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Call For Book Chapters
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"Advances in Robotics and Virtual Reality"

To be published by Springer “Intelligent Systems Reference Library Series”

http://www.springer.com/series/8578

Editors: Tauseef Gulrez and Aboul-Ella Hassanien

http://cimr.ciitlahore.edu.pk
http://www.fci.cu.edu.eg/~abo/VR.htm


Deadline for chapter proposal: 29 September, 2010

Scope and Aim of the Book Chapters :This book is an effort to compile the current advances in robotics for manipulation and virtual reality as a non-destructive test-bed, and to stimulate a discussion on the future research directions in these fields. We expect that this book will succeed in invigorating research interests towards the development and applications of robotics and virtual reality for intelligent systems. Robotics may be exploited to assist human beings in number of ways from farming to avionics, bio-medicine, automotive, rehabilitation etc. However the non-destructive nature of virtual reality makes it a prime candidate for the testing of robotic techniques or train humans towards the operation of robots in a safe and danger free environment. The goal of this book “Advances in Robotics and Virtual Reality” is to exchange and stimulate research ideas to realize advancements in robotic and virtual reality systems together. Robotics and Virtual Reality are rapidly growing, interdisciplinary research areas lying at the intersection of computer science, mechatronics, control systems, electrical and mechanical engineering. Technologies, algorithms, system architectures, and applications will be presented and discussed on this book. The call for book chapters will invite authors of the following field to contribute their chapters towards this innovative and challenging book: We encourage participation from a wide range of disciplines including Robotics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile Computing and Rehabilitation Robotics.



Topics:

· Robotics

· Virtual Reality Systems

· Autonomous Navigation

· Brain Remapping Systems

· Rehabilitation Robotics

· Environment Mapping

· Cognitive Robotic Systems

· Adaptive Learning Systems

· Intelligent Shared Control Systems

· Intelligent Graphical User Interfaces

· Dialogue Systems and Affect Learning

· Human Body Sensing and Systems



Submission Guidelines



- Each chapter must be self-contained and not exceed 30 pages,

- Please centralize all tables and figures with appropriate legends,

- Please carefully check for typos inside the text, figures, legends, etc.

- All equations must be numbered and please try to use standard fonts.

- Produce a LaTeX version of your chapter using the template provided in the Author Guidelines

Researchers and practitioners are kindly invited to send on or before August 29, 2010 a short email to Tauseef Gulrez (gtauseef@ieee.org), containing a preliminary title and a short abstract of their chapter. This will facilitate the planning of the review process. Full chapters will be expected by November 28, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed by at least three reviewers on a double-blind review basis.

Important Dates

Deadline for chapter proposals (title and short abstract)*: August 29, 2010

Notification of acceptance/rejection of chapter proposals: Sept 15, 2010

Deadline for full chapters*:November 28, 2010

Notification of acceptance/rejection of full chapters: January 26 , 2011

Deadline for submission of final chapters: March 1, 2011

Volume Editors:

Tauseef Gulrez, Ph.D

Founder & Director, Intelligent Machines & Robotics Research
Department of Computer Science, M.A. Jinnah Campus
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Email: gtauseef@ieee.org



Aboul Ella Hassanien (Abo)

Faculty of Computer and Information,
Information Technology Department,
Cairo University,
5 Ahmed Zewal St., Orman, Giza, Egypt

E-mail: aboitegypt@gmail.com