THE 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ROBOTICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
第２９回日本ロボット学会学術講演会
2011年9月7日、8日、9日、in 芝浦工業大学豊洲キャンパス
THE 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ROBOTICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
International Sessions
Background and Purpose of the International Sessions
The 29th annual conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ) will be held at the TOYOSU Campus of the Shibaura Institute of Technology. Papers are welcome from various areas of robotics. The conference has many participants from industries, research institutions and universities.
This RSJ annual conference accepts not only Japanese but also English presentation in any general or organized sessions. However, majority of the conference participants are Japanese and presentations and discussions are mostly in Japanese. In order to make it easier for researchers whose native language is not Japanese to attend the conference and present their work, the RSJ have been organizing several international sessions in this annual conference. The official language of the international sessions is English and all participants of these internal sessions including presenters, chairpersons, and audiences are required to use English.
We do not charge any fee for participating the international sessions. The cost for presenting papers in the international sessions and participating these sessions is totally FREE. Please note, however, that the conference DVD and the conference digest (conference kit) are NOT provided to the participants of the internal sessions. If you need the conference kit, you have to pay conference registration fee (the amount depends on your status, such as RSJ member, non-member, or student). Also note that you have to pay conference registration fee to attend other sessions which is NOT arranged as an international session.
Other than that participation fee is free, the internal sessions will be treated in the same way as other regular/organized sessions, namely, your paper will be included in the conference DVD and the conference digest.
Call for Papers
International Sessions, the 29th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan
Date: Sept. 7 (Wed) - 9 (Fri), 2011
Venue: TOYOSU Campus, Shibaura Institute of Technology (3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan)
Important Dates
Deadline for paper submission: July 22 (Fri), 2011 (firm)
Paper Submission
Authors are requested to follow the normal submission procedure and upload their papers electronically in PDF format through the conference website. The detailed procedure for submitting a paper is shown below.
The fee for paper submission to the international sessions is free.
Organized Sessions
Humanoids
Organizer: Abderrahmane KHEDDAR and Eiichi Yoshida (CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory (JRL), UMI3218/CRT)
The purpose of this session is to exchange the latest findings and practices, and discuss issues related to humanoid robotics. Topics may cover planning, control, perception, humanoid interaction (with humans and environments), and applications as far as humanoid robots are concerned.
E-mail：kheddar[at]gmail.com, e.yoshida[at]aist.go.jp
Networked Robotics and Ambient Intelligence
Organizer：Joo-Ho LEE (Ritsumeikan University)
The purpose of the session is to provide an opportunity of exchanging ideas and sharing best practices and key experiences about networked robotics and ambient intelligence across people and research teams. Many cutting-edge technologies, combined with existing, proven technologies, will be introduced to keep students and practitioners abreast of the state of the art in the area. Everyone is welcome to attend.
E-mail：leejooho[at]is.ritsumei.ac.jp
Robotics to Understand Human Motion and Human Motion Analysis to Control Robots
Organizer: Gentiane Venture (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Robotics provides excellent tools and formalisms to model the human body kinematics and dynamics, as well as to reach a better understanding of its complexity. At the same time human motion study have enable to develop novel algorithms and control for humanoid robots. This session aims at presenting how Robotics can contribute to human motion understanding and control. It also aims at presenting application of the human control principles to robots.
E-mail: venture[at]cc.tuat.ac.jp
Assistive Robotics
Organizer: Tomohiro Shibata (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Robotics has the potential to develop innovations in assisting the lives of both healthy and unhealthy persons. This session aims at providing an opportunity of exchanging ideas and sharing practices about assistive robotics across people and research teams. Topics may cover a broad spectrum of assistive robotics, such as mechatronics, control, perception, planning, human-robot interaction, rehabilitation, and education.
E-mail: tom[at]is.naist.jp
Advances in Open-source Robotics Tools
Organizer: Rosen Diankov (The University of Tokyo)
A lot of robotics research done today is happening on open-sourced robotics platforms where researchers can easily share components and ideas. The fact that platforms are open contributes to rapid standardization of technologies and allows users to easily compare different solutions. This session will overview some of the most popular open-sourced robotics tools available today. Each presentation will cover a tool's architecture design, the technologies immediately available, the communities behind it, and its future direction.
E-mail: rdiankov [at] jsk.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
URL: http://www.jsk.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/rsj2011/index.html
[NOTE] To make organized sessions coherent, papers submitted to the above organized sessions will be subject to check the relevance to the selected session by the organizer and may not be presented in that session. Authors who are willing to present their work in one of the above organized sessions are strongly encouraged to contact the corresponding organizer(s) before submitting a paper. Papers whose topics do not suit to any of the above organized sessions can be presented in one of the following sessions:
Robotics Research in the World
Organizer: Yasuyoshi YOKOKOJI (Kobe University) and Akihiro MATSUMOTO (Toyo University)
This session will introduce the status of robotics research in the world, including the robotics research of the oversea universities. In this session, the presentations, questions and answers will be performed both in English and Japanese.
