Call For Papers
1997 IEEE
International Symposium on
Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation
(CIRA'97)
Hyatt Regency
Monterey, California
July 10-11, 1997
In conjunction with:
The 8th International Conference on Advanced Robotics
(ICAR'97)
July 5-9, 1997
Sponsored by:
The theme of CIRA'97 will be "Toward New Computational Principles for
Robotics and Automation".
Neural and fuzzy information processing, evolutionary computation,
artificial life, chaos, etc., referred often collectively as
computational intelligence, have by nature a strong connection to
robotics and automation. During the past decade, numerous
applications of computational intelligence to robotics and automation
have appeared as partial or full alternatives to conventional
approaches. A potentially explosive growth of applications is
expected in the near future with many practical as well theoretical
contributions, as research and practice of computational intelligence
mature. Researchers are paying close attention to the emergence of
new computational principles as they are applied in particular to
robotics and automation. Indeed, the computational intelligence
enables real-time and robust connections between sensing and action
through learning. However, many research results as well as the
growing level of interest in computational intelligence by the
robotics and automation community have been scattered around various
conferences and symposiums of more general themes. CIRA'97 will
provide an international forum which draws together researchers and
practitioners working on different aspects of computational
intelligence in robotics and automation to exchange their ideas,
concepts, and results. Participants will enjoy high quality, focused,
and in-depth discussions on the subject matters of their interest.
- GENERAL CHAIR
- Antti Koivo, Purdue University
- PROGRAM CHAIR
- Sukhan Lee, JPL/Caltech and USC
- CO-CHAIRS
- Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University (Asia/Oceania)
George Lee, Purdue University (America)
Carme Torras, Universitat Politechnica de Barcelona (Europe/Africa)
- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Publicity:
- Bijoy Ghosh, Washington University
Kimon Valavanis, Southwestern Louisiana University
- Publications:
- Yangsheng Xu, Carnegie Mellon University
- Local Arrangements:
- Xiaoping Yun, Naval Postgraduate School
- Finance:
- Richard Klafter, Temple University
- Panels/Tutorials/Workshops:
- William Gruver, Simon Fraser University
- Exhibits:
- Fei-Yue Wang, University of Arizona
- International Liaison:
- Angel P. del Pobil (Spain)
Takanori Shibata (Japan)
S. K. Tso (Hong Kong)
Hyung-Suk Cho (Korea)
- STEERING COMMITTEE
- Michael Arbib (USC)
George Bekey (USC)
Zengnam Bien (KAIST)
Paolo Dario (Univ. Pisa)
Steve Hsia (UC-Davis)
Antti Koivo (Purdue Univ.)
Sukhan Lee (JPL/USC, Chair)
Paul Werbos (NSF)
T. J. Tarn (Univ. Washington)
- SECRETARIES
- Fumihito Arai (Japan)
Il-Hong Suh (Korea)
Andrew Fagg (Univ. of Massachusetts)
Seul Jung (UC-Davis)
- PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- M. H. Ang Jr. (Singapore)
F. Arai (Japan)
Z. Bien (Korea)
I. Bratko (Slovenia)
I. Cloete (S. Africa)
R. Dillmann (Germany)
M. Dorigo (Beligum)
G. Dreyfus (France)
A. Fagg (USA)
T. Furuhashi (Japan)
S. Gielen (Netherland)
R. Grupen (USA)
W. Gruver (Canada)
H. Hashimoto (Japan)
J. Hallam (UK)
R. Horowitz (USA)
H. P. Huang (Taiwan)
M. Jamshidi (USA)
K. Kreutz-Delgado (USA)
J. H. Kim (Korea)
B. Krose (Netherland)
S. Kitamura (Japan)
H. Kobayashi (Japan)
T. H. Lee (Singapore)
C. S. Lin (USA)
S. Mahadevan (USA)
J. Mill'an (Italy)
S. Mussa-Ivaldi (USA)
E. Oja (Finland)
N. Papanikolopoulos(USA)
P. Pudil (Czech Rep.)
A. P. del Pobil (Spain)
M. Recce (UK)
H. Ritter (Germany)
N. Sharkey (UK)
C. de Silva (Canada)
T. Smithers (Spain)
K. Tanie (Japan)
S. Thrun (CMU, USA)
S. Tzafestas (Greece)
Y. Xu (USA)
J. Yuh (USA)
Papers were solicited for all aspects of theories, applications, and case
studies related to computational intelligence in robotics and automation.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Robot control with neural networks, fuzzy systems, and neuro-fuzzy systems
- Neural net based hand-eye coordination
- Mobile robot navigation
- Sensor referenced planning and control
- Applications to man-machine systems and telerobotics.
- Skill acquisition, learning, and transfer
- Behavior based control
- Sensor planning and intelligent sensor placement
- Society of robots with artificial life
- Visual servoing
- Pattern recognition
- Recurrent nets and dynamics
- Neuro-fuzzy systems
- Automatic target recognition
- Reactive and interactive task planning
- Sensor integration and fusion with neural and fuzzy information processing
- Neural networks for legged locomotion
- Visual information processing
- Computational intelligence in assembly
- Scheduling and optimization with neural, fuzzy, and evolutionary
computation
- Biologically inspired robotics
- Active vision
- Robot-human communication and coordination
- Multiple cooperative robots
- Reinforcement learning over time
- Virtual and visualized reality
- Learning for planning and scheduling
- Mobile robot localization and planning
- Automatic programming by demonstration
- GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Prof. Antti Koivo
School of Electrical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285
Email:
koivo@ecn.purdue.edu
Tel: (317) 494-3436
Fax: (317) 494-0880
The Symposium site, Hyatt Regency Monterey, is situated amid lush
greenery, stately cypress, ancient pines and oaks and is on the edge of the
Del Monte Golf Course. It is one block from the
Naval Postgraduate School,
and five minutes drive from downtown. Hyatt Regency Monterey offers
complete conference facilities on 30,000 square feet of functional space.
