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*** Handbook of Robotics Wins Major Publishing Awards ***The Springer Handbook of Robotics, edited by Professors Bruno Sicilianoand Oussama Khatib, has won two PROSE Awards presented by the AmericanAssociation of Publishers, Professional and Scholarly PublishingDivision.On February 5th, in Washington, D.C., less than 9 months after itspublication, the Handbook was recognized with the PROSE Award in theEngineering & Technology Category, as well as with the Award forExcellence in the overall Physical Sciences & Mathematics Category.http://www.proseawards.com/docs/2008%20PROSE%20Winners%20Press%20Release.docBoth editors-in-chief and many of the massive (1,611 pp.) Handbook's165 contributors and part editors are active members of the IEEERobotics and Automation Society. Professor Siciliano is the society'scurrent president.The Handbook was Springer's bestselling title in Engineering in 2008. Itis available in both print and on-line editions. The print editionincludes a searchable DVD with the full contents. Seehttp://www.springer.com/engineering/robotics/book/978-3-540-23957-4.
RAS eNews * IEEE Robotics and Automation Society17 February 2009 Vol 6 Number 2aContents:* RAS 2009 Student Activities Committee* Handbook of Robotics Wins Major Publishing Awards* RAS Island on "Second Life"--------------------------------------------------***RAS 2009 Student Activities Committee***Shogo Okamoto of Tohoku University, Japan and Junjie (Jonjay) Zhang ofTexas A&M University USA, have been named 2009 co-chairs of the RASStudent Activities Committee. They are working with Carol Reiley, the2008-9 Student AdCom Member and SAC chair to initiate and lead studentactivities at conferences, in particular ICRA, to represent studentinterests to the RAS AdCom, and to facilitate interaction andcommunication among all student RAS members.The Student Activities Committee was responsible for creating the RASwiki, the Jobs Board on the RAS wiki, organizing the student party atICRA08, and the IEEE-RAS Facebook Page (over 200 member so far).Student events at ICRA 2009 include a student workshop to take placeTuesday, May 12 (17:00-20:00) and a Karoke Party on Thursday, May 14(1st day of technical sessions). For more information, see the SAC wiki(ICRA 2009 website and the March 2009 issue of RA Magazine (comingsoon). Contact the SAC chairs at [email protected] to offer suggestionsor to volunteer to help with student activities.________*** Handbook of Robotics Wins Major Publishing Awards ***The Springer Handbook of Robotics, edited by Professors Bruno Sicilianoand Oussama Khatib, has won two PROSE Awards presented by the AmericanAssociation of Publishers, Professional and Scholarly PublishingDivision.On February 5th, in Washington, D.C., less than 9 months after itspublication, the Handbook was recognized with the PROSE Award in theEngineering & Technology Category, as well as with the Award forExcellence in the overall Physical Sciences & Mathematics Category.http://www.proseawards.com/docs/2008%20PROSE%20Winners%20Press%20Release.docBoth editors-in-chief and many of the massive (1,611 pp.) Handbook's165 contributors and part editors are active members of the IEEERobotics and Automation Society. Professor Siciliano is the society'scurrent president.The Handbook was Springer's bestselling title in Engineering in 2008. Itis available in both print and on-line editions. The print editionincludes a searchable DVD with the full contents. Seehttp://www.springer.com/engineering/robotics/book/978-3-540-23957-4.------------*** RAS Island on "Second Life" ***The Robotics and Automation Society's Second Life Presence, which wasdeveloped by Domenico Prattiichizzo and colleagues at the University ofSienna with support from RAS, is now up and running on one of two IEEEIslands in the virtual reality world of Linden Lab's Second Life (SL).RAS is the first IEEE entity to establish an active presence on SL.For more information see an article in the upcoming by Prattichizzo inthe March issue of RA Magazine and the IEEE Second Life webpage athttp://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/tab/secondlife/islands.html. Alsosee comments about the RAS Island by New World Notes blogger WagnerJames Au atnwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/02/ieee-opens-robotics-lab-in-second-life.htm.Second Life's official website http://secondlife.com describes it as"an engaging world shaped entirely by its residents." The RAS siteoffers the opportunity to show off new robots, announce events, andwhatever else members envision.Visit and see!
