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From: spie@henson.cc.wwu.edu (SPIE Staff)
Subject: CFP: Robotics Related Conferences
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 19:21:34 GMT
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Announcement & Call for Papers

Robotics Related Conferences at:
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SPIE's International Symposium on

Photonic Sensors & Controls for Commercial Applications

Part of SPIE's Photonics East


31 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1994
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, Massachusetts USA
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Contents
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1.0 Abstract and Manuscript Due Dates
2.0 Robotics Related Conferences
3.0 Program Tracks
4.0 General Information
5.0 Submission of Abstracts
6.0 How to Receive More Information


1.0 ABSTRACT AND MANUSCRIPT DUE DATES
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* Abstract Due Date: 4 April 1994

     Late abstract submissions may be considered, subject to
     program time availability and chair's approval.


* Manuscript Due Date: 3 October 1994 or 8 August 1994+

     + Proceedings will be available on site. Abstract and
     manuscript due dates must be strictly observed.


2.0 ROBOTICS RELATED CONFERENCES
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Machine Vision and Robotic Applications in Greenhouses and
Livestock Facilities
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Conference Chair: Peter P. Ling, Rutgers Univ.


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Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies
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Conference Chair: Hari Das, Jet Propulsion Lab.

Program Committee: Bernard D. Adelstein, NASA Ames Research Ctr.;
Robert J. Anderson, Sandia National Labs.; Thomas P. Caudell,
Univ. of New Mexico; Janez Funda, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research
Ctr.; Blake Hannaford, Univ. of Washington; Won Soo Kim, Jet
Propulsion Lab.; James M. Manyika, Oxford Univ. (UK); Thomas B.
Sheridan, Man-Machine Systems Lab./MIT

Cosponsoring organization: IEEE NNC-Virtual Reality Technical
Committee


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Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIII: Algorithms,
Techniques, Active Vision, Materials Handling*
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Conference Chair: David P. Casasent, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

Cochair: Ernest L. Hall, Univ. of Cincinnati

Program Committee: Mongi A. Abidi, Univ. of Tennessee/Knoxville;
Rolf-Jurgen Ahlers, Rauschenberger Metallwaren GmbH (FRG); Bruce
G. Batchelor, Univ. of Wales College Cardiff (UK); Madan M.
Gupta, Univ. of Saskatchewan (Canada); Ian Horswill, AI Lab./MIT;
Sunanda Mitra, Texas Tech Univ.; Prasanna G. Mulgaonkar, SRI
International; Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic Univ.; Ellen M.
Reid, Motorola; Steven K. Rogers, Air Force Institute of
Technology; Juha Roning, Univ. of Oulu (Finland); Scott A.
Starks, Univ. of Texas/El Paso; M. A. Taalebinezhaad, Univ. Laval
(Canada); Hemant D. Tagare, Yale Univ.; Andrew K. C. Wong, Univ.
of Waterloo (Canada)

*    Manuscript Due Date: 8 August 1994
     Proceedings will be available at the meeting.


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Sensor Fusion VII*
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Conference Chair: Paul S. Schenker, Jet Propulsion Lab.

Program Committee: Terrance E. Boult, Columbia Univ.; Su-Shing
Chen, Univ. of North Carolina/Charlotte; David B. Cooper, Brown
Univ.; Gregory D. Hager, Yale Univ.; Martin Herman, National
Institute of Standards and Technology; Terrance L. Huntsberger,
Univ. of South Carolina; Ren C. Luo, North Carolina State Univ.;
James M. Manyika, Oxford Univ. (UK); Suresh B. Marapane, Univ. of
Tennessee/Knoxville; Gerard T. McKee, Univ. of Reading (UK);
Evangelos E. Milios, York Univ. (Canada); Robin R. Murphy,
Colorado School of Mines; Bobby S. Y. Rao, Univ. of
California/Berkeley; Michael Seibert, Lincoln Lab./MIT; W. Brent
Seales, Univ. of Kentucky; Charles V. Stewart, Rennselaer
Polytechnic Institute; Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos, The
Pennsylvania State Univ.

*    Manuscript Due Date: 8 August 1994
     Proceedings will be available at the meeting.


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Mobile Robots IX
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Conference Chairs: William J. Wolfe, Univ. of Colorado/Denver;
Wendell H. Chun, Martin Marietta Astronautics Group

Program Committee: Ronald C. Arkin, Georgia Institute of
Technology; David J. Braunegg, MITRE Corp.; David P. Casasent,
Carnegie Mellon Univ.; Douglas W. Gage, Naval Command Control and
Ocean Surveillance Ctr.; Surender K. Kenue, General Motors
Research and Environmental Staff; William Y. Lim, Grumman Corp.;
Bijan G. Mobasseri, Villanova Univ.; David W. Parish, Omnitech
Robotics, Inc.


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Vision Geometry III
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Conference Chairs: Robert A. Melter, Long Island Univ.; Angela Y.
Wu, The American Univ.

Program Committee: Ari Gross, CUNY/Queens College and Columbia
Univ.; T. Yung Kong, CUNY/Queens College; Jack Koplowitz,
Clarkson Univ.; David Mount, Univ. of Maryland/College Park; Ivan
Stojmenovic, Univ. of Ottawa (Canada)


3.0 PROGRAM TRACKS
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Including those listed above, twenty-two conferences are
scheduled for this symposium. The conferences are organized into
five program tracks:

*    Photonic Devices and Materials
*    Smart Highways
*    Agriculture, Forestry & Biological Processing
*    Automated Inspection
*    Intelligent Robots & Computer Vision


4.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
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* Advance Technical Program

The comprehensive Advance Technical Program for this symposium
will list conferences, paper titles and authors in order of
presentation, education program schedule including course
descriptions and instructor biographies, and an outline of all
planned special events. Call SPIE at 206/676-3290 (Pacific Time),
or e-mail spie@mom.spie.org to request that a copy be sent to you
when it becomes available in July 1994.

