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[Reminder] RoboCup 2025 Rescue Agent Simulation Competition - Call for Participation
by Farshid Faraji 08 Feb '25

08 Feb '25

Call for Participation 2025 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions to be held in Salvador, Brazil – July 15-21, 2025 Co-located with the RoboCup 2025 https://2025.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Registration……………………............……..: February 20, 2025 (23:55 UTC) Acceptance Notification……………….……..: February 25, 2025 TDP submission……………………………….: April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC) Reviewed TDP submission…………….....…: May 04, 2025 Camera-ready TDP submission……............: June 04, 2025 Tournament dates………..............………….: July 15-21, 2025 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 ADF Java: - Documentation: Java ADF manual: https://roborescue.github.io/adf-sample-agent-java/ - Quick Start Example in Java: https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java Python (New): - Adf-core-python documentation: https://roborescue.github.io/adf-core-python/ - Quick Start Example in Python: https://github.com/adf-python/adf-sample-agent-python - You can reuse JAVA ADF modules in ADF python. We encourage all the teams to develop their new modules using Python ADF Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker ( 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 in the 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 in the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 1, 2025. 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=rcrs2025 no later than February 15, 2025 (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. Teams are not requested to submit a TDP for registering to participate in the 2025 RoboCup Agent Competition. Registered teams will be accepted to participate in the competition based on a first-come first-serve basis constrained by the allowed number of teams per country. We encourage teams to develop their code using the new 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. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. Qualified teams will be allowed to participate remotely. GETTING STARTED GUIDE Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development TDP SUBMISSION Accepted 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=rcrs2025 no later than April 15, 2025 (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=rcrs2025. 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, 2025 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, 2025. * 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 rcrs2025(a)easychair.org RULES Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2025 RoboCup Rescue Simulation 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. Best Regards Farshid Faraji on behalf of RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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Open Position in RoboCup Rescue Simulation League
by Farshid Faraji 29 Jul '24

29 Jul '24

Dear RoboCup Rescuers, I hope this message finds you well. This year, we have one open position for EC members for the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League. *Key Responsibilities:* - Participate in regular Executive Committee meetings - Support and promote RoboCup events and initiatives - Collaborate with other committee members to address challenges and opportunities within the community If you are interested in applying, please send your details to robocuprescuesim(a)gmail.com <robocuprescuesim(a)gmail.com>, Thank you for your continued support and commitment to RoboCup. We look forward to receiving your applications and working together to drive our mission forward. Best regards, Farshid Faraji Technical Committee Member of Rescue Simulation League

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RoboCup Early Visa Invitation Letters
by 2024＠robocup.org 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

Dear RoboCuppers, We are very much looking forward to inviting all of you to Eindhoven, The Netherlands for RoboCup 2024! To allow more teams to join RoboCup 2024, we offer early visa invitation letters. Participants that require a visa to join RoboCup in The Netherlands may apply for an early visa invitation letter. This letter allows for making an earlier appointment at an embassy to request a visa, rather than only after completing registration. There are some constraints on who can receive a visa invitation letter. You can find the details, as well as the request form, on the RoboCup 2024 website: https://2024.robocup.org/?page_id=2998 We hope to see you at RoboCup 2024! Best regards, RoboCup 2024 Organisation 2024(a)robocup.org <mailto:2024@robocup.org>

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RoboCup 2024 Rescue Agent Simulation Competition - Call for Participation
by Farshid Faraji 28 Jan '24

28 Jan '24

Call for Participation 2024 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions to be held in Eindhoven, Netherlands – July 15-21, 2024 https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2024-eindhoven-agent-cfp/ Co-located with the RoboCup 2024 https://2024.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Registration…………………………..: February 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC) Acceptance Notification…………………………..: February 20, 2024 TDP submission…………………….: April 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC) Reviewed TDP submission……: May 04, 2024, June 15, 2024 Camera-ready TDP submission.: June 04, 2024 July 1, 2024 Tournament dates………………….: July 15-21, 2024 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) - 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 in the 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 in the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 1, 2024. 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=rsl2024 no later than February 15, 2024 (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. Teams are not requested to submit a TDP for registering to participate in the 2024 RoboCup Agent Competition. Registered teams will be accepted to participate in the competition based on a first-come first-serve basis constrained by the allowed number of teams per country. We encourage teams to develop their code using the new 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. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. TDP SUBMISSION Accepted 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=rsl2024 no later than April 15, 2024 (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=rsl2024. 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, 2024 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, 2024. * 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 rsl2024(a)easychair.org RULES Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2024 RoboCup Rescue Simulation 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. Best Regards, Farshid Faraji on behalf of RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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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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Two additional code-examples
by Arnoud Visser 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

