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RoboCup Brazil Open 2023 - EXTENDED DEADLINE
by Marco Simões 27 Jul '23

27 Jul '23

Sorry for any duplicates ### RoboCup Brazil Open 2023 - EXTENDED DEADLINE ### The RoboCup Brazil Open is a regional RoboCup competition that takes place in conjunction with the IEEE Latin-American competitions, the National Robotics Exhibition, and the Brazilian and Latin-American Robotics Symposiums. ### Important Dates ### Pre-registration and TDP submission: *August 7*Early Registration: *September 15* Regular Registration: *September 24* Late Registration (only for participants, no teams registration available): *October 10* Competition:* from October 7 to 12* ### Remote Participation ### Remote participation is available for non-Brazilian Teams only for Simulation Leagues. For 3D Simulation teams who qualified for RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux, the same TDP sent for the world competition can be sent, or a new version with minor changes is also accepted. ### Leagues ### The competition offers several RoboCup Leagues: *Soccer Simulation 2D (remote participation available for non-Brazilian Teams)Soccer Simulation 3D (remote participation available for non-Brazilian teams)* Humanoid League Small Size League (SSL) RoboCup @Home RoboCup Brazil Flying Robots Trial League RoboCupJunior Rescue Maze RoboCupJunior Rescue Simulation (remote participation available for non-Brazilian Teams) RoboCupJunior Soccer We also offer some IEEE challenges: IEEE Very Small Size Soccer (VSS) IEEE Open IEEE Standard Educational Kit IEEE Humanoid Racing Registration is now open using Sistema Olimpo ( https://olimpo.robocup.org.br/?lang=en). This is a new version of our system, so even former participants need to register again to the system and request a new registration for their institutions. Further information about the competition, such as registration fee values and rules, is available at https://www.cbrobotica.org/. If you have any doubts, please contact cbr(a)robocup.org.br -- Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura de Computadores, Sistemas Inteligentes e Robótica - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Ciência da Computação, Ph.D.

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RoboCup Brazil Open 2023 - Call for Participation
by Marco Simões 19 Jul '23

19 Jul '23

The RoboCup Brazil Open is a regional RoboCup competition that takes place in conjunction with the IEEE Latin-American competitions, the National Robotics Exhibition, and the Brazilian and Latin-American Robotics Symposiums. *### Important Dates ###* Pre-registration and TDP submission: *July 23* Early Registration: *September, 15* Regular Registration: *September, 24* Late Registration (only for participants, no teams registration available): *October, 10* Competition: *from October 7 to 12*. *### Remote Participation ###* Remote participation is available for non-Brazilian Teams in Simulation Leagues. For 3D Simulation teams who qualified for RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux, the same TDP sent for the world competition can be sent, or a new version with minor changes is also accepted. *### Leagues ###* The competition offers several RoboCup Leagues: Soccer Simulation 2D (remote participation available for non-Brazilian Teams) Soccer Simulation 3D (remote participation available for non-Brazilian teams) Humanoid League Small Size League (SSL) RoboCup @Home RoboCup Brazil Flying Robots Trial League RoboCupJunior Rescue Maze RoboCupJunior Rescue Simulation (remote participation available for non-Brazilian Teams) RoboCupJunior Soccer We also offer some IEEE challenges: IEEE Very Small Size Soccer (VSS) IEEE Open IEEE Standard Educational Kit IEEE Humanoid Racing Registration is now open using Sistema Olimpo ( https://olimpo.robocup.org.br/?lang=en). This is a new version of our system, so even former participants need to register again to the system and register their institutions. Further information about the competition is available at https://www.cbrobotica.org/. If you have any doubts please email cbr(a)robocup.org.br -- Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura de Computadores, Sistemas Inteligentes e Robótica - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Ciência da Computação, Ph.D.

