<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:13px">Apologies for multiple copies</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>===============================================</div><div>CALL FOR PAPERS<br></div><div><br></div><div>Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS) 2015</div><div>===============================================</div><div><br></div><div>A full-day workshop to be held as part of AAMAS-2015 and to accompany the AAMAS Special Track on Robotics.</div><div><br></div><div>May 4 or 5, 2015, Istanbul, Turkey</div><div><br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://arms2015.cs.biu.ac.il/">http://arms2015.cs.biu.ac.il/</a></div><div><br></div><div>AAMAS Website: <a href="http://www.aamas2015.com/">http://www.aamas2015.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>** Note fast-track review process for AAMAS short papers, below **</div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates</div><div><br></div><div>----------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Paper submission deadline: Feb 11, 2015</div><div><br></div><div>Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2015</div><div><br></div><div>Submission of camera-ready version: March 17, 2015</div><div><br></div><div>Overview</div><div><br></div><div>-------------</div><div><br></div><div>Robots are agents, too. Indeed, agent researchers are sometimes inspired by robots, sometimes use robots in motivating examples, and sometimes make contributions to robotics. Both practical and analytical techniques in agent research influence, and are influenced by, research into autonomous robots and multi-robot systems. Areas of particular recent cross-fertilization include (but are not limited to):</div><div><br></div><div>- motion planning and path planning for single and multiple mobile robots</div><div><br></div><div>- market-based for coalition formation and task allocation</div><div><br></div><div>- machine learning in robotics</div><div><br></div><div>- multi-robot teams and swarms</div><div><br></div><div>- human-agent-robot teamwork</div><div><br></div><div>- analysis of large-scale multi-robot systems and swarms</div><div><br></div><div>- decision-theoretic single- and multi-robot planning</div><div><br></div><div>- imitation and learning by demonstration/example</div><div><br></div><div>- formal methods and control architectures</div><div><br></div><div>- canonical robotics problems and benchmarks, such as robotic soccer, coverage, foraging, or patrolling</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the rich cross-fertilization between AAMAS and robotics research areas, roboticists and agents researchers have only a few opportunities to meet and interact. The recently established robotics track at AAMAS is one such opportunity. </div><div><br></div><div>The goal of the proposed workshop is to extend and widen this opportunity, by offering a forum where researchers in this area of research can interact and present promising innovative research directions, and new results. </div><div><br></div><div>The workshop is coordinated and associated with the AAMAS robotics track.</div><div><br></div><div>Submissions and Publication</div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>The submission website is</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=arms2015">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=arms2015</a></div><div><br></div><div>Contributions are sought in all areas of robotics, in particular as related to autonomous agents research, but not necessarily so.</div><div><br></div><div>Theoretical papers are welcome, as long as they clearly address challenges in robotics. Empirical studies should ideally present experiments with real robots, though physical simulation studies are also acceptable. Papers that focus on mechanical aspects and low-level control should make an effort to relate to the agents community.</div><div><br></div><div>Submissions should follow Springer's LNCS format (see <a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for instructions, or directly download the latex style file: <a href="ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/llncs2e.zip">ftp://ftp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/llncs2e.zip</a>). Papers should not exceed 20 pages in length.</div><div><br></div><div>Papers will be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers. Criteria for selection of papers will include: originality, readability, relevance to themes, soundness, and overall quality.</div><div><br></div><div>Papers do not have to be anonymized: We do not follow a double-blind review process.</div><div><br></div><div>Fast-track Review process</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>As part of our close coordination with the AAMAS robotics track, we offer a fast-track review process to papers that have been accepted as "short papers" (extended abstracts) to the AAMAS conference, in the robotics track or with a robotics keyword. For such papers, please include the original AAMAS paper number with the submission.</div><div><br></div><div>Organizing Committee</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>GAL KAMINKA, Bar Ilan University, Israel</div><div><br></div><div>NOA AGMON, Bar Ilan University, Israel</div><div><br></div><div>ALESSANDRO FARINELLI, University of Verona, Italy</div><div><br></div><div>MANUELA VELOSO, Carnegie Mellon, USA</div><div><br></div><div>MARIA GINI, Univ. of Minneapolis, USA</div><div><br></div><div>DANIELE NARDI, "Sapienza" Universita di Roma, Italy</div><div><br></div><div>PEDRO LIMA, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Portugal</div><div><br></div><div>EROL SAHIN , Middle East Technical University, Turkey</div><div>-----------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>The contact organizer is Noa Agmon (<a href="mailto:agmon@cs.biu.ac.il">agmon@cs.biu.ac.il</a>)</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><span></span>Dr. Alessandro Farinelli
<br>Computer Science Department
<br>University of Verona
<br>Ca' Vignal 2, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
<br>Phone: +39 045 802 7072
<br>Fax: +39 045 802 7068
<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:alessandro.farinelli@univr.it" target="_blank">alessandro.farinelli@univr.it</a>
<br>Web Page <a href="http://profs.sci.univr.it/%7Efarinelli/" target="_blank">http://profs.sci.univr.it/~farinelli/</a>
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