<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Call for Papers: </span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">         You are welcomed to submit papers to the Invited Session on "Cognitive Computing and Applications" at the 6th IEEE CIS-RAM 2013. The topics include but are not limited to neuro-inspired computation, cognitive systems, and applications in robotics, sensory information processing, etc.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">         All papers accepted and presented at CIS-RAM 2013 will be published by IEEE and indexed by ISI Proceedings, Scopus, and EI Compendex database. Selected papers will be shortlisted for Special Issues at the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (Intech) and Computational Cognitive Science (Springer).</span><br>
</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px">          Please use the code "THJ" when you submit papers to the Invited Session. Any inquiry can be directed to me. Please refer to more details about the IEEE CIS-RAM 2013 conference in its CFP appended below. </span><br>
</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Sincerely,</span><br></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Huajin Tang, Ph.D.</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Institute for Infocomm Research,</span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:htang@i2r.a-star.edu.sg" target="_blank">htang@i2r.a-star.edu.sg</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">====================================</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Call For Papers</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">6th IEEE Int'l Joint Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS) & Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM) </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">12-15 November 2013</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Manila and Pico de Loro Beach & Country Club, Philippines</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conference webpage: <a href="http://www.cis-ram.org/2013" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">www.cis-ram.org/2013</span></a></span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">7,017 islands tourism: <a href="http://www.itsmorefuninthephilippines.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">www.itsmorefuninthephilippines.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Enquiries: <a href="mailto:cisram2013@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">cisram2013@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'MS Gothic'">
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<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Conference/Invited Session paper submission: 11 June 2013</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Notification of acceptance: 11 August 2013</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Final camera-ready manuscript: 11 September 2013</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registration: 11 September 2013</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">THE VENUE: PHILIPPINES</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We invite you to the beautiful islands of the Philippines. CIS-RAM will be held in two locations: Manila and a resort 2 hours away (by land or boat) from Manila. The capital of the Philippines–its heart and soul–is Manila. Metropolitan Manila is where the country's most prestigious business addresses and the trendiest leisure establishments are found. By day, it hums with the bustle of commerce and, by night, throbs with the excitement of varied, world class entertainment. Catch a glimpse of the many wonders we offer you as you visit our 7,107 islands. To find out more why it's more fun in the Philippines, please visit the link:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADNgEHFDYzo" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADNgEHFDYzo</span></a></span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">------------------------------</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PROGRAMS AND TOPICS</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All conference papers will be presented in Manila on 12-13 November 2013. Special sessions, workshops and social tours will be organized at Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club on 14-15 November 2013. (Virtual tour:<a href="http://www.hamilocoast.com/hamilo/virtualtour/Hamilo_Beach_Club_Pool.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">www.hamilocoast.com/hamilo/virtualtour/Hamilo_Beach_Club_Pool.html</span></a>). Spouse programs and post-conference tours to the surrounding islands can be arranged through conference event organizer upon request.</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The conference welcomes paper submissions from researchers, practitioners, and students in the areas of Cybernetics, Intelligence, Systems, Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics. Related topics include but not limited to human-robot collaborative systems, hybrid intelligent systems, control, multi-agent systems, discrete event systems, soft computing, fuzzy systems, neural networks, genetic algorithm, evolutionary computation, image processing, computer vision, tactile sensing, sensor & actuator networks, environmental systems, systems biology, cyber-physical systems, decision support systems, system of systems, personal and service robotics, vision, unmanned systems, haptics, modeling, planning and control, kinematics, mechanics, and mechanism design, legged and wheeled robots and distributed autonomous robotic systems.</span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">PAPER SUBMISSIONS, SPECIAL SESSIONS & SPECIAL ISSUES IN JOURNALS</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers (6 pages) through the online submission system. All papers accepted and presented at CIS-RAM 2013 will be published by IEEE and indexed by ISI Proceedings, Scopus, and EI Compendex database. Potential Special Session organizers are invited to enlist six or more papers with cohesive topics to form invited sessions. Please contact our program chairs for more details if you would like to organize invited sessions. Selected papers will be shortlisted for special issues in related international journals.</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We look forward to meeting you at CIS-RAM 2013!</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sincerely yours,</span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">John-John Cabibihan (NUS)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CIS General Chair</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Marcelo Ang, Jr (NUS)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RAM General Chair</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
Kay Chen Tan (NUS)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Huajin Tang (A*STAR)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prospero Naval (UP)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">CIS Program Chair & Co-Chairs</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I-Ming Chen (NTU)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Shaohui Foong (SUTD)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Edwin Calilung (DLSU)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">RAM Program Chair & Co-Chairs</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Haoyong Yu (NUS)</span><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Invited Sessions Chair</span></p></div>