[robocup-humanoid] Second Call for Papers RoboCup 2010 Symposium

[Javier Ruiz-del-Solar]

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Submission of abstracts: Feb 1st, 2010 (Hard deadline)
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Call for Papers
RoboCup International Symposium 2010
Singapore
June 19 - 25, 2010
http://www.robocup2010.org/symposium.php

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OVERVIEW

The 14th annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in  
conjunction with RoboCup 2010. The Symposium represents the core  
meeting for presentation and discussion of scientific contributions to  
a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions  
(RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup at Home, and RoboCupJunior). Its  
scope encompasses, but is not restricted to, research and educational  
activities within the fields of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the symposium offers a unique  
venue for exploring various and intimate connections of theory and  
practice across a wide spectrum of research fields. The experimental,  
interactive, and benchmark character of the RoboCup initiative  
presents the opportunity to disseminate novel ideas and promising  
technologies, which are rapidly adopted and field-tested by a large  
(and still growing) community.


SUBMISSION

We solicit submissions of papers reporting on high-quality, original  
research with relevance to the areas mentioned below. All researchers  
working in these areas, even if not actively participating in RoboCup  
teams, are urged to submit their work. Both papers describing real- 
world research and papers reporting theoretical results, as well as  
combinations thereof, are welcome. We also encourage the submission of  
high-quality overview articles for any field related to the general  
scope of RoboCup.

The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium are published  
and archived within the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Artificial  
Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers are limited to 12 pages  
formatted according to the LNAI requirements and must be  
electronically submitted through the symposium web site. All  
contributions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers using a  
blind review process.

In order to make the paper evaluation as fair as possible the  
symposium committee will follow this double-blinded, anonymous  
reviewing process. Authors should NOT include any obvious information  
like URL's or email addresses unveiling their respective identities.  
References to own publications should be blanked out or left void.

The link of the online submission system is https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?timeout=1;conf=robocup10



IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of abstracts: Feb 1st, 2010
Submission of full papers: Feb 8th, 2010
Notification to authors: Mar 15th, 2010
Submission of camera-ready copies: Apr 19th, 2010
RoboCup 2010 Symposium: June 25, 2010


SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS

Eric Chown, Bowdoin College, USA
Akihiro Matsumoto, Toyo University, Japan
Paul Ploeger, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University, Germany
Javier Ruiz del Solar, Universidad de Chile, Chile


AREAS OF INTEREST

* Robot Hardware and Software
    -- mobile and humanoid robots
    -- sensors and actuators
    -- embedded and mobile devices
    -- robot construction and new materials
    -- robotic system integration
    -- robot software architectures
    -- robot programming environments and languages
    -- real-time and concurrent programming
    -- robot simulators

* Perception and Action
    -- distributed sensor integration
    -- sensor noise filtering
    -- real-time image processing and pattern recognition
    -- motion and sensor models
    -- sensory-motor control
    -- robot kinematics and dynamics
    -- high-dimensional motion control

* Robotic Cognition and Learning
    -- world modeling
    -- localization, navigation, and mapping
    -- planning and reasoning
    -- decision making under uncertainty
    -- reinforcement learning
    -- complex motor skill acquisition
    -- motion and sensor model learning

* Multi-Robot Systems
    -- team coordination methods
    -- communication protocols
    -- learning and adaptive systems
    -- teamwork and heterogeneous agents
    -- dynamic resource allocation
    -- adjustable autonomy

* Human-Robot Interaction
    -- human-robot interfaces
    -- speech synthesis and natural language generation
    -- visualization

* Education and Edutainment
    -- Robotics and Artificial Intelligence education
    -- educational robotics
    -- robot kits and programming tools
    -- robotic entertainment

* Applications
    -- disaster rescue information systems
    -- search and rescue robots
    -- robotic surveillance
    -- service and social robots
    -- robots at home

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IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of abstracts: Feb 1st, 2010
Submission of full papers: Feb 8th, 2010
Notification to authors: Mar 15th, 2010
Submission of camera-ready copies: Apr 19th, 2010
RoboCup 2010 Symposium: June 25, 2010