September 2020 - RoboCup-athome

Elsevier Book Chapter
by SARIKA JAIN 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Dear Colleague, This is a call for book chapter proposals for the book *"Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Global Epidemics*" to be published by *Elsevier.* Deadline for submitting the Extended Summary: Sep 30, 2020 The individual chapters should provide a comprehensive overview of the chosen topic covering advances in the area and should be tutorial in nature and presentation, to appeal to a broad range of readers who may NOT be researchers on the topic. Hence, they shouldn't be like a research paper. You are hereby invited to submit first, a 2-3 page extended summary including (a) an abstract, (b) an outline / TOC / list of headings and sub-headings along with a summary of each heading, (c) short biographies of the authors, and (d) a statement why you are experts for the proposed chapter. Following a review of your summary, we'll offer our feedback and suggestions for improvement and better synergy with the rest of the chapters and cohesive coverage. *Chapter Submission Link*: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aige2021 *Structure of the Book:* The book is planned to have 11-12 chapters divided into two sections. Part I consists of 3 chapters providing a holistic overview of global epidemics, a motivation for the book and challenges. Part II consists of emerging technologies that help fight against epidemics. Part II has 6 chapters as listed below. This makes 9 chapters. The rest 2-3 chapters are to be added dynamically based on the availability of authors (These chapters may be on The Use of Social Media for Tracking Public Behavior, Does AI help in Genome Sequencing, AI-assisted Testing, Computational Drug Repurposing, or any other trending and suitable topic in line with the title and the theme of the book). *Part I: Controlling Epidemics: A Perspective* This part provides an overview and study of Global Epidemic situations. It starts with assessing the countries' readiness for coping with epidemics, goes through the challenges in battling with epidemic, and then closes with a survey of existing approaches, techniques and tools available or developed by academicians or industry professionals for controlling the epidemics. 1 Setting the Scene (A Chapter by the Editors) This chapter provides an overview and summary of the complete book as a whole. It acts as glue between the chapters written by different authors and brings in synergy to all the chapters in both the parts of the book. In effect, it sets the scene for the reader and acts as an introductory and a must read before proceeding for the further chapters. 2 An Overview of Global Epidemics and the Challenges Faced (a) Assessing Countries' Readiness for Coping with Epidemics: There is a need of retrospective evaluation of each country's readiness for coping with epidemics. An automated data collection followed by evaluation will help in knowing if the human kind is well-equipped to deal with it. (b) A Study related to Ebola, Corona viruses, Zika, influenza, Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria like infectious diseases will be presented in this chapter. A discussion on the most fatal pandemics recorded in the history (like the Plague, Spanish Flu, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19) and their economic consequences. What is common in these? All these have jumped to humans after being originated in animals somehow. (c) Challenges in Battling with Epidemics (d) ... 3 A Survey of Existing Approaches and Tools to fight against epidemic and the lessons learnt (a) Survey of tools/techniques/methodologies/software already available at the time of writing of this book to predict/detect/recommend actions during an epidemic situation. (b) Lessons learnt by every epidemic that has struck this world (including COVID-19) *Part II: Emerging Technologies Fight Against Epidemics* Having gone through the background of controlling global epidemic situation, this part of the book covers the emerging techniques to fight against epidemic. At the time of writing this book, COVID-19 pandemic was caused by coronavirus and was widespread with deadly results. The case study of COVID-19 has been presented to better exploit the study presented in each chapter. 4 AI Technologies specialized to the need in the fight against epidemic All current technologies under the umbrella of AI or surrounding AI should be covered like Data Science, Big Data, Machine Learning, Semantic Technologies, Data Analytics, cyber security. 5 Does AI help in Forecasting? This chapter will speak about WHO statistics on pathogens. AI can help predicting everything about spillovers, hence allowing the governments to plan ahead. AI can predict what, when, why, and where of the epidemic. We define AI and discuss the various machine learning models to predict the same. Case Study of Covid-19 for Predictions will be presented. 6 AI and Detection / Improved Diagnosis In case of outbreak of a disease; after detection, we need to publicize the threat. AI makes possible quick detection in order to enable possible vaccination and treatment; and alerts for the public. Diagnosis and Monitoring of cases is of paramount importance. Case Study of Covid-19 for Early Detection will be presented. 7 Generating Recommendations A global, AI-enabled data system can provide advices and issue warnings in real time. Help manage socio-economic impacts. 8 Role of AI in Contact Tracing The architecture of so called "Corona apps" and their backends is described in this chapter. The role of AI is clarified for these approaches and also other aspects like privacy and security. Furthermore, other approaches to contact tracing are introduced in this chapter. 9 Situation Awareness In any disaster, it is essential that the citizens get the correct information and organizations get the correct data. This chapter describes AI approaches to detect fake news or scams. 10-12 Open Topics dynamically picked by the authors Any other trending and suitable topic in line with the title and the theme of the book can be incorporated. Editors: - Le Gruenwald, The University of Oklahoma, USA, ggruenwald(a)ou.edu - Sarika Jain, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India, jasarika(a)nitkkr.ac.in. - Sven Groppe, University of Lübeck, Germany, groppe(a)ifis.uni-luebeck.de *Deadlines:* Extended Summary: Sep 30, 2020 Notification of Proposal Approval: Oct 20, 2020 Full Chapter Submission: Jan 10, 2020 Best Regards Dr. Sarika Jain Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Applications National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India https://sites.google.com/view/nitkkrsarikajain/ ######################################## Consider contributing to the International Semantic Intelligence Conference ISIC2021 <https://www.ifis.uni-luebeck.de/~groppe/isic/> Delhi India Feb 25-27, 2021

