11th ISRR - call for papers

The goal of the Symposium is to bring together active, leading robotics researchers from academia, governments and industry to assess and share their views and ideas about the state of the art of robotics and to discuss promising new avenues for future research exploration in the field of Robotics.
A special emphasis in ISRR 2003 will be given to the new emerging frontiers of robotics, such as the fields of humanoids, nanorobotics, and neuro-robotics.

Symposium Format

The Symposium will be held in an informal setting with a limited number of participants to encourage technical and personal interactions.
During the four-day symposium, approximately 45 papers will be presented, in a single track, to cover the broad research area of robotics; some papers will be presented in sessions focused on specific research areas, others will be presented in a panel format to facilitate group discussion.
The proceedings of the Symposium will be published as a book, with introductions to each section written by senior members of the robotics research community.

Attendance at the Symposium is limited to the presenters and to invited participants.

Papers representing authoritative reviews of established research areas as well as papers reporting on new areas are sought for presentation at the Symposium
A number of leading researchers will be invited to submit an extended abstract outlining a contribution in their area of research to be subsequently presented in a full paper at the Symposium.
In addition, researchers who have made significant new contributions to robotics are invited to submit full papers to a competitive review process , which is expected to result in the selection of approximately 20 papers; young researchers are especially encouraged. These latter papers will be reviewed by the Symposium Program Committee and the International Foundation for Robotics Research (IFRR, the Symposium sponsor) before final acceptance.

FULL papers submitted in competition for acceptance (not more than TEN pages including figures) are due by April 20th 2003.
Paper submission is possible both electronically and by surface mail.
For electronic submission please go to the submission page at the symposium website at http://www-arts.sssup.it/isrr/regsub.php

Alternatively, four copies of the paper (10 pages - single-column format 11.5cm X 19.5cm) should be sent to:

Prof. Paolo Dario
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Polo Sant’Anna Valdera
viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34
56025 Pontedera (Pisa)
Italy

Decisions of acceptance will be made by: July 25th, 2003
The final papers are due by: September 1st, 2003

ISRR 2003 program committee will include the members of the board of the International Foundation of Robotics Research and other active researchers in the robotics field.