<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="monospace, monospace">(Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting)</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> Call for Papers of</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> Educational Robotics Special Session</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> <a href="https://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2015/index.php/special-sessions">https://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2015/index.php/special-sessions</a></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> ROBOT2015 - The Second Iberian Robotics Conference</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> November 19-21, 2015</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> Lisbon, Portugal</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">ROBOT'2015 - Second Iberian Robotics Conference - main goal is to show the</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">robotic research and development of new applications in the Iberian Peninsula.</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Although focused on the works developed at Iberia the conference is open for</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">good quality submissions from any country in the world.</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">The conference is organized in several Special Sessions one of which</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">is Educational Robotics.</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">The conference proceedings will be published in a Springer book of the</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series, indexed by</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and SCOPUS (English papers) and in an</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">electronic volume with ISBN (Spanish and Portuguese papers).</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Extended versions of the conference best papers will also be published in</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Special Issues from several top Journals.</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">ROBOT'2015 will feature three Plenary Talks:</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">- Manuela Veloso - Carnegie Mellon University, USA</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">- Bill Smart - Oregon State University, USA</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">- Jon Agirre Ibarbia - TECNALIA Research & Innovation, Spain</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">*IMPORTANT DATES*</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Paper Submission: July 10, 2015</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Notification: July 31, 2015</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Camera Ready: September 15, 2015</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">ROBOT'2015 Conference: November 19-21, 2015</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">*OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS*</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">This session will cover robotics educational projects, any kind of robotics</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">teaching activities, description of robotics events (didactic or competitive),</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">robotic kits developed to be used in the classroom, also robotics teaching software,</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">and any others experiences developed in this filed. The expected topics include,</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">but are not limited to the following:</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Teaching, Learning and Evaluation in Robotics, Mobile Robotics and Manipulators</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robotic events</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robotic Kits</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robots in the classroom</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Curriculum for lectures schools</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robot simulation for kids</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robotics (& Technology) assisted education</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Educational tools in robotics teaching and learning</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robotics in Education: Basic School, Secondary School and Higher Education</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robotics to foster STEM areas</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robotics & Gender issues</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"> - Robotic demonstrators for education and public</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">*SUBMISSION*</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Authors are invited to submit original research contributions in English, Spanish or</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Portuguese. Authors should submit their papers electronically in PDF format via EasyChair (<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2015">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2015</a>)</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Papers must follow the guidelines of Springer AISC template</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">(<a href="http://www.springer.com/series/11156">http://www.springer.com/series/11156</a>) up to a maximum of 12 pages through the</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">EasyChair interface (<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2015">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2015</a>)</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for potential publication in a</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">journal special issue.</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">*SPECIAL SESSION CHAIRS*</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">A.Fernando Ribeiro, Universidade do Minho, Portugal</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Armando Sousa, Universidade do Porto, Portugal</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Eduardo Gallego, Complubot, Madrid, Spain</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,</div><div><img src="http://www.robotica.dei.uminho.pt/rodape.png"><br></div></div></div>
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