workshop: Autonomous Artificial Systems exploring hostile environments

[Uwe R. Zimmer]

Workshop-Announcement

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Workshop on:

Autonomous artificial systems exploring hostile environments

http://www.gmd.gr.jp/JRL/events.html
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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.
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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. Furtheron 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:

o On-line, life-long, or real-time adaptation/learning 
o Spatio-temporal modeling (e.g. mapping, identification of dynamical systems) 
o Dynamical systems 
o Motion control 
o Sensor data fusion 
o Navigation 


.. working in applications addressing

o Exploration (deep sea, volcanoes, planets, ...) 
o Search 
   (Resources: manganese, oil, gas ... Lost & found: airplanes, ships, ...) 
o Rescue (earthquake/landslide/flood disasters) 
o Monitoring (environmental, geological, biological, ...) 
o ... or other forms of autonomy in natural environments
 

.. or considering social aspects including

o Information about currently unknown areas 
o Emergency technologies 
o 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