CALL FOR PAPERS ICARCV 2000 SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL, AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER VISION 5-8 December 2000 Singapore http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/icarcv2000 The Sixth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2000, will be held in Singapore on 5 - 8 December 2000. The conference will be co-organised by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, The Institution of Engineers, Singapore and IEEE Singapore Section. The theme of ICARCV 2000 is "Intelligent Automation in the New Millennium" and it will focus on the trends and impacts of automation technologies in the new millennium. This will provide a forum for Control and Automation professionals, manufacturing engineers and academic researchers to exchange up-to-date technical knowledge and experiences. The conference will focus on both theory and applications. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be plenary, invited and tutorial sessions. An exhibition will also be held in conjunction with the technical sessions. Papers describing original work in the following technical areas are invited: CONTROL : Modelling of Complex Systems* Control Methodologies and Applications* Estimation, Identification and Fault Detection* Adaptive and Learning Systems* Robust Control* Nonlinear Control* Intelligent Control* Process Control * Motion Control AUTOMATION : Instrumentation Systems* Flexible Manufacturing Systems* Process Automation* Man-machine Interactions* Computer Integrated Manufacturing* Factory Modelling and Automation* Petri Nets and Applications ROBOTICS : Robot Control* Mobile Robots and Navigation* Task Planning* Intelligent Sensors and Actuators* Kinematics and Simulation* Dexterous and Redundant Manipulation* Medical Robots* Human-like Robots* Service Robots* Telerobotics* Undersea Robotics* Mechatronics* Mechanism Design and Applications COMPUTER VISION : Image Processing and Interpretation* 2-D and 3-D Scene Analysis* Motion Analysis and Tracking* Pattern Recognition and Applications* Learning in Computer Vision* Parallel Algorithms for Computer Vision* Applications of Computer Vision EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES : Neural Networks & Fuzzy Systems* Genetic Algorithms* Real-time Systems* Micro-electromechanical Systems* Electric Vehicle Technology Submission Procedure: Papers must be written in English and should describe original work in detail. Please submit the following to the Technical Programme Chairman by 31 May 2000: 1. Title page which includes name, title, address, affiliation, telephone/fax numbers and email of the author to whom all correspondence will be sent. 2. A second page with paper title, author(s), affiliations, four keywords to indicate the area of the paper, and a 100-word abstract. 3. Four copies of full paper. The length of the final paper in the Proceedings will be limited to a maximum of 5 pages (A4 size, single space, Times Roman of font size 10, two columns format), including figures, tables and references. Upon acceptance, authors will be required to register and present their papers. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings only if at least one of the authors is officially registered. Invited Sessions: The Technical Programme Committee is soliciting proposals for invited sessions focusing on topics related to the theme of ICARCV 2000. Prospective organisers should submit proposals to the Technical Programme Co-Chairmen (at the same address as below) by 31 March 2000. Best Paper Award: Selection of the best paper will be made at the Conference based on both the technical contents and presentation. The winner will be chosen by the Technical Program Committee members in consultation with the International Advisory Committee members. For more information about the Conference, please visit the web site given below. Please forward your submission to : Dr Wang Jianliang, Technical Chairman ICARCV 2000 c/o Intelligent Machines Research Laboratory School of Electrical and Electronic Engg, S1 Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Republic of Singapore Tel: (65) 790-5470 / 790-4174 Fax: (65) 790-5868 / 791-2687 E-mail: icarcv2000@ntu.edu.sg http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/icarcv2000 Author's Schedule: 31 May 2000 Receipt of Full Papers 31 July 2000 Notification of Acceptance 15 September 2000 Receipt of Camera Ready Manuscripts Organising Committee General Chairman : Sundararajan, N Advisor : Soh, Yeng Chai Technical Chairman : Wang, Jianliang Technical Co-Chairmen : Sung, Eric : Low, Kin Huat Publicity : Wen, Changyun Publication : Ling, Keck Voon Keynote & Tutorials : Wang, Dan Wei Local Arrangements : Chua, Chin Seng Secretary : Cheah, Chien Chern Exhibition : Krishnan, SM : Tam, Ricky International Liaison : Er, Meng Joo : Zribi, Mohamed Finance : Lee, Peng Hin Organisers School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore The Institution of Engineers, Singapore IEEE Singapore Section Co-sponsors GINTIC Inst. of Manufacturing Technology National Science and Tech. Board (NSTB) IFToMM Sing. Comm. for Tech. MM (SiCToMM) International Advisory Committee Arimoto, S., Ritsumeikan U, Japan Bowman, C., Ind. Res. Ltd., New Zealand Chin, F., U of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Er, M. H., NTU, Singapore Evans, R. J., Melbourne U, Australia Fong, A. M., Gintic IMT, Singapore Fontaine, J.G., ENSI, France Goodwin, G. C., U of Newcastle, Australia Ho, Y. C., Harvard U, USA Isermann, R., T. U. Darmstadt, Germany Jarvis, R. A., Monash U, Australia Kanade, T., CMU, USA Khalid, M., UTM, Malaysia Kim, K. I., POSTECH, Korea Kimura, H., U of Tokyo , Japan Mahmoud, M. S., Kuwait U, Kuwait McClamroch, H., U of Michigan, USA Miura H., Kogakuin U , Japan Müller, P. C., Wuppertal U, Germany Murni, A., U of Indonesia, Indonesia Newcomb, R., U of Maryland, USA Shirai, Y., Osaka U, Japan Siciliano, B., U di Napoli F II, Italy Spong, M. W., U. of Illinois, USA Tarn, T. J., Washington U, USA Trevelyan, J., U of W Australia, Australia Vernadat, F., U de Metz, France Vidyasagar, M., CAIR, India Viswanadham, N., NUS, Singapore Wang, P., Northeastern U, USA Yang, H. S., KAIST, Korea