It also offers first class cuisine in various restaurant settings, and has
nearly six hundred excellent guest rooms with golf, garden, or pool views.
Monterey, California has served as a site for many meetings in the
past. It has a very attractive environment, supportive local industry and
academia. Further information about Monterey Peninsula is also available on the
World Wide Web (see below).
The City of Monterey is located in the heart of the spectacular and
majestically beautiful Monterey Peninsula. It is 120 miles south of
San Francisco.
Monterey Airport, located five minutes drive from Hyatt Regency
Monterey (Symposium site), is served by major airlines including
American Airlines,
Northwest,
Delta/
Skywest,
United and
USAir.
Alternatively, San
Jose International Airport is a 90-minute drive, San Francisco
International Airport is a 2-hour drive, and Los Angeles International
Airport is a 5-hour drive from Hyatt Regency Monterey. A shuttle bus is
available from Monterey to San Jose and San Francisco International
Airports, with 12 trips scheduled daily.
"The greatest meeting of land and water in the world" is the
description by artist Francis McComas of the scenery of Monterey Peninsula.
The confluence of water, shoreline, rocky coves, sharply etched mountains,
and the unique flora of Monterey pines, cypress and redwood trees mark this
area of California's central coast as one of the most beautiful places on
earth. Monterey Peninsula is also a historical center of the Western
United States, a veritable open-air museum. It was the point where
Vizcaino landed in 1602 and claimed "the Californias" for Spain. It was
the capital of the Spanish and Mexican regimes, and the first capital of
the State of California. It was the site of the first official raising of
an American flag by Commodore Sloat at the Custom House in declaration of
manifest destiny over seven Western states.
Visitors can savor the wines of California's central coast wineries,
enjoy a variety of gourmet cuisine, visit world famous studios and
galleries at Carmel-by-the-Sea -- a historic haven for artists and writers,
see the internationally acclaimed Monterey Bay Aquarium, tour Fisherman's
Wharf and Steinbeck's famous Cannery Row, experience the spectacular
scenery of well-known 17 Mile Drive curving through the Del Monte Forest,
Pacific Coast, and Pebble Beach golf courses, and enjoy sailing, scuba
diving, or kayaking in the beautiful sun drenched Pacific.
Participants of CIRA'97 may also be interested in:
to be held July 13-16, 1997 at Stanford University in
Stanford, California.
Hotel Reservation Form
CIRA'97
Please reserve before the June 1, 1997 DEADLINE. After June 1,
rooms are subject to availability.
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Hyatt Regency
Monterey, California 93940
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REGISTRATION FEES* |
Early Bird Conference Registration through June 27, 1997
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IEEE MEMBERS | $240 |
NON-MEMBERS | $300 |
FULL-TIME STUDENTS** | $100 |
AFTER June 27, 1997
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IEEE MEMBERS | $290 |
NON-MEMBERS | $350 |
FULL-TIME STUDENTS** | $120 |
* The conference registration fee includes refreshments, and the
conference proceedings. You may send a check or money order for your
registration fee, or pay by credit card. Please make your check
payable to "IEEE CIRA'97 Conference" and print the attendee(s) name(s)
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** Students must submit evidence of full-time enrollment on
University letterhead. |
TUTORIALS |
The list of proposed tutorial courses (each one 4 hrs long):
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"Developing Real and Virtual Robots: Sensing, Simulation
and Interfaces" by Dr. Mohan Trivedi.
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"Design of Computational Intelligence Models for Robotics" by Dr. I.B. Turksen.
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"Autonomous Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Robots" by Dr. Asim Roy.
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"An Introduction to Evolutionary Computations" by Dr. David Fogel.
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TUTORIAL REGISTRATION FEES* |
Early Bird Conference Registration through June 27, 1997
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IEEE MEMBERS | $100 |
NON-MEMBERS | $150 |
FULL-TIME STUDENTS** | $70 |
AFTER June 27, 1997
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IEEE MEMBERS | $150 |
NON-MEMBERS | $250 |
FULL-TIME STUDENTS** | $100 |
* Tutorial registration includes one morning and one afternoon
tutorial. Tutorial registration fee includes refreshments, and
a copy fo the tutorial presentation.
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** Students must submit evidence of full-time enrollment on
University letterhead. |
CIRA'97 Conference Registration
Mail to: |
Professor Xiaoping Yun
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Code EC/Yx
Naval Postgraduate School
833 Dyer Road
Monterey, CA 93943-5121, USA
E-mail: yun@nps.navy.mil
Tel: (408) 656-2629 Fax: (408) 656-2760
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After June 27, 1997 |
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NON MEMBER |
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FULL-TIME STUDENTS* |
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* Students must include letter from Department Head confirming
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Through June 27, 1997 |
After June 27, 1997 |
IEEE MEMBER |
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NON MEMBER |
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FULL-TIME STUDENTS** |
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* Tutorials will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 1997. Tutorials
may be canceled for insufficient number of registrants. Registration
will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
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full-time student status.
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Enclose check payable to "IEEE CIRA'97"
and mail to the address above. |
Check # ____________________ |
Amount $_________________ |
FOREIGN PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE BY DRAFT ON A BANK IN U.S. DOLLARS.
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Last updated May 7, 1997 by Michael C. Nechyba
(austrian@ri.cmu.edu)