Preliminary Call For Papers
IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REHABILITATION ROBOTICS (ICORR):
Frontiers of the Human-Machine Interface
June 28 - July 1, 2005, Chicago, Illinois, USA
 
http://www.smpp.northwestern.edu/ICORR2005


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 

The agenda for ICORR 2005 will blend both the basic sciences of
rehabilitation robotics and the results of their employment in clinical
trials and case studies. Planned themes are: 

        . Assistive Robotics
        . Therapeutic Robotics
        . Brain-Machine Interfaces for Rehabilitation
        . Robotics in Prosthetics/Orthotics
        . Hardware/control developments for Rehabilitation
        . Evaluation methods & Clinical Experience
        . Biorobotics and Biomimetics
        . Sensorimotor Control and Learning

The program consists of oral presentations and poster sessions. Participants
are invited to submit papers for peer review on the subjects of interest.
Instructions will be sent with the second announcement and will be available
soon at the official website.  


HOSTS:

ICORR 2005 is hosted by the Sensory Motor Performance Program of the
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (http://www.ric.org) and Northwestern
University.  


LOCATION AND VENUE:

ICORR 2005 will take place in the heart of Chicago's luxurious Magnificent
Mile district on the shores of Lake Michigan. Conference activities will take
place in the Conference Center in the Feinberg Pavilion of Northwestern
Memorial Hospital, in the heart of downtown Chicago. 

Blocks of rooms have been reserved at the Wyndham Chicago, Radisson Hotel and
Best Western Hotel. The Wyndham Chicago and Radisson Hotel are across the
street from the conference center. The Best Western Hotel is located two
blocks from the conference center. 

The congress will also offer a various social programs (welcome reception,
luncheons, tours and excursions, lab tours, and an exceptional gala dinner). 


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

        Paolo Dario, Pisa, Italy
        John Hollerbach, Salt Lake City, Utah
        Andrew Schwartz, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: 

  ICORR 2005 Executive committee:       
        James Patton, General Chair, Chicago, IL, USA
        Richard F. ff. Weir, Co-Chair, Chicago, IL, USA
        Yoky Matsuoka, Scientific Co-Chair, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
        Yasin Dhaher, Scientific Co-Chair, Chicago, IL, USA
        Derek Kamper, Finance Chair, Chicago, IL, USA
        Lennie Kahn, Exhibits Chair, Chicago, IL, USA
        Moshen Makhsous, International Liaison, Chicago, IL, USA
        Daniel Ferris, Awards Chair, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  ICORR 2005 Scientific Program Committee
        Machiel Van der Loos, Palo Alto, CA, USA
        Dimitar Stefanov, Cardiff, Wales, UK
        David J. Reinkensmeyer, Irvine, CA, USA
        Hermano Igo Krebs, Cambridge, MA, USA
        Jiping He, Tempe, AZ, USA
        Just Herder, The Netherlands
        Gill Pratt, Needham, MA, USA
        Kasuhiro Kosuge , Sendai, Japan
        Gerry Colombo, Zurich, Switzerland
        Reggie Edgerton, Los Angeles, CA, USA
        John F. Soechting, Minneapolis, MN, USA
        Stefan Schaal, Los Angeles, CA, USA
        Maureen K. Holden, Cambridge, MA, USA
        Carolee J. Winstein, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
  ICORR 2005 Advisory Committee: 
        W. Zev Rymer (Chair), Chicago, IL, USA
        Charles G. Burgar, Temple, TX,  USA
        Dudley Childress, Evanston, IL, USA
        J. Edward Colgate, Evanston, IL, USA
        Volker Dietz, Zurich, Switzerland
        William Harwin, Reading, England  
        Neville Hogan, Cambridge, MA, USA
        Kevin Lynch, Evanston, IL, USA
        Michael Peshkin, Evanston, IL, USA
        Tariq Rahman, Wilmington, DE, USA
        Elliot Roth, Chicago, IL, USA
        Edward Taub, Birmingham, AL, USA
        Machiel Van der Loos, Palo Alto, CA, USA

  International Steering Committee for ICORR: 
        Tariq Rahman (Chair), Wilmington, DE, USA
        Z. Zenn Bien, Daejeon, Korea
        Axel Graeser, Bremen, Germany
        William Harwin, Reading, England  
        Michael Hillman, Bath, England, UK
        Machiel Van der Loos, Palo Alto, CA, USA
        Richard Mahoney, Mount Laurel, NJ, USA
        Mounir Mokhtari, Evry, France
        James Patton, Chicago, IL, USA
        Dimitar Stefanov, Cardiff, Wales, UK
        Noriyuki Tejima, Kyoto, Japan

 
REGISTRATION FEES:

        (Rates may change if more funding becomes available)

        Before April 15:
        IEEE member          $475 
        non-member           $575 
        Students & PostDocs  $275 

        After April 15:
        IEEE member          $575 
        non-member           $675 
        Students & PostDocs  $425


FINANCIAL SUPPORT:

Following the tradition set by previous ICORR meetings, the Organizing
Committee does its best to secure funds for conference grants. Such grants
may be used to reduce registration fees. 

We especially encourage students, disabled investigators, women, minorities
and users of these technologies to participate. Special awards will be
granted for exceptional papers submitted by these individuals. Please check
the website for more information. 


SPECIAL SESSIONS: 

Proposals for special sessions should be submitted to the co-chair Richard
Weir rweir@northwestern.edu by December 1, 2004. 


IMPORTANT DATES:

        November 15, 2004: Preliminary call for papers 
        November 30, 2004: Online submission opens
        December 1,  2004: Call for papers
        February 4,  2005: Abstracts Due
        March 25,    2005: Acceptance Notifications
        April 14,    2005: IEEE Copyright Forms Due     
        April 15,    2005: Last day of early Registration
        May 2,       2005: Final IEEE-Compliant-PDF Deadline
        June 28-July 1, 2005: ICORR Conference


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

        Please see http://www.smpp.northwestern.edu/ICORR2005
 
        OR contact:

        Mary Ellen Devitt, ICORR 2005 Conference Secretariat
        Ph: +01 (312) 238-2910 (ICORR Secretariat)
        Fax: +01 (312) 238-2208 
        E-mail: medevitt@ric.org