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Second Call for Book Chapters: Computational Intelligence based Hyperspectral Image Analysis, Springer (Scopus Indexed)
by Anu Bajaj 13 Jul '23

13 Jul '23

Dear Colleagues We cordially invite researchers and scientists working in hyperspectral image analysis all around the globe to participate and submit their research work to contribute to our book titled "Computational Intelligence based Hyperspectral Image Analysis". It would help if you could let us know the tentative title of your contribution within 10 days of receiving this mail so that we can plan / structure the table of contents of the book. Submission link: https://forms.gle/owMZQys1yd6zXtkMA Scope of the Book: -------------------- Computational Intelligence (CI) based hyperspectral image analysis has gained significant importance in recent years due to its ability to extract valuable information from hyperspectral images and make predictions. Hyperspectral images provide a rich source of information about the composition and properties of objects in the environment. However, the vast amount of data generated by hyperspectral images can be overwhelming and hard to analyze. With their ability to provide valuable insights and improve decision-making, Computational Intelligence techniques act as a powerful tool that aids in automatic analysis and improves accuracy. Recent advances in the field have provided new and exciting ways to employ CI-based hyperspectral image analysis in many diverse applications. The book aims to showcase these latest achievements and novel approaches in this field, focusing on their wide applications in agriculture, the environment, defense, medical diagnostics, food and product inspection, and mineral exploration. It will be an essential resource for those seeking to deepen their understanding of how hyperspectral image analysis can combine with computational intelligence techniques to solve specific tasks in different application fields from a multidisciplinary perspective. The topics include, but are not limited to: --------------------------------------------- Hyperspectral Image Acquisition Hyperspectral Image Enhancement Hyperspectral Image Clustering Hyperspectral Image Representation Hyperspectral Image Restoration Hyperspectral Image Filtering Hyperspectral Image Classification Hyperspectral Image Segmentation Hyperspectral Image Retrieval and Indexing Hyperspectral Image Compression Spatial/Spectral Super-Resolution Computational Imaging Object Detection Applications in Remote Sensing Multispectral/Hyperspectral Image Processing: Band Selection, Dimensionality Reduction, Compressive Sensing, Sparse Representation, Image Registration/Matching, Image Denoising/Destriping, Image Fusion/Pansharpening Unsupervised Learning, Semi-supervised Learning, Transfer Learning, Deep Learning on Hyperspectral Images Real time Monitoring and applications Important Dates: --------------------- Full Chapter Submission Deadline August 30, 2023 Final Notification of Acceptance October 15, 2023 Final Chapter Submission Deadline November 15, 2023 Publisher Details: ---------------------- This book will be published in the Springer Series "Intelligent Systems Reference Library" (Electronic ISSN: 1868-4408, Print ISSN: 1868-4394) Indexed by: SCOPUS, SCImago, DBLP, zbMATH, Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series Submission Guidelines: ---------------------- The length of a book chapter should be between 20 and 30 pages. Chapters must be formatted according to Springer format (Latex or Word). The manuscript should be submitted in Word or Latex files. The plagiarism rate should be less than 15%. The figure should not have any copyright issues; either it can be redrawn or a copyright certificate should be obtained. There is no processing or publication charge for this book. More details on https://sites.google.com/view/cihia2023/home ----- Best Regards Editors: Ajith Abraham, Flame University, Pune, India; Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India Jyoti Maggu, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India Information contact: Anu Bajaj (er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com)

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ENC: *LAST CALL* - Call for Papers: SBR/LARS 2023
by Marco Antonio C. Simões 08 Jul '23

08 Jul '23

Sorry for any duplicates. ________________________________ De: somosrobotica(a)googlegroups.com <somosrobotica(a)googlegroups.com> em nome de Thiago Pedro Donadon Homem <thiago.homem(a)gmail.com> Enviado: sexta-feira, 7 de julho de 2023 17:19 Para: Ana Patrícia Fontes Magalhaes <apmagalhaes(a)uneb.br> Assunto: *LAST CALL* - Call for Papers: SBR/LARS 2023 * Apologies for cross-postings * Due to the high demand from authors, the article submission deadline for the IEEE LARS 2023 - 20th Latin American Robotics Symposium, SBR 2023 - 15th Brazilian Symposium on Robotics and WRE 2023 - 14th Workshop on Robotics in Education has been extended. The paper deadline is July 10th, 2023 Visit the website www.robotica.org.br<https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=http%3…>. This year, SBR-LARS and co-events will have: Keynote Speakers: Distinguished keynote speakers have been invited to share their expertise and perspectives at the conference. Join us to gain valuable insights from these renowned industry leaders: Dr. Peter Stone, holds the Truchard Foundation Chair in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is Associate Chair of the Computer Science Department, as well as Director of Texas Robotics. Dr. Martin Saska, has founded and leads the Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory and co-founded the Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems. He is research fellow with Czech Technical University in Prague Call for Papers: We invite researchers, undergraduate and graduate students of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, and related fields to submit their original research papers for oral presentation at the conference. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your work and contribute to the advancement of robotics and artificial intelligence. Paper Submission Deadline: July 10th, 2023 Notification of Acceptance: July 31st, 2023 Camera Ready Submission: August 21st, 2023 Conference: from October 9th to 11st, 2023, Salvador, BA, Brazil Conference website: http://acso.uneb.br/sbr-lars Proceedings: Accepted papers will be available at IEEE Xplore. A selected number of outstanding papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a Special Issue of JINT (Journal of Intelligent & Robotics Systems). Organization: Chair: Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões - UNEB Technical Program: Chair: Dra. Ana Patrícia Fontes Magalhães Mascarenhas - UNEB Co-chair: Dr. Thiago Pedro Donadon Homem - IFSP -- Você recebeu essa mensagem porque está inscrito no grupo "#somosrobotica" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para somosrobotica+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:somosrobotica+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. Para ver essa discussão na Web, acesse https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/somosrobotica/CAAmufPodQ2%2B7qL9HnHhq3N3Y…<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/somosrobotica/CAAmufPodQ2%2B7qL9HnHhq3N3Y…>.

