[agents] CFP SYROCO 2012 Special Session "Adaptive Robotic Ecologies"

[Mauro Dragone]

Dear Colleague,

We kindly invite you submit a paper to this special session at IFAC SYROCO 2012.

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IFAC SYROCO 2012 will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia on September 05-07, 2012 
as the tenth presentation in the IFAC series of triennial Symposiums on Robot Control started in 1985.

Venue           : Hotel "Valamar Lacroma Dubrovnik", Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dates            : September 5-7, 2012
Website         : http://www.syroco2012.org/ 
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Title of the special session: Adaptive Robotic Ecologies

Summary of the session: 

Robotic
 ecologies are networks of heterogeneous robotic devices pervasively 
embedded in everyday environments, where they cooperate in applications 
such as security and ambient assisted living.  
Robotic ecologies
 is an emerging paradigm, which crosses the borders between the fields 
of robotics, sensor networks, and ambient intelligence.  Instances of 
this paradigm include network robot systems, smart environments, 
sensor-actuator networks, ubiquitous robotics, and PEIS Ecology. 
Common to these systems is the fact that the term "robotic device'' is taken in a broad sense, including
mobile robots, static sensors or actuators, and automated home appliances.
While
 the potentials of robotic ecologies makes them increasingly popular, 
many fundamental research questions remain open.  One such question is 
how to make a robotic ecology self-adaptive, so as to reduce the amount 
of preparation and pre-programming required for the deployment in real 
world applications.  

The goal of this special session is to bring 
together state-of-the-art contributions describing solutions that enable
 robotic ecologies to be self-learning, self-configuring, and 
self-adapting.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 - Algorithms and theory for cooperation and configuration in robotic ecologies;
 - Learning techniques to adapt to changes in the environment and in user needs;
 - Self-configuration supporting open, heterogeneous and computationally constrained systems;
 - Concrete applications of adaptive robot ecologies.

Please, find more information about this special session at:
http://fp7rubicon.eu/index.php/news/15/61/IFAC-Symposium-on-Robot-Control-SYROCO

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline for Paper Submission for Invited Sessions:  March 15, 2012

Notification of paper acceptance: May 02, 2012

Deadline for Submission of final papers: June 1, 2012

Deadline for Advanced Registration: June 1, 2012

SYROCO 2012: September 5-7, 2012

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Sincerely yours,

Mauro Dragone, Associate Editor's for SYROCO 2012, mauro.dragone at ucd.ie
http://www.fp7rubicon.eu/