ORGANIZERS GENERAL CHAIRPERSONS Prof. Mel Siegel Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRPERSONS Prof. Emil Petriu SITE, University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Prof. Peter Wide Department of Technology, Örebro University Örebro, Sweden LOCAL ARRANGEMENT AND PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON Prof. Salvatore Baglio University of Catania, Italy 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. Grigore Burdea, Rutgers University, USA Prof. Helmut Dispert, University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany Prof. Doina Dragulescu, Politechnica University of Timisoara, Romania Prof. Yoshinobu Ebisawa, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan Prof. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Dr. Stefano Ferrari, University of Milan, Crema, Italy Prof. Alessandro Ferrero, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Prof. George Fodor, ABB Automation Technology Products, Vasteras, Sweden Prof. Frans C.A. Groen, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Prof. Vincenzo Di Lecce, Politecnico di Bari, Taranto, Italy Prof. Roberto Ottoboni, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy Prof. Dorina C. Petriu, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Prof. Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Crema, Italy Prof. Pierre Payeur, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Prof. Imre J. Rudas, Budapest Polytechnic, Budapest, Hungary Prof. Annamaria R. Varkonyi-Koczy, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary 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