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First CFP: 13th Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2023) -- Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 08 Jul '23

08 Jul '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- The 13th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT'23) -- WICT 2023 Theme: ICT in the Generative AI World =============================================== http://www.mirlabs.org/wict23 http://www.mirlabs.net/wict23 Onsite and On the World Wide Web Onsite Venues: Olten, Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten Porto, Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto Vilnius, Lithuania : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius Kochi, India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi December 14-15, 2023 WICT 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. WICT 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of WICT'23 will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) (Approval Pending) Proceedings of WICT'22: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978- 3-031-27499-2 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago History of WICT series: http://www.mirlabs.net/wict23/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 14-15,2023 **About WICT 2023** ------------------ After the success of the 12th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2022), we are organizing WICT 2023 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". **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Data Mining e-Learning e-Business e-Government Artificial Intelligence Web Services and Semantic Web Grid and Cloud Computing Ambient Intelligence Body Sensor Networks Computational Finance and Economics Cybercrime (Legal and Technical Issues) Computer Network Security Data Mining for Information Security Academic Integrity, Plagiarism Detection and Software Misuse Intrusion Detection and Forensics Scheduling For Large Scale Distributed System Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms And Their Applications The Role of Technology in Education and Health Data Management Collaborative Design in Knowledge-based Environment Software Engineering **Submission Guidelines** ------------------------- Submission of 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: https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript- preparation/5636#c3324 WICT’23 Submission Link: http://www.mirlabs.org/wict23/submission.php **WICT 2023 Organization** ------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Thinakaran Perumal, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania Program Chairs Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania Yunchuan Sun, Beijing Normal University, China Ryotaro Kamimura, Tokai University, Japan Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj <er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> **Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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First CFP: 15th Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2023) -- Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 04 Jul '23

04 Jul '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- 15th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2023) -- NaBIC 2023 Theme: Nature Inspired Approaches in Generative AI ==================================================== http://www.mirlabs.net/nabic23 http://www.mirlabs.org/nabic23 Onsite and On the World Wide Web Onsite Venues: Olten, Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten Porto, Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto Vilnius, Lithuania : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius Kochi, India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi December 13-15, 2023 NaBIC 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. NaBIC 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia. Like previous years, proceedings of NaBIC'23 are expected to be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) Proceedings of NaBIC'22: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96302-6 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of NaBIC series: http://www.mirlabs.net/nabic23/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 13-15, 2023 **About NaBIC'23** ----------------------------- After the success of the previous 14 events, we welcome your participation and contribution to the 15th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2023) to be held in hybrid mode during December 13-15, 2023. NaBIC 2023 is organized to provide a forum for researchers, engineers, and students from all over the world, to discuss state-of-the-art machine intelligence, and address various issues on building up human-friendly machines by learning from nature. The conference theme is "Nature Inspired Approaches in Generative AI". **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Industrial Applications of Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing Computing Information Retrieval Robotics Fault Diagnosis Bioinformatics Web Intelligence Speech Processing Business Information Systems Knowledge Management Evolvable Hardware Image and Signal Processing Pattern Recognition Traffic and Transportation System Decision Analysis Data Mining Computer Vision Information and Communication Technology Control System Innovative approaches Artificial Neural Networks Biodegradability Prediction Cellular Automata Evolutionary Algorithms Swarm Intelligence Emergent Systems Artificial Life Lindenmayer Systems Digital Organisms Artificial Immune Systems Membrane Computing Simulated Annealing Communication Networks and Protocols Computing with Words Common Sense Computing Cognitive Modeling and Architecture Connectionism Metaheuristics Hybrid Approaches Quantum Computing Nano Computing **Submission Guidelines** ------------------------- Submission of 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: https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript… NaBIC’23 Submission Link: http://www.mirlabs.org/nabic23/submission.php ** NaBIC 2023 Organization** --------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Artūras Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Program Chairs Andries Engelbrecht, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, University of Mumbai, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj <er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> **Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 3D Free/Scientific Challenge - Call for Participation
by Marco Antonio C. Simões 04 Jul '23

