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Subject: 2nd CFP: Robotics & Vision Systems Worksop
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         EPIA'95 WORKSHOPS - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

  APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ROBOTICS AND
                  VISION SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
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  Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence
              Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal
                     October 3-6, 1995

 (Under the auspices of the Portuguese Association for AI)



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      REMEMBER:   SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 2, 1995
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                        INTRODUCTION

The Seventh Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(EPIA'95) will be held at Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal,
between October 3-6, 1995.  As in previous cases  ('89, '91,
and '93),   EPIA'95   will   be  run  as  an   international
conference,   English   being  the  official  language.  The
scientific  program  includes  tutorials,  invited lectures,
demonstrations, and paper presentations. The Conference will
include three parallel workshops on  Expert  Systems,  Fuzzy
Logic and Neural  Networks,  and  Applications  of  A.I.  to
Robotics  and  Vision  Systems.  These  workshops  will  run
simultaneously (see below) and  consist  of  invited  talks,
panels,    paper    presentations   and   poster   sessions.
Applications  of  Artificial  Intelligence  to Robotics  and
Vision Systems Workshop  may last for either 1, 2 or 3 days,
depending on the quantity and quality of submissions.


                     INVITED LECTURERS
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this issue of the conference,four special invited lectures
will  promote  a debate on the very foundations of Artificial
Intelligence, its  approaches and results. It is an honour to
announce the invited lecturers and the corresponding talks:

 "Why Human Brains Can't Really Think", 
        by Marvin Minsky (MIT-USA); 
 "Planning and Learning in Intelligent Agents", 
        by Manuela Veloso (CMU-USA); 
 "The Connectionist Paradigm and AI", 
        by Luis B. Almeida (IST-Portugal); 
 "The Evolutionist Approach - Past, Present, and Future of AI", 
        by Rodney Brooks (MIT-USA).


                        TUTORIALS
                        ~~~~~~~~~
In  this  issue  of  the  conference, four  tutorials will be
delivered: 

 "Artificial Life and Autonomous Robots", 
        by Luc Steels (VUB AI Lab-Belgium); 
 "Virtual Reality - The AI perspective", 
        by David Hogg (Univ. of Leeds-UK);
 "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence",
        by Ernesto Costa (Univ. of Coimbra-Portugal);
           (in Portuguese)
 "Design of Expert Systems",
        by Ernesto Morgado (IST-Portugal); 
           (in Portuguese)



  APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ROBOTICS AND 
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                   VISION SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
During  the  last   few   years,   Artificial   Intelligence
techniques  have been successfully applied to a large number
of problems in robotics and computer vision.
This   workshop  aims  to  provide  an  overview   of   such
applications specially featuring real prototypes and systems
(e.g., robotic insects, autonomous mobile robots, etc.).
The availability of demonstrations  (robots, vision systems,
videos and demonstration software) is highly appreciated and
will be taken into account in assessing submissions.
The  workshop  will  be  divided  into   two   areas:  paper
presentations   and  system  exhibitions,  where  prototypes
related to the presentations will be demonstrated.
The  organization invites you to participate in the workshop
via paper presentations and/or system demonstrations.


                         EXHIBITIONS
                         ~~~~~~~~~~~
In  order  to  illustrate   and   to   support   theoretical
presentations   the  organization   will   provide  adequate
conditions (space and facilities) for  exhibitions regarding
the three workshops mentioned. These exhibitions can include
software running systems  (several platforms are available),
video  presentations  (PAL-G VHS system),  robotics  systems
(such  as  robotics  insects,  and autonomous  robots),  and
posters.  On  the  one  hand,  this  space  will  allow  the
presentation  of  results and real-world applications of the
research developed by our community and,  on  the  other  it
will  serve  as a source of motivation to students and young
researchers.


                   SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Authors are asked to submit five (5) copies of their  papers
to  the  submissions  address by May 2, 95.  Notification of
acceptance  or  rejection  will  be  mailed to the first (or
designated)  author  on  June 5, 95, and camera ready copies
for  inclusion  in  the  workshop proceedings will be due on
July 3, 95.  Each  copy of submitted papers should include a
separate  title  page  giving  the  names,  addresses, phone
numbers   and   email  addresses  (where available)  of  all
authors, and a list of keywords identifying the subject area
of the paper.  Papers should be a maximum of  16  pages  and
printed on A4 paper in 12 point type with  a  maximum  of 38
lines per page and 75 characters per line ( corresponding to
LaTeX article style, 12 pt).  Double sided  submissions  are
preferred.  Electronic  or  faxed  submissions  will  not be
accepted.  Further  inquiries  should  be  addressed  to the
inquiries address.


                         ATTENDANCE
                         ~~~~~~~~~~
Each  workshop  will be limited to at most fifty people.  In
addition to presenters of papers and posters,  there will be
space for a limited number of other  participants  chosen on
the  basis  of a  one- to two-page  research  summary  which
should  include a list of relevant publications,  along with
an electronic mail address if possible.  A  set  of  working
notes  will  be  available  prior to the commencement of the
workshops.  Registration  information  will  be available in
June 1995.  Please write for registration information to the
inquiries address.


                          DEADLINES
                          ~~~~~~~~~
    Papers submission: ................. May  2, 1995
    Notification of acceptance: ........ June 5, 1995
    Camera Ready Copies Due: ........... July 3, 1995


                        PROGRAM-CHAIR
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
               Joao Paulo Costeira (CMU, USA)


                      ORGANIZING-CHAIR
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
             Jose Santos-Victor (IST, Portugal)


              SUBMISSION AND INQUIRIES ADDRESS
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EPIA'95
Aplic. of AI to Robotics & Vision Workshop
INESC, Apartado 13069
1000 Lisboa Portugal
Voice: +351 (1) 310-0325
Fax: +351 (1) 525843
Email: epia95-ARVWorkshop@inesc.pt


                     PLANNING TO ATTEND
                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
People planning to submit  a  paper  or/and  to  attend  the
workshop are asked to complete and return the following form
(by fax or email) to the  inquiries  address  standing their
intention.  It  will help the workshop organizer to estimate
the  facilities needed and will enable all interested people
to receive updated information.

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|                   REGISTRATION OF INTEREST                     |
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Nuno J. Mamede                         INESC - Instituto de Engenharia de
Nuno Mamede@inesc.pt                           Sistemas e Computadores
Tel: +351(1)3100234                    Rua Alves Redol 9
Fax: +351(1)525843                     1000 Lisboa / Portugal
