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font-size: 14px;" lang="x-unicode">2nd Call for Papers <br>
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RoboCup International Symposium 2016 <br>
Leipzig, Germany <br>
July 4, 2016 <br>
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Due to numerous requests, the deadline for paper submission has
been extended <br>
to *March 25, 2016* (23:59 Pacific Time). <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.robocup2016.org/">http://www.robocup2016.org/</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:robocupsymposium2016@easychair.org">robocupsymposium2016@easychair.org</a>
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OVERVIEW <br>
<br>
The 20th Annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in
<br>
conjunction with RoboCup 2016. The Symposium is a primary venue
for <br>
presentation and discussion of scientific contributions to a
variety <br>
of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions (RoboCup
Soccer, <br>
RoboCup Rescue, RoboCup at Home, RoboCup at Work, and RoboCup <br>
Junior). Its scope includes, but is not restricted to, research
and <br>
educational activities in robotics and artificial intelligence.
<br>
<br>
Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the Symposium offers a
unique <br>
venue for exploring both theory and practice in wide spectrum of
<br>
research fields. The experimental, interactive, and benchmark <br>
character of the RoboCup initiative presents an opportunity to <br>
disseminate novel ideas and promising technologies, rapidly
adopted <br>
and field-tested by a large, and still growing, community. <br>
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SUBMISSION <br>
<br>
We solicit submissions of papers reporting high-quality,
original <br>
research with relevance to the areas mentioned below.
Researchers in <br>
these areas, even if not actively participating in RoboCup
teams, are <br>
urged to submit their work. We welcome both papers describing
real- <br>
world research and papers reporting theoretical results, as well
as <br>
combinations thereof. We also encourage the submission of high-
<br>
quality overview articles for any field related to the general
scope <br>
of RoboCup. <br>
<br>
The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium are
published <br>
and archived within the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in
Artificial <br>
Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers are limited to 12
pages <br>
formatted according to the LNAI requirements <br>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.springer.com/series/1244">http://www.springer.com/series/1244</a>)
and must be electronically <br>
submitted through the symposium web site: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2016">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2016</a>
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All contributions are peer-reviewed by a number of reviewers,
and evaluated <br>
by members of the senior program committee. <br>
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<br>
DEVELOPMENT TRACK <br>
<br>
To encourage open-source release of hardware and software
components, <br>
a special track on open-source development will be part of the
2016 <br>
RoboCup International Symposium. Contributions to this track are
<br>
limited to eight pages, formatted according to LNAI
requirements. <br>
Contributions should include evidence of impact of the released
<br>
component on the RoboCup community. Review of these
contributions <br>
will be based on technical contribution and benefit to the
RoboCup <br>
community. <br>
<br>
<br>
IMPORTANT DATES <br>
<br>
* Submission of full papers extended to: March 25, 2016 (23:59
Pacific Time, strict). <br>
* Notification to authors: April 29, 2016. <br>
* Submission of camera-ready copies: May 13, 2016. <br>
* RoboCup 2016 Symposium: July 4, 2016. <br>
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SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS <br>
<br>
* Sven Behnke, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany <br>
* Daniel Lee, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA <br>
* Sanem Sariel, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
<br>
* Raymond Sheh, Curtin University, Perth, Australia <br>
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AREAS OF INTEREST <br>
<br>
* Robot Hardware and Software <br>
- mobile robotics <br>
- humanoid robotics <br>
- sensors and actuators <br>
- embedded and mobile devices <br>
- robot construction and new materials <br>
- robotic system integration <br>
- robot software architectures <br>
- robot programming environments and languages <br>
- real-time and concurrent programming <br>
- robot simulators <br>
<br>
<br>
* Perception and Action <br>
- 3D perception <br>
- distributed sensor integration <br>
- sensor noise filtering <br>
- real-time image processing and pattern recognition <br>
- motion and sensor models <br>
- sensory-motor control <br>
- robot kinematics and dynamics <br>
- high-dimensional motion control <br>
<br>
<br>
* Robot Cognition and Learning <br>
- world modeling and knowledge representation <br>
- learning from demonstration and imitation <br>
- localization, navigation, and mapping <br>
- planning and reasoning <br>
- decision making under uncertainty <br>
- reinforcement learning <br>
- complex motor skill acquisition <br>
- motion and sensor model learning <br>
<br>
<br>
* Multi-Robot Systems <br>
- team coordination methods <br>
- communication protocols <br>
- learning and adaptive systems <br>
- teamwork and heterogeneous agents <br>
- dynamic resource allocation <br>
- adjustable autonomy <br>
<br>
<br>
* Human-Robot Interaction <br>
- human-robot interfaces <br>
- speech synthesis and natural language generation <br>
- visualization <br>
- emotion recognition <br>
- understanding human intent <br>
- affect detection and synthesis <br>
- robot response to external disturbances <br>
- safety and dependability <br>
<br>
<br>
* Education and Edutainment <br>
- robotics and artificial intelligence education <br>
- educational robotics <br>
- robot kits and programming tools <br>
- robotic entertainment <br>
<br>
<br>
* Applications and Benchmarking <br>
- search and rescue robots <br>
- robotic surveillance <br>
- service and social robots <br>
- robots at home <br>
- performance metrics <br>
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