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Confirmation of Participation Format
by Rescue Ri-one 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hello. This is Takuto Ikegami. I am the team leader of a rescue team from Ritsumeikan University. We have a question about the participation format for RCRS2023. Which will the competition be held in-person, online, or both? I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. -- -Takuto Ikegami

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Some questions about registration from CSU students
by 708872115＠qq.com 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

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Call for Participation RoboCup 2023 Rescue Agent Simulation League
by Farshid Faraji 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

*Call for Participation* *2023 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition* *to be held* *Bordeaux - July 04-10, 2023* *https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2023-bordeaux-agent-cfp/ <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2023-bordeaux-agent-cfp/>* *Co-located with the* *RoboCup 2023* *https://2023.robocup.org/ <https://2023.robocup.org/>* *~ ~ ~* IMPORTANT DATES =============== Registration................: February 28, 2023 (23:55 UTC) Qualification...............: March 05, 2023 TDP submission..............: April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC) Reviewed TDP submissions....: May 04, 2023 Camera-ready TDP submission.: June 04, 2023 Tournament dates............: July 04-10, 2023 MAJOR CHANGES ============= 1. This year we do not request the TDP submission for the qualification process. Teams that are registered will be qualified to participate in the competition. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. 2. We encourage teams to develop their code using the new RCRS Core Python ( https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-core-python) in order to take advantage of state-of-the-art Machine Learning tools and algorithms, such as SciKit, TensorFlow, PyTorch, among others. AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION ============================ This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: * Decision Making Algorithms * Task Allocation Methods * Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods * Path Finding * Search Algorithms GETTING STARTED =============== Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development * ADF Java: - Repository: roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java: RoboCup Rescue Agent Development Framework Sample Agent Java (github.com) - Documentation: Java ADF manual * Python: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-core-python (github.com) - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) * Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker (github.com) - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION ========================== The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform. The participation on Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating on the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 1, 2023. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to * Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator * Improvements to the Agent Development Framework * Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league * Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers * Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions * Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators REGISTRATION ============ Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2023 no later than February 28, 2023 (23:55 UTC). This registration requires only teams to fill the "Title" field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The "Title" field should be "Agent_[TeamName]" to participate in the Agent Competition and "Infrastructure_[TeamName]" for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. QUALIFICATION ============= Teams will be qualified based on a first-come first-serve basis constrained by the allowed number of teams per country. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. TDP SUBMISSION ============== Qualified teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2023 no later than April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be "Agent_[TeamName]" for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the "Title" field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2023. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates. All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The suggestions of the reviewers will be released on May 04, 2023 and they should be incorporated into the camera-ready version of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than June 04, 2023. * Previous TDPs can be found in the Participating Teams links https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/past-competitions/ * If you have any questions please reach out to rcrs2023(a)easychair.org RULES ===== Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2023-bordeaux-robocup/. ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE ============================================ Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster. The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society. Hope to see you in Bordeaux Best Regards, RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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Keynote Talk and Tutorial material - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

Dear, On July 17, we held the 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management. The Keynote Talk and Tutorial material is available at [ https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/workshops/2022-workshop/2022-work… | https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/workshops/2022-workshop/2022-work… ] . If you have any questions, you can contact the presenters directly (see email below) or send a message in this mailing list. We will be glad to assist you. Nobuhiro Ito [ mailto:n-ito@aitech.ac.jp | n-ito(a)aitech.ac.jp ] Luis Gustavo Nardin [ mailto:gnardin@emse.fr | gnardin(a)emse.fr ] Dinal Helal [ mailto:dina.e.helal@gmail.com | dina.e.helal(a)gmail.com ] Farshid Faraji [ mailto:faraji.farshid@gmail.com | faraji.farshid(a)gmail.com ] Kind Regards, Luis Gustavo Nardin

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Tutorial Participation - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 10 Jul '22

