Call for book chapter proposal in a forthcoming book about robotic prototyping: Deadline extended to Dec. 31, 2010
ub_robotics
We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing your
expertise in robotics to a forthcoming book edited by Drs. Tarek Sobh
and Xingguo Xiong of the University of Bridgeport, entitled
“Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and
Implementation”. To accommodate numerous requests from the robotics
researcher community, the chapter proposal submission deadline is now
extended to Dec. 31, 2010. You are cordially invited to contribute
your expertise to this forthcoming book.
Robots have been widely used for many industrial applications, such as
manufacturing, electronics assembly, food processing, underground oil
mining, aerospace exploration, disease diagnosis and clinical surgery.
Prototyping is an important activity in engineering. Prototyping a
design helps in determining system parameters, ranges and in
structuring better system. Robotics is one of the industrial design
fields in which prototyping is crucial for improved functionality.
Robotic systems are diverse in their working principles,
implementation and applications. Furthermore, newly emerging
technologies in the areas of computer vision, wireless communication,
micro and nanotechnologies have enabled the emergence of robotic
systems for new applications. Thus, we perceive a need for an edited
collection of chapters in the field of robotic prototyping and its
applications.
Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and
Implementation will aim to cover the design, implementation of various
robotic systems and their applications, from complicated industrial
robots to state-of-the-art nanorobots for surgical applications, as
well as robotic systems for educational purposes. The new trends and
most recent research frontiers in robotic prototyping and its
applications will also be covered.
We would like to cordially invite you to contribute a chapter on an
appropriate topic of your choice. You may refer to the following URL
for more details about the proposal of this book:
Should you accept this invitation, we would like to kindly ask that,
on or before December 31, 2010, you submit via e-mail a 2-3 page
chapter proposal to us (xxi...@bridgeport.edu and so...@bridgeport.edu)
for review that explains and outlines the scope of your proposed
chapter. Should your proposal be accepted, you will be notified by
January 14, 2011, and given until March 1, 2011, to submit your
chapter. It will then be sent for double-blind peer review. This book
is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.),
publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science
Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For
additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.
This publication is anticipated to be released in early 2012.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to
contact us. We appreciate your consideration of this invitation and
hope to hear from you soon!
Best wishes,
Tarek Sobh, Ph.D., P.E., CMfgE
Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Science
Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research and
Dean, School of Engineering
University of Bridgeport
221 University Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604, U.S.A.
Office: +1 (203) 576-4116
Fax: +1 (203)576-4766
Email: so...@bridgeport.edu
http://www.bridgeport.edu/~sobh
Xingguo Xiong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel: 203-576-4760
Email: xxi...@bridgeport.edu
Editors
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It will be highly appreciated if you can circulate this call-for-book-
chapter-proposal to your colleagues who may be interested in it. Thank
you.