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Dear Colleague. We are happy to announce a call for papers, for a special issue of the Annals of Math and Artificial Intelligence (AMAI) journal on Multi-Robot Coverage, Search, and Exploration. Please see below for details. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Research in multi robot area coverage, search, and exploration has been receiving consistent attention in recent years, due to the increasing number of real-world applications, such as vacuuming, lawn mowing, demining, surveillance, search and rescue operations, mapping, planetary exploration, etc. All of these applications require that the area of interest be covered by the robots sensors or end-effectors for various purposes. The use of multiple robots potentially provides redundancy and offers opportunities for increasing efficiency. The problem of multi robot area coverage imposes great challenges to researchers in robotics and AI area. This special issue will explore the new research frontiers that emerge as new applications are identified and new technologies in robots are introduced. The special issue follows in the footsteps of the highly successful 2001 AMAI special issue on coverage. We seek high-quality papers reporting on innovative work on coverage, search, and exploration and related areas of research. Our focus is on algorithmic and analytical approaches. Heuristic approaches should be supported by analysis and empirical evidence. Submissions extending previously published conference papers are acceptable, as long as the extensions are clearly explained. The following potential topics are of interest: Complete-coverage path planning for a group of robots in known and unknown environments Multiple robot coordination in area coverage, exploration, and/or search; Issues in trade-off of tasks between teams members; how team members decide who performs which task Fault-tolerance and robustness in multi robot area coverage Performance metrics for coverage, exploration, and search. of the use of heterogeneous teams (combining different vehicles/ end-effectors/ sensors) Novel applications of coverage, exploration, and search The effect of the task complexity and of the environment on the design of the cooperative capabilities of multi-robot systems Communications aspects between the robots during multi robot area coverage Repeated coverage and patrolling On-line search for a path, navigation Important Dates --------------- August 15, 2007: Deadline for Paper Submission November 15, 2007: Completion of First Review February 15, 2008: Completion of Final Review Submission of papers -------------------- All manuscripts should include a title page containing the title of the paper, full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic addresses, phone and fax numbers, an abstract, and keywords. The contacting author should be clearly identified. Electronic submissions in PDF, postscript, or zipped postscript form are strongly encouraged, and will expedite the review and publication process. Please email the guest editors (addresses below). The submission message should use the subject $-1òüAMAI Submissionòý. Guest Editors ------------- Dr. Gal A. Kaminka Computer Science Department Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan 52900, Israel Phone: +972 3 531 7607 Fax: +972 3 736 0498 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dr. Amir Shapiro Department of Mechanical Engineering Ben Gurion University of the Negev P.O.Box 653 Beer Sheva 84105, Israel Phone: +972 8 647 7165 Fax: +972 8 647 2813 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gal A. Kaminka, Ph.D. http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/~galk Assistant Professor Computer Science Dept. Bar Ilan University Only those who see the invisible can do the impossible "Death is an engineering problem." -- Bart Kosko, "Fuzzy Thinking" "But life is not an engineering task." -- Gal A. Kaminka _______________________________________________ Pyro-users mailing list [email protected] http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/mailman/listinfo/pyro-users