04 Jul '23

Dear Teams, We invite all teams registered to RoboCup 2023 3D Soccer Simulation League to apply for the Scientific/Free Challenge. Detailed rules are available at [1]. *** Important dates **** Send one-page short paper up to: July 6, 6:00 pm (Bordeaux time) Presentation: July 7, 04:00 pm (Bordeaux time) Papers should be sent to these three e-mail addresses: msimoes(a)uneb.br, klaus.dorer(a)hs-offenburg.de and hbraun(a)stud.hs-offenburg.de We hope to see all 3D teams in this challenge. Best Regards, RoboCup 2023 3D Soccer Simulation Organizing Committee [1] https://ssim.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Rules_RoboCupSim3D2023.…

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First CFP: 14th Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA'23) -- Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- The 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA'23) --IBICA 2023 Theme: Nature Inspired Approaches and Generative AI=====================================================http://www.mirlabs.n… Onsite and On the World Wide Web *Onsite Venues:Olten, Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OltenPorto, Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PortoVilnius, Lithuania : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VilniusKochi, India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KochiDecember 14-15, 2023IBICA 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. IBICA 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia.Proceedings of IBICA'23 will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) (Approval Pending)Proceedings of IBICA'22: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-27499-2Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLinkHistory of IBICA series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica23/previous.php… Dates**------------------------------Paper submission due: September 30, 2023Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023Conference: December 14-15, 2023** About IBICA 2023 **-------------------------------------IBICA'23 is the 14th International Conference on Innovations inBio-Inspired Computing and Applications. The aim of IBICA is toprovide a platform for world research leaders and practitioners, todiscuss the “full spectrum” of current theoretical developments,emerging technologies, and innovative applications of Bio-inspiredComputing. Bio-inspired Computing is currently one of the mostexciting research areas, and it is continuously demonstratingexceptional strength in solving complex real life problems. The maindriving force of the conference is to further explore the intriguingpotential of Bio-inspired Computing. IBICA 2023 will be held in hybrid mode.**Topics (not limited to)**-----------------------------------------Bio-inspired ComputingAnt Colony SystemArtificial Immune SystemsArtificial IntelligenceArtificial Neural NetworksCellular AutomatonCognitive ModelingDNA ComputingDifferential EvolutionEmergent SystemsEvolutionary ComputationsEvolutionary Strategies/ProgrammingFuzzy LogicGenetic Algorithms/ProgrammingGranular ComputingNeutrosophic SystemsOrganic ComputingP SystemsParticle Swarm OptimizationEmerging Technologies & ApplicationsIntelligent Distributed and High-Perfomance Architecture**Submission Guidelines**----------------------------------------Submission of paper should be made through the submission pagefrom the conference web page. Please refer to the conference websitefor guidelines to prepare your manuscript.Paper format templates:https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/… Link:http://www.mirlabs.org/ibica23/submission.php (under development)** IBICA 2023 Organization **------------------------------------------------General ChairsAjith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USAThinakaran Perumal, Universiti Putra Malaysia, MalaysiaVirgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, LithuaniaProgram ChairRyotaro Kamimura, Tokai University, JapanPublication ChairAnu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, IndiaWeb Services ChairKun Ma, University of Jinan, ChinaPublicity ChairPooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, IndiaInternational Program CommitteeTBANote: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj <er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com>**Technical Contact**---------------------Dr. Ajith AbrahamEmail: ajith.abraham@ieee.org

