IEEE 2016 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems - User contributions [en]

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[[File:mfi2017.png|150px|MFI 2017|link=http://www.mfi2017.org]]<br /> Please visit [http://www.mfi2017.org www.mfi2017.org] or take a look at the call-for-papers ([http://media.wix.com/ugd/7e52d4_626b668dde88438b829452d94ecfc112.pdf CFP]).
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| style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-dyk"> The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2016) is an international conference sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES).
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| style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-dyk">19 - 21 September 2016, Monday to Wednesday.

First day (Sept. 19) will be tutorials. Second and third day (Sept. 20 & 21) is the regular conference. Welcome reception is in the evening of the first day, Sept. 19. Banquet is on the evening of the second day, Sept. 20.
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In case you need to apply for a visa to enter Germany, you may require a confirmation letter to confirm that you are registered as a participant of the conference. The MFI 2016 organizing committee has been in close contact with the Federal Foreign Office in Germany to be able to provide a
simple and accessible way for you to obtain your a confirmation letter that will be accepted by your local embassy.

The Federal Foreign Office will tell the embassies to accept a digitally signed letter that will be provided by us. For this, the required personal information - full name, address, date of birth, gender and (if applicable) passport id - will be sent to the local embassy. Please note that we also need to know the embassy you have contacted or will contact in your visa application process.

'''To obtain your letter, simply fill in all required information on this [https://1drv.ms/xs/s!AqwugmufYHcXgSM0_B5ElFPs65xn form].'''

The Federal Foreign office has let us know that the participants should contact the embassies soon to be able to get a visa in time.

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| style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-dyk">Use the opportunity to visit the Oktoberfest in Munich after MFI 2016. See [http://www.oktoberfest.de/en http://www.oktoberfest.de/en] for more details.
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| Special Session proposals
| May 21, 2016
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| Tutorial and Workshop proposals
| June 1, 2016
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| Full paper submission
| <countdown finishmessage="Grace Period for Full Paper Submissions expired" time="06/09/2016 02:59 AM UTC-0400"><font color=red>'''Grace Period until Wednesday, June 9, 2016 02:59 a.m. EDT.<br />Due to many requests, the organizers decided to open the submission system for a few more days. Anybody wishing to upload or modify their submissions can do so until this time.'''<br />
'''<D>''' days, '''<H>''' hours, '''<M>''' minutes and '''<S>''' seconds left.</font> </countdown>
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| Notification of acceptance
| July 15, 2016
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| Final paper submission and early registration
| August 8, 2016
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Baden-Baden is an excellent location for MFI 2016. This is the second time the MFI comes to Baden-Baden, after the great success of MFI 2001.</div>
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Taking Multi-Sensor Fusion to the Next Level: From Theory to Applications</div>
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| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#e7deef; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d6bdde; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">''Theory:''</h2>
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Probability theory, Bayesian inference, nonlinear estimation, Dempster-Shafer, fuzzy sets, logic, machine learning, neural networks, distributed architectures</div>
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| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#e7deef; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d6bdde; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">''Sensors:''</h2>
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RGB cameras, depth cameras, radar and sonar devices, laser scanner, infrared sensors, IMU, gyroscopes</div>
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Tracking and localization, SLAM, perception, AI in robotics, cognitive systems, sensor registration, big data, sensor management, distributed sensor systems, recognition, visual servoing, learning by demonstration</div>
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Sensor networks, multi-robot systems, distributed and cloud robotics, bio-inspired systems, service robots, automation, biomedical applications, autonomous vehicles (land, sea, air), manipulation planning and control, multifinger hands, micro/nano systems, surveillance, multimodal interface and human robot interaction, navigation, Internet-of-Things, smart cities, cyber-physical systems, Industry 4.0, search/rescue/audition, field robotics, swarm robotics, force and tactile sensing, surgical robotics, humanoids, soft-bodied robots</div>
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[[File:mfi2017.png|MFI 2017|link=http://www.mfi2017.org]]<br /> Please visit [http://www.mfi2017.org www.mfi2017.org] or take a look at the call-for-papers ([http://media.wix.com/ugd/7e52d4_626b668dde88438b829452d94ecfc112.pdf CFP]).
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| style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-dyk"> The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2016) is an international conference sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES).
</div>
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{| id="mp-left" style="width:100%; vertical-align:top; background:#e7f7e76;"
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| style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-dyk">19 - 21 September 2016, Monday to Wednesday.

First day (Sept. 19) will be tutorials. Second and third day (Sept. 20 & 21) is the regular conference. Welcome reception is in the evening of the first day, Sept. 19. Banquet is on the evening of the second day, Sept. 20.
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In case you need to apply for a visa to enter Germany, you may require a confirmation letter to confirm that you are registered as a participant of the conference. The MFI 2016 organizing committee has been in close contact with the Federal Foreign Office in Germany to be able to provide a
simple and accessible way for you to obtain your a confirmation letter that will be accepted by your local embassy.

The Federal Foreign Office will tell the embassies to accept a digitally signed letter that will be provided by us. For this, the required personal information - full name, address, date of birth, gender and (if applicable) passport id - will be sent to the local embassy. Please note that we also need to know the embassy you have contacted or will contact in your visa application process.

'''To obtain your letter, simply fill in all required information on this [https://1drv.ms/xs/s!AqwugmufYHcXgSM0_B5ElFPs65xn form].'''

The Federal Foreign office has let us know that the participants should contact the embassies soon to be able to get a visa in time.

