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*** Call For Papers : RoSym Workshop -  MBE for Robotics  ***

1st Int'l International workshop on Model Based Engineering for Robotics 
	Oslo, Norway
   	October 5, 2010
   	http://www.artist-embedded.org/artist/RoSym-2010

*** Deadline: 26 july 2010.
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In conjunction with MODELS 2010 Conference 

Supported by Artist NoE and OMG
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Goals
The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers, industrials and tool 
developers to discuss on the usage of model-based engineering to robotics 
application in different domains as well as major issues to use this technology. 
A significant portion of time will be reserved for discussions.

Topics
The concrete topics of the workshop are: 
- Model-based design of robotics and autonomous systems, including dedicated 
modelling language for robotics (which may be extensions of existing languages 
as well)
- Safety, dependability and certification of robotics systems,
- Test, validation and simulation of the autonomous behaviour of the robot,
- Model-based quantitative analysis techniques, including performance optimisation
 techniques for robotics 
- Model-based processes and methods for robotics, including the investigation and
classification of activities adjusted to robotics
- Exploration and assessment of how existing MBE solutions have been used or 
experimented in robotics 
- Evaluation techniques and metrics for assessing effectiveness of MBE robotics 
system prototype . 
- Examples of "early adopters" of MDE for robotics
- Unique challenges in robotics that MDE might help overcome
- MDE concepts and techniques that are particularly relevant to robotics

Submission Guidelines
Authors have to apply by sending a paper/abstract (4-10 pages) in PDF or PS.
The paper must conform to the Springer LNCS formatting guidelines: 

http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs. 

Authors of accepted papers shall prepare and submit a final version of their paper. 
The deadline for these final versions is 15 Sept 2010. 
Each accepted paper will be electronically published in the Workshop website and 
given in hardcopy form to each participant.


Contact : Laurent.Rioux@thalesgroup.com

Important Dates
   Submission deadline: 26 July, 2010
   Notification acceptance: 25 August, 2010
   Final version papers: 15 September, 2010
   RoSym Workshop: 5 October, 2010


Organisers Committee
   Laurent Rioux, THALES, France 
   Davide Brugali, Univ of Bergamo, Italy 
   Sebastien Gérard, CEA-LIST, France


Program Committee
   Xavier Blanc, LIP6, France
   Tetsuo Kotoku,AIST, Japan
   Benoit Potier, GOSTAI, France
   Nicolas Du Lac, Intempora, France
   Christian Schlegel, Univ of Ulm, Germany
   Bruno Patin, Dassault Aviation, France
   Cristina Vicente, Univ of Tech Cartagena, Spain
   J.F Broenink, Univ of Twente, Netherland
   Paul Valckenaers, Univ of Leuven, Belgium
   Toby McClean, ZeligSoft, Canada

Contact : Laurent.Rioux@thalesgroup.com