<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear all,<br></div>The pre-registration deadline for the 2014 MSL competitions in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, is only 7 days away. Please send your pre-registration info to <a href="mailto:rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org" target="_blank">rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org</a> by February, 14th (see full details below).<br>
<br></div>Best regards<br>
</div>Jose Luis Azevedo<br></div><br><div><br>******************************************************<br><div>Call for Participation<br><br>RoboCup 2014 Middle Size League<br><br>July 19-25, 2014 (Joao Pessoa, Brazil)<br>
<a href="http://www.robocup2014.org/" target="_blank">http://www.robocup2014.org/</a><br>******************************************************<br><br>We
would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2014 RoboCup
MSL World Championships. If you are interested to participate please
take the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2014 MSL
competitions.<br>
<br>1) Pre-registration<br>*********************<br><br>For the pre-registration please send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org" target="_blank">rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org</a> containing the following data:<br>
- team name<br>
- URL of the team’s home page<br>- name of the team leader<br>- e-mail address of team or team leader<br>- affiliation<br>- country<br>- link to the qualification materials<br><br>2) Qualification materials<br>*****************************<br>
<br>By the time of pre-registration, please have ready the following qualification materials:<br>- list of five RoboCup related scientific publications<br>- overview of the performance in past events<br>-
a Team Description Paper describing the most innovative contributions
or scientific results (the TDP is limited to 8 pages and must be
formatted according to the LNCS format <a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a>)<br>
- a qualification video (the maximum duration of the video is 1 minute)<br>- an overview of the contributions to the MSL community<br>- a mechanical and electrical description together with a software flow chart (please include size and weight of the robots)<br>
<br>The details regarding the qualification materials are contained in the rules and regulations document available at <a href="http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League" target="_blank">http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League</a>. Please read it thoroughly.<br>
<br>The qualification materials should be placed in a dedicated page of
the team's web page. Please include the link to the qualification
materials in the pre-registration information.<br><br>3) Important dates<br>*********************<br>
<br>- Deadline for pre-registration and submission of the qualification materials: February 14, 2014<br>- Announcement of qualified teams: February 28, 2014<br><br>4) Rules<br>**********<br><br>The rules and regulations for the RoboCup 2014 Middle Size League are published at<br>
<a href="http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League" target="_blank">http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League</a><br><br>5) Publication<br>
****************<br><br>Please note that after the announcement of the
qualified teams the qualification materials of the qualified teams will
be made publicly available. Teams applying for participation therefore
grant the right of publication of their qualification materials to the
MSL league.<br>
<br>6) Plagiarism<br>***************<br><br>Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code and ideas (see “<a href="http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html" target="_blank">http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html</a>” for a more detailed description) is not tolerated in the RoboCup community.<br>
The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and
present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the
team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two
years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be
applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A
team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the
competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any
expenses related to their disqualification.<br>
<br>We hope to welcome you all in Joao Pessoa.<br><br>With kind regards,<br><br>The 2014 RoboCup MSL Organizing and Executive committees.</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>********************************************************************<br>
Jose Luis Azevedo<br>University of Aveiro<br>Dep. of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics<br>3810-193 Aveiro<br>Portugal<br>Tlf. +351.234 370500 / Fax. +351.234 370545<br>(<a href="mailto:jla@ua.pt" target="_blank">jla@ua.pt</a>)<br>
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