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| style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-dyk">Use the opportunity to visit the Oktoberfest in Munich after MFI 2016. See [http://www.oktoberfest.de/en http://www.oktoberfest.de/en] for more details.
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{|
| Special Session proposals
| May 21, 2016
|-
| Tutorial and Workshop proposals
| June 1, 2016
|-
| Full paper submission
| <countdown finishmessage="Grace Period for Full Paper Submissions expired" time="06/09/2016 02:59 AM UTC-0400"><font color=red>'''Grace Period until Wednesday, June 9, 2016 02:59 a.m. EDT.<br />Due to many requests, the organizers decided to open the submission system for a few more days. Anybody wishing to upload or modify their submissions can do so until this time.'''<br />
'''<D>''' days, '''<H>''' hours, '''<M>''' minutes and '''<S>''' seconds left.</font> </countdown>
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| Notification of acceptance
| July 15, 2016
|-
| Final paper submission and early registration
| August 8, 2016
|}</div>
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Baden-Baden is an excellent location for MFI 2016. This is the second time the MFI comes to Baden-Baden, after the great success of MFI 2001.</div>
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Taking Multi-Sensor Fusion to the Next Level: From Theory to Applications</div>
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| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#e7deef; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d6bdde; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">''Theory:''</h2>
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Probability theory, Bayesian inference, nonlinear estimation, Dempster-Shafer, fuzzy sets, logic, machine learning, neural networks, distributed architectures</div>
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| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#e7deef; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d6bdde; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">''Sensors:''</h2>
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RGB cameras, depth cameras, radar and sonar devices, laser scanner, infrared sensors, IMU, gyroscopes</div>
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| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#e7deef; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d6bdde; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">''Algorithms for:''</h2>
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Tracking and localization, SLAM, perception, AI in robotics, cognitive systems, sensor registration, big data, sensor management, distributed sensor systems, recognition, visual servoing, learning by demonstration</div>
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| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#e7deef; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #d6bdde; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">''Applications:''</h2>
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Sensor networks, multi-robot systems, distributed and cloud robotics, bio-inspired systems, service robots, automation, biomedical applications, autonomous vehicles (land, sea, air), manipulation planning and control, multifinger hands, micro/nano systems, surveillance, multimodal interface and human robot interaction, navigation, Internet-of-Things, smart cities, cyber-physical systems, Industry 4.0, search/rescue/audition, field robotics, swarm robotics, force and tactile sensing, surgical robotics, humanoids, soft-bodied robots</div>
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[[File:mfi2017.png|MFI 2017|link=http://www.mfi2017.org]]
Please visit [http://www.mfi2017.org www.mfi2017.org] or take a look at the call-for-papers ([http://media.wix.com/ugd/7e52d4_626b668dde88438b829452d94ecfc112.pdf CFP]).
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First day (Sept. 19) will be tutorials. Second and third day (Sept. 20 & 21) is the regular conference. Welcome reception is in the evening of the first day, Sept. 19. Banquet is on the evening of the second day, Sept. 20.
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In case you need to apply for a visa to enter Germany, you may require a confirmation letter to confirm that you are registered as a participant of the conference. The MFI 2016 organizing committee has been in close contact with the Federal Foreign Office in Germany to be able to provide a
simple and accessible way for you to obtain your a confirmation letter that will be accepted by your local embassy.

The Federal Foreign Office will tell the embassies to accept a digitally signed letter that will be provided by us. For this, the required personal information - full name, address, date of birth, gender and (if applicable) passport id - will be sent to the local embassy. Please note that we also need to know the embassy you have contacted or will contact in your visa application process.

'''To obtain your letter, simply fill in all required information on this [https://1drv.ms/xs/s!AqwugmufYHcXgSM0_B5ElFPs65xn form].'''

The Federal Foreign office has let us know that the participants should contact the embassies soon to be able to get a visa in time.

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Baden-Baden is an excellent location for MFI 2016. This is the second time the MFI comes to Baden-Baden, after the great success of MFI 2001.</div>
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Taking Multi-Sensor Fusion to the Next Level: From Theory to Applications</div>
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Probability theory, Bayesian inference, nonlinear estimation, Dempster-Shafer, fuzzy sets, logic, machine learning, neural networks, distributed architectures</div>
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RGB cameras, depth cameras, radar and sonar devices, laser scanner, infrared sensors, IMU, gyroscopes</div>
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Tracking and localization, SLAM, perception, AI in robotics, cognitive systems, sensor registration, big data, sensor management, distributed sensor systems, recognition, visual servoing, learning by demonstration</div>
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Sensor networks, multi-robot systems, distributed and cloud robotics, bio-inspired systems, service robots, automation, biomedical applications, autonomous vehicles (land, sea, air), manipulation planning and control, multifinger hands, micro/nano systems, surveillance, multimodal interface and human robot interaction, navigation, Internet-of-Things, smart cities, cyber-physical systems, Industry 4.0, search/rescue/audition, field robotics, swarm robotics, force and tactile sensing, surgical robotics, humanoids, soft-bodied robots</div>
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The plenary talks at the IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems will feature the following keynote speakers:

* [[Plenary_speakers#speaker1| Tuesday, September 20: Rüdiger Dillmann (KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany)]]
* [[Plenary_speakers#speaker2| Wednesday, September 21: Simon J. Julier(University College London, United Kingdom)]]

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=== <div align="center">Rüdiger Dillmann, KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany</div> ===
==== <div align="center">Neurorobotics in the Human Brain Project: Robot Sensor-Motor Controls Based on Spiking Neural Clouds</div> ====
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This talk presents a functional control framework for neuro-robotics platforms. The required robot controls are based on the plasticity of spiking neural clouds known from neuroscience and cybernetics. The work is part of the European FET-Flagship "Modelling the Human Brain" where simulated humanoid and other robots as well as human body model are be connected with a brain simulator and with neurohardware to study learning of sensor-motor body control schema. A neurorobotics simulator platform is used to study neural control mechanisms for visual servoing, grasping and body motion in particular. Learning of body schema, of coordinated whole body walking patterns and of learning of grasping activities are typical experiments to evaluate spiking neural clouds. An important aspect is to identify the simplest neuronal circuit capable of providing specific functionality and to use the circuit for the analysis and implementation in neuromorphic robot technology and neuromorphic systems engineerin. The first devices based on small, low ganularity models are to be scaled up to become more powerful and energy efficient whole body controls. As the project progresses towards the human brain truly intelligent humanoid robot controls and adequate world representations with a broad range of applications are considered. Actuators and sensorial feedback like vision, haptics and acoustics are to be discussed. As a starting point the brain of a mouse has been mapped with high granularity and implemented in a super computer. The model is used to study the behaviour of the mouse, its body-motion-schema, its receptors and its behaviour in a simulated virtual environment to support both mapping of brain functionalities and understanding basic neural adaptive control principles. Emphasis is given to the highly flexible synaptic plasticity supporting learning of various closed loop and feed forward contol principles.

[[File:dillmann.jpg|200px|frameless|left|Rüdiger Dillmann KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany|link=]]

'''Rüdiger Dillmann''' received his Ph. D. from University of Karlsruhe in 1980.
Since 1987 he has been Professor of the Department of Computer Science and is Director of the Research Lab. Humanoids and Intelligence Systems at KIT. 2002 he became director of an innovation lab. at the Research Center for Information Science (FZI), Karlsruhe. Since 2009 he is spokesman of the Institute of Anthropomatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technolog and founder of the KIT – Focus Anthropomatics and Robotics.

