9:00 Start Opening Sesion - Technical University Iasi – T1 Theatre (close to “Rectorat” in Romanian)
8:00 Registration - Technical University Iasi – T1 Theatre
Departure to this location will be by bus, on 22 July, 7:45 AM, in front of “Unirea” Hotel
New Accepted ISRIS students are invited to submit a poster describing their research/interest.
The profiles of ISRIS 2009 accepted students are available here
Focus theme: Assistive robots and systems for healthcare and rehabilitation
Aim and scope
The school will consist of lectures, lab/demonstrations and interactive sessions in the following subject areas: Prosthetic Technologies, Recuperative Systems, Exoskeletons,Therapeutic/Surgery Robotics,Assistive and Caregiving Robotics, Bio-signal collection and information processing, Intelligence for robotics and prosthetic devices.
Target audience:
PhD-level researchers - those currently pursuing the degree, seriously considering, or having completed the PhD and showing interest in the topics of the school.
School Lecturers (see Program for details)
- Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy
- Terry Huntsberger, Robotic and Mobility Systems at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
- Alberto Rovetta, Univerity of Milan,Italy
- Jos Vander Sloten, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- I Staretu, U. Brasov, Romania
- Dirk Lefeber, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Frederic Colledani, CEA, France
- Adriana Tapus, University of Southern California, USA
- Paul Botez, UMF, Romania
- Adrian Lobontiu, Henri Mondor Hospital, France
- Hariton-Nicolae Costin, UMF and Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania
- Dragos Arotaritei, UMF, Iasi, Romania
- Tughrul Arslan, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Adrian Stoica, JPL/Caltech, USA
- Michael A. Newell, JPL/Caltech, US
ISRIS 2009 is part of AT-EQUAL 2009 which also includes:
LAB-RS July 22-24, 2009
2nd ECSIS Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behaviours in
Robotic Systems.
An important theme in 2009 will be Learning and adaptation in robots
operating in close proximity of humans
ARTIPED July 23-25, 2009
The Exploratory Workshop on Assistive and Recuperative
Technologies for Injured, ill, Pregnant, Elderly and people with
Disabilities
ISRIS will take place over the entire duration of the two events (LAB-RS and ARTIPED). Students will be able to attend evening invited presentations at these events.
ISRIS 2009 will take place in Iasi, Romania. The capital of the medieval principality of Moldavia, Iasi is a city immersed in history and culture, yet trendy and vibrant due to the tens of thousands of university students that live in Romania’s oldest - and second largest -university city. The social program will include a tour to the famous painted monasteries of Northern Moldavia and Iasi sightseeing.
Applications
Applicants should submit a CV and a short (up to one page) description of
research interests to Adrian.stoica@jpl.nasa.gov, with
subject ISRIS 2009 Application.
Applications will be reviewed in the order received. The school will be limited to 40 students.
The last round of applications will be
evaluated on May15th.
School Directors:
- Ioan Doroftei,Tech UnivIasi, Romania
- Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Adrian Stoica, NASA-JPL, Caltech,USA
Local Organizing Committee
- Mircea Slanina, ECSIS, Romania
- Marietta Lesovici, Teachers Training Center, Iasi, Romania
- Dan Koriloff, Negruzzi, Iasi, Romania
- Raluca Ganea, EPFL, Switzerland and ECSIS
- Marius Hagan, TUI, Romania
- Clarisa Cavachi, Romania
- Ionut Olaru, CNRS -LIRMM, France and ECSIS
- Ahmed El-Rayis, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Nakul Haridas, University of Edinburgh, UK