Subject: ICARA 2004 CFP

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA
2004)

Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand


        13th-15th December 2004

           http://conferences.massey.ac.nz/ICARA2004


Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University, is pleased to announce that the 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA 2004) will be on the 13th - 15th December 2004 in Palmerston North, New Zealand.



ICARA 2004 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 2004 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. 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

      06 August 2004

Acceptance Notification

      17 September 2004

Camera Ready Submission

      15 October 2004

Advance Registration

      15 October 2004



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 PDF format by email to [ICARA2004@massey.ac.nz]. The Latex and MS Word templates are available on the conference website. Final manuscripts will be limited to six (6) A4 size pages.  The front page must contain the title of the paper, full name(s) and address(es) of the
author(s) and the appropriate academic field(s).  The complete mailing address(es), telephone number(s), FAX number(s) and email address(es) must be provided on a separate sheet.

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 Tan K C [eletankc@nus.edu.sg] or Dikai Liu [dikai.liu@eng.uts.edu.au]



For further details, please contact:



General Co-Chairs

    Chris Messom (c.h.messom@masey.ac.nz)

    G. Sen Gupta (g.sengupta@massey.ac.nz)



Organized by



IIST, Massey University

IIMS, Massey University



Co-sponsored by



    IEEE NZ North Section

    IEEE NZ South Section

    Centre for Intelligent Control, National University of Singapore

    Singapore Polytechnic