<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<br><br>Please consider the following update from RoboCup Federation on fee waivers for NEW teams:<br><br>The RoboCup Federation is pleased to introduce a waiver of the team<br>fee for the 2015 international RoboCup competition for NEW teams in<br>the major leagues. A NEW team is defined as a team all of whose team<br>members have never participated in an annual international RoboCup<br>competition. The waiver concerns only the team fee and does not imply<br>any waiver of fees for team members.<br><div><br clear="all"></div><div>Kind regards<br></div><div>Jose Luis Azevedo<br></div><div><br>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <br><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Call for
Participation</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">RoboCup 2015 Middle Size League</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">July 17-23, 2015 (Hefei, China)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.robocup2015.org/" target="_blank">http://www.robocup2015.org/</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">We would like to invite all <span>MSL</span> teams to participate in the 2015 RoboCup
<span>MSL</span> World Championships. If you are interested to participate please take the
time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2015 <span>MSL</span> competitions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span>1)<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Pre-registration</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">For the pre-registration
please send an e-mail to <br>
<a href="mailto:rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org" target="_blank">rc-<span>msl</span>-oc@lists.robocup.org</a>
containing the following data:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">team name</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">URL of the team’s home page</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">name of the team leader</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">e-mail address of team or team leader</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">affiliation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">country</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">link to the qualification materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span>2)<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Qualification materials</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">By the time of
pre-registration, please have ready the following qualification materials:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span><b>a)</b><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">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>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span><b>b)</b><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">a list of 5 scientific papers published during the last
5 years of the team which are related to RoboCup. Abstracts of these papers
must also be submitted;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span><b>c)</b><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">a list of results and awards obtained by the team in
the last 3 years;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span><b>d)</b><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">a video showing the capabilities of the team’s robots
(the maximum duration of the video is 60 seconds; if the submitted video is
longer than 60 seconds, only the first 60 seconds will be considered for
evaluation);</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span><b>e)</b><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">a mechanical and electrical description together with
a software flow chart (please include size and weight of the robots);</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span><b>f)</b><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">a list of contributions of the team to the RoboCup <span>MSL</span>
community.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span>3)<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Important dates</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">*
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Deadline for pre-registration and submission of the
qualification materials: February 15, 2015</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol" lang="EN-US"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">*
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Announcement of the qualified teams: February 28, 2015</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span>4)<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Rules</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">The rules and regulations for
the RoboCup 2015 Middle Size League will be published at: <a href="http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League" target="_blank">http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">The updated rules and
regulations will be released by December 31, 2014, at the latest.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Please note that the result
of the qualification material evaluation will contribute to the scientific
challenge final result.</span></b></p><b>
</b><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span>5)<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Publication</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Please note that after the
announcement of the qualified teams the qualification materials of the
qualified teams will be made publicly available. Therefore, teams applying for
participation, grant the right of publication of their qualification materials
to the <span>MSL</span> league.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><span>6)<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Plagiarism</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">We hope to welcome you all at
Hefei.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">The 2015 RoboCup <span>MSL</span>
Organizing and Executive committees.</span></p><div><div><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">********************************************************************<br>Jose Luis Azevedo, PhD<br>University of Aveiro<br>Dep. of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics<br>3810-193 Aveiro<br>Portugal<br>Tlf. <a href="tel:%2B351.234%20370500" value="+351234370500" target="_blank">+351.234 370500</a> (<a href="mailto:jla@ua.pt" target="_blank">jla@ua.pt</a>)<br>********************************************************************</div></div>
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