SRS - School of Robotics Science

SRS 2004

First IEEE-RAS/IFRR School of Robotics Science 2004
July 19-23, 2004, Volterra (Italy)

Aims
The School of Robotics Science is a joint initiative promoted by the IFRR and the IEEE-RAS with the aim of providing a selected number of robotics students and young researchers with an educational opportunity of the highest scientific level, which shall represent a fundamental milestone in their careers and will enable them to feed and grow their potential to become the top robotics scientists world-wide.
The focus on robotics research of the IFRR, combined with the large membership and qualified experience in education of the IEEE-RAS, provides a unique opportunity for a full coverage of the robotics community, in terms of theoretical and experimental topics, researchers, and geographical spreading.

Date and location
SRS 2004 will be held from July 19 to July 23, 2004 , in Volterra ( Italy )

Organizers
Ronald Arkin, IEEE-RAS
Henrik Christensen, IFRR

Scientific Board

IEEE-RAS:	IFRR:
Ronald Arkin	Henrik Christensen
George Bekey	Shigeo Hirose
Paolo Dario	Gerd Hirzinger
Ruediger Dillmann	Oussama Khatib
Makoto Kaneko	Yoshihiko Nakamura
David E. Orin	Shree Nayar

Format
The School will be based on structured programs of plenary lectures given by distinguished robotics professors and researchers. The venue of the SRS is not far from Pontedera and Pisa , where a number of qualified robotics research laboratories are located. This will provide an opportunity for hands-on lessons and students' projects to integrate regular lessons.
The school is based on a residential setting will favor informal interaction between the attending students and the teachers, as well as among students.

Attendance
The expected attendance of SRS is a restricted number of a maximum of 30 brilliant robotics students and young researchers. A tough selection is expected, e.g. with an acceptance ratio below 20% of applications, in order to identify excellent students with promising skills for break-through robotics research. The modalities for application and the selection criteria, as well as the registration fee, are defined by the Scientific Board.

Web Site: http://www.cas.kth.se/ras-ifrr-ss04/index.html

Leaflet: pdf version