Nishino Junji
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2005年 4月 12日 (火) 11:16:01 JST
電通大の西野です。 小型とシミュレーションに参加していたＦＰポルトガルのメンバーが中心となっ て企画している サッカーシミュレーションに関する「刺激的」なワークショップの投稿案内です。 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: IROBOT'2005 - 1st Workshop on Intelligent Robotics Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:54:00 +0100 From: lprei****@fe***** ------------------------------------------------------------ 1st Workshop on Intelligent Robotics (IROBOT'2005) [http://irobot.epia05.di.ubi.pt/] To be held at the 12th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA'05) [http://epia05.di.ubi.pt/] December, 5-8, 2005, Covilhã, Portugal Workshop Description ------------------------- Research in robotics has traditionally emphasized low-level sensing and control tasks, path planning, and actuator design and control. In contrast, using robotic simulators, several Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers are more concerned with providing real/simulated robots with higher-level cognitive functions that enable them to reason, act and perceive in an autonomous way in dynamic, inaccessible, continuous and non deterministic environments. Combining results from traditional robotics with those from AI and cognitive science will be thus essential for the future of intelligent robotics. The purpose of the 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Robotics IROBOT’05 is to bring together researchers, engineers and other professionals interested in the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques in real/simulated robotics to discuss current work and future directions. The workshop will also promote discussion on two specific topics: * Simulated vs. Real Robotics: Are the simulators really useful for Robotics? * Benefits and dangers of robotic competitions to promote scientific progress? These topics will be the subject of two panel discussions led by known researchers with significant experience in organizing/participating in national/international real or simulated robotic competitions and on migrating approaches tested on simulators to real robotic platforms. Topics of Interest ------------------------- The workshop will be structured around the following themes: * Robot design, development and control * Human-robot interfaces * Intelligent transportation technologies and systems * Intelligent buildings and warehouses * Autonomous vehicles * Robotic surveillance * Computer vision and object recognition * Virtual reality * Learning and adaptation in robotics * Robot behaviour engineering * Sensor fusion * Mobile robot performance measures * AI Planning for robotics * Cooperative robotics * Modelling and simulating complex robots * Simulation of Multi-Robot systems * Evolutionary robotics and reactive intelligence * Real-time Reactivity This topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in the workshop main subject. Panel Discussions ------------------------- Panel Discussion 1: Simulated vs. Real Robotics: Are Simulators Really Useful for Robotics? For a long time simulation was not recommended for robotics, mainly due to robot embodiment, environment complexity, dynamics and uncertainty, noise in sensors and actuators. It was often said that the world is its own best model and it was better to experiment with a real robot. With the development of more powerful and accurate simulation models and tools, enabling to model and simulate very complex robotic and multi-robotic systems, it is clear that simulation is becoming an essential tool for robotics. Simulation tools enable researchers to perform experiences that would be too dangerous, expensive or time-consuming if performed using real robots. However, there are still few reports of AI methodologies developed using simulators successfully migrated into real robots. This panel discussion, led by researchers with experience in migrating approaches developed in simulation into real robotic platforms, intends to discuss the usefulness of using simulators for developing intelligent robotics methodologies and the complexities of migrating those methodologies into real robotic platforms. Panel Discussion 2: Robotic Competitions: Benefits/Dangers to Promote Scientific Progress? Robotic competitions, such as Robotic Soccer, Robotic Search and Rescue, Autonomous Driving, Micro-Mouse or Fire-Fighting, are being used to promote scientific progress and facilitate teaching within Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and related domains. They constitute a common research challenge enabling different research groups to exchange ideas, compare and evaluate approaches thus stimulating research innovations and continually improving solutions from year to year. They are also very exciting for students at all levels. At the same time they impose hard deadlines for the creation of fully functional robots/robotic teams that must be sufficiently robust to work outside of the lab. However, competition environments introduce several potential risks. The main risk is the fascination with winning which may lead to the use of tricks instead of science. Other dangers come from deficiently organized competitions (in terms of logistics or rules), overestimating the importance of competition results or self-contentment of the same niche of researchers without real scientific progress from year to year. This panel discussion, led by some of the organizers of known national/international robotic competitions, intends to discuss the benefits and dangers from these competitions to promote scientific progress. Important