10 Jul '22

2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management Online Mode -- July 17, 2022 Co-located with the RoboCup Symposium 2022 https://2022.robocup.org DESCRIPTION =========== The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and simulation may contribute to the advance of natural disaster management. AI and simulation models and tools, however, have to embed the required features and capabilities of this domain application in order to support in real-world disaster scenarios. Hence, the collaboration with field experts and policy-makers in the natural disaster domain becomes essential. TUTORIALS ========= Hands-on activities to introduce and consolidate the participant's knowledge and skills with the Rescue Simulation platforms. The planned tutorials are: - Introduction to Rescue Simulation (2 hours) This tutorial will endow the participants with basic understanding of the structure and dynamic aspects of the Rescue Simulator and Simulation code. The tutorial also will cover more practical aspects: * Simulator installation and configuration * Simulation executions * Simple Rescue Agent Team code modification - Implementing Rescue Team using Python (2 hours) This tutorial will introduce the new Python API developed to interact with the Rescue Simulator. The tutorial will detail the communication protocol between the Rescue Simulator with the Rescue Agent Team and guide the participants through a step-by-step process to develop a Rescue Agent Team using the Python API via incremental assignments. - Unraveling ADF Framework The Agent Development Framework (ADF) is a modular and flexible framework that enables the development of Rescue Agent Teams for the Rescue Simulator. This tutorial will details the structure and propose incremental assignments to help participants grap the dynamics of the framework. The tutorial will also guide the participants through the installation and configuration of the framework. Please register in these Tutorials via the link https://forms.gle/EjdSdk4pSgGHFSU87. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== - Luis Gustavo Nardin, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France - Dina Helal, Microsoft, Ireland - Farshid Faraji, Islamic Azad University of Bonab, Iran - Seyed M. R. Modarasi, Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France

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Call for Participation - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management Hybrid Mode -- July 17, 2022 https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-workshop/ Co-located with the RoboCup Symposium 2022 [ https://2022.robocup.org/ | https://2022.robocup.org ] TUTORIALS ========= Hands-on activities to introduce and consolidate the participant's knowledge and skills with the Rescue Simulation platforms. The planned tutorials are: - Introduction to Rescue Simulation (2 hours) This tutorial will endow the participants with basic understanding of the structure and dynamic aspects of the Rescue Simulator and Simulation code. The tutorial also will cover more practical aspects: * Simulator installation and configuration * Simulation executions * Simple Rescue Agent Team code modification - Implementing Rescue Team using Python (2 hours) This tutorial will introduce the new Python API developed to interact with the Rescue Simulator. The tutorial will detail the communication protocol between the Rescue Simulator with the Rescue Agent Team and guide the participants through a step-by-step process to develop a Rescue Agent Team using the Python API via incremental assignments. - Unraveling ADF Framework The Agent Development Framework (ADF) is a modular and flexible framework that enables the development of Rescue Agent Teams for the Rescue Simulator. This tutorial will details the structure and propose incremental assignments to help participants grap the dynamics of the framework. The tutorial will also guide the participants through the installation and configuration of the framework. Please register in these Tutorials via the link [ https://forms.gle/EjdSdk4pSgGHFSU87 | https://forms.gle/EjdSdk4pSgGHFSU87 ] . DESCRIPTION ============ The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and simulation may contribute to the advance of natural disaster management. AI and simulation models and tools, however, have to embed the required features and capabilities of this domain application in order to support in real-world disaster scenarios. Hence, the collaboration with field experts and policy-makers in the natural disaster domain becomes essential. The workshop aims to gather together and build a community of researchers, disaster responders, and policy-makers interested in developing and applying AI and simulation techniques for natural disaster management. The workshop is relevant because it will help to create a bridge between technology experts and disaster management practitioners aligning their understand, interpretation, and expectations of each other enabling an environment for the exchange of ideas. The workshop will be structured as a mix of - Invited talks - Technical/Research presentations - Tutorials ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== - Luis Gustavo Nardin, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France - Dina Helal, Microsoft, Ireland - Farshid Faraji, Islamic Azad University of Bonab, Iran - Seyed M. R. Modarasi, Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France

