From nunolau ua.pt Sun May 1 11:46:14 2016 From: nunolau ua.pt (Nuno Lau) Date: Sun May 1 11:46:31 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] =?windows-1252?q?Jantar_de_Comemora=E7=E3o_dos_10_A?= =?windows-1252?q?nos_da_SPR?= Message-ID: <3653D822BBE359419CF44AD777DF8B45019D74B08E@SEQUOIA.ua.pt> Caros sócios da SPR, O Jantar de Comemoração dos 10 Anos da SPR, dia 7 de Maio, às 20h30, será na: Quinta das Queimadas ? Restaurante Panorama Estrada do Turismo, Urbanização Encosta Dourada 5300 ? Bragança http://www.quintadasqueimadas.pt/ A ementa será a seguinte: Entradas (presunto queijo, bolinhos bacalhau) Aveludado de castanha Medalhão de vitela com molho de 3 pimentas Pudim de queijo/salada de frutas/pudim de ovos Café Vinho tinto, água, sumos O preço, tal como indicado anteriormente, será de 5 euros para sócios e 20 euros para não sócios. O pagamento pode ser efectuado por transferência bancária para a conta da SPR com IBAN PT50 0035 0836 00001476430 23 (por favor usem o vosso número de sócio no descritivo) ou no próprio local do jantar. Naturalmente, desistências não justificadas terão de pagar o preço indicado. Para se inscreverem, por favor, enviem uma mensagem de email para sec@sprobotica.pt, até às 17h do dia 4 de Maio, indicando o nome e a qualidade (sócio/não sócio) de cada participante no jantar, a forma de pagamento e o comprovativo de pagamento (no caso de pagamento por transferência bancária). Saudações Robóticas, Nuno Lau SPR From rodrigo.ventura isr.ist.utl.pt Wed May 4 14:49:07 2016 From: rodrigo.ventura isr.ist.utl.pt (Rodrigo Ventura) Date: Wed May 4 14:49:15 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] Two fully funded PhD studentships at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (IST, University of Lisbon) Message-ID: (please redistribute; apologies for cross-postings) Dear all, Applications are invited for two fully funded PhD studentships at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. These studentships are part of the FCT project Human-aware Service Robots for Domestic Environments (HARODE), which is focused on the research problems of deploying autonomous robots in domestic environments to perform tasks: integrating human-robot interaction; decision-making under uncertainty; perception; (4) navigation; and object manipulation. Each studentship will be assigned, according to candidate?s preference, to one of the following topics: (1) semantic mapping, that is, the problem of perceiving and representing relevant aspects of a physical environment, such as locations of certain objects and of humans to interact with, as well as of dynamic obstacles (e.g. closed doors and moved furniture). In this studentship, it is expected to explore the capabilities of an onboard omnidirectional camera system and to develop methodologies and algorithms for the core computer vision tasks (namely: image segmentation, object recognition, and person detection). (2) human-aware planning and execution, comprising the problem of performing tasks where close human involvement is expected, while being capable of detecting and coping with uncertain perception and unexpected events. We expect to follow a probabilistic planning approach, combining sequential decision-theoretic methods with domain representations based on probabilistic logic programming. The experimental part of the work will proceed in close contact with the SocRob@Home team (http://socrob_at_home.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), with regular participation in international scientific robot competitions, such as RoboCup and RoCKIn. These studentships will be supervised by Prof. Rodrigo Ventura and by Prof. Pedro Miraldo, both faculty at IST and researchers at the Intelligent Robots and Systems group of ISR (http://welcome.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/projects_cat/irsg/). The research will be conducted at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR/IST), home to more than 40 PhDs and part of the LARSyS (Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems - http://www.larsys.pt). ISR/IST is engaged in a new generation of research challenges pushing the frontiers of knowledge, while offering world-class doctoral training with top universities (e.g. dual/joint degrees with MIT, EPFL, CMU) and fueling the collaboration with industry. ISR/IST develops state-of- the-art engineering solutions and projects with a clear societal impact, and has a long track record of participation in EU and other international projects. ISR/IST hosts 5 groups working in Robotics and Information Processing, Systems and Control Theory, Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Optimization, Intelligent Systems and Biomedical Engineering. (http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt). Requirements: the candidates are expected to have a MSc of equivalent degree with strong background in robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer science. Good programming skills are also expected. The working language is English, so good written and oral communication skills are also required. Application: Deadline: 15-May-2016 Duration: 3 years (full time) Starting date: July, 2016 Place: ISR/IST - Alameda campus, Lisbon, Portugal To request further information and to apply, send an email to rodrigo.ventura (at) isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt as soon as possible. Please include a CV, a statement of interest, and any supporting documents you may consider helpful. Best regards, Rodrigo Ventura Institute for Systems and Robotics Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon, Portugal http://users.