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From: rene@watnow.uwaterloo.ca (Rene V. Mayorga)
Subject: Final cpf 1997 IASTED Robotics & Manufacturing Conference
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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
Fifth IASTED International Conference
ROBOTICS AND MANUFACTURING
May 28-31, 1997
Cancun, Mexico

SPONSOR: The International Association of Science and Technology
for Development - IASTED

LOCATION: Cancun, Mexico

GENERAL CHAIR: T.C. Hsia, University of California, Davis, USA
PROGRAM CHAIR: Rene V. Mayorga, University of Waterloo, Canada

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
S. Arimoto - University of Tokyo, Japan
M. Asada   - Osaka University, Japan
A. Avello - Univ. de Navarra, Spain
M.M. Bayoumi - Queen's University, Canada
Z. Bien - KAIST, Korea
G. Casalino - DIST-Universita di Genova, Italy
A. Casals - U. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
R. Colbaugh - New Mexico State Univ., USA
P. Dario - ARTS, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Italy
A. Dagnino - ABB, USA
C. de Silva - Univ. of British Columbia, Canada
A.P. del Pobil - Jaume-I University, Spain
A. Desrochers - Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA
C. Doumanidis - Tufts University, USA
S. Elgazzar - National Research Council, Canada
T. Fukuda - University of Nagoya, Japan
A. Goldenberg - University of Toronto, Canada
W.A. Gruver - Simon Fraser University, Canada
G. Hirzinger - DLR, Germany
J.M. Ibarra - CINVESTAV, Mexico
S. Kalaycioglu - Canadian Space Agency, Canada
V. Karri - University of Tasmania-Hobart, Australia
R. Kelly - CICESE, Mexico
O. Khatib - Stanford University, USA
P. Khosla - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
J.-H. Kim - KAIST, Korea
H. Koivo - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
K. Kosuge - Tohoku University, Japan
S.H. Lee - JPL, USA
F. Lobo-Pereira - ISR-Porto, Portugal
R. Luo - North Carolina State University, USA
L. Luong - University of South Australia, Australia
A.A. Maciejewski - Purdue University, USA
H. Miura - University of Tokyo, Japan
Y. Nakamura - University of Tokyo, Japan
C.C. Nguyen - Catholic University of America, USA
D. Romero - UNAM, Mexico
A.C. Sanderson - Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA
H. Seraji - JPL, USA
Y. Shirai - Osaka University, Korea
B. Siciliano - Universita di Napoli, Italy
J.J.E. Slotine - MIT, USA
K. Tanie - AIST-MITI, Japan
P.M. Taylor - University of Hull, U.K.
S. Tsuji - Wakayama University, Japan
M. Vidyasagar - CAIR, India
A.K.C. Wong - University of Waterloo, Canada
T. Yoshikawa - Kyoto University, Japan
J. Zurada - University of Louisville, USA

REGIONAL CHAIRS - Mexico
A. Pamanes - Tec. de la Laguna
F. Ramos - ITESM, Morelos Campus

REGIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Mexico
F. Betancourt - Tec. de la Laguna
J. Frausto - ITESM, Morelos Campus
J. Flores - Tec. de la Laguna
J.L. Gonzalez - ITESM, Monterrey Campus
A. Molina - ITESM, Monterrey Campus
J. Negrete - Univ. de Veracruz
V. Parra - CINVESTAV
L.A. Pineda - I.I.E., Cuernavaca
A. Ramirez - CINVESTAV
G. Rodriguez - I.I.E., Cuernavaca
M. Sanchez - ITESM, Monterrey Campus
V. Santibanez - Tec. de la Laguna
R. Soto - ITESM, Monterrey Campus
E. Sucar - ITESM, Morelos Campus 

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

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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 the IASTED
Secretariat by February 1, 1997.  Please provide 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 7, 1997.  The final manuscripts and registration payment
are due prior to April 1, 1997.  Registration fees not received
by that date may result in the paper being excluded from the
proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES
     Manuscripts Due               February 1, 1997
     Notification of Acceptance    March 7, 1997
     Final Manuscripts and Payment April 1, 1997

MANUSCRIPTS MUST BE SENT TO:
     IASTED Secretariat - RM'97
     #80, 4500 - 16 Ave. N.W.
     Calgary, AB
     Canada T3B 0M6
     Tel: 403-288-1195
     Fax: 403-247-6851
     Email: iasted@cadvision.com
     URL: http://www.iasted.com

