ORGANIZERS GENERAL CHAIRPERSONS Prof. Mel Siegel Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA Prof. Peter Wide Department of Technology, Örebro University Örebro, Sweden TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRPERSONS Prof. R. Bowen Loftin Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University Suffolk, VA, USA Prof. Emil Petriu SITE, University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada LOCAL ARRANGEMENT AND PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON Prof. Robert X. Gao University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA REGISTRATION CHAIRPERSONS Mrs. Lee Myers Myers-Smith Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Mr. Robert Myers Los Angeles, CA, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Prof. Matteo Bertocco University of Padova, Italy Prof. Georg Brasseur Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria Prof. Dimiter Driankov Örebro university, Örebro, Sweden Dr. Stefano Ferrari University of Milan, Crema, Italy Prof. Alessandro Ferrero Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Dr. Fernando Figueroa NASA Stennis Space Center, MS, USA Prof. George Fodor ABB Automation Technology Products, Vasteras, Sweden Prof. Bernd Fröhlich Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany Prof. Robert X. Gao, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA Prof. Nicolas D. Georganas University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Prof. Frans C.A. Groen, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Prof. Stefan Mueller Universität Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany Dr. Rainer Palm Siemens AG R&D, Munich, Germany Prof. Dorina C. Petriu Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Prof. Kenzo Watanabe Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan Dr. Thomas E. Whalen Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada STEERING COMMITTEE Dr. David Braudaway Albuquerque, NM, USA Mr. Robert Myers Los Angeles, CA, USA Prof. Emil Petriu SITE, University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Prof. Mel Siegel Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA Prof. Peter Wide Department of Technology, Örebro University Örebro, Sweden