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LAST Call for Participation - The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020
by Marco Simões 27 Sep '20

27 Sep '20

Sorry for any duplication.=============The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020 Competition *10 – 14 November 2020 – ONLINE* http://www.cbrobotica.org *e-mail: organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org <organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org>* The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020 Competition will be held online, 10-14 November 2020. *General Chair*: João Alberto Fabro (fabro(a)utfpr.edu.br) *Important Dates: - Pre-registration and TDP submission: September 28- Regular Registration: November 3- Late Registration: November 14**Leagues* The rules and particularities of each category are defined by their chairs. Contact them for any questions. The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020 Competition leagues are as follows: *RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D* Chair: Haroldo Dornelas (gm.haroldo(a)gmail.com) *RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D* Chair: Adailton Cerqueira Jr. (adailton.junior(a)gmail.com) *RoboCup Brazil Open Flying Robot Trial League* Chair: Tiago Nascimento (tiagopn(a)ci.ufpb.br) *RoboCup Small Size Soccer (F180)* Chair: Rafael Guedes Lang (rglang(a)hotmail.com) *RoboCup Soccer Humanoid League / Standard Platform League (SPL)* Chair: Danilo Hernani Perico (danilo.perico(a)gmail.com) *RoboCup@Home* Chair: Plinio Thomaz Aquino Junior (plinio.aquino(a)fei.edu.br) *RoboCupJunior* General Chair: Andrique F. Amorim (andrique(a)gmail.com) *On Stage* Chair: Rosângela Matias (rosartematias(a)gmail.com) *Soccer* Chair: Alan Teixeira de Oliveira (alan.oliveira(a)ifnmg.edu.br *Rescue Maze* Chair: Diogo Novais (diogopereira(a)ifba.edu.br) *Rescue Simulation (CO-SPACE)* Chair: Tiago Hártur de Oliveira Feu (tiago.hartur(a)gmail.com) *Participation* All teams (including RC Junior teams) are required to register following the instructions here: http://www.cbrobotica.org/index.php/inscricao-2/ *Participation Fees* - Regular Registration from October 3, 2020 until November 3, 2020 - Team (includes 1 free student): US$ 50.00 - Additional student: US$ 5.00 - Additional professor: US$ 10.00 - Late Registration from November 4, 2020 until November 14, 2020 - Additional student: US$ 10.00 - Additional professor: US$ 20.00 In the Late Registration phase, only professors and students from teams already registered and paid until November 3 can make new registrations. For more information please visit our official website at http://www.cbrobotica.org For inquiries please contact us via the following email addresses: *General Enquiries/ Registration: organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org <organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org>* -- Marco Antonio Costa Simões Nucleo de Arquitetura de Computadores e Sistemas Operacionais - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra - Campus I Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Mestre em Ciência da Computação - UFPE

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Second CFP: 10th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2020) - Scopus - Springer - Online
by Dr. Umang Singh 26 Sep '20

