Overview and Submission Instructions

Prospective organizers must submit their proposal electronically in required format no later than 23:59:59 (US Pacific Time) on March 10, 2010.

Dates and Time for IROS 2010 Workshop and Tutorials: TBD, Note that the date and time proposed by the organizer may be changed in the final program, according to the balance of topics and schedule.

We solicit workshop and tutorial proposals that address important and new topics related to the conference theme, “Advancement of New Frontiers for Providing Better Intelligent Robots Services,” as well as robotics and intelligent systems in general. Workshops should focus on areas of active research, in order to provide an informal forum for participants to exchange developing research results and ideas. Tutorials should target established fields of research, in order to provide descriptions on its state of the art, by individuals who are recognized researchers of the field. All workshop/tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the IROS 2010 Workshop/Tutorial Committee.

We encourage proposals that will attract a broad audience from industry. The primary criteria for selection are anticipated level of interest, impact, novelty or creativity, and technical background of presenters.

Preparing and Submitting Workshop/Tutorial Proposal

►Step 1: Proposal Format

The initial submission of a tutorial or workshop contribution must be accompanied by a summarizing (at most) two (2) pages in the following specified format as a PDF file. Please number and clearly delineate each section:

·   Title

·   Organizers (complete address, affiliation, phone, and email)

·   Abstract (less than 200 words, indicate full or half day, workshop or tutorial)

·   Motivation and objectives (less than 300 words)

·   List of topics

·   List of presenters with affiliations and status of confirmation

·   Intended audience

·   Tentative schedule and agenda

►Step 2: Submitting a Workshop/Tutorial Proposal

Proposals, no longer than 2 pages in length, following the format above must be submitted online via the PaperPlaza system by March 10, 2010. Decisions will be announced by April 1, 2010.

Note: workshops-papers, tutorials-lecture materials, both up to 200 pages in PDF format. The written material for each workshop or tutorial should include a cover page and a table of contents (if there are multiple presenters).

Workshops and Tutorials Chairs

If you have questions regarding the proposal, please contact the Workshops and Tutorials Chairs.

Chair:        Prof. I-Ming Chen        michen@ntu.edu.sg 

Co-Chairs: Prof. Raja Chatila         Raja.Chatila@laas.fr

Prof. Edward Grant      egrant@ncsu.edu

                Prof. Ju-Jang Lee         jjlee@ee.kaist.ac.kr

Prof. Jia-YushYen        jyen@ntu.edu.tw 

Prof. Sunil K. Agrawal  agrawal@udel.edu