CFP: 3rd International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents
(ICARA 2006)
Call for papers
The 3rd International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA
2006) Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
12th-14th December 2006
http://icara.massey.ac.nz/
The Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University, is pleased to announce that the 3rd International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA 2006) will be held in Palmerston North, New Zealand from 12th to 14th December 2006.
ICARA 2006 is intended to provide a common forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the area of autonomous robotics and agents. ICARA 2006 will include keynote addresses by eminent scientists as well as special, regular and poster sessions. All papers will be peer reviewed on the basis of a full length manuscript and acceptance will be based on quality, originality and relevance. The review process will be double blind. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Topics will include, but are not limited to, the following:
Intelligent Control
DNA Computing for autonomous agents
Biorobotics, Biomechatronics
Implantable sensors for Robotic Applications
Artificial Intelligence in Biosystems
Autonomous Systems
Multi-Agent Collaborative Systems (MACS)
Robotics, Humanoids
Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion
Cooperative Robotics
Robot Soccer Systems
Entertainment Robotics
Human Robot Interface
Distributed Intelligent Control Systems
Real Time Supervisory Control
Embedded Systems
Educational Technology
Fuzzy Systems, Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
Biped and Humanoid Robots
Rough Sets, Data Mining
Navigation and Path Planning
Genetic Algorithm (GA)
Evolutionary Computation (EC)
Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms
Real Time Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Systems and Algorithms
Vision Systems for Robotics
Artificial Neural Networks in Biorobotics
Important Dates
Manuscript Submission
15 July 2006
Acceptance Notification
31 August 2006
Camera Ready Submission
13 October 2006
Advance Registration
13 October 2006
Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit the manuscript (4 to 6 pages including references) of their technical paper, for oral or poster presentation, in MS WORD or PDF format by email to [ICARA2006@massey.ac.nz]. The MS Word and PDF templates are available on the conference website. Final manuscripts will be limited to six (6) A4 size pages.
In submitting a paper, the author(s) agree that, upon acceptance, they will prepare the final manuscript in time for inclusion into the published proceedings and will present the paper at the conference. The final manuscript will not be published without advance registration.
Special Sessions
ICARA solicits special session proposals. The special sessions are intended to stimulate in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the conference theme. The session organizers will coordinate the review process for their session papers. The conference proceedings will include all papers from the special sessions. Please submit your proposal to ICARA2006 at massey.ac.nz
For further details, please contact:
G. Sen Gupta (g.sengupta at massey.ac.nz)
S. C. Mukhopadhyay (s.c.mukhopadhyay at massey.ac.nz)
C. H. Messom (c.h.messom at massey.ac.nz)
Organized by
IIST, Massey University
Co-sponsored by
IEEE NZ North Section
IEEE NZ Central Sub-Section
Centre for Intelligent Control, National University of Singapore
Singapore Polytechnic
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