E-mail: yokokohji[at]mech.kobe-u.ac.jp, akihiro[at]toyo.jp
Robotics Research by Foreign Researchers in Japan
Organizer：Yasuyoshi YOKOKOJI (Kobe University) and Akihiro MATSUMOTO (Toyo University)
The purpose of this session is to encourage students and researchers whose native language is not Japanese to present their latest research results. We welcome any topics related to robotics in this session. Researchers who prefer communicating in English are encouraged to present their work in this session.
E-mail: yokokohji[at]mech.kobe-u.ac.jp, akihiro[at]toyo.jp
Paper Submission
Deadline for conference registration as a presenter and paper submission
July 22 (Fri), 2011 (firm)
Instruction to Authors
[ 1. Writing manuscripts]
- Manuscripts for the International Sessions must be in English, and more than 1 page and less than 4 pages of A4 size.
- Please download and use the following Latex or Microsoft Word templates:
- PDF sample file：sample2011_IS.pdf
- LaTeX2e sample files：sample2e2011_IS.tex, rsj2011e_IS.sty, tex_image_sample_IS.eps
- Microsoft Word 2003 sample file：sample2011_IS.doc
- For formatting your page, set the top and side margins to 20mm and the bottom margin to 27mm. This gives a space of 250mm*170mm for your document.
- Use two columns in all pages except for the title and the author information.
- Please use 10pt font for the main text. Followings are the guidelines for the structure of a paper written in English:
- Title : 16pt, Roman, boldface type
- Author names and affiliations : 12pt, Roman (put an asterisk * on the presenter)
- Main text : 10pt
- References : 9pt
- In the main text, each reference citation should be enclosed in brackets, and all references should be listed together at the end of the manuscript. Their formats are based on those of the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan.
- Journals: [number] author names: “paper title”, title of the journal, volume, issue, pp.xxx-xxx, year.
- Books : [number] author names : title of the book, publisher, year.
[NOTE] From this year, the conference paper format has been changed significantly and abstract and keywords are no longer necessary. Also note that you must prepare abstract anyway for conference digest.
[ 2.Creating a PDF file]
The submitted PDF file will be included “as is” in the conference DVD-ROM. In order to minimize the efforts to revise and reformat by the conference organizer, please double-check printing qualities, security settings, and formats of your manuscripts before submission. Contact us if you have any inquiry before submitting your paper. When creating a PDF file, the following guidelines must be followed:
- The file size should be less than 3M Byte.
- Don’t over-degrade the printing quality when reducing the file size.
- Since submitted files will be edited later by the conference organizer to include some information, such as header and footer, don’t activate any security options of your PDF file.
[ 2.1. Quality and security settings of the PDF file]
If you use Adobe PDFMaker or Distiller to create a PDF file, follow the following instructions. Even though you use other tools, please apply the following settings to create a PDF file properly.
Case I. Creating a PDF file using PDFMaker from MS Word
- Select [Preferences] in the "Create Adobe PDF" section from [Acrobat] of MS Word's top menu.
- In the "Settings" tab, select either "Standard" or "High Quality Print" option in the "Conversion Settings" pull-down box.
- In the "Security" tab, deselect all options for password and permissions.
Case II. Creating a PDF file using Distiller
- Select either "Standard" or "High Quality Print" option in the "Default Settings" pull-down box.
- Deselect all options for password and permissions in the [Settings]-[Security] menu.
[ 2.2. How to check the created PDF file]
Before submitting your paper, the authors are encouraged to check the created PDF file using Adobe Reader (or Acrobat Reader) in the following way.
- Select [Select Tool] in the [Tools]-[Select & Zoom] menu.
- Select some parts of text and check whether the selected part can be copied as text. If it is not possible, the file might be converted with the option of “to images”. Change the option to “to PDF” and try again.
- Select [Properties] from [File] menu.
- Check whether the "Security Method" in the [Document Properties]-[Security] tab is set to "No Security".
- Print the file and check whether the quality of the document is good enough for publication. And confirm that the top and side margins are 20mm and the bottom margin is 27mm, respectively.
[Notes for special characters]
- Please do not use Roman numerals and/or any special characters.
- Please spell-out any Greek characters.
[ 3. Creating conference digest materials]
Besides conference DVD containing papers in PDF format, we will make conference digest booklet. An example of the digest is here.
