FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL for PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC SYSTEMS '96
SIRS96
Lisbon, Portugal, 22-26 July 1996
IST/ISR
Instituto Superior Tecnico
Instituto de Sistema e Robotica, Lisboa, Portugal
PRIMA IMAG
Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
Grenoble, France
AIM AND SCOPE
The aim of the event is to cover all modern approaches to robotics problems.
It will provide invited lectures by established personalities, original
presentations by junior scientists about research in progress, and
discussions in particular on the following topics:
-Mobile Robotics
-Active Perception
-3D Reconstruction
-Learning and Control
-Cooperation
-Control Architectures
-Robotic Applications
-Planning and Plan Execution;
-Fuzzy and Neural Network Techniques for Control;
ORGANISERS
General Chairman
James L.Crowley,
Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble,
46 av.Felix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble, France
Tel.: (+33) 76574655 fax: (+33) 76574602, E-mail: Jim.Crowley@imag.fr
Chairman of the Programme Committee
Joao Sentieiro
Instituto Superior Tecnico
Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica
Torre Norte, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Tel.:(+351 1)8418289 Fax:(+351 1) 8418291
Programme Secretary
Jose Santos-Victor
Instituto Superior Tecnico
Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica
Torre Norte, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Tel.:(+351 1)8418294 Fax:(+351 1) 8418291
The event is organised in cooperation with the International Society for
Intelligent Autonomous Systems.
SIRS96 LOCATION
The event will take place at IST Campus, in Lisbon. Lisbon is a
charming city filled with historical monuments and sites.
Lisbon has many convenient railway and bus connections from all over
Portugal. International flights to Lisbon are available from most
countries.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
I. Aleksander Imperial College, London, England
H. Araujo ISR/Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
A. Borkowski IPPT PAN, Poland
H. Christensen Aalborg University, Denmark
P. Cosoli Tecnopolis Csata Novus Ortus, Italy
J. Crowley (General Chairman) LIFIA IMAG, France
C. Colombo Universita di Brescia, Italy
K. Dawson-Howe Trinity College, Dublin,Ireland
M. Devy Laas, Toulouse, France
A. Dubrawski IPPT Pan, Poland
F. Ferrari AITEK Srl, Italy
R. Fisher University of Edinburgh, Scotland
N. LeFort-Piat University of Compiegne, France
J. Goncalves CEC Joint Research Center, Italy
V. Hlavac Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
D. Hogg University of Leeds, England
J. Nicoud EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
M. Piasecki Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
P. Reignier Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Brest, France
G. Sandini Universita di Genova, Italy
J. Sentieiro (Progr. Chairman) Instituto Superior Tecnico/ISR, Portugal
G. Sullivan University of Reading, England
F. Wallner University of Karlsruhe, Germany
LANGUAGE : The conference language will be English.
SUBMISSION
Authors wishing to submit a paper should send FOUR copies of an extended
abstract of approximately FOUR pages to the Programme Secretary.
The submitted abstracts MUST include the authors EMAIL addresses.
TIMETABLE
Reception of Extended abstracts : 28th February 1996.
Notification of acceptance : 30th April 1996.
Reception of Full papers : 30th May 1996.
All accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the Symposium.
Detailed information regarding programme, conference fee, accomodation and
social events will be given in the second announcement issued in March 1996.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEB:
The information related to SIRS'96 is available at the web site
Questions can be put by mail to : sirs96@isr.ist.utl.pt
SIRS '96 PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION FORM
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- I intend to participate in the SIRS'96
- I would like to apply for a Euroconference Grant
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Jose' Santos-Victor, Secretary of the SIRS'96
Jose Santos-Victor
Secretary of the SIRS`96
Instituto Superior Tecnico
Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica
Torre Norte, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1096 Lisboa Codex
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