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Call for Participation<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RoboCup Small Size League Competition 2014<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span lang="PT-BR"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">July 19-25, 2014</span></span> (Joao Pessoa, Brazil)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<a href="http://www.robocup2014.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="PT-BR">http://www.robocup2014.org/</span></a><span lang="PT-BR"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Small Size League Wiki<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<a href="http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Small_Size_League" target="_blank">http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Small_Size_League</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<a href="http://robocupssl.cpe.ku.ac.th/" target="_blank">http://robocupssl.cpe.ku.ac.th/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">********************************************************************<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Robocup is a competition domain designed to advance Robotics and AI research through a friendly competition.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Small Size robot soccer is one of the Robocup league divisions, focused on the problem of intelligent multi-agent cooperation and control in a highly dynamic environment with a hybrid centralized/distributed system.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Researchers and students are invited to participate in the RoboCup Small Size League competition 2014, in Brazil.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To participate, teams must complete the qualification process, available on the League’s Wiki, at<a style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> http://robocupssl.cpe.ku.ac.th/robocup2014:qualification</a>, and summarized in this e-mail.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">IMPORTANT DATES<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• Pre-Registration Deadline : <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">January 31, 2014</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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• Qualification Deadline : <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">February 28, 2014</span></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• Qualification Announcement : <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">March 15, 2014</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">• Financial Support Confirmation Deadline : <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">April 15, 2014</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The qualification process consists of:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1. Pre-Registration<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">
Indicate participation intent by sending an email to the organizing committee(<a href="mailto:rc-ssl-oc@lists.robocup.org" target="_blank">rc-ssl-oc@lists.robocup.org</a>), containing the following:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">
• Team Name<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">• Country<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">
• University<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">• Main contact name and Email<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">
• Team Website (optional)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">The email subject should be: 2014 Participation Intent <your team name>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2. Submission of the Qualification Material:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">
Teams are required to send the following qualification material to the organizing committee (<a href="mailto:rc-ssl-oc@lists.robocup.org" target="_blank">rc-ssl-oc@lists.robocup.org</a>):<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">
• A Team Description Paper (TDP) in LNAI format (<a href="http://www.springer.com/series/1244" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/series/1244</a>)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">
• A Team Video demonstrating the team capabilities<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-indent:0.5in">The detailed requirements of the qualification material are posted on the League’s wiki, at<a href="http://robocupssl.cpe.ku.ac.th/robocup2014:qualification" target="_blank"> http://robocupssl.cpe.ku.ac.th/robocup2014:qualification</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">* (Special requirement for Top 8 teams from Robocup 2013) - Top 8 teams have to submit also an Extended Team Description Paper (ETDP) by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">April 15, 2014</span></span>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hope to see you at Robocup 2014.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2014 Robocup Small Size League Organizing and Technical Committees</p></div>