Support for a Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

描述（由申请人提供）：本R13申请的目的是请求支持为期2.5天的会议，该会议将为研究应用于康复的机器人技术的研究人员之间的信息交流提供论坛。这次会议题为“人机界面的新领域”，将于2005年6月28日至7月1日在西北大学芝加哥校区举行，芝加哥康复研究所隶属于该校区。我们希望会议将提供一个机会，审查目前的知识，以确定现有知识的关键差距，并制定一个研究议程，可以解决这些问题。从科学上讲，康复机器人领域正处于治疗机器人、脑机接口以及专门为与人类接触而设计的机电设备的出现等领域的新前沿。 会议将有大约275名与会者，包括3名特邀主旨发言人、26名特邀发言人（其中9名为妇女）、大约100名受训人员（研究生和博士后研究员）以及一些实地调查人员。一位应邀的主旨发言人已同意参加会议。 会议形式将包括三次45分钟的主旨发言（每天一次，30分钟）、40次讲台演讲（每次15分钟，每天16次）、两次海报展示以及每次会议结束时的讨论时间。 会议将鼓励青年调查员、妇女、少数民族和残疾人参加，为这些群体的代表保留8个旅行奖（每个群体两个）。此外，会议传统上高度重视真实的机器人系统的实际演示。 为了鼓励这一活动，会议将为技术用户提供4个额外的旅行奖励，以参加会议，沿着为研究人员提供800美元的津贴，以运送设备到会议。 IEEE机器人与自动化学会与医疗机器人委员会将共同赞助此次会议，从而提供多年的组织经验以及宣传渠道。因此，提交的4-6页的论文最终将被放置在IEEE探索，一个高度宣传的网站。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this R13 application is to request support for a 2.5-day meeting that will provide a forum for the exchange of information between investigators who study robotics applied to rehabilitation. The meeting, entitled "New Frontiers in the Human-Machine Interface", will be held at the Northwestern University (NU) Chicago campus, with which the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) is affiliated, on June 28-July 1, 2005. We expect that the meeting will provide an opportunity to review current knowledge, to identify critical gaps in existing knowledge, and to formulate a research agenda that can address these issues. Scientifically, the field of rehabilitation robotics is on the verge of new frontiers in the areas of therapeutic robotics, the brain-machine interface, and the advent of electromechanical devices specially designed for contact with humans. The meeting will involve about 275 participants, including three invited keynote speakers, 26 invited speakers (9 of whom are women), approximately 100 trainees (graduate students and post-doctoral fellows), and a number of investigators in the field. One invited keynote speaker has already agreed to participate in the meeting. The meeting format will consist of three 45-minute keynote addresses (one per day, 30 minute), 40 podium presentations (15 minutes each, 16 per day), 2 poster sessions, and time for discussion at the end of each session. The meeting will encourage the participation of young investigators, women, minorities, and the disabled by reserving space for 8 travel awards reserved for representatives of these groups (two each). Furthermore, the conference has traditionally placed a high value on practical demonstrations of real robotic systems. To encourage this activity, the conference will provide 4 additional travel awards for users of technology to attend the conference, along with provide $800 stipends for researchers to ship equipment to the conference. The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, in conjunction with the Committee for Medical Robotics, will cosponsor the conference, thereby providing years of organizational experience as well as a conduit for publicity. Consequently, the 4-6-page submitted papers will eventually be placed on IEEE Explore, a highly publicized website.