

*Robótica 2017*

*(http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt <http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt>)*

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IMPORTANT DATES

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Early Team registration:                  March 31, 2017

Late Team registration:                   April 21, 2017

Workshop:                                 April 27, 2017

Tournament dates:                         April 28-30, 2017

REGISTRATION

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To register for the RoboCup Rescue Simulation workshop and competition
follow the procedure at

http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt/index.php/en/competitions/registration

ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE

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Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale
economic,human,
and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and it is
even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand
disaster management strategies to be in place for the mitigation of damaging
consequences when a disaster happen.

The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote
research and development in the socially significant domain of natural
disaster. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into
three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able
to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response plans
can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for
response plans elaborated by policy-makers to act in real natural disaster
situations.

Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing
competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between
researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the
development of more sophisticated and formalized plans to efficaciously
respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society.

COMPETITION

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The Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the
performance of agent teams developed using ADK Framework

(https://github.com/RCRS-ADF/RCRS-ADF) on different maps of the RoboCup
Rescue Agent Simulation (RCRS) platform

(https://sourceforge.net/projects/roborescue/files/roborescue/v1.2/).

Specifically, it involves evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance, Police
Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians and extinguishing
fires in cities where an earthquake has just happened.

The Agent Simulation competition is composed of a preliminary round, a
semi-final round, and a final round. Each round is composed of a set of
maps representing different possible situations used for evaluating and
scoring each agent team at each round. A consolidated score is assigned to
each team per round.

The three teams with the highest scores at the final round receive a prize.

Teams can participate remotely. To participate remotely teams need to
register to the competition and they should also send their code with
instructions of how to execute it no later than **April 25, 2017** to
faraji.farshid at gmail.com.

WORKSHOP

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In addition to the competition, we will hold a 1-day workshop about the
RoboCup Rescue Simulation League.

The workshop aims to disseminate the knowledge about the RoboCup Rescue
Simulation League and the simulator used in the competition. Additionally,
we will provide a hands-on experience with the installation of the
simulator and introductory instructions of how to develop new teams of
agents to participate in the competitions.

Target Audience

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The workshop is of interest to researchers, academics, and students
interested in applying Artificial Intelligence and Multiagent Systems
techniques in the challenging and socially relevant domain of responding to
natural disaster.

Skills/Knowledge

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The target audience is academics, researchers, and students with knowledge
of Java Programming. Knowledge about Artificial Intelligence and Multiagent

Systems techniques are an advantage.

Participant outcomes

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At the end of the workshop, the participants should:

        * know about the focus of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

        * know the rules of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation competitions

        * know the RoboCup Rescue Simulator (RCRS) architecture and
operation

        * be able to install and configure the RCRS

        * understand the capabilities of each type of agent (Police
Force,

      Ambulance Team, Fire Brigade)

        * be able to execute simulations using existing teams of agents

        * be able to implement a new (simple) teams of agents

        * understand the communication features of the RCRS

Agenda and Activities

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Introduction

        * Negative impacts of natural disasters

        * Characteristics of natural disasters

        * Challenges imposed on these teams

RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

        * Objectives

        * Competitions

        * Rules

RoboCup Rescue Simulator

        * Characteristics

        * Architecture

        * Simulation dynamics

        * Installation

        * Configuration

Hands-on Activity

Agents' Behaviors

        * StandardAgent Architecture

        * Capabilities

        * Types of Agents

               - Police Force

               - Ambulance Team

               - Fire Brigade

Agents' Development

        * Class structure

        * Types of communication

        * Behavioral methods

        * Implementing

               - Police Force

               - Ambulance Team

               - Fire Brigade

Hands-on Activity

Agent Development Framework v2.2

        * Architecture

        * Modules customization

        * Compiling and Running

Hands-on Activity

Best regards on behalf of

RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Executive and Technical Committees
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