1. 2002 FIRA Robot World Congress - First Call for Papers

: May 27 - 29, 2002 / Seoul, Korea / www.fira.net


Organized by
- Korea Robot Soccer Association (KRSA)

Supported by
- The Institute of Control, Automation and
Systems Engineers, Korea (ICASE)
- Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence (CAAI)

Technical Co-Sponsored by
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)


1.1 Purpose and Scope

2002 FIRA Robot World Congress welcomes paper submissions
from researchers, practitioners, and students worldwide to share
the expertise and technology of building intelligent robots
including entertainment/education/service/field/personal robots.

The Congress is aimed to bring together skilled researchers and
students from different backgrounds, such as robotics, sensor
fusion, intelligent control, communication, image processing,
mechatronics, computer technology, artificial life, etc., into
an interdisciplinary field for the development of intelligent,
autonomous robots for the welfare of humanbeings.

1.2 Topics of interest of this Congress include,
but are not limited to:

- Adaptive Systems / - Artificial Life
- Collective Behavior Emergence
- Distributed Sensing & Sensor Fusion
- Entertainment/Education Robot / - Environment Modeling
- Evolutionary Approach to Autonomous Agents/Robots
- Field Robot / - Human Robot
- Human Robot Interface / - Hybrid Learning Systems
- Intelligent Control / - Machine Vision for Robotic Intelligence
- Mechatronics / - Multi-Agent Systems
- Multiple Robotic Systems / - Navigation Systems
- Personal Robot / - Robot Soccer Systems
- Sensors and Controls for AI / - Service Robot

- HuroSot 2002 / - KheperaSot 2002
- MiroSot 2002 / - NaroSot 2002
- QuadroSot 2002 / - RoboSot 2002
- SimuroSot 2002

1.3 Paper Submission

The authors are encouraged to submit:

- One copy of the extended abstract (800-1000 words) on A4 size
page, prepared in English, with (at the most) two pages of
figures (if any). The front page should contain the title of
the paper, full name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) and
the appropriate academic field(s).
- The complete mailing address(es), telephone number(s), fax
number(s) and email address(es) should be given on a separate
sheet.

Please send the abstracts to 2002 FIRA Robot World Congress
Secretariat on or before February 15, 2002. It is recommended
to make submissions via email to .

1.4 Important Dates

- Abstract Submission: February 15, 2002
- Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2002
- Camera-ready Manuscript Due: April 15, 2002

1.5 Congress Committee

= General Chair (Hyung Suck Cho, KAIST)
= Program Chair (Ju-Jang Lee, KAIST)
= Finance Chair (Bum-Jae You, KIST)
= Publicity Co-Chairs (Jang-Myung Lee, Pusan Nat'l Univ. /
Kyung-Hyun Choi, Cheju Nat'l Univ.)
= Publication Chair (Woon Chul Ham, Chonbuk Nat'l Univ.)
= Tutorial and Workshop Chair (Dong-Soo Kwon, KAIST)
= Local Arrangement Chair (Kwee-Bo Sim, Chungang Univ.)

- HuroSot 2002 Co-Chairs (Jacky Baltes, Univ. of Auckland /
Thomas Braunl, Univ. of Western Australia)
- KheperaSot 2002 Chair (Joaquin Sitte, Queensland Univ. of Tech.)
- MiroSot 2002 Co-Chairs (Man-Wook Han, Vienna Univ. of Tech. /
Prahlad Vadakkepat, Nat'l Univ. of Singapore)
- NaroSot 2002 Chair (Sung Ho Kim, MRDEC)
- QuadroSot 2002 Chair (Dimitar Stefanov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
- RoboSot 2002 Chair (Kyung Chul Shin, Yujin Robotics Co., Ltd.)
- SimuroSot 2002 Co-Chairs (Hong Bingrong, Harbin Inst. of Tech. /
Jun Jo, Griffith Univ.)

* Any inquiry related to the Congress should be sent to
2002 FIRA Robot World Congress Secretariat: fira2002@fira.net
(Ms. Jennie Kim, GENICOM Convention Service Co., Ltd.)


2. Official Release of HuroSot Rules

>From 2002, the HuroSot (Humanoid Robot Soccer Tournament)
Competition will be part of the FIRA Robot World Cup. The HuroSot
competition rules have been finalised recently.

