ICASAV' 95: IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Components
               for Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles

                 Toulouse, France October 25-26, 1995

                FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS


  Future automotive vehicles will deal more and more with autonomous
functions to improve safety, traffic management and to reduce consumption
and pollution. Numerous on-board decision systems will replace the driver in
critical running phases. The problems and solutions experienced, by adopting
this new technology, will bring out numerous common points with other
transportation systems and of course with mobile robots.  The main objective
of this workshop is to bring together specialists of components and
instruments for automotive systems, mobile robots and transportation in
general in order to enhance the value of their experience in the field of
autonomous vehicles.
  The scope of this workshop covers sensors, actuators and controllers
that are currently applied to implement intelligent autonomous function
on vehicles. New techniques, instruments and both software and hardware
components are included.

TOPICS

- Intelligent sensors and fusion techniques for: navigation, environment
  related sensors, energetic efficiency, hypo vigilance.
- Intelligent actuators: electrical steering, engine actuators, active
  suspension,...
- Control techniques: internal model based techniques, non-linear,
  adaptive, emergent techniques (fuzzy, neural, neuro-fuzzy),...
- Safety and reliability of on-board components: design, software,
  hardware, on-line, off-line diagnostic

APPLICATION FIELD
- Engine control, Body control, Transmission control
- Driving control and Cruise control
- Steering control and Path tracking
- Obstacle avoidance
- Vehicles position estimation
- Path planning and route planning
- Vehicle/vehicle/ ground communication, IVHS
- Man machine interface and telerobotic functions

LOCATION
  The workshop will take place at the Laboratory for Analysis and
Achitecture of Systems (LAAS) of the French National Center for
Scientific Research (CNRS) in Toulouse.

RELATED EVENT
SITEF is an international market of advanced technologies, with five
major industrial sectors:
  - Aerospace,
  - Land Transportation Systems and their infrastructures,
  - Information Technology and Communication,
  - Mass Production,
  - Natural Resources and Bio-industries.

A visit of the trade fair, specially the areas concerning the workshop,
will be organized on October 25th.

CALL FOR PAPERS
  Please submit five copies of draft papers (4-6 pages) in English. The
first page must contain the paper title, authors' names and affiliations,
complete address of the corresponding author (fax, tel, E-mail) and the
abstract (200-250 words).

SECRETARIAT
  Papers should be sent to :

      Marie Therese Ippolito
      Secretariat IFAC-ICASAV' 95
      LAAS-CNRS
      7, avenue du Colonel Roche
      F-31077 Toulouse Cedex, France
      Tel.:  +33 61 33 62 74
      Fax.:  +33 61 55 35 77
      E-mail: icasav@laas.fr

DEADLINES
  Expression of interest            Immediately
  Submission of draft papers        May 1, 1995
  Notification of acceptance        June 1, 1995
  Submission of full papers         July 30, 1995