The following materials should be prepared:
- Abstract of your paper within 440 characters (about 70 words)
- An explanatory figure/image of your abstract (The file size should be less than 500K Byte. An example of the figure is here.)
Please follow the following guidelines:
- The abstract will be printed at the left side of the explanatory figure as shown in the sample.
- It is strongly recommended to write your abstract as plain text. Copying and pasting letters directly from word processing softwares may cause errors at the online submission process.
- Maintain the aspect ratio of the image to be 5:3(horizontal:vertical). If letters are included in the figure, the font size should be greater than 10pt.
- GIF and JPEG formats will be accepted. Save the image with grey-scale option (the conference digest will be printed in B/W).
- Since three abstracts are supposed to be printed in each page of the conference digest, keep in mind that the size of the image might be small (about 95mm*57mm) and the printed quality might be limited (100~200 dpi).
- The size of the image might be adjusted according to the size of page.
Submission Procedure
Before submitting a paper, you have to register and get a registration number.
To register, click “conference registration” in the left menu on the conference top page.
When the registration is completed, you will receive an e-mail including your registration number and a password. In the paper submission page, you are required to input your registration number.
Once you submit a paper, you will get a paper submission ID and a password via e-mail. This ID and password are necessary when you re-upload the file. Please note that the registration number and the paper submission ID are different.
Please refer the following steps for uploading files:
Step 1.
To submit a paper, click “paper submission” in the left menu on the conference top page.
If you are uploading a file first time, please enter the file uploading system from “Initial Submission”. If you want to re-upload a file, login the file uploading system from “Login for data confirmation and corrections” with your paper submission ID and password.
If you are uploading a file first time, you have to agree with the copyright policy of the conference.
Step 2.
In the "Registration and Paper Submission" page, you can enter the paper information. Please select a session for your paper from the International Session list.
Then input the paper title and author information, where you need to input your registration number. Unlike other regular sessions, non RSJ members are allowed to present a paper in the International Sessions. If you are not a RSJ member, chose “Non-member (International sessions only)” in Membership status.
Step 3.
Next, you can input abstract of your paper within 440 characters (about 70 words) and specify your image file for the conference digest. Select image file using the "file selection" button.
Then specify your PDF file of the paper. You may also include a movie file in the conference DVD. The total size for your PDF file and movie file should be less than 4M Byte. Award nomination is not applicable for the papers in the International Sessions.
Step 4.
Finally, input the information of the contact person. Then press the button at the bottom of the page to confirm the information you entered. If the system shows some errors in your data, correct them. After you confirm the data, press the upper bottom located at the bottom of the confirmation page (lower bottom is for going back to the paper submission page) and upload your information to the system.
If there is no problem, file uploading process is completed. You will receive an e-mail including the information you entered and your paper submission ID and password.
If you have any questions about International session, contact the following organizers:
E-mail: yokokohji[at]mech.kobe-u.ac.jp, akihiro[at]toyo.jp
Session Program, Schedule
In annual conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), English presentation is accepted in any regular or organized sessions. However, many of the participants of the conference are Japanese whose native language is Japanese. In order to make it easier for foreign researchers to attend and make presentations in the conference, the RSJ organized several international sessions last year. In the international sessions, the official language is English and the chairperson, speakers, and participants are required to use English in the communication. All contributors for the international sessions are required to submit their papers electronically through the conference website.
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Room | Session |
| Sept. 7 | 10:00-12:00 | Q(505) | Robotics Research by Foreign Researchers in Japan (1) |
| Sept. 7 | 13:00-15:00 | Q(505) | Robotics Research by Foreign Researchers in Japan (2) |
| Sept. 7 | 15:30-17:30 | Q(505) | Robotics to Understand Human Motion and Human Motion Analysis to Control Robots |
| Sept. 8 | 9:30-11:30 | Q(505) | Advances in Open-source Robotics Tools (1) |
| Sept. 8 | 12:30-14:30 | Q(505) | Advances in Open-source Robotics Tools (2) |
| Sept. 9 | 9:30-11:30 | Q(505) | Assistive Robotics |
| Sept. 9 | 12:30-14:30 | Q(505) | Humanoids |
Registration for participating in the International sessions
Unlike the regular session of the annual conference, advanced registration is not necessary for participating in the International sessions. During the conference days, there would be a registration desk for the International session participants. You can directly go to that desk and sign up. That's all what you have to do. We look forward to seeing you soon in the RSJ2011!
Remark: The fee for participating in the International sessions is free. However, please note that a charged conference registration is necessary to obtain a conference DVD-ROM and a conference digest.
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