Fwd: CLAWAR 2013 call for papers

[Nizar Rokbani]

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From: Clawar 2013 <clawa...@sheffield.ac.uk>
Date: 3 December 2012 11:37
Subject: CLAWAR 2013 call for papers
To: Calwar 2005 <clawa...@sheffield.ac.uk>


CLAWAR 2013

16th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the
Support Technologies for Mobile Machines,

University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 14 – 17 July 2013

(http://clawar2013.feit.uts.edu.au)



[Apologies for any cross-posting]



Dear colleague

We are pleased to inform you that CLAWAR 2013 will be held within the
premises of the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia during 14
– 17 July 2013.



The conference will feature technical and social programs. The
technical program will comprise plenary, regular and special oral
sessions. Articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be
peer reviewed before acceptance. It is envisaged that the conference
proceedings will be produced in hard copy as well as on CD. The hard
copy proceedings will be published by the World Scientific Publishing
Company. Accepted articles will only be published in the conference
proceedings if at least one of the authors registers for the
conference and presents the paper at the conference.



Key dates:

Proposals for Special Sessions: 14 January 2013

Submission of Extended Abstracts/draft papers: 04 February 2013

Notification of Paper Acceptance: 11 March 2013

Submission of Final (accepted) Papers: 08 April 2013

Early Bird Registration: 01 May 2013

Author Registration: 01 May 2013

Preliminary Program: 03 June 2012

Conference: 14 – 17 July 2013

Laboratory Visit: 18 July 2013



We would like to invite you to submit your contributions according to
the key dates given above.



Special sessions:

Please submit your proposals of special sessions to the conference
secretariat (clawa...@uts.edu.au) with a copy to Prof Gurvinder Virk
(Gurvind...@hig.se) by the indicated deadline. Each proposal
should be no more than one A4 page in length and is to include title,
aims/objectives, brief outline/scope, name and affiliation of the
organiser.



Submission of Papers:

The technical program of the conference will feature Regular Papers
and Special Session Papers. Please submit extended abstracts of your
papers or draft papers in PDF format directly using the URL
(https://www.softconf.com/d/clawar2013/submit.html) or the link in the
paper submission page of the conference web-site by the indicated
deadline for consideration for inclusion in the relevant category.
Extended abstracts are limited to 4 A4 pages in single-line space
format and should include problem formulation, motivation to the work,
methodology, sample results and discussion and references, within the
scope of the conference as detailed in the conference web-site. Final
accepted papers will be limited to 8 pages in length in the prescribed
style format given in the paper submission page of the conference
web-site.



All papers will be peer reviewed, and all accepted papers (subject to
registration) will be published in the conference proceedings.



A selection of presented papers will also be recommended for possible
publication in reputable international journals.



Sponsorship:

Organisations wishing to sponsor the conference in any way and gain
the corresponding benefits by promoting themselves and their products
to the robotics community through conference publications, conference
web-site and conference publicity are encouraged to contact the
conference secretariat to discuss the terms of sponsorship and
necessary arrangements.



Conference web-site: http://clawar2013.feit.uts.edu.au



Secretariat:

CLAWAR 2013 Secretariat

Email : clawa...@uts.edu.au

Tel: +612 9514 2587

Fax: +612 9514 2655



Kind regards



Kenneth J. Waldron, General Chair

Dikai Liu, Local Arrangements Chair

M. Osman Tokhi, Program Chair

Gurvinder S. Virk, International Advisory Committee Chair