His research interest is in the areas of humanoid robotics with special emphasis on intelligent, autonomous and interactive robot behaviour based on machine learning methods and programming by demonstration (PbD). Other research interests include machine vision for mobile systems, man-machine interaction, computer supported intervention in surgery and related simulation techniques.

He is author/co-author of more than 850 scientific publications, conference papers, several books and book contributions.
He was Coordinator of the German Collaborative Research Center ”Humanoid Robots”, SFB 588 and several European IPs. He is Editor of the journal ”Robotics and Autonomous Systems”, Elsevier, and Editor in Chief
of the book series COSMOS, Springer. He is IEEE Fellow.

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=== <div align="center">Simon J. Julier, University College London, United Kingdom</div> ===
==== <div align="center">Tractable Estimation in Nonlinear Systems</div> ====
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An awkward fact of life is that almost all systems of interest are nonlinear. Nonlinearities introduce many challenges for estimation systems, including biases, coupling through higher order dependencies, and restrict estimates to lie on nonlinear manifolds. Although these problems can be solved in theory, it is well-known that, in practice, the theoretical solutions are intractable and suboptimal approximations must be used. Historically, linear minimum mean squared error estimators such as the Kalman filter were developed. Given the limitations of these algorithms, many other approaches—such as particle filters, Gaussian mixture models, grids and kernel density estimators have been proposed.

In this talk, we revisit the problem of how to develop tractable methods which will improve the performance of least squares estimators in nonlinear systems. There are two reasons for this. First, some methods (such as mixture models) build upon linear estimators, and improving the performance of these improves the performance of the entire system. Second, approaches such as particle filters suffer from problems such as the curse of dimensionality, and cannot be applied in practice. In particular, this talk will review the sigma point approaches, such as the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), the Cubature Kalman Flter (CKF). We will show how these approaches lead to a framework which is naturally scalable. We will also discuss the strengths and limitations of these approaches.

[[File:julier.jpg|200px|frameless|left|link=]]

'''Simon J. Julier''' is a Senior Lecturer at the Vision, Imaging and Virtual Environments Group, in the Computer Science Department at UCL. Before joining UCL, Dr. Julier worked for nine years at the 3D Mixed and Virtual Environments Laboratory at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. There he was PI of the Battlefield Augmented Reality System (BARS), a research effort to develop man-wearable systems for providing situation awareness information. He served as the Associate Director of the 3DMVEL from 2005–2006. His research interests include user interfaces, distributed data fusion, nonlinear estimation, and simultaneous localisation and mapping.
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The plenary talks at the IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems will feature the following keynote speakers:

* [[Plenary_speakers#speaker1| Tuesday, September 20: Rüdiger Dillmann (KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany)]]
* [[Plenary_speakers#speaker2| Wednesday, September 21: Simon J. Julier(University College London, United Kingdom)]]

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=== <div align="center">Rüdiger Dillmann, KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany</div> ===
==== <div align="center">Neurorobotics in the Human Brain Project: Robot Sensor-Motor Controls Based on Spiking Neural Clouds</div> ====
</div>

This talk presents a functional control framework for neuro-robotics platforms. The required robot controls are based on the plasticity of spiking neural clouds known from neuroscience and cybernetics. The work is part of the European FET-Flagship "Modelling the Human Brain" where simulated humanoid and other robots as well as human body model are be connected with a brain simulator and with neurohardware to study learning of sensor-motor body control schema. A neurorobotics simulator platform is used to study neural control mechanisms for visual servoing, grasping and body motion in particular. Learning of body schema, of coordinated whole body walking patterns and of learning of grasping activities are typical experiments to evaluate spiking neural clouds. An important aspect is to identify the simplest neuronal circuit capable of providing specific functionality and to use the circuit for the analysis and implementation in neuromorphic robot technology and neuromorphic systems engineerin. The first devices based on small, low ganularity models are to be scaled up to become more powerful and energy efficient whole body controls. As the project progresses towards the human brain truly intelligent humanoid robot controls and adequate world representations with a broad range of applications are considered. Actuators and sensorial feedback like vision, haptics and acoustics are to be discussed. As a starting point the brain of a mouse has been mapped with high granularity and implemented in a super computer. The model is used to study the behaviour of the mouse, its body-motion-schema, its receptors and its behaviour in a simulated virtual environment to support both mapping of brain functionalities and understanding basic neural adaptive control principles. Emphasis is given to the highly flexible synaptic plasticity supporting learning of various closed loop and feed forward contol principles.

[[File:dillmann.jpg|200px|frameless|left|Rüdiger Dillmann KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany|link=]]

'''Rüdiger Dillmann''' received his Ph. D. from University of Karlsruhe in 1980.
Since 1987 he has been Professor of the Department of Computer Science and is Director of the Research Lab. Humanoids and Intelligence Systems at KIT. 2002 he became director of an innovation lab. at the Research Center for Information Science (FZI), Karlsruhe. Since 2009 he is spokesman of the Institute of Anthropomatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technolog and founder of the KIT – Focus Anthropomatics and Robotics.

His research interest is in the areas of humanoid robotics with special emphasis on intelligent, autonomous and interactive robot behaviour based on machine learning methods and programming by demonstration (PbD). Other research interests include machine vision for mobile systems, man-machine interaction, computer supported intervention in surgery and related simulation techniques.

He is author/co-author of more than 850 scientific publications, conference papers, several books and book contributions.
He was Coordinator of the German Collaborative Research Center ”Humanoid Robots”, SFB 588 and several European IPs. He is Editor of the journal ”Robotics and Autonomous Systems”, Elsevier, and Editor in Chief
of the book series COSMOS, Springer. He is IEEE Fellow.

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=== <div align="center">Simon J. Julier, University College London, United Kingdom</div> ===
==== <div align="center">Tractable Estimation in Nonlinear Systems</div> ====
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An awkward fact of life is that almost all systems of interest are nonlinear. Nonlinearities introduce many challenges for estimation systems, including biases, coupling through higher order dependencies, and restrict estimates to lie on nonlinear manifolds. Although these problems can be solved in theory, it is well-known that, in practice, the theoretical solutions are intractable and suboptimal approximations must be used. Historically, linear minimum mean squared error estimators such as the Kalman filter were developed. Given the limitations of these algorithms, many other approaches—such as particle filters, Gaussian mixture models, grids and kernel density estimators have been proposed.