Dear all, during the RoboCup 2022 we extended the repository with ROS2 code with two new examples: * Obstacle Avoidance based on sonar * Advanced Obstacle Avoidance based on the depth camera. This two examples are including two open assignments. https://github.com/RoboCup-RSVRL/RoboCup2022RVRL_Demo Enjoy, Arnoud Visser Outlook voor Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> downloaden

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Mapping at DARPA's subterrain challenge
by Arnoud Visser 19 May '22

19 May '22

Read today the IEEE Spectrum article 'Robots Conquer the Underground' https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9771355 [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/assets/img/ieee_logo_smedia_200X200.png]<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9771355> Robots Conquer the Underground: What Darpa's Subterranean Challenge Means for the Future of Autonomous Robots | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore<https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9771355> Deep below the Louisville, Ky., zoo lies a network of enormous caverns carved out of limestone. The caverns are dark. They're dusty. They're humid. And during one week in September 2021, they were full of the most sophisticated robots in the world. The robots (along with their human teammates) were there to tackle a massive underground course designed by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research ... ieeexplore.ieee.org I was not only impressed by the map created by Team CSIRO Data61 (Fig 3), but also found this Q&A very relevant for our competition: Q: Autononomy is a necesary part of SubT, but having a human in the loop was critical as well. Do you think taht humans will continue to be a necessary part of effectictive robotic teams, or is full autonomy the future. A: Early in the competition, we saw a lot of hand-holding, with humans giving low-level commands. But teams quickly realized that they neeeded a more autonomous approach. Full autonomy is hard, though, and I think humans will continue to play a pretty big role, just a role that needs to evolve and chane into something that focuses on waht humans do best. .... I hope that this inspires you. See you in Bangkok, Arnoud Visser

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Deepest remote operation of robot exploration
by Arnoud Visser 10 Feb '22

10 Feb '22

Dear all, this is a quite nice background story on how realistic the scenario of the Rescue Simulation competition is. The robots had to explore a collapsed mine, where mapping was essential because the lime-mine was all grey, with pillar after pillar (see the hand-draw maps of the 100y old mine in the video). In addition, the robots had to set up a mesh network over a distance of 1.7 km to be able to explore the mine. https://www.therobotreport.com/how-robots-helped-a-collapsed-mine-get-back-…<https://www.therobotreport.com/how-robots-helped-a-collapsed-mine-get-back-…> Regards, Arnoud Visser

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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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LPNMR 2022 - Call for Papers
by cfp 28 Jan '22

