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Below you can find the <span>Call</span> for <span>Participation</span> for the humanoid robots spring <span>school</span> that Amirkabir University of Technology (Iran) in conjunction with University of Manitoba (Canada) are organizing as a project for promoting RoboCup.<br>
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Please note that early registration rates are available only until March 30th. Attached you can find the registration procedures. Do not hesitate to contact me for any further information of participation. <br>
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Best,<br></div><div>Soroush Sadeghnejad<br></div><div dir="ltr">
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11pt"> Last Call for Participation<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.5in 10pt 22.5pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">3<sup>rd</sup> International Spring School for Humanoid
Soccer Robots 2014</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.5in 10pt 22.5pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Project for Promoting
RoboCup)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.5in 10pt 22.5pt;text-align:center" align="center"> <a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School" target="_blank">arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School</a><br>
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12-16 April, 2014<br>
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">* <b>Abstract</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>----------------<br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The development of humanoid
robots able to play soccer is a fundamental challenge problem for robotics
and AI. Since the start of the humanoid league in 2002, there have been lots of
improvements in humanoid soccer robots hardware and software. This is partially
due to the introduction of standard platforms (Nao, DARwIn-OP, NimbRo-OP) and
competitions for complex simulated robots (3D Simulation).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The objective of the school is to
give deep insights into the current state of the art for soccer playing
humanoid robots. Amirkabir Robotic Institute and Mechanical Engineering Department
of Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) are proud to host
the 3rd International Spring School for Humanoid Robots 2014, a unique
opportunity for everyone to learn the fundamentals and get involved in humanoid
robots projects.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">* <b>Program</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>-----------------<br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The spring school will highlight
the most recent advances in humanoid robotics research. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>1- Theory</i>: Many successful
approaches in the areas of active balancing, compliant control, complex motion
planning, biologically inspired approaches, team play, and human robot
interaction. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>2- Practical</i> <i>exercises</i>:
A soccer field and real humanoid soccer robots (Darwin-OP, Nao) will be
provided for hands-on experience. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">There will be sessions
covering the basic theory and lab activities covering the practice of humanoid
robotics. Lectures will be presented by well-known researchers from North America,
Europe, and Asia. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>* Social Activities</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>-----------------------------<br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">To facilitate informal
interactions between participants, several social activities are planned.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">* <b>Organizers</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>--------------------<br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 9pt;text-align:justify"><span><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Jacky Baltes</b>, University
of Manitoba, Canada.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>Executive Committee Member of International
RoboCup Federation in Humanoid Robot League</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 9pt;text-align:justify"><span><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Mohsen Bahrami</b>, Amirkabir
University of Technology, Iran. <br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 9pt;text-align:justify"></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 9pt;text-align:justify"><span><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Saeed Shiry Ghidary</b>,<span style="line-height:115%;font-size:11.5pt"> </span>Amirkabir
University of Technology, Iran.</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 9pt;text-align:justify"><span><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Soroush Sadeghnejad</b>,
Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt"><span> </span>Technical & Organization Committee
Member of International RoboCup Federation in Humanoid Robot League</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><br><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:10pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">* <b>Lecturers <br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>--------------------<br></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 9pt;text-align:justify"><span><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font> 1- <span style><a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School/Jacky.html" target="_blank">Jacky Baltes</a>, University of Manitoba.
<br> 2- <a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School/kuo-yang.html" target="_blank">Kuo-Yang Tu</a>, National Kaohsiung First University of Science& Technology, Taiwan.
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3- Mohsen Bahrami, Amirkabir University of Technology.
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4- Saeed Shiry Ghidary, Amirkabir University of Technology.
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5- <a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School/soroush.html" target="_blank">Soroush Sadeghnejad</a>, Amirkabir University of Technology.
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6- Mohsen Tamiz, Amirkabir University of Technology.
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7- <a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School/Meghdari.html" target="_blank">Ali Meghdari</a>, Sharif University of Technology.<br>
8- <a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School/Alemi.html" target="_blank">Minoo Alemi</a>, Sharif University of Technology.
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9- Ebrahim Bararian, Amirkabir University of Technology.
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10- Taher Abbasi, Amirkabir University of Technology</span>.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font></font> <br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">* <b>Registration</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>----------------------<br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> The number of participants
is limited.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> The deadline for advance
registration is <b>March 30<sup>th</sup></b>. For more information and registration
please visit: ****<a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School" target="_blank">arc.aut.ac.ir/Humanoid_Soccer_School</a>**** </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal">* <b>Acknowledgment</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>------------------------------<br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We gratefully acknowledge the
support of the International RoboCup Federation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Organization Committee of 3<sup>rd</sup>
International Spring School for Humanoid Robots 2014 wants to invite you to
participate in this school and hopes this would be a very memorable start for
academic cooperation in Robotics and AI in the field of humanoid robotics.
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Please feel free to contact me
for any further information about the school, registration, visa and
international affairs. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify">Good Luck with your research and hope to see you all in Iran.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i><br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i>Soroush Sadeghnejad</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i>On behalf of organization committee</i></p>
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