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First CFP - 15th Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2023) - Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 01 Jul '23

01 Jul '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- 15th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2023) -- *SoCPaR 2023 Theme: *Soft Computing Approaches in Large Language Models and Generative Pre-trained Transformers ============================================================ ================================ http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar23 http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar23 *Onsite and On the World Wide Web* *Onsite Venues:* *Olten, Switzerland :* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten *Porto, Portugal :* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto *Vilnius, Lithuania :* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius *Kochi, India :* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi December 13-15, 2023 HIS 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. HIS 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the FOUR venues in Europe and Asia. Like previous years, proceedings of SoCPaR'23 are expected to be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) Proceedings of SoCPaR'22: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978- 3-031-27524-1 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of SoCPaR series: http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar23/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 13-15, 2023 **About SoCPaR 2023** --------------------- After the success of the 14th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2022), SoCPaR 2023 is organized to bring together worldwide leading researchers and practitioners interested in advancing the state-of-the-art in Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of disciplines among various distinct communities. It is hoped that researchers and practitioners will bring new prospects for collaboration across disciplines and gain inspiration to facilitate novel breakthroughs. The themes for this conference are thus focused on "Innovating and Inspiring Soft Computing and Intelligent Pattern Recognition". **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Soft Computing and Applications (but not limited to): Evolutionary computing Swarm intelligence Artificial immune systems Fuzzy Sets Uncertainty analysis Fractals Rough Sets Support vector machines Artificial neural networks Case Based Reasoning Wavelets Hybrid intelligent systems Nature inspired computing techniques Machine learning Ambient intelligence Hardware implementations Pattern Recognition and Applications (but not limited to): Information retrieval Data Mining Web Mining Image Processing Computer Vision Bio-informatics Information security Network security Steganography Biometry Remote sensing Medical Informatics E-commerce Signal Processing Control systems **Submission Guidelines** ------------------------- Submission of 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: https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript- preparation/5636#c3324 SoCPaR’23 Submission Link: http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar23/submission.php (under development) ** SoCPaR 2023 Organization ** ------------------------------ General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Artūras Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Program Chairs Andries Engelbrecht, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj < er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> **Technical Contact** --------------------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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RoboCup Brazil Open 2023
by Patricia Vergara 29 Jun '23

29 Jun '23

Good morning! Registrations are now open for RoboCup Brazil Open 2023! The event will occur from October 7th to 12th at the* Salvador Convention Center in Salvador, Bahia*. Registrations can be made through the website: http://olimpo.robocup.org.br/. RoboCup Brazil Open is a large event that also includes the Brazilian Robotics Competition, the Brazilian Robotics Olympiad, and the Brazilian Robotics Exhibition. In addition, the following meetings will be held during the event: XV Brazilian Robotics Symposium XIV Workshop on Educational Robotics Thesis and Dissertation Workshop in Robotics Thesis and Dissertation Contest in Robotics IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium All rules and challenges for each category are available on our website, as well as the updated registration fees and deadlines for TDP submission. >> Some categories will be in a hybrid format, allowing teams to participate remotely when necessary. >> All information is available on our website: www.cbrobotica.org and www.robotica.org.br ________________________________ Best regards, Robocup Brazil Team -- Patrícia Vergara Comunicação RoboCup Brasil (11) 9.8686-4993 (apenas whatsapp) www.robocup.org.br

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First CFP: 19th Information Assurance and Security -- Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 26 Jun '23