* Hotel Accommodations

SPIE will be reserving rooms at discounted rates at several
hotels near the Hynes Convention Center for this symposium.
Meeting headquarters hotel will be The Sheraton Boston Hotel and
Towers. In order to book rooms at hotels offering the special
symposium rates, you will need to make these arrangements through
the Boston Housing Bureau.  By calling hotels directly, you will
not receive the special symposium rates.  Information about how
to make your hotel accommodation reservations will be included in
the Advance Program. Hotel rates are expected to range from $90-
$145.

* Registration

Registration fees for conferences and short courses, a
registration form, technical and general information for SPIE's
Boston Symposium  & Exposition: Photonic Sensors and Controls for
Commercial Applications will be available in the Advance Program.

* How to exhibit

Companies interested in exhibiting at this symposium may contact
Sue Davis, Director of Conferences and Exhibits, at 503/663-1284,
or Diane Robinson, Exhibits Manager, at SPIE headquarters, phone
206/676-3290, fax 206/647-1445, e-mail diane@mom.spie.org.


5.0 SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
===========================

Abstract Due Date: 4 April 1994

*    Send abstract via E-mail to
     abstracts@mom.spie.org (ASCII format);
*    or fax one copy to SPIE at 206/647-1445;
*    or mail four copies to:

     Photonics East
     SPIE, P.O. Box 10
     Bellingham, WA  98227-0010

     Shipping address:

     1000 20th St.
     Bellingham, WA  98225

     Telephone 206/676-3290
     Telex 46-7053
     Anonymous FTP: mom.spie.org
     E-mail: spie@mom.spie.org


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Conditions for Acceptance
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*    Authors are expected to secure travel and accommodation
     funding, independent of SPIE, through their sponsoring
     organizations before submitting abstracts.
*    Only original material should be submitted.
*    Commercial papers, descriptions of papers, with no research
     content, and papers where supporting data or a technical
     description cannot be given for proprietary reasons will not
     be accepted for presentation in this symposium.
*    Abstracts should contain enough detail to clearly convey the
     approach and the results of the research.
*    Government and company clearance to present and publish
     should be final at the time of submittal.
*    Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 20 June 1994.


Your abstract should include the following:

I.   ABSTRACT TITLE

II.  AUTHOR LISTING (principal author first)
     Full names and affiliations.

III. CORRESPONDENCE FOR EACH AUTHOR
     Mailing address, telephone, telefax, e-mail address.

IV.  SUBMIT TO:     (Conference Title)  (Conference Chair)
                    at Photonic Sensors

V.   PRESENTATION
     Indicate your preference for "Oral Presentation" or "Poster
     Presentation." Placement subject to chairs' discretion.

VI.  ABSTRACT TEXT
     250 words.

VII. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY (principal author only)
     50 to 100 words.


* Paper Review

To assure a high quality conference, all abstracts and
Proceedings papers will be reviewed by the Conference Chairs for
technical merit and content.

* Proceedings of These Meetings

These meetings will result in published Proceedings that can be
ordered through the Advance Program. Manuscripts are required of
all accepted applicants and must be submitted in English by 8
August 1994 or 3 October 1994.  Copyright to the manuscript is
expected to be released for publication in the conference
Proceedings. Note: If an author does not attend the meeting and
make a presentation, the chair may opt not to publish the
author's manuscript in the conference proceedings. Proceedings
papers are indexed in leading scientific databases including
INSPEC, Compendex Plus, Physics Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts,
International Aerospace Abstracts, and Index to Scientific and
Technical Proceedings.

* Publishing Policy

Manuscript due dates must be strictly observed. Whether the
Proceedings volume will be published before or after the meeting,
late manuscripts run the risk of not being published. The
objective of this policy is to better serve the conference
participants and the technical community at large. Your
cooperation in supporting this objective will be appreciated by
all.

* Chair/Author Benefits

Chairs/authors/co-authors are accorded a reduced-rate
registration fee. Included with fee payment are a copy of the
Proceedings in which the participant's role or paper appears, a
complimentary one-year nonvoting membership in SPIE (if never
before a member), and other special benefits.

* Poster Presentation

Interactive poster sessions will be scheduled. All conference
chairs encourage authors to contribute papers with technical
content that lends itself well to the poster format. Please
indicate your preference on the abstract.

* Oral Presentation

Each author is generally allowed 15 minutes plus a five-minute
discussion period. SPIE will provide the following media
equipment free of charge: 35 mm carousel slide projectors,
overhead projectors, electric pointers, and video equipment
(please give at least two weeks advance notice).


6.0 HOW TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION
===================================

The complete text of the printed announcement and call for papers
for Photonic Sensors & Controls for Commercial Applications is
available via anonymous FTP at:

mom.spie.org     meetings/calls/sensors_controls.txt


It is also available through SPIE's automated e-mail server:

Send an e-mail message to,

   info-optolink-request@mom.spie.org

with the following text in the message body:

   send [optolink.meetings.programs]FILENAME.txt


To request a printed announcement and call for papers via e-mail
contact:

spie@mom.spie.org

For information regarding this meeting or other SPIE symposia or
publications, contact SPIE at:

P.O. Box 10
Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 USA
Telephone:     206/676-3290 (Pacific Time)
Telefax:       206/647-1445
Telex:         46-7053
E-mail:        spie@mom.spie.org
Anonymous FTP: mom.spie.org.

This announcement and call for papers is based on commitments
received up to the time of publication and is subject to change
without notice.

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