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~yoda From estela.bicho dei.uminho.pt Tue May 10 17:20:48 2016 From: estela.bicho dei.uminho.pt (Estela Guerreiro Silva Bicho Erlhagen) Date: Tue May 10 20:00:10 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] FW: Hands-on robotics workshop on Neurodynamics Approaches to Cognitive Robotics: EU Project NETT ( 9-13 May) In-Reply-To: <532F0D3AB816B3478AEA9EEF2C27880F43F259D0@SRV-EXCH-DAG-02.uminho.pt> References: <532F0D3AB816B3478AEA9EEF2C27880F43F24696@SRV-EXCH-DAG-02.uminho.pt>, <532F0D3AB816B3478AEA9EEF2C27880F43F259D0@SRV-EXCH-DAG-02.uminho.pt> Message-ID: <532F0D3AB816B3478AEA9EEF2C27880F43F25F1B@SRV-EXCH-DAG-02.uminho.pt> Saltou-se o conteúdo do tipo multipart/alternative -------------- próxima parte ---------- Um anexo que não estava em formato texto não está incluído... Nome : Slide_NETT_Workshop_DNFsCognitiveRobotics_Guimaraes.pdf Tipo : application/pdf Tam : 568598 bytes Descr: Slide_NETT_Workshop_DNFsCognitiveRobotics_Guimaraes.pdf Url : http://listas.ansol.org/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20160510/5afc5ff3/Slide_NETT_Workshop_DNFsCognitiveRobotics_Guimaraes-0001.pdf From nunolau ua.pt Wed May 25 19:04:50 2016 From: nunolau ua.pt (Nuno Lau) Date: Wed May 25 19:05:07 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] Call for Participation - Workshop on Educational Robotics (WEROB) 2016 In-Reply-To: <0f19120ac9904b8a92ba7f867a7823ac@SOBREIRO.ua.pt> References: , <0f19120ac9904b8a92ba7f867a7823ac@SOBREIRO.ua.pt> Message-ID: <3653D822BBE359419CF44AD777DF8B45019D7503E0@SEQUOIA.ua.pt> Dear all, Workshop on Educational Robotics (WEROB) is held during RoboCup Symposium every year. It aims to bring together teachers, mentors, and students from schools, clubs, community centers, and educational institutions offering formal and informal educational robotics learning opportunities to students, to showcase and discuss their experiences, accomplishments, and current practices using robotics. We are looking for presentation proposals from teams, team mentors, robotics educators. Please share the call details below with teams and robotics educators from your region! *** WEROB *** Workshop on Educational Robotics (an event co-located with the RoboCup Symposium 2016) Leipzig, Germany http://www.robocup2016.org/ July 4th, 2016 The use of robotics for educational purposes has been pursued for a long time and has become more and more popular every year. Several factors have contributed to such situation, including the availability of developmentally appropriate and less expensive robotics kits and individual components, as well as the proliferation of robotics competitions for the pre-university levels. As a consequence, robotics started to be incorporated into classroom lessons and has become a educational tool for teaching concepts in a broad range of areas, from electricity and mechanics to programming, mathematics, physics, etc. In this workshop, we aim at bringing together teachers, mentors, and students from schools, clubs, community centers, and educational institutions offering formal and informal educational robotics learning opportunities, to discuss their experiences and current practices using robotics. This workshop hopes to also provide a place to share relevant projects and discuss specific technical issues that may arise in different learning setting as well as the impact of robotics in education. Some examples of topics of particular interest to this workshop are: - impact of educational robotics on student learning - impact of educational robotics in the community - school projects involving robotics - specific use of robots to demonstrate STEM concepts - techniques to build robots - innovative use of sensors or new technology - showcase of students (teams) accomplishment with robotics, especially with RoboCupJunior leagues Types of presentations are: - mentor/teacher presentation of their research and/or practice (20-30 min) - students/team presentation of their accomplishment (showcase, 20-30 min) - hands-on workshop to introduce or teach new robotics ideas/tools (1-2 hrs) For information about past presentations/papers, visit: http://rcj.robocup.org/resources.html Important dates: - submissions deadline: June 10, 2016 - notification of acceptance: June 15, 2016 - submission of final version: June 26, 2016 Submissions: Please, write a brief text explaining your presentation. It can be from a single page to maximum of 6 pages. All submitted papers