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TAB Report 1-05

TAB Report 1-05. Roland Siegwart VP Technical Activities roland.siegwart@epfl.ch Period: IROS 2004 – ICRA 2005 OUTLINE Recent actions and events TC activities Distinguished lecturer program Running Budget Upcoming Actions and Events Other business. 1. Recent actions and events.

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TAB Report 1-05

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  1. TAB Report 1-05 Roland Siegwart VP Technical Activities roland.siegwart@epfl.ch Period: IROS 2004 – ICRA 2005 OUTLINE • Recent actions and events • TC activities • Distinguished lecturer program • Running Budget • Upcoming Actions and Events • Other business TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  2. 1. Recent actions and events • Most Active TC Award at ICRA 2005 • Young Professional’s Lunch at ICRA 2005 • Around 150 participants • Good questions and manifestation of interest for our society • Only around 10% of the participants know about TCs • $10 student registration fees for ICRA 2005 Workshops / Tutorials • Was very appreciated by all our members TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  3. 2. TC activities TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  4. 2. TC activities • Report 2004 • Workshops / Tutorials / Invited Sessions 41 • Journal / Special Issue / Book chapter 14 • Books 1 • Conference Services 7 Total 2004: 63 Total 2000 – 2004: 63 TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  5. 2. TC activities • Most Active TC award • The winners were • Networked RobotsKen Goldberg,Wolfram Burgard, Nak Young Chong • Semiconductor Factory AutomationMuDer Jeng, Mengchu Zhou, Thomas Wen-Yao Chen • They were announced at ICRA 2005 banquet Votes from 12 TC chairs TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  6. 2. TC activities • Dissolution of non-active TCs • Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (S 00) • Multisensor Fusion and Integration (F 00) • Robot Motion and Path Planning (S 00) • Some others need new chairs and activities Approved by TAB at ICRA 05 TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  7. 2. TC activities Initiative: • Financial support for TCs for improving the Webpage • Goals: • TCs should be recognized as the place to go for information and contacts in a field • Google-search should bring TCs on the first line • TCs should have a strong visibility outside robotics community • Web is a central element • Budget: • $ 10 000 per year for three years Approved by TAB and Financial Board at ICRA 05 Needs Approval by AdCom TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  8. 3. Distinguished Lecturers (2) • DL List for 2004-05 • Minoru Asada (04) • Antonio Bicchi (04) • Zenn Bien (04) • Joel Burdick (04) • Raja Chatila (04) • Henrik Christensen (04) • Peter Corke (04) • Li-Chen Fu (04) • Ken Goldberg (04) • Shigeo Hirose (04) • Brad Nelson (04) • Oussama Khatib (02) • Daniela Rus (04) • Bruno Siciliano (04) • Manuela Veloso (04) • Mark Yim (04) TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  9. 3. Distinguished Lecturers (1) • Lectures 2004: • Ken Goldberg: 11 lectures, two of them to high school students • … • Lectures 2005: • Antonio Bicchi: Visit of Spanish Chapter on April 5-7. • Manuela Veloso: Visit of UT Austin Chapter • … TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  10. 4. Budget 2005 • Total budget 2005: $ 16.000 Status • $ 5.000 Young Professional’s Lunch ~ used • $ 1.000 for “Most Active TC Award” 2 x $500 used • $ 9.000 for distinguished lectures ~$1600 allocated • $ 1.000 Administrative / Operational costs (flyer, …) 0 TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

  11. 5. Upcoming Actions • Collection of DL Report • Election of DL (fall 2005) TAB Report AdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) • April 23, 2005

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