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Call for Presentation - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management Hybrid Mode -- July 17, 2022 Co-located with the RoboCup Symposium 2022 [ https://2022.robocup.org/ | https://2022.robocup.org ] TECHNICAL/RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS ================================ Presentation Proposals must be submitted by filling in the form at [ https://forms.gle/CrWdVYDLa4YAD7je6 | https://forms.gle/CrWdVYDLa4YAD7je6 ] Presentations will have a 20 minute slot, including a 15 minutes presentation and 5 minutes for questions. IMPORTANT DATES ================ Presentation Proposal Submission.: June 30, 2022 Acceptance Notification..........: July 4, 2022 DESCRIPTION ============ The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and simulation may contribute to the advance of natural disaster management. AI and simulation models and tools, however, have to embed the required features and capabilities of this domain application in order to support in real-world disaster scenarios. Hence, the collaboration with field experts and policy-makers in the natural disaster domain becomes essential. The workshop aims to gather together and build a community of researchers, disaster responders, and policy-makers interested in developing and applying AI and simulation techniques for natural disaster management. The workshop is relevant because it will help to create a bridge between technology experts and disaster management practitioners aligning their understand, interpretation, and expectations of each other enabling an environment for the exchange of ideas. The workshop will be structured as a mix of - Invited talks - Technical/Research presentations - Tutorials The topics of interest (but not limited to) are: - Artificial intelligence and machine learning for disaster management - Application of simulation on disaster management - Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies and systems for disaster management - Intelligent forecasting applications or systems for early detection - Prediction and early warning systems - Case studies and tools development for disease prediction, propagation and control - Open source data and space-based resources to support disaster management - Spread of Infectious Disease (e.g., COVID19) - Flooding - Tsunami - Geological Disasters and Earthquakes - Multi-hazard Risk Assessment, Communication - Critical Infrastructure ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ====================== - Luis Gustavo Nardin, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France - Dina Helal, Microsoft, Ireland - Farshid Faraji, Islamic Azad University of Bonab, Iran - Seyed M. R. Modarasi, Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France

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An extension on RRS & RRS-ADF for DCOP algorithms
by Nobuhiro Ito 02 Mar '22

02 Mar '22

Dear Rescuers, We will announce the extension program for DCOP algorithms to you again because it is appeared in our open source code of the official website as follows: - The open source code of the RRS official web https://rescuesim.robocup.org/resources/open-source-code/ - DCOP in RCRS (RRS) https://github.com/uiiaoo/dcop.rrs-adf - The document for DCOP extension https://github.com/uiiaoo/dcop.rrs-adf/wiki/Introduction - TDP for the extension https://cdn.robocup.org/rsim/public/competitions/2019-RSL/info/infra/rsl19-… It has been prized as the infrastructure award in RoboCup2019. I guess that my students announced after the event. But we will announce it again. I hope that it will be a convenient extension for your research. Best regards, ITO Nobuhiro, AIT-Rescue

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[robocup-rescue-s] Reminder: CFP RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation competition 2022
by Dina Helal 14 Feb '22