must be written in English, in single column and following the template that you can find under "Author Guidelines" in http://www.springer.com/series/1244. Final submission should be minimum 3 pages and maximum 6 pages. We will post all accepted papers and their presentations on the RoboCupJunior website under the resources page. Once your paper is ready to be submitted, please, send it by email directly to the workshop organizers (Amy Eguchi - amy_eguchi@bloomfield.edu and A. Fernando Ribeiro - fernando@dei.uminho.pt). If you have registered for RoboCupJunior, you will have an access to the RoboCup Symposium and to this workshop. If you wish to present at the workshop but are not registered for RoboCupJunior or RoboCup, you need to register for the RoboCup Symposium, which will also grant an access to the co-located events such as this workshop. The workshop organizers: Amy Eguchi - Bloomfield College, New Jersey, USA - amy_eguchi@bloomfield.edu A. Fernando Ribeiro, Universidade do Minho, Portugal - fernando@dei.uminho.pt From nunolau ua.pt Fri May 27 12:03:10 2016 From: nunolau ua.pt (Nuno Lau) Date: Fri May 27 12:03:27 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] =?iso-8859-1?q?Chamada_para_Organiza=E7=E3o_do_Fest?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ival_Nacional_de_Rob=F3tica_2017?= Message-ID: <3653D822BBE359419CF44AD777DF8B45019D750754@SEQUOIA.ua.pt> Caros sócios da SPR, Como sabem, o Festival Nacional de Robótica (FNR) é actualmente o maior encontro científico com competições de robótica que tem lugar em Portugal, realizando-se anualmente, desde a primeira edição em 2001, em vários pontos do país. O local do FNR 2017 não está ainda decidido. A Direcção da SPR convida as entidades interessadas a apresentar a sua candidatura à organização do Festival Nacional de Robótica 2017. Esta candidatura é realizada através do envio por email, à Direção da SPR (sec@sprobotica.pt), de uma Proposta de Candidatura à Organização do FNR. Mais informações na secção "Material para Organizadores do FNR" disponível no site da SPR (http://sprobotica.pt). Datas importantes: Data limite para apresentação da Candidatura: 27 de junho de 2016 Decisão e informação aos candidatos: 12 de julho de 2016 Por favor, divulguem esta chamada entre os contactos que considerem com potencial para uma boa organização do FNR 2017. Com os melhores cumprimentos, Nuno Lau SPR From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Fri May 27 15:53:51 2016 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U. Lima) Date: Fri May 27 16:35:39 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] Fwd: euRathlon/TRADR summer school 2016 on Heterogeneity in Robotics Systems References: Message-ID: <81AED1AB-461D-4BB3-8293-8697AEB7D829@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Marta Palau Franco > Subject: euRathlon/TRADR summer school 2016 on Heterogeneity in Robotics Systems > Date: 27 May 2016 at 12:07:52 GMT+3 > To: "Pedro U. Lima (pal@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt)" > > Dear all > > The call for participation in euRathlon/TRADR Summer School 2016 on Heterogeneity in Robotics Systems is now open. > > The summer school will take place from 22-26 August in Oulu, Finland and it is designed as a five-day course to provide participants with a full overview and hands-on experience with multi-domain (air, land, sea) real robotic systems for deployment in disaster-response scenarios. Focus will be specifically on multi-modal heterogeneous mapping, semantic analysis and reasoning and (collaborative) planning under uncertainty. The intended audience is undergraduate students, Master students, PhD students, postdocs, researchers and engineers. Participants can optionally present a paper/poster during the summer school. There will be the possibility to earn study credits (doctoral or basic). > > The summer school is jointly organised by EURATHLON (www.eurathlon.eu ) and TRADR (www.tradr-project.eu ) EU Horizon 2020 and FP7 projects, respectively. > > Applications should be submitted via email in PDF format to Prof Juha Röning (eurathlon@uwe.ac.uk ). All applicants must provide a free format letter (max. 2 pages) describing their research. > > - Registration fee with accommodation: 230€/person > - Registration fee without accommodation: 60€/person > Students enrolled in EU Universities, EU Research Centres or EU Companies can apply for travel support. > > Application deadline: 31 May 2016 > > For more information see document attached to this e-mail or visit www.eurathlon.eu > > Best regards > > > Marta Palau Franco > euRathlon Project Manager > > > Brought to you by > > > > > > -- Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Instituto Superior Tecnico - Torre Norte Av. Rovisco Pais, 1 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal Tel.: +351-218418274 http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~pal In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice ... but in practice, there is! -------------- próxima parte ---------- Saltou-se o conteúdo do tipo multipart/mixed