In this talk, we revisit the problem of how to develop tractable methods which will improve the performance of least squares estimators in nonlinear systems. There are two reasons for this. First, some methods (such as mixture models) build upon linear estimators, and improving the performance of these improves the performance of the entire system. Second, approaches such as particle filters suffer from problems such as the curse of dimensionality, and cannot be applied in practice. In particular, this talk will review the sigma point approaches, such as the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), the Cubature Kalman Flter (CKF). We will show how these approaches lead to a framework which is naturally scalable. We will also discuss the strengths and limitations of these approaches.

[[File:julier.jpg|200px|frameless|left|link=]]

'''Simon J. Julier''' is a Senior Lecturer at the Vision, Imaging and Virtual Environments Group, in the Computer Science Department at UCL. Before joining UCL, Dr. Julier worked for nine years at the 3D Mixed and Virtual Environments Laboratory at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. There he was PI of the Battlefield Augmented Reality System (BARS), a research effort to develop man-wearable systems for providing situation awareness information. He served as the Associate Director of the 3DMVEL from 2005–2006. His research interests include user interfaces, distributed data fusion, nonlinear estimation, and simultaneous localisation and mapping.
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Plenary speakers

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The plenary talks at the IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems will feature the following keynote speakers:

* [[Plenary_speakers#speaker1| Tuesday, September 20: Rüdiger Dillmann (KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany)]]
* [[Plenary_speakers#speaker2| Wednesday, September 21: Simon J. Julier(University College London, United Kingdom)]]

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=== <div align="center">Rüdiger Dillmann, KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany</div> ===
==== <div align="center">Neurorobotics in the Human Brain Project: Robot Sensor-Motor Controls Based on Spiking Neural Clouds</div> ====
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This talk presents a functional control framework for neuro-robotics platforms. The required robot controls are based on the plasticity of spiking neural clouds known from neuroscience and cybernetics. The work is part of the European FET-Flagship "Modelling the Human Brain" where simulated humanoid and other robots as well as human body model are be connected with a brain simulator and with neurohardware to study learning of sensor-motor body control schema. A neurorobotics simulator platform is used to study neural control mechanisms for visual servoing, grasping and body motion in particular. Learning of body schema, of coordinated whole body walking patterns and of learning of grasping activities are typical experiments to evaluate spiking neural clouds. An important aspect is to identify the simplest neuronal circuit capable of providing specific functionality and to use the circuit for the analysis and implementation in neuromorphic robot technology and neuromorphic systems engineerin. The first devices based on small, low ganularity models are to be scaled up to become more powerful and energy efficient whole body controls. As the project progresses towards the human brain truly intelligent humanoid robot controls and adequate world representations with a broad range of applications are considered. Actuators and sensorial feedback like vision, haptics and acoustics are to be discussed. As a starting point the brain of a mouse has been mapped with high granularity and implemented in a super computer. The model is used to study the behaviour of the mouse, its body-motion-schema, its receptors and its behaviour in a simulated virtual environment to support both mapping of brain functionalities and understanding basic neural adaptive control principles. Emphasis is given to the highly flexible synaptic plasticity supporting learning of various closed loop and feed forward contol principles.

[[File:dillmann.jpg|126px|frameless|left|Rüdiger Dillmann KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany|link=]]

'''Rüdiger Dillmann''' received his Ph. D. from University of Karlsruhe in 1980.
Since 1987 he has been Professor of the Department of Computer Science and is Director of the Research Lab. Humanoids and Intelligence Systems at KIT. 2002 he became director of an innovation lab. at the Research Center for Information Science (FZI), Karlsruhe. Since 2009 he is spokesman of the Institute of Anthropomatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technolog and founder of the KIT – Focus Anthropomatics and Robotics.

His research interest is in the areas of humanoid robotics with special emphasis on intelligent, autonomous and interactive robot behaviour based on machine learning methods and programming by demonstration (PbD). Other research interests include machine vision for mobile systems, man-machine interaction, computer supported intervention in surgery and related simulation techniques.

He is author/co-author of more than 850 scientific publications, conference papers, several books and book contributions.
He was Coordinator of the German Collaborative Research Center ”Humanoid Robots”, SFB 588 and several European IPs. He is Editor of the journal ”Robotics and Autonomous Systems”, Elsevier, and Editor in Chief
of the book series COSMOS, Springer. He is IEEE Fellow.

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=== <div align="center">Simon J. Julier, University College London, United Kingdom</div> ===
==== <div align="center">Tractable Estimation in Nonlinear Systems</div> ====
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An awkward fact of life is that almost all systems of interest are nonlinear. Nonlinearities introduce many challenges for estimation systems, including biases, coupling through higher order dependencies, and restrict estimates to lie on nonlinear manifolds. Although these problems can be solved in theory, it is well-known that, in practice, the theoretical solutions are intractable and suboptimal approximations must be used. Historically, linear minimum mean squared error estimators such as the Kalman filter were developed. Given the limitations of these algorithms, many other approaches—such as particle filters, Gaussian mixture models, grids and kernel density estimators have been proposed.

In this talk, we revisit the problem of how to develop tractable methods which will improve the performance of least squares estimators in nonlinear systems. There are two reasons for this. First, some methods (such as mixture models) build upon linear estimators, and improving the performance of these improves the performance of the entire system. Second, approaches such as particle filters suffer from problems such as the curse of dimensionality, and cannot be applied in practice. In particular, this talk will review the sigma point approaches, such as the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), the Cubature Kalman Flter (CKF). We will show how these approaches lead to a framework which is naturally scalable. We will also discuss the strengths and limitations of these approaches.

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'''Simon J. Julier''' is a Senior Lecturer at the Vision, Imaging and Virtual Environments Group, in the Computer Science Department at UCL. Before joining UCL, Dr. Julier worked for nine years at the 3D Mixed and Virtual Environments Laboratory at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. There he was PI of the Battlefield Augmented Reality System (BARS), a research effort to develop man-wearable systems for providing situation awareness information. He served as the Associate Director of the 3DMVEL from 2005–2006. His research interests include user interfaces, distributed data fusion, nonlinear estimation, and simultaneous localisation and mapping.
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First day (Sept. 19) will be tutorials. Second and third day (Sept. 20 & 21) is the regular conference. Welcome reception is in the evening of the first day, Sept. 19. Banquet is on the evening of the second day, Sept. 20.
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simple and accessible way for you to obtain your a confirmation letter that will be accepted by your local embassy.