14 Feb '22

Call for Participation 2022 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions to be held in Bangkok, Thailand — July 11-19, 2022 2022 RoboCup Rescue Simulation <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-bangkok-rescue-simulatio…> RoboCup 2022 https://2022.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Pre-Registration……………………………......: February 15, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Team Description Paper (TDP) submission…: February 28, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Qualified teams announcement…………..…..: March 15, 2022 Camera-ready TDP submission………….……: May 31, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Tournament dates………………………..……..: July 11-19, 2022 WAIVER OF THE TEAM FEE FOR NEW TEAMS The RoboCup Federation is pleased to introduce a waiver of the team fee for the 2022 international RoboCup competition for NEW teams in the major leagues. A NEW team is defined as a team all of whose team members have never participated in an annual international RoboCup competition. The waiver concerns only the team fee and does not imply any waiver of fees for team members. NEW FEATURES IN THE SIMULATOR Teams can now choose to implement their agents in Java or Python Python repo: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python> AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: - Decision Making Algorithms - Task Allocation Methods - Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods - Path Finding - Search Algorithms GETTING STARTED GUIDE Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development - ADF Java: - Repository: roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java: RoboCup Rescue Agent Development Framework Sample Agent Java (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java> - Documentation: Java ADF manual <https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java/blob/master/docs/manual…> - [NEW] Python: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python> - [NEW] Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-docker> - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform. The participation on Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating on the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 2, 2022. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to - Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator - Improvements to the Agent Development Framework - Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league - Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers - Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions - Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators PRE-REGISTRATION Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022 no later than February 15, 2022 (23:55 UTC). This pre-registration requires only teams to fill the "Title" field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The "Title" field should be "Agent_[TeamName]" to participate in the Agent Competition and “Infrastructure_[TeamName]” for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. The pre-registration does not imply that the team will be evaluated to participate in the competition, please see section QUALIFICATION below for further information. QUALIFICATION Teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022 no later than February 28, 2022 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be "Agent_[TeamName]" for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the "Title" field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates . (overleaf link) All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The evaluation criteria of contributions will be based on originality, quality, clarity, and its relevance to the league's aims. The suggestions of the reviewers should be incorporated into an improved version (i.e., Camera-Ready version) of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than May 31, 2022. - The previous TDPs are accessible here: https://robocup-rescue.github.io/team_description_papers/ - Qualification results will be announced on March 15, 2022. - If you have any questions please reach out to rcrs2022(a)easychair.org RULES Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2022 RoboCup Rescue Simulation <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-bangkok-rescue-simulatio…> for further details. ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster. The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society.

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2022 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
by Arnoud Visser 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

2022 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards Prof. Silvia Coradeschi (d. Feb 5, 2014) was a founding trustee of RoboCup and an early visionary in the RoboCup initiative. She served as General Chair of RoboCup 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a frequent competition participant, and was an exemplar of the RoboCup ideal of engaging in cutting-edge AI and Robotics research. Prof. Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar (d. July 24, 2019) joined RoboCup since its beginning in 1997 and significantly contributed to the development of the RoboCup Federation (Trustee since 2004, Vice-President from 2008 to 2016). He was involved in the organization of many of the leagues, with major contributions to RoboCupJunior, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCup@Work. He was General Chair of RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig, Germany. To honor their extraordinary contributions to RoboCup and to honor their memories, the RoboCup Federation created “The Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award” in 2014 (https://www.robocup.org/silvia_coradeschi<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…>), for a young female RoboCup student, with distinguishing research and the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” in 2021 (https://www.robocup.org/gkk_award<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…>), to recognize the outstanding contributions of an individual for his/her exceptional leadership, service, and dedication that benefit RoboCup in any of its leagues. We are now calling for candidates for the 2022 Awards. The award recipients, to be named at RoboCup 2022 will receive: ● a certificate ● a US$1,000 honorarium Nominations for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”: Eligible candidates for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award” are female graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who received the degree within the past 3 years and who will register for RoboCup 2022. The two criteria are: 1. Distinguishing research as evidenced by, for example, refereed publications. 2. RoboCup leadership, either within a team and/or in the broad RoboCup community. To nominate a female student for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”, the student's professor should send a nominating email to April Foster <april.robocup(a)gmail.com<mailto:april.robocup@gmail.com>>, by May 1st, 2022. The email must include a letter of recommendation that addresses both criteria. An additional letter of recommendation from a RoboCup community member not affiliated with the student’s team is recommended (but not required) to support the nomination. Nominations for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”: Eligible candidates for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” are RoboCup members with an outstanding record of service in one or more of the RoboCup Leagues, including as Technical and Organizing Committees, Executive Committee, and/or Board of Trustees. To nominate a RoboCup member for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”, send a nominating email to April Foster <april.robocup(a)gmail.com<mailto:april.robocup@gmail.com>> by May 1st, 2022. The email must include a letter of recommendation that addresses the individual’s impact of service and contributions to RoboCup, including diversity, quality, and length of the work done for RoboCup. One or two additional letter(s) of recommendation from RoboCup community members are required to support the nomination. Please attach all letters of recommendation to the nomination email.

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