RoboCup Pacific Rim Series '98 Singapore in conjunction with Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) '98 Singapore The Robot World Cup, RoboCup, is an international initiative to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem, a soccer game, where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined. This is the first of the Pacific Rim Series and it will be held at National University of Singapore (NUS) from 22 to 27 November 1998 in conjunction with the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligent (PRICAI-98). The First Robot World Cup, RoboCup-97, was held in Nagoya, Japan, in August 1997, and there were 40 participating teams. The Second Robot World Cup will be held in Paris, in conjunction with the real World Cup, with over 100 participating teams. In order for a team of robot agents to actually play a soccer game, different technologies must be incorporated, including design principles of machine vision, autonomous agents, multi- agent collaboration, strategy acquisition, real-time reasoning, sensor-fusion and learning. RoboCup is a task for a team of multiple fast-moving robot agents in a dynamic, non- deterministic, and adversarial environment. RoboCup Pacific Rim Series 98 includes competitions, an expert robot exhibit, and a technical workshop. There are several competition tracks in RoboCup-98 corresponding to robots and soccer fields of different sizes and a simulator league with software agents. We invite submissions for participation in any of the competitions, expert robot exhibit, or workshop, depending on your research and/or development interests. Real Robot Small League: Teams of up to five real robots of small size (approximately 15 cm in diameter) compete on a field of the size of a ping-pong table. Real Robot Medium League: Teams of up to five real robots of medium size (approximately 50cm in diameter) compete on a field of the size of about nine ping-pong tables. Simulator League: Software agents play soccer using the RoboCup soccer server simulator, available from the RoboCup's Web page. Participants do not need to use real robots and can easily enter this RoboCup event developing software agents. The RoboCup Simulator League is a part of IJCAI's official Challenge Paper Program, where successful results can be reported at IJCAI-99, Stockholm, Sweden. Expert Robot Exhibit: Exhibition of robots that perform specific tasks with a high skill level. Penalty kick robots, Goalkeeper robots, are such examples. Workshop: A workshop will be held to present and discuss technical details of the robots and software agents which participated in the competition, as well as other research and educational topics related to RoboCup. The final registration form and details of the rules for different competition are available from the RoboCup official web site at http://jsaic.iti.gov.sg/pricai98/robocup/. You may sent your registration form electronically to tralvex@iti.gov.sg or by FAX the copy at the next page to Tralvex Yeap @ (65) 779 1827. Hardcopies of the details regarding the rules for different competition may also be obtain by requesting through the fax number. Important Dates: * Optional Statement of Intent of Entry: March 1, 1998 * Application for Simulator and Real Robot Leagues and Exhibit: July 1, 1998 * Submission of Papers for Workshop: August 1, 1998 * Notice of Workshop Paper Acceptance: October 1, 1998 * Camera-Ready Workshop Paper Due Date: November 1, 1998 RoboCup Singapore National Committee Chuah Yeow Chong (Co-chair) - Kent Ridge Digital Labs Tralvex Yeap - Kent Ridge Digital Labs Gerald Seet - Nanyang Technological University Leow Wee Kheng - National University of Singapore Daniel Ho - Nanyang Polytechnic Yew Tiew Ming - Ngee Ann Polytechnic Yong Fook Seng - Ngee Ann Polytechnic K. Jagannathan - Singapore Polytechnic Sng Hong Lian - Singapore Polytechnic Andy Kwek - Temasek Polytechnic