The Federal Foreign Office will tell the embassies to accept a digitally signed letter that will be provided by us. For this, the required personal information - full name, address, date of birth, gender and (if applicable) passport id - will be sent to the local embassy. Please note that we also need to know the embassy you have contacted or will contact in your visa application process.

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Baden-Baden is an excellent location for MFI 2016. This is the second time the MFI comes to Baden-Baden, after the great success of MFI 2001.</div>
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Taking Multi-Sensor Fusion to the Next Level: From Theory to Applications</div>
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RGB cameras, depth cameras, radar and sonar devices, laser scanner, infrared sensors, IMU, gyroscopes</div>
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Tracking and localization, SLAM, perception, AI in robotics, cognitive systems, sensor registration, big data, sensor management, distributed sensor systems, recognition, visual servoing, learning by demonstration</div>
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Sensor networks, multi-robot systems, distributed and cloud robotics, bio-inspired systems, service robots, automation, biomedical applications, autonomous vehicles (land, sea, air), manipulation planning and control, multifinger hands, micro/nano systems, surveillance, multimodal interface and human robot interaction, navigation, Internet-of-Things, smart cities, cyber-physical systems, Industry 4.0, search/rescue/audition, field robotics, swarm robotics, force and tactile sensing, surgical robotics, humanoids, soft-bodied robots</div>
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simple and accessible way for you to obtain your a confirmation letter that will be accepted by your local embassy.

The Federal Foreign Office will tell the embassies to accept a digitally signed letter that will be provided by us. For this, the required personal information - full name, address, date of birth, gender and (if applicable) passport id - will be sent to the local embassy. Please note that we also need to know the embassy you have contacted or will contact in your visa application process.

'''To obtain your letter, simply fill in all required information on this [https://1drv.ms/xs/s!AqwugmufYHcXgSM0_B5ElFPs65xn form].'''

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| Special Session proposals
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| June 1, 2016
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| Full paper submission
| <countdown finishmessage="Grace Period for Full Paper Submissions expired" time="06/09/2016 02:59 AM UTC-0400"><font color=red>'''Grace Period until Wednesday, June 9, 2016 02:59 a.m. EDT.<br />Due to many requests, the organizers decided to open the submission system for a few more days. Anybody wishing to upload or modify their submissions can do so until this time.'''<br />
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Taking Multi-Sensor Fusion to the Next Level: From Theory to Applications</div>
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Probability theory, Bayesian inference, nonlinear estimation, Dempster-Shafer, fuzzy sets, logic, machine learning, neural networks, distributed architectures</div>
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RGB cameras, depth cameras, radar and sonar devices, laser scanner, infrared sensors, IMU, gyroscopes</div>
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Sensor networks, multi-robot systems, distributed and cloud robotics, bio-inspired systems, service robots, automation, biomedical applications, autonomous vehicles (land, sea, air), manipulation planning and control, multifinger hands, micro/nano systems, surveillance, multimodal interface and human robot interaction, navigation, Internet-of-Things, smart cities, cyber-physical systems, Industry 4.0, search/rescue/audition, field robotics, swarm robotics, force and tactile sensing, surgical robotics, humanoids, soft-bodied robots</div>
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* [[Tutorials#tutorial1| T1 Introduction to distributed and event-based state estimation]]
* [[Tutorials#tutorial2| T2 Relatives for the Kalman filter for tracking and fusion]]
* [[Tutorials#tutorial3| T3 Robust Kalman filtering]]
* [[Tutorials#tutorial4| T4 Multisensor fusion in Automated driving]]
* [[Tutorials#tutorial5| T5 Fusion and Bayesian Reasoning with Subjective Logic]]
* [[Tutorials#tutorial6| T6 Passive Surveillance - Advanced Algorithms and Challenging Applications]]
* [[Tutorials#tutorial7| T7 Extended object tracking: Theory and applications]]
* [[Tutorials#tutorial8| T8 Proactive Optimal Control to Infer Information Faster]]

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Extended Object Tracking: Theory and Applications<br />
''K. Granström''
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Multisensor MFI in Automated driving<br />
''J. Elfring''
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Introduction to distributed event-based state estimation<br />
''S. Trimpe''

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'''12:30–15:30'''
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Proactive Optimal Control to Infer Information Faster<br />
''R. Urniezius''
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MFI and Bayesian Reasoning with Subjective Logic<br />
''A. Josang''
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Relatives of the Kalman Filter for Tracking and MFI<br />
''D. Fränken''

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'''16:00–19:00'''
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Proactive Optimal Control to Infer Information Faster<br />
''R. Urniezius''
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Passive Surveillance - Advanced Algorithms and Challenging Applications<br />
''W. Koch''
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Robust Kalman Filtering<br />
''F. Pfaff''

