Call for Papers International Workshop on Hybrid and Adaptive Systems for Real-Time Robotic Vision and Control 28^th of November 2008, Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~nhreyes/Massey/Workshop/Workshop.htm affiliated with ICONIP 2008: http://www.aut.ac.nz/iconip08/cfp.htm
Workshop Chair: Dr. Napoleon Reyes Massey University, New Zealand Workshop Co-Chairs: Dr. Andre Barczak Massey University, New Zealand Assoc. Prof. Pitoyo Hartono Future-University Hakodate Japan Workshop Advisory Board: Prof. Ken Hawick Dr. Elena Calude Dr. Chris Messom Tutorial Chair: Dr. Chris Scogings Poster Session Chair: Dr. Hossein Sarrafzadeh Publicity Chair: Dr. Ian Bond Workshop Administration: Michelle Campbell Colleen van Es Ursula Scogings Web Master: Guy Kloss Local Organising Committee: Guy Kloss Antony Gerdelan Daniel Playne HeeSang Shin Caoyun “Colin” Lin Arno Leist Cho “Joe” Hong Ling Jiantao “Victor” Bi Steven Liu Teo Susnjak Mahsa Mohaghegh Vineet Kashyap Contact Dr. Napoleon Reyes n.h.reyes@massey.ac.nz Sponsors IEEE, Royal Society of New Zealand, APNNA, Massey University, AUT	Objectives: This workshop aims to provide an opportunity for international researchers to share and review recent advances in the foundations, integration architectures and applications of hybrid and adaptive systems in real-time robotics.
	Workshop Site: The workshop will be held at Massey University, Albany campus in Auckland, New Zealand, the “City of Sails”. It is just a few minutes away from the lush green reserves and beautiful beaches of the East Coast Bays, and within walking distance from New Zealand’s largest mall, Westfield Albany. Hotels/Motels
	Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Control: Cooperative Control; Hybrid Intelligent Control; Adaptive Control; Robust Control; Networked Control System. · Vision: Real-time Object Recognition; Feature Extraction; Pattern Recognition; Human-Computer Interaction; Tracking and Surveillance; Biometrics; Behaviour Recognition; Gesture Recognition; Applications. · Automation: Process Automation, Planning and Scheduling; Nano-scale Automation and Assembly; Biomedical Instrumentation; Modelling and Simulation · Robotics: Humanoid and Mobile Robotics; Search and Rescue; Bio-robotics; Tele-robotics; Mechanism Design and Applications
	Paper Submission: A full paper in English, with page limit of 8 pages must be formatted using the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format. It should provide substantial details and discussion on the original research contribution. Accepted papers will be published in the LNCS Springer series, and selected papers will be invited for publication in special issues of journals after the conference.(http://iconip08.softcomputing.org/openconf/openconf.php)
	Deadline for Paper Submission: Aug. 31, 2008 Sept. 15, 2008 Extended Deadline for late submission: 20th of October 2008, reviews to be received by end of October 2008. Late registration fee applicable.
	Fees: Registered participants for the workshop are entitled to attend both the ICONIP 2008 conference at the Sky City Convention Centre, CBD Auckland, and the workshop at Massey University, including a short tour of Long Bay beach (subject to change with the number of participants). The fee for registration is 300 USD for students and 500 USD for non-students.
	Keynote Speech Prof. Masumi Ishikawa Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan President, Japanese Neural Network Society Website		Tutorial on Adaptive Robotics Assoc. Prof. Pitoyo Hartono Future-University Hakodate, Japan Website		Tutorial on Real-Time Vision Using OpenCV Dr. Martin Johnson Massey University, New Zealand Website