<div dir="rtl"><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr">Sorry for duplicate messages, Please note changes in schedule dates.</div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br>Introduction:<br><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr">The RoboCup 2D Simulated Soccer League is the oldest of the RoboCup<br>Soccer Simulation Leagues. It is based on the RoboCup Soccer Simulator<br>that enables two teams of 11 simulated autonomous robots plus an<br>autonomous coach agent to play a game of soccer with very realistic<br>rules and game play. Due to its stability the RoboCup Soccer Simulator<br>is a very good research and educational tool for multi-agent systems,<br>artificial intelligence and machine learning.<br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr">The 11th RoboCup IranOpen competitions will be held in April 04-08, 2016.</div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr">We would like to invite you to participate in the RoboCup IranOpen 2016 Soccer 2D<br>Simulation League competition.</div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr">Schedule:</div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br>Team Pre-Registration Deadline: February 4<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px">, 2016</span> - 23:59 UTC (extended)</div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr">Materials Submission Deadline: <span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">​<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal">February 4</span>, 2016</span> - 23:59 UTC (extended)<br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:19.5333px">Qualification Process: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:19.5333px">​February 01</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:19.5333px">-19, 2016</span><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr">Competitions: April 04-08, 2016<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:19.5333px"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Participation:</span></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br>All teams are required to pre-register through the online form available on the </span><a href="http://2016.iranopen.ir/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px">website</a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px">. The pre-registered teams should then submit the relevant qualification materials.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> It&#39;s possible to participate remotely in this competition for those who can&#39;t be with us.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:14px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:14px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:14px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Qualification Materials:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><br><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Team Description Paper</span><br><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Executable binary files compressed in one archive file.</span><br><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Log files (1 to 5) showing the team&#39;s game play quality and an appendix that describes them.</span><br><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Team&#39;s source code files compressed in one archive file.</span><br><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">All teams should have significant scientific effort on their bases (if any).</span><br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:14.65pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Teams should send their qualification materials via email to <a href="mailto:soccersim2d@gmail.com" target="_blank">soccersim2d@gmail.com</a> before</span><span style="line-height:normal"> February 5</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. The subject of email should be &quot;Qualification Materials - TEAMNAME&quot;. Please attach all the files to a single email.After sending your qualification materials, you will receive a confirmation email. If you did not receive it within 72 hours, please contact the technical committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:14.65pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">For</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">further information please visit our official </span><a href="http://2016.iranopen.ir/en-gb/leagues/robocupsoccer/soccer2dsimulationleague.aspx" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px">web page</a></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">For</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">inquiries please contact us via </span><a href="mailto:soccersim2d@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:19.5333px">soccersim2d@gmail.com</a><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="font-size:14px;direction:ltr"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Regards</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:14.98px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Mostafa Sayyahi</span></div></div>