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'''Presenter:''' [mailto:strimpe@tuebingen.mpg.de Sebastian Trimpe]<br />
'''Length:''' 3 hours<br />
'''Brief description:''' This tutorial provides an introduction to event-based estimation (and control), where new measurement samples are not triggered periodically in time but at well-designed critieria on the measurement signal itself or on the current estimation results. In particular, the tutorial discusses key-aspect of event-based system design (triggering criteria, existing algorithms for estimation, distributed architectures) and highlight several successful experimental applications in networked control and robotics.<br />
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'''Presenter:''' [mailto:dietrich.fraenken@airbus.com Dietrich Fränken]<br />
'''Length:''' 3 hours<br />
'''Brief description:''' This tutorial gives attendees an overview of Kalman-filter-like estimators for state estimation and fusion while taking a system design point of view. An important aspects of the tutorial are how to approach the options to select between the difference estimators, what will be the resulting effort to put in with respect to both implementation and brain power and what possible side-effects can occur when using those filters too naively.<br />
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'''Presenter:''' [mailto:florian.pfaff@kit.edu Florian Pfaff] and [mailto:benjamin.noack@kit.edu Benjamin Noack]<br />
'''Length:''' 3 hours<br />
'''Brief description:''' The tutorial covers various Kalman-filter-like estimators when the observed process has high uncertainties and therefore cannot be captured accurately with a linear models and perfectly selected noise distributions. The tutorial focusses on hybrid estimators relying on the combination of stochastic and set-membership approaches. Several solutions will be presented during this tutorial along with new challenges showing the versatility of hybrid estimation.<br />
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'''Presenter:''' [mailto:jos.elfring@tno.nl Jos Elfring]<br />
'''Length:''' 3 hours<br />
'''Brief description:''' This tutorial explains the domain of (cooperative) automated driving from a multisensor fusion perspective. Topics that will be discussed are, among others, Bayesian filtering and track-to-track fusion algorithms in automated driving, domain specific multisensor fusion requirements and prediction and measurement models. Both theoretical considerations and practical constraints for applying multisensor fusion in (cooperative) automated driving will be discussed.<br />
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'''Presenter:''' [mailto:josang@ifi.uio.no Audun Jøsang]<br />
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'''Brief description:''' This tutorial gives attendees an introduction to subjective logic and how it applies to Bayesian network modelling and information fusion. Specific elements of the tutorial are (1) Representation and interpretation of subjective opinions, (2) Algebraic operators of subjective logic, and (3) Applications of subjective logic like Bayesian network modelling and analysis.<br />
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'''Presenter:''' [mailto:W.Koch@ieee.org Wolfgang Koch]<br />
'''Length:''' 3 hours<br />
'''Brief description:''' The tutorial covers partly material of the recently published book of the presenter (Tracking and Data Fusion, Springer 2014) and thus provides a guided introduction to deeper reading with a particular focus on passive surveillance. Starting point is the well-known JDL model of sensor data and information fusion that provides general orientation within the world of fusion methodologies and its various applications, covering a dynamically evolving field of ever increasing relevance. Using the JDL model as a guiding principle, the tutorial introduces into advanced fusion technologies based on practical examples taken from real world applications.<br />
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'''Presenter:''' [mailto:karl.granstrom@chalmers.se Karl Granström], [mailto:stephan.reuter@uni-ulm.de Stephan Reuter], and [mailto:marcus.baum@cs.uni-goettingen.de Marcus Baum]<br />
'''Length:''' 3 hours<br />
'''Brief description:''' The tutorial will introduce the topic of extended object tracking, i.e., object tracking using modern high resolution sensors that give multiple detections per object. State of the art theory will be introduced, and relevant real-world applications will be shown. The theory is presented in several tracking examples with different object types (e.g., pedestrians, bicyclists and cars) and different sensor systems (e.g., Lidar, radar and camera).<br />
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'''Presenter:''' Renaldas Urniezius<br />
'''Length:''' 6 hours<br />
'''Brief description:''' Assume that we a have a robot and we know what force is applied to the mass center of the robot. Our inputs are the velocity of the robot and the known control force signal. We know that transient signals can tell us about the mass and friction coefficient based on boundary conditions of Newton’s second law. Putting it simpler, the start of the any transient process after switching on a control force tells us what the inertia of the robot is and the end time series provide information about steady state, which explains us, what the friction coefficient is. However, how to incorporate both start and end time series in a single inference step when mass and friction are changing in time? This tutorial answers this question.<br />
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'''Length:''' 3 hours

'''Intended Audience:''' The intended audience are users and researchers of stochastic filtering dealing with uncertainties that
are not purely stochastic, such as discretization uncertainty and set-membership constraints, or are
dealing with negative information. The presented approaches will not only help them understand a
more general way to model their systems, but can also help them reduce non-linearity of their system
and measurement models. Attendants must be familiar with the Kalman filter to take full advantage
of this tutorial.

'''Description:''' perfectly known parameters of the prior and noise distributions. This requirement is not special to the
Kalman filter but is rather an inherent problem deeply rooted into Bayesian filtering and, in parts, also
frequentist statistics. The attendants will learn how this problem can be overcome by using hybrid
approaches that rely on a combination of stochastic and set-membership methods. The approach is
thoroughly explained along with solutions to new challenges arising. Furthermore, using the example
of event-based estimation, the attendants will learn how these versatile approaches not only help to
improve our modeling of the true uncertainty but also help to make use of the absence of information.

'''Presenter:''' [mailto:florian.pfaff@kit.edu Florian Pfaff] and [mailto:benjamin.noack@kit.edu Benjamin Noack]

'''Benjamin Noack''' received his Diploma in Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, in
2009. He graduated as Dr.-Ing. (Doctor of Engineering) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),
Germany, in January 2013. Since 2013 he is a senior researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
(KIT), Germany. His research interests are in the area of multi-sensor data fusion, distributed and
decentralized Kalman filtering, combined stochastic and set-membership approaches to state
estimation, and event-based systems.

'''Florian Pfaff''' started his involvement with Robust Kalman filtering during his master thesis and is coauthor
of papers presenting important advances. He started as a PHD student at the Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT) in 2014 after completing his master's degree for which he received an award due
to his outstanding performance.

