ROBOT LEARNING: the new wave

[Noel Sharkey]

see FAQs below:

                ****** ROBOT LEARNING: THE NEW WAVE ******

             Special Issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems


SPECIAL EDITOR 
Noel Sharkey (Sheffield)

SPECIAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Michael Arbib (USC)             Ronald Arkin  (GIT)            
George Bekey  (USC)             Randall Beer   (Case Western) 
Bartlett Mel  (USC)             Maja Mataric  (Brandeis)
Carme Torras  (Spain)           Lina Massone  (Northwestern)
Lisa Meeden   (Swarthmore)
         
+ large international REVIEW PANEL (see web page)

A number of people have writing to me with questions regarding the special
issue. I thought that it would be better to forward the answers to 
everyone. 

FAQs

Q. Where can I get information about the issue and instructions to
   authors?
A. The full call and link to instruction can be found at
        www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/groups/nn/RASspecial.html

Q. I am nearly finished my paper but need an extension of the deadline?
A. Since I shall be on vacation for two weeks, authors can have an
   extension of two weeks (15th August).

Q. The call for papers stressed a bias in favour of papers reporting 
    implementations on real robot. We have a paper that is based on 
    a very relevant simulation (or a review), is that acceptable?
A. Our main objective is to publish high quality papers that reflect the
   state of the art in robot learning. The bias (given papers of equal
   quality) WILL be for real implementations. However, we realise
   that there is other important research that bears directly on robot
   learning problems. We will accept submission of any such relevant 
   papers.

noel