Robotic 2019: early registration December 31st*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line*   *****************************************************   INTERNATIONAL SPRING SCHOOL ON ROBOTICS   Robotic 2019   Bucharest, Romania   April 8-12, 2019   Co-organized by:   University Politehnica of Bucharest   Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice (IRDTA) Brussels / London   http://robotic2019.irdta.eu/   ********************************************************   --- Early registration deadline: December 31st, 2018 ---   ********************************************************   SCOPE:   Robotic 2019 will be a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants on the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of robotics, which covers a large spectrum of current exciting research and industrial innovation with an extraordinary potential for a huge impact on engineering, medicine, science, business models, and daily life. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience.   Most robotics subareas will be displayed, namely the conception, design, manufacturing and operation of robots. This involves addressing their sensing capabilities, manipulation, locomotion, interaction with the environment, interaction with humans, control, etc. The field is multidisciplinary at the crossroads of artificial intelligence, engineering, electronics, mechatronics, bioengineering and nanotechnology. Major challenges of robotics will be identified through 2 keynote lectures, 20 five-hour courses, and 1 round table, which will tackle the most active and promising topics. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Interaction will be a main component of the event.   An open session will give participants the opportunity to present their own work in progress in 5 minutes. Moreover, there will be two special sessions with industrial and recruitment profiles.   ADDRESSED TO:   Graduate students, PhD students, postdocs, and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees. Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses. Overall, Robotic 2019 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators.   STRUCTURE:   3 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another.   VENUE:   Robotic 2019 will take place in Bucharest, the centre of Romanian economy, culture, and art. The venue will be:   University Politehnica of Bucharest Splaiul Independenţei nr. 313 Sector 6, Bucharest   KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:   Andrew A. Goldenberg (Engineering Services Inc. Toronto), Bridging between AI and Robotics for Business & Product Development   Mohan M. Trivedi (University of California, San Diego), tba   PROFESSORS AND COURSES:   Jorge Angeles (McGill University), [intermediate] Kinematics of Multibody Systems   Sylvain Calinon (Idiap Research Institute), [intermediate] Statistical, Geometrical and Dynamical Representations of Movements in Robots   Yi Chao (University of California, Los Angeles), [introductory] Underwater Robotics   Raja Chatila (Pierre et Marie Curie University), [introductory] Ethics in Robotics and AI   Gamini Dissanayake (University of Technology Sydney), [introductory/intermediate] Robot Localisation, Mapping and SLAM   Baris Fidan (University of Waterloo), [intermediate/advanced] Robotic Network Localization and Formation Control   Michael Jenkin (York University), [introductory/intermediate] Computational Tasks in Autonomous Systems   Norbert Krüger (University of Southern Denmark), [introductory] The Human Visual System as a Model for a Deep Neural Net   Ales Leonardis (University of Birmingham), [introductory/intermediate] Robot Vision   Anthony A. Maciejewski (Colorado State University), [introductory/intermediate] Kinematically Redundant Robots: The Promise of Human-like Dexterity   Shimon Y. Nof (Purdue University), [introductory/intermediate] Cyber-augmented Collaborative Robotics   Stefano Nolfi (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies – CNR), [introductory/intermediate] Evolutionary Robotics   Wilfrid Perruquetti (École Centrale de Lille), [introductory/intermediate] Path Planning/Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robots   Jan Peters (Technical University of Darmstadt), [introductory/advanced] Robot Learning   José Santos-Victor (Instituto Superior Técnico), [introductory/advanced] Biological and Computational Vision   Richard Satava (University of Washington), [introductory/intermediate] Robotic Surgery and Beyond: Near and Far Future Technologies and Training   Dan Stoianovici (Johns Hopkins University), [introductory/intermediate] Medical Robotics   Garnette Sutherland (University of Calgary), [intermediate] Image Guided Robotic Surgery   Michael Y. Wang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), [intermediate/advanced] Soft Robotics   Simon Yang (University of Guelph), [introductory/advanced] Biologically Inspired Robotics   OPEN SESSION   An open session will collect 5-minute voluntary presentations of work in progress by participants. They should submit a half-page abstract containing title, authors, and summary of the research to david@irdta.eu by March 31, 2019.   INDUSTRIAL SESSION:   A session will be devoted to 10-minute demonstrations of practical developments in robotics. Companies interested in contributing are welcome to submit a 1-page abstract containing the program of the demonstration and the logistics needed. Expressions of interest have to be submitted to david@irdta.eu by March 31, 2019.   EMPLOYER SESSION:   Firms searching for personnel well skilled in robotics will have a space reserved for one-to-one contacts. It is recommended to produce a 1-page .pdf leaflet with a brief description of the company and the profiles looked for to be circulated among the participants prior to the event. Expressions of interest have to be submitted to david@irdta.eu by March 31, 2019.   ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:   Corneliu Burileanu (Bucharest, co-chair) Nicolae Georgian (Bucharest) Sara Morales (Brussels) Anna Neacsu (Bucharest) Manuel J. Parra-Royón (Granada) David Silva (London, co-chair)   REGISTRATION:   It has to be done at   http://robotic2019.irdta.eu/registration/   The selection of up to 8 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be helpful to have an approximation of the respective demand for each course. During the event, participants will be free to attend the courses they wish.   Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration facility disabled when the capacity of the venue is exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event.   FEES:   Fees comprise access to all courses and lunches. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline.   ACCOMMODATION:   Suggestions for accommodation will be available on the event website.   CERTIFICATE:   A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of lectures.   QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:   david@irdta.eu   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:   University Politehnica of Bucharest   Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice (IRDTA) – Brussels/London