26 Jun '23

* First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- 19th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2023) -- IAS 2023 Theme: Large Language Models and Generative AI for Information Security ======================================================================= http://www.mirlabs.org/ias23 http://www.mirlabs.net/ias23 Onsite and On the World Wide Web Onsite Venues: Olten, Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten Porto, Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto Vilnius, Lithuania : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius Kochi, India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi December 12-14, 2023 IAS 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. IAS 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of IAS'23 will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. ( https://www.springer.com/series/15179) (Approval Pending) Proceedings of IAS'22: https://link.springer.com/ book/10.1007/978-3-031-27409-1 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of IAS series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ias23/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 12-14, 2023 **About IAS 2023** --------------------- Information assurance and security have become important research issues in the networked and distributed information sharing environments. Finding effective ways to protect information systems, networks, and sensitive data within the critical information infrastructure is challenging even with the most advanced technology and trained professionals. The 19th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS) aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, and policymakers involved in various information assurance and security disciplines to exchange ideas and learn the latest development in this crucial field. **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Information Assurance, Security Mechanisms, Methodologies and Models Authentication and Identity Management Authorization and Access Control Trust Negotiation, Establishment and Management Anonymity and User Privacy Data Integrity and Privacy Network Security Operating System Security Database Security Intrusion Detection Security Attacks Security Oriented System Design Security and Performance trade-off Security Management and Strategy Security Verification, Evaluations and Measurements Secure Software Technologies New Ideas and Paradigms for Security Cryptography Cryptographic Protocols Key Management and Recovery Secure System Architectures and Security Application Image Engineering, Multimedia Signal Processing and Communication Security **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: https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript- preparation/5636#c3324 IAS’23 Submission Link: http://www.mirlabs.org/ias23/submission.php ** IAS 2023 Organization ** ---------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Ana Maria Madureira, ISEP, Porto, Portugal Cengiz Kahraman, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Program Chair Yuchuan Sun, Beijing Normal University, China Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj < er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> **Technical Contact** -------------------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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First CFP - 23rd Hybrid Intelligent Systems - Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 24 Jun '23

24 Jun '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- The 23rd International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'23) -- HIS 2023 Theme: Hybrid Approaches for Large Language Models and Generative AI ================================================================ http://www.mirlabs.net/his23 http://www.mirlabs.org/his23 *Onsite and On the World Wide Web* *Onsite Venues:* Olten, Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten Porto, Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto Vilnius, Lithuania : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius Kochi, India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi *December 12-14, 2023* HIS 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. HIS 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the four venues in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of HIS'23 will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. ( https://www.springer.com/series/15179) (Approval Pending) Proceedings of HIS'22: https://link.springer.com/ book/10.1007/978-3-031-27409-1 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of HIS series: http://www.mirlabs.net/his23/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 12-14, 2023 **About HIS 2023** ------------------ Hybridization of intelligent systems is a promising research field of modern artificial/computational intelligence concerned with the development of the next generations of intelligent systems. A fundamental stimulus to Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS) investigations is the awareness in the academic communities about the necessity of the combined approaches to solving the remaining challenging problems in artificial/computational intelligence. Hybrid Intelligent Systems are recently getting popular due to their capabilities in handling several real-world complexities involving imprecision, uncertainty, and vagueness. HIS'23 built on the success of the previous HIS conferences. HIS'23 is the 23rd International conference that brings together researchers, developers, practitioners, and users of soft computing, computational intelligence, agents, logic programming, and several other intelligent computing techniques. It aims to increase the awareness of the research community about the broad spectrum of hybrid approaches. It brings together worldwide AI researchers to present their cutting-edge results, discuss the current trends in HIS research, and develop a collective vision of future opportunities. Thereby helping the researchers and practitioners establish international collaborative opportunities, and as a result, advancing the state-of-the-art of the field. **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Interactions between neural networks and fuzzy inference systems. Artificial neural network optimization using global optimization techniques. Fuzzy clustering algorithms and optimization techniques. Fuzzy inference system optimization using global optimization algorithms. Hybrid computing using neural networks - fuzzy systems - evolutionary algorithms. Hybrid optimization techniques (evolutionary algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search, GRASP etc.). Hybrid of soft computing and statistical learning techniques. Models using inductive logic programming, logic synthesis, grammatical inference, case-based reasoning etc. Autonomic computing. Hybridizatiion with novel computing paradigms: Qantum computing, DNA computing, membrane computing etc. Hybrid Intelligent Systems: Applications **Submission Guidelines** ------------------------- Submission of 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: https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript- preparation/5636#c3324 HIS’23 Submission Link: http://www.mirlabs.org/his23/submission.php (under development) **HIS 2023 Organization** ------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Ana Maria Madureira, ISEP, Porto, Portugal Cengiz Kahraman, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Program Chair Yuchuan Sun, Beijing Normal University, China Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj < er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> **Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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First CFP - 23rd Intelligent Systems Design and Applications 2023 - Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- The 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA’23) –- *ISDA 2023 Theme: **Large Language Models and Generative Pre-trained Transformers in the Real World* ============================================================ ==================================== *http://www.mirlabs.org/isda23 <http://www.mirlabs.org/isda23>http://www.mirlabs.net/isda23 <http://www.mirlabs.net/isda23>* Onsite and On the World Wide Web *Onsite Venues:* *Olten, Switzerland *: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten *Porto, Portugal* : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto *Vilnius, Lithuania* : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius *Kochi, India* : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi *December 11-13, 2023* ISDA 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. ISDA 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia. As usual, proceedings of ISDA'23 are expected to be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. ( https://www.springer.com/series/15179). Proceedings of ISDA’22: https://link.springer.com/ book/10.1007/978-3-031-27440-4 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of ISDA series: https://www.mirlabs.org/isda23/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 11-13, 2023 **About ISDA 2023** ------------------ The International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA) is a major international conference bringing together researchers, engineers, and practitioners who work in the areas of intelligent systems and their applications in industry and the real world. Every year, ISDA attracts authors from over 30 countries. After the success of the 22nd conference, which was held online, this year's event will be held in hybrid mode (onsite and online) during December 12-14, 2023. ISDA 2023 is expected to provide an opportunity for researchers to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results, and methods in solving intriguing problems in the fields of artificial intelligence and its real-world applications. The conference programme will include workshops, special sessions, tutorials, prominent keynote speakers, and regular paper presentations in parallel tracks. All submitted papers will be reviewed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. Conference contents will be submitted for inclusion in Springer and other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Intelligent Systems Architectures and Applications Intelligent Image and Signal Processing Intelligent Internet Modeling Intelligent Data mining Intelligent Business Systems Intelligent Control and Automation Intelligent Agents Intelligent Knowledge Management Innovative Information Security Innovative Networking and Communication Techniques Web Intelligence Intelligent Software Engineering ***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:* https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript- preparation/5636#c3324 *ISDA’23 Submission Link:* http://www.mirlabs.org/isda23/submission.php (updated soon) *** ISDA 2023 Organization *** ---------------------------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Patrick Siarry, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France Program Chairs Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Sabri Pllana, Center for Smart Computing Continuum, Forschung Burgenland, Austria Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj < er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> ***Technical Contact*** ------------------------------------ Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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Call for Book Chapters: Computational Intelligence based Hyperspectral Image Analysis, Springer (Scopus Indexed)
by Anu Bajaj 08 Jun '23

08 Jun '23

Dear Colleagues We cordially invite researchers and scientists working in hyperspectral image analysis all around the globe to participate and submit their research work to contribute to our book titled "Computational Intelligence based Hyperspectral Image Analysis". It would help if you could let us know the tentative title of your contribution within 10 days of receiving this mail so that we can plan / structure the table of contents of the book. Submission link: https://forms.gle/owMZQys1yd6zXtkMA Scope of the Book: -------------------- Computational Intelligence (CI) based hyperspectral image analysis has gained significant importance in recent years due to its ability to extract valuable information from hyperspectral images and make predictions. Hyperspectral images provide a rich source of information about the composition and properties of objects in the environment. However, the vast amount of data generated by hyperspectral images can be overwhelming and hard to analyze. With their ability to provide valuable insights and improve decision-making, Computational Intelligence techniques act as a powerful tool that aids in automatic analysis and improves accuracy. Recent advances in the field have provided new and exciting ways to employ CI-based hyperspectral image analysis in many diverse applications. The book aims to showcase these latest achievements and novel approaches in this field, focusing on their wide applications in agriculture, the environment, defense, medical diagnostics, food and product inspection, and mineral exploration. It will be an essential resource for those seeking to deepen their understanding of how hyperspectral image analysis can combine with computational intelligence techniques to solve specific tasks in different application fields from a multidisciplinary perspective. The topics include, but are not limited to: --------------------------------------------- Hyperspectral Image Acquisition Hyperspectral Image Enhancement Hyperspectral Image Clustering Hyperspectral Image Representation Hyperspectral Image Restoration Hyperspectral Image Filtering Hyperspectral Image Classification Hyperspectral Image Segmentation Hyperspectral Image Retrieval and Indexing Hyperspectral Image Compression Spatial/Spectral Super-Resolution Computational Imaging Object Detection Applications in Remote Sensing Multispectral/Hyperspectral Image Processing: Band Selection, Dimensionality Reduction, Compressive Sensing, Sparse Representation, Image Registration/Matching, Image Denoising/Destriping, Image Fusion/Pansharpening Unsupervised Learning, Semi-supervised Learning, Transfer Learning, Deep Learning on Hyperspectral Images Real time Monitoring and applications Important Dates: --------------------- Full Chapter Submission Deadline August 30, 2023 Final Notification of Acceptance October 15, 2023 Final Chapter Submission Deadline November 15, 2023 Publisher Details: ---------------------- This book will be published in the Springer Series "Intelligent Systems Reference Library" (Electronic ISSN: 1868-4408, Print ISSN: 1868-4394) Indexed by: SCOPUS, SCImago, DBLP, zbMATH, Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series Submission Guidelines: ---------------------- The length of a book chapter should be between 20 and 30 pages. Chapters must be formatted according to Springer format (Latex or Word). The manuscript should be submitted in Word or Latex files. The plagiarism rate should be less than 15%. The figure should not have any copyright issues; either it can be redrawn or a copyright certificate should be obtained. There is no processing or publication charge for this book. More details on https://sites.google.com/view/cihia2023/home ----- Best Regards Editors: Ajith Abraham, Flame University, Pune, India; Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India Jyoti Maggu, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India Information contact: Anu Bajaj (er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com)

