Workshop on Human Adaptive Mechatronics 13-14 May 2010

Professor Hongnian Yu’s EPSRC-funded UK-Japan Network on Human Adaptive Mechatronics is organising an International Workshop on Human Adaptive Mechatronics to be held at Loughborough University on 13-14 May 2010.  This will provide an opportunity for researchers in the fields of AI, Automation, Computing, Human Science, Intelligent Control and Advanced Mechatronics to present and discuss the latest developments. 

The workshop covers, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Adaptive Systems
• Assistive Robotics and Mechatronics
• Identification of Human Behaviour and Operation
• AI, Human Intelligence, Learning, and Understanding including Cognition
• Modelling, Identification, Optimization, simulation, and Control Methodologies
• Human-Machine, Computer and Mechatronics Interface
• Unmanned ground vehicles and autonomous systems
• Software development, benchmarking tests, and applications
• Intelligent Control
• Advanced Mechatronics
• Intelligent Automation
• Intelligent Logistics
• Scheduling and Planning for Mobile robots
• Control and optimization techniques
• Networked Based Control Systems
• Wireless networks and Distributed Control
• Medical Robotics
• Sensors and Actuators

The workshop welcomes participation from researchers and practitioners in computing, engineering and manufacturing worldwide.

Certificates will be awarded to the three best student papers.  Selected papers will be included in two special issues in the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, and the International Journal of Control, and the Proceedings of the Workshop will be published by Springer.  There will also be a session during the workshop on collaboration for an FP7 application.

Papers should describe original and unpublished work about the above or related topics, and should
be submitted to hampaper@hotmail.co.uk. All manuscripts will be reviewed by three members of
the HAM program committee. Instructions for preparation and electronic submission are
available on the HAM project website: www.epsrcham.org.uk

Important Dates

15 March 2010: Submission of full manuscript of SIX pages
10 April 2010 Notification of acceptance
25 April 2010 Camera-ready paper

Contact Address
HAM Workshop Conference Secretariat
Dr Emma Price, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Beacon Building,
Staffordshire University
E.L.Price@staffs.ac.uk; tel: +44 (0)1785 353430; Fax: +44 (0)1785 353352