IEEE INTELLIGENT VEHICLES SYMPOSIUM (IV'04)
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                      PARMA, ITALY, June 14-17, 2004

                           http://www.ieeeiv.org


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        - Submission deadline extended
        - Submission for DEMOs and Expositions open
        - Website updated with travel details and movies about Parma, Italy

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SUBMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED
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On behalf of the organizing committee, we'd like to bring to your attention
that the submission website of Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV'04) is
open now. The submission deadline (strict) is now Dec. 15, 2003.


GENERAL INFO ABOUT IV04
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As you might know, IV04 is an annual forum sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) Council. It gathers researchers from industry
and universities to discuss research and applications for Intelligent
Vehicles and Intelligent Infrastructures.

The symposium will feature
+ technical presentations
+ live vehicle demonstrations
+ technical tours
+ tutorials

and is regarded a major gathering in that area by many scientists from
industry and academia.

The Intelligent Vehicle Symposium will take place in Parma, ITALY at the
University Campus (June 14-17, 2004).

PROGRAM TOPICS
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Program Topics Include the Following Technical Categories:
+ Driver Assistance Systems
+ Automated Vehicles
+ Active and Passive Safety
+ Integrated Safety Systems
+ Vehicle Environment Perception
+ System Architecture
+ Smart Infrastructure
+ Impact on Traffic Flows
+ AHS
+ IVI
+ Sensors
+ Image, Radar, Lidar Signal Processing
+ Information Fusion
+ Vehicle Control
+ Decision and Expert Systems
+ Communications and Networks
+ Human Factors
+ Human Machine Interaction
+ Others


CO-LOCATED EVENT
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The Intelligent Vehicle Symposium will take in conjunction with the 12th
International Symposium ATA EL 2004 "E-Safety: the challenge of the
future Scenario - Technologies - Applications" (June 16-18, 2004)
organized by ATA - Associazione Tecnica dell'Automobile, Italy.
A single and reduced joint registration is available.


For further information, please refer to the IV04 website
                      http://www.ieeeiv.org/