Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!news2.near.net!news.mathworks.com!news.alpha.net!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunserver.insinc.net!cuugnet!warwodad
From: warwodad@cuug.ab.ca (Dennis Warwoda B288-1195 H293-5227)
Subject: CFP: Robotics & Manufacturing
Message-ID: <CzBs6v.8J5@cuug.ab.ca>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 20:13:42 GMT
Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0]
Lines: 129


                        CALL FOR PAPERS
              Third IASTED International Conference
                   ROBOTICS AND MANUFACTURING

DATE: June 14-17, 1995

LOCATION: Sheraton Hotel, Cancun, Mexico

SPONSORS: The International Association of Science and Technology for
          Development - IASTED
          In cooperation with: ITESM (Inst. Tech. y de Estudios Sup. de
          Monterrey, Mexico)

SCOPE: Topics to be covered include:
       * Adaptive Control               * Modelling
       * AI Techniques                  * Motion Planning
       * Architecture                   * Multirobot Systems
       * Autonomous Systems             * Neural Networks
       * Bionics/Biomechanics           * Process Control
       * Design Automation              * Reliability/Safety/Stability
       * Expert Systems                 * Robot Dynamics
       * Flexible Manufacturing Systems * Robot Control
       * Fuzzy Control                  * Robot Kinematics
       * Human/Machine Interface        * Robot Mechanisms
       * Industrial Automation          * Robust Control
       * Industrial Robots              * Scheduling
       * Intelligent Systems            * Sensors
       * Knowledge-Based Systems        * Sensor Data Fusion
       * Learning/Reasoning Systems     * Simulation
       * Manufacturing Systems          * Space Robotics
       * Mechatronics                   * Teleoperation
       * Microrobotics                  * Virtual Reality
       * Mobile Robots                  * Applications - All areas

General Chair: T.C. (Steve) Hsia, University of California, Davis, USA
Program Chair: Rene V. Mayorga, University of Waterloo, Canada
Regional Program Chairs: Francisco Cantu-Ortiz, ITESM, Monterrey
                         Juan Frausto-Solis, ITESM, Morelos

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

S. Arimoto      Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
E. Bayo         Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara, USA
P. Dario        Univ. of Pisa, Italy
C. Doumanidis   Tufts Univ., USA
A. Desrochers   Renselaer Polytechnic, USA
R.V. Dubey      Univ. of Tennessee, USA
W.H. ElMaraghy  Univ. of Windsor, Canada
B. Espiau       INRIA, France
T. Fukuda       Nagoya Univ., Japan
H. Furuta       Japan
A. Goldenberg   Univ. of Toronto, Canada
E. Gomes        EPUSP, Brazil
W.A. Gruver     Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
H. Inoue        Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
S. Kalaycioglu  Canada Space Agency, Canada
O. Khatib       Stanford University, USA
H.N. Koivo      Tampere Univ., Finland
K. Kosuge       Univ. of Nagoya, Japan
F. Lobo-Pereira Porto Univ., Portugal
A. Maciejewski  Purdue Univ., USA
H. Miura        Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Y. Nakamura     Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
G. Saridis      Rensselaer Polytechnic, USA
H. Seraji       JPL, USA
Y. Shirai       Osaka Univ., Japan
J.E. Slotine    MIT, USA
A.C. Sanderson  Rensselaer Poly., USA
B. Siciliano    Univ. of Naples, Italy
P.M. Taylor     Univ. of Hull, UK
S. Tsuji        Osaka Univ., Japan
A.K.C. Wong     Univ. of Waterloo, Canada

REGIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

J.L.  Gordillo  ITESM, Monterrey        F. Ramos        ITESM, Morelos
R. Kelly        CICESE, Ensenada        G. Rodriguez    IEE, Cuenavaca
J.M. Ibarra     CINESTAV                J.M. Sanchez    ITESM, Monterrey
H. Martinez     ITESM                   R. Soto         ITESM, Monterrey
A. Ramirez      CINESTAV                L.E. Sucar-Succar ITESM, Morelos
A. Pamanes      Laguna Tec., Torreon    M. Valenzuela   ITESM, Monterrey

Three copies of the papers (maximum 12 double-spaced pages, including figures,
for regular papers; and maximum six double spaced pages for short papers)
should be received by FEBRUARY 15, 1995 by Rene V. Mayorga, Dept. of Systems
Design Eng., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Canada.  Please
include four keywords to indicate the area of the paper. Also, include a
statement in your cover letter confirming that if the paper is accepted, one of
the authors will attend the conference to present it.  Please give the full
name, affiliation, full address, telephone, and fax numbers, and email address
if available.

Notification of acceptance and author kits will be mailed by March 15, 1995.
The final manuscripts and registration payment are due prior to May 1, 1995.
Registration fees not received by that date may result in the paper being
excluded from the proceedings.

Expanded papers to be considered for publication in the International Journal
of Robotics and Automation are to be sent directly to the Editor: Dr. Richard
Colbaugh, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Box 30001 - Dept. 3450, New Mexico
State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001 USA.

IMPORTANT DATES

FEBRUARY 15, 1995 - Three copies of the papers due.  Please send the papers
                    to:         Rene V. Mayorga
                                Dept. of Systems Design Eng.
                                Univ. of Waterloo
                                Waterloo, Ontario
                                Canada  N2L 3G1
                                Tel: 519-885-1211 ext: 2604
                                Fax: 519-746-4791
                                email: rmayorga@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca

MARCH 15, 1995 - Paper acceptance letters mailed to authors.

MAY 1, 1995 - Final manuscripts and registration payments due.

To be placed on the mailing list write to:
        IASTED Secretariat RM'95
        1811 W. Katella Avenue #101
        Anaheim, CA
        USA  90804
        Tel: 800-995-2161 or 714-778-3230
        Fax: 714-778-5463
        Email: iasted@orion.oac.uci.edu


