Special Sessions

The Organizing Committee of the IEEE IRI 2011 Conference is pleased to announce four Special Sessions: power and energy, robotics and intelligent machines, energy and education.

See submission instructions here.

 

Special Session on Power and Energy

Special Session Chairs:

Suresh Vadhva, California State University, USA

Topics on the Future of Power and Energy include, but are not limited to:

• Automated Systems
• Demand Response
• Home area Network
• Distributed Generation
• Micro Grid
• Power System Planning
• Power System Protection
• Renewable Energy Resources
• Rules, Policies and Standards
• Smart Grid

 

Special Session on Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Special Session Chair:

Gordon Lee, San Diego State University

 

Call for papers pdf version

Authors who are interested in information re-use, information integration or information fusion with particular emphasis on robotics and intelligent machine applications may submit their papers to this special session. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Manipulation
  
• Robot control
  
• Swarm intelligence
  
• Bio-inspired robotics
  
• Human-robot interaction
  
• Human-centric autonomous systems
  
• Intelligent information processing in robotics
  
• Modeling and simulation in robotics
  
• Machine learning techniques for robot systems
  
• Sensor networks in robotics
  
• Computer vision
  
• Evolutionary robotics
  
• Rehabilitation robotics
  
• Service robotics
  
• Entertainment robotics
  
• Humanoid robotics

 

Special Session in Education

Special Session Chair:

June Massoud, School Boards in Montreal, Canada Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC-Pacific), USA

Program Committee:

Gordon Lee, San Diego State University, USA Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Gongzhu Hu, Central Michigan University, USA Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA

 

Call for papers pdf version

Topics in education include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Multimedia (including the transcription of videos)
  
• Networking
  
• Natural language processing
  
• Speech recognition
  
• Massive object-oriented databases
  
• All manner of knowledge-based systems - including AI & machine learning
  
• Educational methodologies - including the reuse of student modeling
  
• Search paradigms
  
• Spiral development models
  
• Quality assurance
  
• Computer displays - including 3D displays
  
• Intelligent tutoring systems
  
• Educational data mining
  
• Computer-based education
  
• Computer-based training
  
• Advanced learning technologies
  
• Intelligent educational systems
  
• Interactive learning technologies
  
• Interactive learning research

 

Special Session in Energy

Special Session Chairs:

Suresh Vadhva, California State University, USA

Topics in energy include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Information re-use in the public sector
• Renewable energy
• Re-use in energy generation

Authors who have special interests in any of these four areas are invited to submit papers through the IRI paper submission web site; please designate the special track for which you are submitting your paper. For further information, please contact: Dr. Gordon Lee at: glee@mail.sdsu.edu

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