STEERING COMMITTEE Prof. Cesare Alippi Department of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy Dr. David Braudaway Albuquerque, NM, USA Prof. Evangelia Micheli-Tzanatou Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ, USA Mr. Robert Myers Los Angeles, CA, USA Prof. Vincenzo Piuri Dept. Information Technologies, University of Milan Crema (CR), Italy Dr. Enrique H. Ruspini Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International Menlo Park, CA, USA Prof. Mel Siegel Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA