For more information about the Workshop on Autonomous Artificial Systems
Exploring Hostile Environments, described below, send a message to
isi-ws [at] gmd.gr.jp or visit http://www.gmd.gr.jp/JRL/events.html.
Information about the hosting congress can be found at
http://www.icsc.ab.ca/isi2001.htm.
There is still a chance to submit a manuscript (extended abstract for
full paper) to the workshop. The deadline for submissions has been
extended to 31 July 2000.
Workshop on:
Autonomous Artificial Systems Exploring Hostile Environments
as part of the International NAISO Congress on
Information Science Innovations (ISI'2001)
March 18th, 2001
at the American University of Dubai, U.A.E.
http://www.gmd.gr.jp/JRL/events.html
The depths of the oceans, the heats of volcanos, the cold of Antarctica, as
well as remote planets are getting more and more technically accessible. Still
these areas are too wide or too dangerous to be explored by humans directly.
Thus we will be requested to send artificial scouts from which we expect at
least that they are coming back or transmitting relevant information before
they disintegrate. Further on, these creatures will be required to develop
geographical abilities like for instance navigating a second time exactly to a
formerly discovered place or delivering spatio-temporal models of
various kinds.
Still most of our exploring vehicles from today are relying on the existence
of permanent wireless connections, global positioning systems, or local
geographic maps. Under the ice of Antarctica and most other places considered
here, none of this infrastructure will be available. Therefore actual
exploration abilities are expected to be bundled with a real enhancement of
autonomy. This is what this workshop is about.
All presenters and audience submitting or exploiting fields like:
o On-line, life-long, or real-time adaptation/learning
o Spatio-temporal modeling (e.g. mapping, identification of dynamical
systems)
o Dynamical systems
o Motion control
o Sensor data fusion
o Navigation
working in applications addressing
o Exploration (deep sea, volcanoes, planets, ...)
o Search
(Resources: manganese, oil, gas ... Lost & found: airplanes, ships, ...)
o Rescue (earthquake/landslide/flood disasters)
o Monitoring (environmental, geological, biological, ...)
o ... or other forms of autonomy in natural environments
or considering social aspects including
o Information about currently unknown areas
o Emergency technologies
o Environmental monitoring
are very welcome.
Chair: Uwe R. Zimmer
Program commitee:
Andreas Birk
Thomas Christaller
Holk Cruse
Walter J. Freeman
John Hallam
Hiroaki Kitano
Ulrich Nehmzow
Rolf Pfeifer
Noel Sharkey
Jun Tani
Roy M. Turner
Tamaki Ura
David Wettergreen
Deadline for manuscript submissions (6 pages max): July 31, 2000
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2000
Delivery of full papers: November 30, 2000
Workshop: March 18th, 2001
Submission of papers (deadline: July 31, 2000):
- all papers need to be in English
- there is a maximum of six pages
- there is no restriction in the format of the papers for the manuscript
submission
Each submission should enclose:
- Authors names, affiliations, addresses
- Name of author to contact for correspondence
- E-mail address and fax # of contact author
- Topics which best describe the paper (max. 5 keywords)
and may be submitted either electronically (Acrobat pdf or compressed
Postscript ps.* only) to isi-ws [at] gmd.gr.jp or by mail (3 copies) to:
GMD ˆ Japan Research Laboratory
(ISI-workshop)
AIM Building 8F, 3-8-1,
Asano, Kokurakita-ku
Kitakyushu-city, 802-0001
Japan
Please send any inquiries regarding this workshop to isi-ws [at] gmd.gr.jp.
Information regarding the hosting congress can be found at
http://www.icsc.ab.ca/isi2001.htm.