For four days beginning 17 March 2001 the Information Science Innovations
conference will be held at the American University of Dubai, U.A.E.
On March 18 a workshop will be held regarding Autonomous Artificial Systems
Exploring Hostile Environments. Below is a description of that workshop.
Papers to be submitted to the workshop should be sent to isi-ws [at] gmd.gr.jp by
June 30, 2000. More information can be found at
http://www.gmd.gr.jp/JRL/events.html
Announcing a workshop on:
Autonomous Artificial Systems Exploring Hostile Environments
As part of the International NAISO Congress on
Information Science Innovations (ISI'2001)
March 18th, 2001
at the American University of Dubai, U.A.E.
The depths of the oceans, the heats of volcanos, the cold of Antarctica, as
well as remote planets are getting more and more technically accessible.
Still these areas are too wide or too dangerous to be explored by humans
directly. Thus we will be requested to send artificial scouts from which we
expect at least that they are coming back or transmitting relevant
information before they disintegrate. Further on these creatures will be
required to develop geographical abilities like for instance navigating a
second time exactly to a formerly discovered place or delivering
spatio-temporal models of various kinds.
Still most of our exploring vehicles from today are relying on the existence
of permanent wireless connections, global positioning systems, or local
geographic maps. Under the ice of Antarctica and most other places
considered here, none of this infrastructure will be available. Therefore
actual exploration abilities are expected to be bundled with a real
enhancement of autonomy. This is what this workshop is about.
All presenters and audience submitting or exploiting fields like:
- On-line, life-long, or real-time adaptation/learning
- Spatio-temporal modeling (e.g. mapping, identification of dynamical
systems) - Dynamical systems
- Motion control
- Sensor data fusion
- Navigation
...working in applications addressing
- Exploration (deep sea, volcanoes, planets, ...)
- Search (Resources: manganese, oil, gas ... Lost & found: airplanes,
ships, ...) - Rescue (earthquake/landslide/flood disasters)
- Monitoring (environmental, geological, biological, ...)
- or other forms of autonomy in natural environments
...or considering social aspects including
- Information about currently unknown areas
- Emergency technologies
- Environmental monitoring
are very welcome.
Chair: Uwe R. Zimmer
Program commitee:
Andreas Birk
Thomas Christaller
Holk Cruse
Walter J. Freeman
John Hallam
Ulrich Nehmzow
Rolf Pfeifer
Noel Sharkey
Jun Tani
Roy M. Turner
Tamaki Ura
David Wettergreen
Deadline for manuscript submissions (6 pages max): June 30, 2000
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2000
Delivery of full papers: November 30, 2000
Workshop: March 18th, 2001
Please send any inquiries regarding this workshop to: isi-ws [at] gmd.gr.jp
http://www.gmd.gr.jp/JRL/events.html
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