Dates ------------------------- Full Paper: 27 May 2005 Author Notification: 15 July 2005 Deadline for Final Camera-Ready Copies: 28 July 2005 Paper Submission and Reviewing Process ------------------------- Authors are invited to submit original research contributions or experience reports in English. Scientific or technical articles describing state-of-the-art techniques, algorithms, systems, environments, problems or applications relevant to the area of Intelligent Robotics may be submitted. Papers discussing application transfer from simulated to real robots and papers showing socially useful robotic applications generated by participations in robotic competitions are particularly welcome. Two types of submissions will be considered: full papers and posters. The poster session will be held for applications, prototype presentations, robotic demonstrations and other relevant works. The length of submitted full papers must not exceed 8 pages and posters should be up to 4 pages. The Springer LNCS format must be used. Authors must prepare their submissions according to the instructions given by Springer-Verlag (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.htm/). You can find more information on the website of the Conference under the submission menu. Submissions will be made by electronic means, in PDF format, through the submission page available in the EPIA 2005 website. In order to make blind reviewing possible, submissions must be anonymous. This requires that authors exercise some care not to identify themselves in their contributions. When referring to one's own work, authors must use the third person rather than the first person. References should include all published literature relevant to the paper, including previous works of the authors but it should not include unpublished works. In order to have papers published at least one of the authors should be registered in the EPIA Conference. At least two program committee members with recognized expertise in described field will review each submission. Workshop high quality full papers will be selected for publication in the main volume of conference proceedings, to be published by Springer, in the LNAI series. Good quality papers not selected for publication in the main volume conference proceedings and selected extended abstracts will be published in local workshop proceedings, in hard-copy, in CD-ROM and in the web. Organising Committee ------------------------- Luís Paulo Reis (University of Porto, Portugal) Carlos Carreto (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal) Eduardo Silva (Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal) Nuno Lau (University of Aveiro, Portugal) Program Committee ------------------------- António Paulo Moreira (University of Porto, Portugal) Armando Sousa (University of Porto, Portugal) Carlos Carreto (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal) Eduardo Silva (Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal) Estela Bicho (University of Minho, Portugal) Fernando Lobo Pereira (University of Porto, Portugal) Fernando Ribeiro (University of Minho, Portugal) Hans-Dieter Burkhard (Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany) Jacky Baltes (University of Manitoba, Canada) Jelle Kok (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Jorge Dias (University of Coimbra, Portugal) José Miguel Almeida (Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal) João Tasso Sousa (University of Porto, Portugal) Junji Nishino (University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Luís Paulo Reis (University of Porto, Portugal) Luís Rocha, (Indiana University, USA) Luís Seabra Lopes (University of Aveiro, Portugal) Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) Maria Isabel Ribeiro (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal) Martin Riedmiller (University of Osnabrueck, Germany) Mikhail Prokopenko (CSIRO ICT Centre, Sidney, Australia) Mohammad Sedaghat (Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran) Nuno Lau (University of Aveiro, Portugal) Owen Holland (University of Essex, England) Pedro Lima (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal) Pieter Jonker (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) Thomas Rofer (University of Bremen, Germany) Tomoichi Takahashi (Meijo University, Japan) Vijay Kumar (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Xiaoping Chen (University of Science and Technology, China) Contacts ------------------------- In order to contact the Workshop Organisers, please send your message to this email: irobo****@di*****. Luís Paulo Reis, University of Porto, Tel. +351 22 5081829 lprei****@fe***** Carlos Carreto, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Tel. +351 271 220155 ccarr****@ipg***** Eduardo Silva, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Tel. +351 22 8340500 eaps****@dee***** Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Tel. +351 234 370524 lau****@det***** ------------------------------------------------------------------ Luis Paulo Reis Homepage: Http://www.fe.up.pt/~lpreis ------------------------------------------------------------------ Researcher at LIACC - Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Lab. - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto Lecturer at FEUP - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal Tel. 351-225081829 / 351-225081400(Ext.1315) / Fax. 351-225081440 ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Don't close your eyes unless you can dream. 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