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PerMIS '06

Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems

The 2006 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop is being held at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD on August 21 - 23, 2006. It will be held in conjunction with the IEEE Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics Conference.

CO-SPONSORED BY:

 


 

 

General Chair: Elena Messina, NIST
Honorary Chair: Alexander Meystel
Program Chair: Raj Madhavan, ORNL/NIST

  • Prof. Henrik Christensen, KTH/Georgia Tech., Sweden/USA
    Evaluation of Robots for Human-Robot Interaction [Abstract, Bio]
  • Prof. Shigeo Hirose, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
    Development of Rescue and Demining Robots in Tokyo Institute of Technology
    [Abstract, Bio]
  • Prof. Hugh Durrant-Whyte, ACFR/CAS, Univ. of Sydney, Australia
    Maximal Information Systems [Abstract, Bio]
  • Dr. Martin Buehler, Boston Dynamics, USA
    Developing Dynamic Legged Robots - Towards Greater Mobility Without Falling Over
    [Abstract, Bio]
  • Dr. James Albus, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (Banquet Speaker)
    Building Brains for Thinking Machines [Abstract, Bio]
  • Mr. Chuck Shoemaker, Robotic Research LLC, USA
    Army Science and Technology Initiatives for Autonomous Tactical UGVs: The Last 10 Years [Abstract]
  • Dr. Mike Montemerlo, Stanford University, USA
    Winning the DARPA Grand Challenge [Abstract]

INVITED TALKS

  • Dr. Douglas Gage, XPM Technologies, USA
    Meaningful Metrics and Evaluation of Embodied, Situated, and Taskable Systems
  • Dr. Gary Berg-Cross, Engineering, Management, and Intergration, USA
    Improving Knowledge for Intelligent Agents: Exploring Parallels in Ontological Analysis and Epigenetic Robotics
  • Dr. Robert Finkelstein, Robotic Technology, Inc., USA
    Memetics and Intelligent Systems
  • Dr. David Sparrow, Institute for Defense Analyses, USA
    Challenges in Autonomous System Development

Selected papers from both PerMIS/SSRR will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Field Robotics (www.journalfieldrobotics.org).

In the sixth workshop in a series targeted at defining measures and methodologies of evaluating performance of intelligent systems, we will focus on applications of performance measures to practical problems in commercial, industrial, homeland security, and military applications.

Topic areas include, but are not limited to:

Defining and measuring aspects of a system:
  The level of autonomy
  Human-robot interaction
  Collaboration
Evaluating components within intelligent systems
  Sensing and perception
  Knowledge representation, world models, ontologies
  Planning and control
  Learning and adapting
  Reasoning
Infrastructural support for performance evaluation
  Testbeds and competitions for intercomparisons
  Instrumentation and other measurement tools
  Simulation and modeling support
Technology readiness measures for intelligent systems
Applied performance measures, e.g.,
  Intelligent transportation systems
  Emergency response robots (search and rescue, bomb disposal)
  Homeland security systems
 
De-mining robots
  Defense robotics
  Command and Control
  Hazardous environments (e.g., nuclear remediation)
  Industrial and manufacturing systems
 
Space robotics
  Assistive devices

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Date Created: November 28, 2005
Last updated: November 30, 2007