Article 17980 of comp.ai: Xref: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.robotics:6390 comp.ai:17980 Newsgroups: comp.robotics,comp.ai Path: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!psinntp!gdstech!gdstech!wlim From: wlim@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM (Willie Lim) Subject: CIRFFSS '94 -- Deadline extension Message-ID: Sender: wlim@gdstech.grumman.com (Willie Lim) Organization: Grumman Corporation, Bethpage, New York, USA. Distribution: comp Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 02:11:40 GMT Lines: 249 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 14:37:27 -0400 From: "R. Peter Bonasso" Subject: CIRFFSS Conference Dear Researcher of Intelligent Robots, The following call is about a conference that Jon Erickson, chief scientist at NASA-JSC, is forming to help transition new robotic technologies to the robotics industry. It's a chance to tell industry that if they just considered putting sensors on their platforms, that there are perception and control techniques that would transform their robots into intelligent agents well worth their cost to the user. I am chairing the Planning, Reasoning and Control Track. We will have a session on situated reasoning, one on selective perception, and one on planning for robot tasks. Please consider submitting a one-page email ascii abstract by 30 July. Send situated reasoning abstracts to wlim@gdstech.grumman.com (Willie Lim), selective perception abstracts to kak@ecn.purdue.edu (Avi Kak), and planning abstracts to me for now. We will send you a follow up abstract form to fill out for administrative purposes. You'll note that the dates are coincident with the Spring Symposia series. That couldn't be helped. There may actually be some potential grant sponsors at this conference. So if you haven't made plans, please consider giving a paper at CIRFFSS. Pete AIAA CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS IN FACTORY, FIELD, SPACE, AND SERVICE (CIRFFSS) March 21-24, 1994 Houston, TX "FINDING OUR COMMON GROUND" The AIAA Conference on Intelligent Robots for Factory, Field, Space, and Service is a major international event in intelligent robotics. It provides a unique forum for engineers and scientists from industry, government, and academia, and from a wide range of development and user environments, to exchange knowledge of the state of the art, unfulfilled requirements, and current research directions. The conference goals are a) to develop a shared technology base among the researchers, developers and users of intelligent robots, b) to understand the commonality and the differences among the requirements for applications in the different environments of space, service, field, and factory, and c) to increase the efficiency and synergy of ongoing efforts. Papers are invited that cover all aspects of the development, and use of intelligent robots. APPLICATION TRACKS: (Papers describing designs and uses of intelligent robots.) Factory: assembly, transport, inspection, warehousing, manufacturing Field: Underwater, explosive handling, hazardous environments, military applications, autonomous land vehicles, construction, very cold environments, mining, drilling Space: On orbit servicing and assembly, planetary exploration and operations, spacecraft inspection, ground based operations Service: health care, security systems, cleaning systems, residential office, facility maintenance Types of Application papers include: concepts, designs, experiments, operational experience, and requirements. TECHNOLOGY TRACKS: (Papers describing the technology of building intelligent robotic systems.) Robotic Sensing, Vision, and Perception: vision, radar, sonar, IR, innovative approaches, proximity sensors, Planning, Reasoning, and Control: behavioral and subsumption methods, deliberative planners, reasoning architectures, combination and mediation of planning, reasoning and control elements Systems Technology and Architectures: methods for allocating functions, system and software architectures, approaches to modularity and reuse. Types of Technology papers desired include: Surveys of the state of the art, subsystem concepts, experimental results in different environments, system and subsystem metrics, comparison of different approaches VIDEO TAPES: Are encouraged in all areas. PAPER SUBMISSION An abstract of approximately 1000 words should be prepared in accordance with the Abstract Submittal Form. Abstracts should be submitted in triplicate before July 19, 1993. Authors will be notified of paper acceptance by September 15, 1993, and manuscripts will be due by December 1, 1993. Proceedings will be available at the conference. Please indicate the appropriate track, if