The goal of the HuroSot league is to encourage research in practical,
autonomous, highly mobile, flexible, and versatile robotic platforms.
As a benchmark problem, the goal of the HuroSot league is to develop
humanoid robots that can play soccer well against other robots or
even human opponents in the future.

To begin with this category will have a single player. FIRA encourages
teams to participate in the HuroSot category with multiple (up to 3-5)
players per team in the coming years.

In the 2002 HuroSot competition, the mobility of the Humanoid robot
is being emphasized. Therefore, high level commands may be transmitted
from the human handler to the robot.

If you are interested in making the biped robot (22 DOF) and
participating in 2002 HuroSot, please contact .

A final version of the HuroSot rules is available at the FIRA web site
.

* Co-Chairs of HuroSot 2002

: Prof. Jacky Baltes, Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
(j.baltes@auckland.ac.nz)
: Prof. Thomas Braunl, Univ. of Western Australia
(braunl@ee.uwa.edu.au)



3. Preliminary Registration Form: 2002 FIRA Robot World Cup Korea

Participants are requested to register for the 2002 FIRA Robot World
Cup Korea. Please send the registration form to .

This pre-registration will help us to provide you with more specific
information on the event.

[1] Team Name: _____________________________

[2] Affiliation: _____________________________

[3] City/State/Zip/Country: ________________________________

________________________________

[4] Tel: ________________________ Fax: ________________________

[5] E-mail: _______________________________________

(Please enter a valid e-mail address)

[6] Categories: Choose Number(s) ( )

1) Middle League MiroSot (5-a-side MiroSot)-major category
2) Small League MiroSot (3-a-side MiroSot)
3) HuroSot
4) KheperaSot
5) NaroSot
6) QuadroSot
7) RoboSot
8) 5:5 SimuroSot
9) 11:11 SimuroSot

[7] Team Coordinator

First Name ____________________ Last Name ____________________

[8] Team Members

1) First Name ____________________ Last Name ____________________
2) First Name ____________________ Last Name ____________________
3) First Name ____________________ Last Name ____________________
4) First Name ____________________ Last Name ____________________


4. Openning positions for Visiting Professors and Postdoctoral Fellows at KAIST

If you are interested in pursuing research in intelligent robotics or
cooperative robotics, there are positions available as visiting or
postdoctoral fellows at the RIT (Robot Intelligence Technology) Lab
(Prof. Jong-Hwan Kim's Lab with 11 Ph. D. and 4 M.S. students),
KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea.

Applications, including curriculum vitae, publication list, list of
references, recommendation letters, and Ph.D. degree certificate
are to be sent to: Ms. Sooyung Seong
(#1205, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science,
373-1, Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Daejon 305-701, KOREA
Tel: +82-42-869-8502 / E-Mail: seongsy@eecs.kaist.ac.kr)

Applicants should apply at least two months before they wish to
take up the positions in KAIST.

4.1 Qualification & Responsibilities

a. Visiting Professor

- Should hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent with some experiences
(more than 1 year ) in his/her field.
- This position is one-semester or one-year appointment primarily
for research, and possibly three-hour teaching per week. The
appointment may be renewable for another year.

b. Postdoctoral Fellow

- Should hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent.
- Should be under 40 years old and within 5 years after the acquisition
of Ph.D degree.
- This position is one-semester or one-year appointment primarily
for research. The appointment may be renewable for another year.

4.2 Allowances & Benefits

KAIST bears the following allowances and expenses:

a. Salary which will be commensurate with qualifications
(Visiting Professor: 27 million KRW ~ 36 million KRW / year
Postdoctoral Fellow: 24 million KRW).

b. Reimbursement for the half of one-way airfare (Economy class).

c. Housing loan of 10 million KRW when KAIST apartment is not available.

If you have further questions, please contact Ms. Seong
.



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THE FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL ROBOT-SOCCER ASSOCIATION
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Editor-in-chief: Jong-Hwan Kim

Editors: Prahlad Vadakkepat, Han Pang Huang, Igor Verner,
Elmer Dadios, Jun Jo, Norbert Jesse, Paul Robinson,
Hong Bingrong, Man-Wook Han, Amitabha Mukerjee,
Roberto Tavares, Chao Cheng, Chris H. Messom,
Krzysztof R.Kozlowski, J.L. de la Rosa I Esteva

Editorial Staff: Jin-Ah Lee, Hye-Young Park,
Mi-Hong Sim, and Min-Jeong Kim

FIRA Head-Quarters
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