--- From Perception to Action --- xxxxxx PerAc'94 Lausanne xxxxxxx A state of the art conference on perceptive processing, artificial life, autonomous agents, emergent behaviours and micro-robotic systems Lausanne, Switzerland, 7-9 september 1994 Swarm intelligence Micro-robotics Evolution, genetic processes Competition and cooperation Learning machines Self organization Active perception Sensory/motor loops Emergent behavior Cognition ---------------------------------------------- | Call for Papers, Call for Posters | | Call for Demonstrations, Call for Videos | | Contest | ---------------------------------------------- Contributions can be made in the following categories: -- Papers -- (30 to 45 minutes). 2-page abstracts should be submitted by Februar y 1, 1994. The conference will have no parallel sessions, and a didactically structured pro gram. Most of the papers will be solicited. The submitted abstracts should attempt a synthetic approach from sensing to acti on. Selected authors will have to adapt their presentation to the general conference program and prepare a complete well-structured text before June 94. -- Posters -- 4-page short papers that will be published in the proceedings and presented as posters are due for June 1, 1994. Posters will be displayed during the whole Conference and enough time will be provided to promote interaction wit h the authors. A jury will thoroughly examine them and the two best posters will b e presented as a paper in the closing session (20' presentation). -- Demonstrations -- Robotic demonstrations are considered as posters. In addition to the 4-page abstract describing the scientific interest of the demonstration, the submission should include a 1-page requirement for demonstration space and support. -- Videos -- 5 minute video clips are accepted in Super-VHS or VHS (preferably PAL, NTSC leads to a poorer quality). Tapes together with a 2-page description should be submitted before June 1, 1994. Clips will be edited and distributed at the conference. -- Contest -- A robotic contest will be organized the day before the conference. Teams participating to the contest will be able to follow the conference freely. The contest will consist in searching for and collecting or stacking 36mm film c ans. One or several mobile robots or robotic arms can be used for this task. The rules and preliminary registration forms will be sent upon request by air-ma il only as soon as definitive (end of October 93). For further information: Prof J.D. Nicoud, LAMI-EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne Fax ++41 21 693-5263, Email perac@di.epfl.ch Program Committee and referees (September 93) L. Bengtsson, Uni Halmstad, S. -- R. Brooks, MIT, Cambridge, USA. P. Dario, Santa Anna, Pisa, I. -- J.L. Deneubourg, ULB, Bruxelles, B R. Eckmiller, Uni, D|sseldorf, D. -- N. Franceschini, Marseilles, F T. Fukuda, Uni, Nagoya, JP. -- S. Grossberg, Uni, Boston, USA J.A. Meyer, Uni, Paris, F. -- R. Pfeifer, Uni, Z|rich, CH L. Steels, VUB, Brussels, B. -- A. Treisman, Uni, Princeton, USA F. Varela, Polytechnique, Paris, F. -- E. Vittoz, CSEM, Neuchbtel, CH J. Albus, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA. -- D.J. Amit, Uni, Jerusalem, Israel X. Arreguit, CSEM, Neuchbtel, CH. -- H. Asama, Riken, Wako, JP R. Beer, Case Western, Cleveland, USA. -- G. Beni, Uni, Riverside, USA P. Bourgine, Cemagref, Antony, F. -- Y. Burnod, Uni VI, Paris, F D. Cliff, Uni Sussex, Brighton, UK Ph. Gaussier, LAMI, Lausanne, CH. -- P. Husbands, Uni Sussex, Brighton, UK O. Kubler, ETH, Z|rich, CH. -- C.G. Langton, Santa Fe Inst, USA I. Masaki, MIT, Cambridge, USA. -- E. Mazer, LIFIA, Grenoble, F M. Mataric, MIT, Cambridge, USA . -- H. Miura, Uni, Tokyo, JP S. Rasmussen, Los Alamos, USA. -- G. Sandini, Uni, Genova, I T. Smithers, Uni, San Sebastian, E. -- J. Stewart, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, F L. Tarassenko, Uni, Oxford, UK. -- C. Touzet, EERIE, Nnmes, F P. Vershure, NSI, La Jolla, USA.