28 Jan '22

[Apologies in case of multiple posting] Call for Papers ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16th International Conference on Logic Programming and Non-monotonic Reasoning LPNMR 2022 https://sites.google.com/view/lpnmr2022 Genova, Italy September 5-8, 2022 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AIMS AND SCOPE LPNMR 2022 is the sixteenth in the series of international meetings on logic programming and non-monotonic reasoning. LPNMR is a forum for exchanging ideas on declarative logic programming, non-monotonic reasoning, and knowledge representation. The aim of the conference is to facilitate interactions between researchers and practitioners interested in the design and implementation of logic-based programming languages and database systems, and those working in knowledge representation and non-monotonic reasoning. LPNMR strives to encompass theoretical and experimental studies that have led or will lead to advances in declarative programming and knowledge representation, as well as their use in practical applications. A Doctoral Consortium will also be a part of the program. LPNMR 2022 aims to bring together researchers from LPNMR core areas and application areas of the aforementioned kind in order to share research experiences, promote collaboration and identify directions for joint future research. TOPICS Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research on all aspects of non-monotonic approaches in logic programming and knowledge representation. We invite submissions of both long and short papers on topics detailed below. Conference topics include, but are not limited to: 1. Foundations of LPNMR Systems: * Semantics of new and existing languages; * Action languages, causality; * Formalization of Commonsense Reasoning and understanding its laws and nature; * Relationships among formalisms; * Complexity and expressive power; * Inference algorithms and heuristics for LPNMR systems; * Extensions of traditional LPNMR languages such as new logical connectives or new inference capabilities; * Updates, revision, and other operations on LPNMR systems; * Uncertainty in LPNMR systems. 2. Implementation of LPNMR systems: * System descriptions, comparisons, evaluations; * Algorithms and novel techniques for efficient evaluation; * LPNMR benchmarks. 3. Applications of LPNMR: * Use of LPNMR in Commonsense Reasoning and other areas of KR; * LPNMR languages and algorithms in planning, diagnosis, argumentation, reasoning with preferences, decision making and policies; * Applications of LPNMR languages in data integration and exchange systems, software engineering and model checking; * Applications of LPNMR to bioinformatics, linguistics, psychology, and other sciences; * Integration of LPNMR systems with other computational paradigms; * Embedded LPNMR: Systems using LPNMR subsystems. SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION LPNMR 2022 welcomes submissions of long papers (13 pages) or short papers (6 pages) in the following categories: * Technical papers * System descriptions * Application descriptions The indicated number of pages includes title page, references and figures. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published in the Springer's Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register for the conference to present the work. Submissions must be written in English, present original research, and be formatted according to Springer's guidelines and technical instructions available at: https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferen… Paper submission is enabled via the LPNMR 2022 Easychair site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lpnmr2022 The two best papers of general AI interest will be invited for rapid publication in the Artificial Intelligence Journal. Also, the 2-5 best papers with a logic programming focus will be invited for rapid publication in the journal of Theory and Practice of Logic Programming. MULTIPLE SUBMISSION POLICY LPNMR 2022 will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors are also required not to submit their papers elsewhere during LPNMR's review period. However, these restrictions do not apply to previous workshops with a limited audience and without archival proceedings. ASSOCIATED EVENTS LPNMR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM - A mentoring event where PhD students have a chance to present their current research, get feedback from peers and senior researchers, and establish contacts for their future career. FURTHER INFORMATION WWW:https://sites.google.com/view/lpnmr2022 Email:lpnmr2022@easychair.org((program) lpnmr2022(a)dibris.unige.it (general matters) Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/lpnmr2022 Twitter:https://twitter.com/lpnmr2022 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/lpnmr2022 IMPORTANT DATES * Paper registration: April 23, 2022 * Paper submission: April 30, 2022 * Notification: June 10, 2022 * Final versions due: June 30, 2022 VENUE The main conference will take place in Genova Nervi, Italy, in the Collegio Emiliani (http://www.collegioemiliani.it/, information available only in Italian on this link), which is a college directly situated on the sea. Nervi is a former fishing village, now a suburb of Genoa. Nervi is 7 km east of central Genova. Genova is the capital of Liguria, stretching along the bay of the same name from Nervi to the east as far as Voltri to the west. The pride of Nervi is the sea promenade, a 2 km walkway along the cliffs. The stunning views make it one of Italy's most beautiful promenades. Nervi is also well known for its Parchi, a park of about 22 acres (9 hectares) created from the gardens of the Villa Grimaldi, Villa Groppallo, and Villa Serra. It has typical Mediterranean plant species and many exotic species. Genova's old town district (reachable by local train, by bus, as well as by boat) is one of the largest in Europe, and hosts some remarkable artistic and architectural treasures, including the Palazzi dei Rolli, fifty or so homes of the aristocracy entered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In addition to offering a wealth of cultural attractions, Genova is a fascinating destination for tourists, with its scenic vantage points, sea promenades, aristocratic villas and of course the Riviera to the east and west, both easy to reach: Portovenere and Le Cinque Terre (also UNESCO World Heritage Sites), Portofino and Camogli to the east and Alassio, Sanremo, Bordighera to the west. Associated events (workshops) are planned to be held at the University, which is in the city center of Genova. Of course, we will continuously monitor the pandemic situation in order to evaluate whether the conference can be indeed held as an in-person event, or we will need to switch to a hybrid event, if not completely on-line. GENERAL CHAIR Georg Gottlob, Oxford University, UK PROGRAM CHAIRS Daniela Inclezan, Miami University, USA Marco Maratea, University of Genova, Italy PUBLICITY CHAIR Jessica Zangari, University of Calabria, Italy WORKSHOPS CHAIR Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIR Martin Gebser, University of Klagenfurt, Austria LOCAL ORGANIZATION Matteo Cardellini, University of Genova, Italy Angelo Ferrando, University of Genova, Italy (Chair) Marco Mochi, University of Genova, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TBD)

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