known. Papers should be submitted to the: Program Chairman: Dr. Lawrence P. Seidman The MITRE Corporation 1120 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058-3320 Telephone: 713-335-8532 Fax: 713-333-5147 Email: lseidman@mitre.org Address other conference inquires: Conference Chairman: Dr. Jon D. Erickson Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (NASA) 2101 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058 Telephone: 713-483-1508 Fax: 713 483-75802/1/93 Email: erickson@aio.jsc.nasa.gov 2/1/93 Preliminary Summary of Plans - February 1, 1993 CIRFFSS '94 Conference on Intelligent Robotics for Field, Factory, Service, and Space Sponsored by: NASA Johnson Space Center and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA) In Cooperation With(no financial obligations): International Service Robot Association IEEE R&A Society Robotics Industries Association AAAI SPIE AIAA Space Automation and Robotics Technical Committee Houston Section of AIAA IEEE Galveston Bay Section Clear Lake Council of Technical Societies Plenary Keynote Speaker: Chairman of the President's Council on Economic Competitiveness ( or equivalent) Banquet Speaker: Joseph F. Engelberger, CEO of Transitions Research Corp. "Father of American Robotics" General Chairman: Dr. Aaron Cohen, JSC Center Director, Conference Chairperson: Dr. Jon D. Erickson, NASA Johnson Space Center Program Chairman: Dr. Lawrence P. Seidman, MITRE Technology Tracks: Robotic Sensing, Vision, and Perception - Hatem Nasr, Honeywell Planning, Reasoning, and Control - J. Peter Bonasso, MITRE Systems Technology and Architectures - Art Sanderson, RPI and Ray Harrigan, Sandia Nat'l Labs Applications Tracks: Field Applications - Major Michael Leahy, Kelly Air Force Base Factory Applications - Harry Roman, Public Service Electric and Gas Service Applications - John Holland, Cybermotion Space Applications -Joe Parrish, NASA Track Concept: Each track will consist of 3 or 4 half day sessions. All Technology Tracks will be in the mornings and all Application Tracks will be in the afternoons. This enables an attendee to hear all the papers in his area of interest (Application or Technology) while still sampling the other areas. We anticipate that it will start with an invited keynote speaker. Each session will likely have an invited speaker or two. The balance will be six to eight "regular" papers. Basic Meeting Plan: Day One Speaker's Breakfast Plenary Session, Morning Luncheon Three Parallel Technology Sessions, Afternoon Wine and Cheese Reception, PM Day Two Speaker's Breakfast Four Parallel Application, Morning Sandwich and Salad Buffet Available for Lunch Three Parallel Technology Sessions, Afternoon Reception and Banquet with Speaker Day Three Speaker's Breakfast Four Parallel Application Sessions, Morning Luncheon Three Parallel Technology Sessions, Afternoon Elective Event Day Four Speaker's Breakfast Four Parallel Application Sessions, Morning Sandwich and Salad Buffet Available for Lunch Plenary Session, Afternoon Proceedings available at the conference -- Policy of no manuscript, no podium Approximately 21 x 3 invited/contributed papers/day, plus 3 to 4 parallel sessions times 4 days gives approximately 189 invited/contributed papers Plus approximately 11 plenary papers Total papers = About 200 papers South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center located 3 miles south of the NASA Johnson Space Center on the opposite(south) shore of Clear Lake Other Area Attractions: NASA Johnson Space Center(JSC) is 15 miles south of Hobby Airport. Tours of JSC space robotics laboratories will be arranged. Space Center Houston is the new visitors center at the NASA Johnson Space Center which opened in the fall of 1992. Designed by Disney Imagineering, this center has an IMAX theater and hands-on interactive exhibits and displays. Includes tours of JSC Mission Control and development and training facilities. Admission is $8.75. Galveston Island is a resort area having many interesting attractions. Gulf Greyhound Park is a few miles south of South Shore Harbour and is the biggest crowd-drawing dog racing track in the United States. It doesn't cost much to have alot of fun. Admission is $1. There are several hotels near the Johnson Space Center, including a Hilton, Holiday Inn, Ramada, American Host, Motel 6, and others. Number of Participants: Probably on the order of 350 Technical Program Committee Organizers and session chairpersons of the technical sessions, including the plenary session, topics and people for invited papers in technical sessions, panel discussions, and tutorials. Writes the call for papers. Negotiates with other societies for program track or session responsibilities.