[robotics-worldwide] 2nd CFP LAB-RS 2009

[Terry Huntsberger]

This is the second Call for Papers and Special Session
Proposals for LAB-RS'09. Please visit the website for more
details.

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2nd ECSIS Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behavior in Robotic  
Systems,
July 22-24, 2009   Iasi Romania

The website is now active.
http://www.labrs.info/labrs09.html

Please note the following important dates:
Proposals for special sessions  February 20, 2009
Deadline for papers:    March 9, 2009
Author notification:    April 6, 2009
Camera ready:   April 27, 2009
Author/Early registration:      May 30, 2009



Two co-located events of interest to the robotic community are:
International School in Robotics and Intelligent Systems ISRIS 2009
Focus theme: Assistive robots and systems for healthcare and  
rehabilitation
Iasi, Romania, July 22-26, 2009
http://www.isris.info/isris09.html

and
Exploratory Workshop on Assistive and Recuperative Technologies  for  
Injured,
ill, Pregnant, Elderly and people with Disabilities
ARTIPED 2009 July 24-26, 2009, Iasi, Romania
http://www.artiped.info/artiped09.html


LAB-RS Aim and scope
     Learning and adaptive behaviors are key to robotics system  
operation in real world environments.
While there have been important developments at the theoretical level  
and in simulations or laboratory
environments, the transfer of these methods onto real-world platforms  
has been limited.
This symposium aims to provide a forum for advancement of learning  
and adaptation in robotics systems
to high capability levels comparable to those of biological systems.  
It seeks reports on new concepts,
laboratory demonstrations, and fielded robotic systems that exhibit  
learning and adaptive behaviors.
The focus of the 2009 symposium is learning and adaptive behavior in  
robots working within environments
in close proximity to other robots and humans.

LAB-RS  2009 will take place in Iasi, Romania. The capital of the  
medieval principality of Moldavia, Iasi
is a city immersed in history and culture, yet trendy and vibrant due  
to the tens of thousands of university
students that live in Romania’s oldest - and second largest  - 
university city.  The social program will include
a tour to the famous painted monasteries of Northern Moldavia and  
Iasi sightseeing.




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Terry Huntsberger
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MS 198-219
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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