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[[File:Hanebeck.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Uwe D. Hanebeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/7/72/Hanebeck.jpg]] Uwe D. Hanebeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:uwe.hanebeck@kit.edu<email>uwe.hanebeck@kit.edu</email>]
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[[File:Luo.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Ren C. Luo, National Taiwan University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/4/4d/Luo.jpg]] Ren C. Luo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, [mailto:renluo@ntu.edu.tw<email>renluo@ntu.edu.tw</email>]
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[[File:Henderson.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Thomas C. Henderson, University of Utah|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/7/71/Henderson.jpg]] Thomas C. Henderson, University of Utah, USA, [mailto:tch@cs.utah.edu<email>tch@cs.utah.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Dillmann.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Rüdiger Dillmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/f/ff/Dillmann.jpg]] Rüdiger Dillmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:ruediger.dillmann@kit.edu<email>ruediger.dillmann@kit.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Siegwart.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Roland Siegwart, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/a/a3/Siegwart.jpg]] Roland Siegwart, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, [mailto:rsiegwart@ethz.ch<email>rsiegwart@ethz.ch</email>]
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[[File:Beard.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Randal W. Beard, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/6/66/Beard.jpg]] Randal W. Beard, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah, USA, [mailto:beard@byu.edu<email>beard@byu.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Baum.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Marcus Baum, University of Göttingen|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/6/62/Baum.jpg]] Marcus Baum, University of Göttingen, Germany, [mailto:marcus.baum@cs.uni-goettingen.de<email>marcus.baum@cs.uni-goettingen.de</email>]
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[[File:Blom.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Henk Blom, Delft University of Technology and National Aerospace Laboratory NLR|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/5/55/Blom.jpg]] Henk Blom, Delft University of Technology and National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, The Netherlands, [mailto:H.A.P.Blom@tudelft.nl<email>H.A.P.Blom@tudelft.nl</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Noack.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Benjamin Noack, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/8/81/Noack.jpg]] Benjamin Noack, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:noack@kit.edu<email>noack@kit.edu</email>]
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[[File:Rao.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Nageswara Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/4/46/Rao.jpg]] Nageswara Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA, [mailto:raons@ornl.gov<email>raons@ornl.gov</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Sukhan_lee.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Suk-Han Lee, SungKyunKwan University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/d/d1/Sukhan_lee.jpg]] Suk-Han Lee, SungKyunKwan University, Korea, [mailto:lsh@ece.skku.ac.kr<email>lsh@ece.skku.ac.kr</email>]
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[[File:Bishop.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Adrian Bishop, University of Technology Sydney and NICTA Sydney|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/b/b4/Bishop.jpg]] Adrian Bishop, University of Technology Sydney and NICTA Sydney, Australia, [mailto:adrian.bishop@uts.edu.au<email>adrian.bishop@uts.edu.au</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Sijs.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Joris Sijs, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/f/f4/Sijs.jpg]] Joris Sijs, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Den Haag, The Netherlands, [mailto:joris.sijs@tno.nl<email>joris.sijs@tno.nl</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Huber.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Marco Huber, USU AG|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/9/91/Huber.jpg]] Marco Huber, USU AG, Germany, [mailto:marco.huber@ieee.org<email>marco.huber@ieee.org</email>]
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[[File:Laengle.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Thomas Längle, Fraunhofer IOSB|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/0/0f/Laengle.jpg]] Thomas Längle, Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe, Germany (responsible for the European area), [mailto:Thomas.Laengle@iosb.fraunhofer.de<email>Thomas.Laengle@iosb.fraunhofer.de</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Sun.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Fuchun Sun, Tsinghua, China|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/9/97/Sun.jpg]] Fuchun Sun, Tsinghua, China (responsible for the Asian area), [mailto:fcsun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn<email>fcsun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Campbell.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Mark Campbell, Cornell University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/0/03/Campbell.jpg]] Mark Campbell, Cornell University, USA (responsible for the US area), [mailto:mc288@cornell.edu<email>mc288@cornell.edu</email>]
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[[File:Horn.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Joachim Horn, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/b/bc/Horn.jpg]] Joachim Horn, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Germany, [mailto:Joachim.Horn@hsu-hh.de<email>Joachim.Horn@hsu-hh.de</email>]
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[[File:Pfaff.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Florian Pfaff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/b/bd/Pfaff.jpg]] Florian Pfaff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:pfaff@kit.edu<email>pfaff@kit.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Faion.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Florian Faion, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/8/89/Faion.jpg]] Florian Faion, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:florian.faion@kit.edu<email>florian.faion@kit.edu</email>]
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[[File:Gordon_lee.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Gordon Lee, San Diego State University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/9/98/Gordon_lee.jpg]] Gordon Lee, San Diego State University, USA, [mailto:glee@mail.sdsu.edu<email>glee@mail.sdsu.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Strand.JPG|60px|frameless|left|Marcus Strand, DHBW Karlsruhe|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/f/fb/Strand.JPG]] Marcus Strand, DHBW Karlsruhe, Germany, [mailto:strand@dhbw-karlsruhe.de<email>strand@dhbw-karlsruhe.de</email>]
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[[File:Beyerer.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Jürgen Beyerer, Fraunhofer IOSB|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/5/52/Beyerer.jpg]] Jürgen Beyerer, Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe, Germany, [mailto:juergen.beyerer@iosb.fraunhofer.de<email>juergen.beyerer@iosb.fraunhofer.de</email>]
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Schedule

2016-09-05T11:06:41Z

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!style="text-align:center;background-color:#fff7bd;"| '''Room code'''
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffe8;"| '''Room A'''
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffe8;" | Kongress Saal II
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffe8;" | 200
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#fff7bd;"| '''Room B'''
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#fff7bd;" | Sitzungssaal 7
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#fff7bd;" | 50
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffe8;"| '''Room C'''
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffe8;" | Sitzungssaal 10
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffe8;" | 50
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! style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfafcf;"| '''Monday, September 19'''
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#f7eff7;" | 08:30
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#f7eff7;" | Tutorial session
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ebdbf0;" | 11:30
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ebdbf0;" | Lunch Break (Lunch not included)
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#f7eff7;" | 12:30
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#f7eff7;" | Tutorial session
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ebdbf0;" | 15:30
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ebdbf0;" | Coffee break
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#f7eff7;" | 16:00
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#f7eff7;" | Tutorial session
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|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ebdbf0;" | 19:00
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#ebdbf0;" | Welcome reception
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Link to [[Tutorials#timetable| Tutorials schedule]].
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Team

