C A L L F O R A R T I C L E S IEEE Expert Magazine VISION-BASED DRIVING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE http://www.ce.unipr.it/expert ALBERTO BROGGI, Guest Editor Thanks to the increasing computational power of current computer systems and to the reduced costs of image-acquisition devices, in the last few years vision-based sensing of the surrounding environment has gained a strategic importance not only in military applications, but also in the automotive field. This special issue will address the problems of autonomous vehicle driving, describe common techniques, and present the state of the art. Suggested topics include - Vision-based guidance of unmanned vehicles. - Analysis of real-time constraints for vehicle driving. - Vehicle navigation in unknown environments. - Integration of specialized hardware on vehicles. - Description of research prototypes. - Legal aspects. - Analysis of future trends. Expert seeks two kinds of articles: - TUTORIALS and SURVEYS introducing this field and reviewing the state of the art or the state of the practice of work done in this area, with the aim of comparing different solutions and techniques. Such articles should be approximately 6,000 words (9-10 magazine pages), with extensive references to widely available published works. One or two such articles will likely be included. - ARTICLES describing prototypes of autonomous vehicles developed worldwide by universities, research centers, corporations, and government institutions. These articles should describe both the techniques and the results obtained, and the references should allow the interested reader to follow up on both. Articles describing the fusion of data coming from sensors other than vision are also welcome. These articles should be from 5,500 to 6,000 words (8-9 magazine pages), with no more than 12 references. A consistent and useful set of definitions and examples can often help explain the underlying mathematics. Such aids can be presented as sidebars in the published article. Four or five such articles will likely be included. All authors should submit six hard copies of their article by December 20, 1997, to the guest editor, Alberto Broggi. Authors intending to submit tutorials or survey articles are encouraged to discuss this with the guest editor or to send an extended abstract to him by October 1, 1997. Guest Editor: Alberto BROGGI Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione Universita` di Parma I-43100 Parma ITALY Fax 39 (521) 90-5723 a.broggi@computer.org Schedule: Submission of manuscripts: December 20, 1997 Acceptance/rejection notification: April 12, 1998 Revised manuscripts due: June 7, 1998 Publication: September 1998 For more information, access http://www.ce.unipr.it/expert IEEE Expert: Intelligent Systems and Their Applications publishes technically substantive articles that are referenced extensively in the literature and read by 8,000-9,000 people worldwide. Expert is a magazine of applied AI - a bridge between the research community and the user community. Its readers want to learn about the tools, techniques, concepts, and systems that have potential for real-world applications. Conceptual or theoretical papers are welcome, provided they clarify and present items of importance to applications. Clear, not overly formal, writing is essential. All articles will be carefully peer reviewed. Authors whose articles are accepted on technical grounds will work with the magazine's staff editors to arrive at a final article that is clear, straightforward, and valuable to the user community. Full publication guidelines are available at http://computer.org/pubs/expert/edguide.htm, or from the managing editor at dprice@computer.org.