[robocup-worldwide] IJCAI-21 Call for Expressions of Robot Exhibition Interest

[Joydeep Biswas]

IJCAI-21 Call for Expressions of Robot Exhibition Interest

We are pleased to present the call for expressions of interest in the IJCAI
2020 Robot Exhibition. IJCAI is the major conference of the worldwide AI
community, and the Robot Exhibition will run alongside its technical
program. Robot systems serve as effective development, test, and validation
platforms for AI research. The IJCAI Robot Exhibition seeks to showcase the
state of the art in robotics systems for AI research - we are looking for
demonstrations of systems, software, tools, and competitions that would be
of interest to the broad AI community, including, but not limited to:

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   Single and multi-robot platforms
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   Sensor suites and support infrastructure
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   State of the art AI systems implementations, including perception
   software, planning frameworks, etc.
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   Benchmark datasets or standardized simulator environments for evaluation
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   Open competitions to showcase leading examples of the above

Presentation Format

Due to the expected COVID-19 restrictions, IJCAI-21 Robot Exhibition is
planned as a virtual event. Each demo presented at IJCAI will consist of:

   1.

   A website of the demo, which includes a description of the contribution
   and links  to the technical content (video recording/activities, stated
   below)
   2.

   A video recording associated with the exhibition activity (up to 2
   minutes)
   3.

   An optional synchronous activity, e.g. a live remote demonstration
   4.

   An optional asynchronous interactive activity, e.g. a web based
   simulator or user--executable software package

The synchronous / asynchronous interactive activities are optional, but
having one or more of those will increase the chances of the proposal to be
accepted.

Submission Instructions

At present, we are seeking expressions of interest for

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   Demonstrations and exhibits by universities, research organisations, or
   companies
   -

   Proposals for robot competitions (note that competitions should be
   virtual)

In keeping with the robotics exhibitions at past editions of IJCAI,
expressions of interest will be evaluated according to the following
criteria:

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   Relevance: What is the relevance of the shown demonstration/competition
   to AI?
   -

   Understandability: How amenable is the showcase to technical and
   non-technical audience?

Expressions of interest must be submitted via CMT, and should include the
following:

   1.

   A short description of the proposing group/company
   2.

   A description of the proposed activity, with reference to the two
   criteria above (up to two pages)
   3.

   A short video demonstration (up to 2 minutes)

Submission website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCAIRobot2021/

Important dates

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   Submission of expressions of interest: March 24, 2021.
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   Notification of acceptance: April 19, 2021.

Robot Exhibition Chairs

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   Noa Agmon <agmon at cs.biu.ac.il>
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   Joydeep Biswas <joydeepb at cs.utexas.edu>

Confidentiality Policy

All submissions will be treated in strict confidence.
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