26 Sep '20

** Second Call for Papers  - The 10th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT'20) --http://www.mirlabs.org/wict20http://www.mirlabs.net/wict20On the World Wide Web* December 16-18, 2020 *Proceedings of WICT'2019: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030493387Indexed by: SCOPUS, Thomson ISI Web of Science, DBLP, etc.History of WICT series: http://www.mirlabs.net/wict20/previous.phpWICT 2020: Scopus ProceedingsAll accepted and registered papers will be published in AISC Series of Springer, indexed in ISI Proceedings, EI-Compendex, DBLP, SCOPUS, Google Scholar and Springerlink. **Important Dates**---------------------Paper submission due: October 15, 2020Notification of paper acceptance: November 15, 2020Registration and Final manuscript due: November 25, 2020Conference: December 16-18, 2020**About WICT 2020**------------------After the success of the 9th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2019), we are organizing WICT 2020 to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the usage and applications of ICT in the real world. The conference programme will include workshops, special sessions, and tutorials, along with prominent keynote speakers and regular paper presentations in parallel tracks.In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by innovations such as transportation systems, telephone etc. Last few decades have experienced technologies that are evolving so rapidly, altering the constraints of space and time, and reshaping the way we communicate, learn and think. Rapid advances in information technologies and other digital systems are reshaping our ecosystem. Innovations in ICT allow us to transmit information quickly and widely, propelling the growth of new urban communities, linking distant places and diverse areas of endeavor in productive new ways, which a decade ago was unimaginable. Thus, the theme of this World Congress is "Innovating ICT For Social Revolutions".**Submission Guidelines**-------------------------Submission of a paper should be made through the submission page from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.Paper format templates:http://www.springer.com/series/11156WICT’20 Submission Link:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wict2020**WICT 2020 Organization**-------------------------General ChairsAjith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USAPatrick Hung, Ontario Tech University, CanadaThinakaran Perumal, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaProgram ChairsLeszek Sliwko, Axis Applications Ltd., UKUmang Singh, Institute of Technology & Science, India**Technical Contact**---------------------Dr. Ajith AbrahamEmail: ajith.abraham@ieee.orgNote: We sincerely hope that this conference announcement is interesting for you. If you are not interested or wish to unsubscribe then please reply to this email and we will remove your name from our future emails. Our apologies for any inconvenience.   Best Regards  Dr. Umang Singh PC Chair WICT 2020 Sr. Member IEEE, LMCSI Associate Professor, Department of IT Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziabad - 201007(India) Contact Editor - SSNASC 2020 (Springer) for more details (https://easychair.org/cfp/SSNASC-2020) Editorial Board Member IJFSE(InderScience) Board of Refrees, BJIT(Springer) https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=x5H32lMAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-umang-singh-23237214/ Alternative Email Id: dr.umang.singh@ieee.org,singh.umang@rediffmail.com

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Call for Participation - The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020
by Marco Simões 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

Sorry for any duplicates ================= ======================================================= The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020 Competition 10 – 14 November 2020 – ONLINE http://www.cbrobotica.org e-mail: organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org ======================================================= The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020 Competition will be held online, November 10-14, 2020. General Chair: João Alberto Fabro (fabro(a)utfpr.edu.br) =============== Important Dates =============== • Pre-registration and TDP submission: September 28 • Regular Registration: November 3 • Late Registration: November 14 ======== Leagues ======== The rules and particularities of each category are defined by their chairs. Contact them for any questions. The Virtual RoboCup Brazil Open 2020 Competition leagues are as follows: - RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D Chair: Haroldo Dornelas (gm.haroldo(a)gmail.com) - RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D Chair: Adailton Cerqueira Jr. (adailton.junior(a)gmail.com) - RoboCup Brazil Open Flying Robot Trial League Chair: Tiago Nascimento (tiagopn(a)ci.ufpb.br) - RoboCup Small Size Soccer (F180) Chair: Rafael Guedes Lang (rglang(a)hotmail.com) - RoboCup Soccer Humanoid League / Standard Platform League (SPL) Chair: Danilo Hernani Perico (danilo.perico(a)gmail.com) - RoboCup@Home Chair: Plinio Thomaz Aquino Junior (plinio.aquino(a)fei.edu.br) - RoboCupJunior General Chair: Andrique F. Amorim (andrique(a)gmail.com) * On Stage Chair: Rosângela Matias (rosartematias(a)gmail.com) * Soccer Chair: Alan Teixeira de Oliveira (alan.oliveira(a)ifnmg.edu.br * Rescue Maze Chair: Diogo Novais (diogopereira(a)ifba.edu.br) * Rescue Simulation (COSPACE) Chair: Tiago Hártur de Oliveira Feu (tiago.hartur(a)gmail.com) ============= Participation ============= All teams (including RC Junior teams) are required to register following the instructions here: http://www.cbrobotica.org/index.php/inscricao-2/ ================== Participation Fees ================== • Regular Registration from October 3, 2020 until November 3, 2020 • Team (includes 1 free student): US$ 50.00 • Additional student: US$ 5.00 • Additional professor: US$ 10.00 • Late Registration from November 4, 2020 until November 14, 2020 • Additional student: US$ 10.00 • Additional professor: US$ 20.00 In the Late Registration phase, only professors and students from teams already registered and paid until November 3 can make new registrations. For more information please visit our official website at http://www.cbrobotica.org For inquiries please contact us via the following email addresses: General Enquiries/ Registration: organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org -- Marco Antonio Costa Simões Nucleo de Arquitetura de Computadores e Sistemas Operacionais - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra - Campus I Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Mestre em Ciência da Computação - UFPE

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