2016-08-31T08:58:56Z

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[[File:Hanebeck.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Uwe D. Hanebeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/7/72/Hanebeck.jpg]] Uwe D. Hanebeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:uwe.hanebeck@kit.edu<email>uwe.hanebeck@kit.edu</email>]
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[[File:Luo.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Ren C. Luo, National Taiwan University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/4/4d/Luo.jpg]] Ren C. Luo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, [mailto:renluo@ntu.edu.tw<email>renluo@ntu.edu.tw</email>]
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[[File:Henderson.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Thomas C. Henderson, University of Utah|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/7/71/Henderson.jpg]] Thomas C. Henderson, University of Utah, USA, [mailto:tch@cs.utah.edu<email>tch@cs.utah.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Dillmann.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Rüdiger Dillmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/f/ff/Dillmann.jpg]] Rüdiger Dillmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:ruediger.dillmann@kit.edu<email>ruediger.dillmann@kit.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Siegwart.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Roland Siegwart, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/a/a3/Siegwart.jpg]] Roland Siegwart, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, [mailto:rsiegwart@ethz.ch<email>rsiegwart@ethz.ch</email>]
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[[File:Beard.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Randal W. Beard, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/6/66/Beard.jpg]] Randal W. Beard, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah, USA, [mailto:beard@byu.edu<email>beard@byu.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Baum.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Marcus Baum, University of Göttingen|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/6/62/Baum.jpg]] Marcus Baum, University of Göttingen, Germany, [mailto:marcus.baum@cs.uni-goettingen.de<email>marcus.baum@cs.uni-goettingen.de</email>]
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[[File:Blom.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Henk Blom, Delft University of Technology and National Aerospace Laboratory NLR|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/5/55/Blom.jpg]] Henk Blom, Delft University of Technology and National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, The Netherlands, [mailto:H.A.P.Blom@tudelft.nl<email>H.A.P.Blom@tudelft.nl</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Noack.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Benjamin Noack, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/8/81/Noack.jpg]] Benjamin Noack, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:noack@kit.edu<email>noack@kit.edu</email>]
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[[File:Rao.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Nageswara Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/4/46/Rao.jpg]] Nageswara Rao, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA, [mailto:raons@ornl.gov<email>raons@ornl.gov</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Sukhan_lee.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Suk-Han Lee, SungKyunKwan University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/d/d1/Sukhan_lee.jpg]] Suk-Han Lee, SungKyunKwan University, Korea, [mailto:lsh@ece.skku.ac.kr<email>lsh@ece.skku.ac.kr</email>]
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[[File:Bishop.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Adrian Bishop, University of Technology Sydney and NICTA Sydney|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/b/b4/Bishop.jpg]] Adrian Bishop, University of Technology Sydney and NICTA Sydney, Australia, [mailto:adrian.bishop@uts.edu.au<email>adrian.bishop@uts.edu.au</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Sijs.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Joris Sijs, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/f/f4/Sijs.jpg]] Joris Sijs, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Den Haag, The Netherlands, [mailto:joris.sijs@tno.nl<email>joris.sijs@tno.nl</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Huber.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Marco Huber, USU AG|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/9/91/Huber.jpg]] Marco Huber, USU AG, Germany, [mailto:marco.huber@ieee.org<email>marco.huber@ieee.org</email>]
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[[File:Laengle.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Thomas Längle, Fraunhofer IOSB|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/0/0f/Laengle.jpg]] Thomas Längle, Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe, Germany (responsible for the European area), [mailto:Thomas.Laengle@iosb.fraunhofer.de<email>Thomas.Laengle@iosb.fraunhofer.de</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Sun.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Fuchun Sun, Tsinghua, China|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/9/97/Sun.jpg]] Fuchun Sun, Tsinghua, China (responsible for the Asian area), [mailto:fcsun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn<email>fcsun@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Campbell.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Mark Campbell, Cornell University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/0/03/Campbell.jpg]] Mark Campbell, Cornell University, USA (responsible for the US area), [mailto:mc288@cornell.edu<email>mc288@cornell.edu</email>]
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[[File:Horn.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Joachim Horn, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/b/bc/Horn.jpg]] Joachim Horn, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Germany, [mailto:Joachim.Horn@hsu-hh.de<email>Joachim.Horn@hsu-hh.de</email>]
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[[File:Faion.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Florian Faion, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/8/89/Faion.jpg]] Florian Faion, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, [mailto:florian.faion@kit.edu<email>florian.faion@kit.edu</email>]
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[[File:Gordon_lee.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Gordon Lee, San Diego State University|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/9/98/Gordon_lee.jpg]] Gordon Lee, San Diego State University, USA, [mailto:glee@mail.sdsu.edu<email>glee@mail.sdsu.edu</email>]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
[[File:Strand.JPG|60px|frameless|left|Marcus Strand, DHBW Karlsruhe|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/f/fb/Strand.JPG]] Marcus Strand, DHBW Karlsruhe, Germany, [mailto:strand@dhbw-karlsruhe.de<email>strand@dhbw-karlsruhe.de</email>]
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[[File:Beyerer.jpg|60px|frameless|left|Jürgen Beyerer, Fraunhofer IOSB|link=http://mfi2016.org/images/5/52/Beyerer.jpg]] Jürgen Beyerer, Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe, Germany, [mailto:juergen.beyerer@iosb.fraunhofer.de<email>juergen.beyerer@iosb.fraunhofer.de</email>]
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The MFI 2016 organization team is delighted to offer
* the Best Paper Award (winning paper and two runners-up)
* Best Student Paper Award (winning paper and two runners-up).

All awards will be presented at the MFI 2016 Gala Dinner in the evening of Tuesday, September 20.
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This award recognizes excellence among researchers and scientists in information MFI, which was a central theme throughout Jean-Pierre Le Cadre's distinguished career. In addition to the best paper award, as judged by the Awards Committee, there will also be awards for the two runners-up. All awardees will receive certificates and cash prices.
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This award encourages the involvement of young researchers and scientists in information MFI. It honors Tammy L. Blair's commitment to our society. In addition to the best student paper, as judged by the Awards Committee, two runners-up will be recognized. All awardees will receive certificates and cash prices. Student authors of award papers are required to attend the MFI conference. For more information, see http://isif.org/isif-young-investigator-award.
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This award is sponsored by the International Society for Information MFI (ISIF) to recognize a researcher or engineer for outstanding contributions to the field of information MFI throughout their career. Contributions include technical advances, technical vision and leadership, education and mentoring, novel applications of information MFI and the associated engineering achievements, and service to ISIF. This award may be given annually, if outstanding candidates are nominated, but it is expected to be given at least once every 3 years because individuals with the anticipated level of contributions to information MFI throughout a career will be rare. The award will be presented at the annual International Conference on Information MFI. For more information see http://isif.org/isif-yaakov-bar-shalom-award-lifetime-excellence-information-MFI
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This annual award is sponsored by the International Society of Information MFI (ISIF). The purpose of this award is to grant international recognition for outstanding contributions to the art of information MFI by a young ISIF member. The goals of the ISIF in granting this award are to encourage individual effort and to foster increased participation by developing researchers and engineers. This ISIF award consists of a commemorative recognition plaque and travel grant to receive the award. The ISIF Young Investigator Award will be honored at the annual International Conference on Information MFI. For more information, see http://isif.org/isif-young-investigator-award
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We are proud to announce that our sponsor Springer will present additional book prizes to the above mentioned awardees. The prizes will be in the form of vouchers, so that the awardees can freely select appropriate books after the conference.<br />
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The awards at MFI 2016 are selected by an Awards Committee headed by the two Awards Chairs

* X. Rong Li
* Roy Streit

and comprises the following seven members

* Henk Blom
* Chee-Yee Chong
* Dale Lambert
* Simon Maskell
* Pramod Varshney
* Yunmin Zhu
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