ICRA 1998 Workshops and Tutorials
Call for Proposals

The 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation will be held in Leuven, Belgium, May 16-21, 1998. Tutorials and workshops are a vital part of the Conference and a valuable services to the Society. The 1998 Program Committee is seeking new and creative topics that will appeal to Society members: the sky's the limit! Please consider organizing an event. As an experiment, we will conduct all reviews and interactions via email.

Proposals following the format below must arrive via email (to the address below) by
Oct 15, 1997.

Space permits us to accept no more than 10 proposals based on committee review. The primary criteria for selection are anticipated level of interest, impact, creativity, technical background of presenters. We encourage programs that will attract industrial members.

Proposal Format:

  1. Title
  2. Abstract (<200 words, indicate if full or half day)
  3. Organizers (complete address, phone, and email)
  4. Confirmed Presenters with affiliations
  5. List of Topics
  6. Motivation and Objectives (<300 words)
  7. Primary/Secondary Audience
  8. Relation to previous ICRA workshops/tutorials
  9. Would you consider presenting your event as a Panel during the conference?

Please email plain text (no .doc or .ps files!). Each section should be numbered and separated by blank lines.

Decisions will be posted here on Jan 15, 1998. Organizers agree to collect written course notes from all speakers no later than February 15, 1998.

Please check this page for updated info (please save as text and edit format above to submit):

http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/icra98

Workshops and Tutorials Chair, ICRA '98: Ken Goldberg.

goldberg@ieor.berkeley.edu
(510) 643-9565