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Fwd: Submission Deadline Extension - Conference WRE 2023
by Marco Simões 31 May '23

31 May '23

Sorry for any duplicates. ---------- Forwarded message --------- De: Milena F. <milenafariaa(a)gmail.com> Date: qua., 31 de mai. de 2023 às 07:47 Subject: Submission Deadline Extension - Conference WRE 2023 To: Somosrobotica <somosrobotica(a)googlegroups.com> We'd like to invite you to submit original research papers for the 2023 Workshop on Robotics in Education (WRE 2023), to be held in *Salvador, Brazil, on October 9-10, 2023.* Submissions are open, and the hard deadline for paper submission is now *June 19th, 2023.* *Accepted papers in English will be submitted to IEEE Xplore proceedings.* To submit your paper, please visit the WRE 2023 website at http://natalnet.br/wre2023/index.php?page=submission We look forward to your participation in WRE 2023! Best regards, WRE 2023 Organizing Committee ____________________________________ Profa. Milena F. Pinto (PhD.) *Departamento de Engenharia Eletrônica* *Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio de Janeiro* *Av. Maracanã, 229 - Maracanã* *Rio de Janeiro/RJ - CEP: 20271-110* Celular: * ++55 32 991000370* *Lattes: **http://lattes.cnpq.br/9537851345288279 <http://lattes.cnpq.br/9537851345288279>* *Orcid: 0000-0001-6916-700X <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6916-700X>* *e-mail: **milena.pinto(a)cefet-rj.br <milena.pinto(a)cefet-rj.br>* __________________________________________________ -- Você recebeu essa mensagem porque está inscrito no grupo "#somosrobotica" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para somosrobotica+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. Para ver essa discussão na Web, acesse https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/somosrobotica/CAE-brws-HRjeeV0S40DfNp%3DZ… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/somosrobotica/CAE-brws-HRjeeV0S40DfNp%3DZ…> . -- Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura de Computadores, Sistemas Inteligentes e Robótica - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Ciência da Computação, Ph.D.

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Results of an Analysis of 2D Log Files of Recent Tournaments
by Prof. Dr. Thomas Gabel 16 May '23

16 May '23

Dear 2D Community! [Same text will be shared in Discord as well!] TL&DR; We analyzed the log files of major competitions during past years and found a degradation of the reliability of the hardware setup and its computational power provided to the teams. In particular, we observed that - starting in 2022 - many teams' players did frequently miss to send a command within 100ms. If you have any questions or remarks on this, please share them. Best regards, Thomas Gabel (on behalf of the FRA-UNIted team). =====FULL EXPLANATION===== ~~Assumptions~~ We assume that all teams do, in general, send at least one command to the soccer server each time step. By commands we refer to their (A) body-related commands (dash, kick, turn, catch, tackle) and their (B) other-parts-related commands (attentionto, turn_neck, say, change_view, pointto). It is standing to reason to assume that each player sends at least one of those commands to the server each time step. Moreover, most teams do indeed send one of the body-related commands (dash, kick, turn, catch, tackle) to the server each time step. ~~Definitions~~ If some agent does not send a command in one time step at all (neither from category (A) nor from category (B)), then usually something is wrong. In accordance to Ralf Berger from the first Soccer Simulation 2D Champion team ever (AT-Humboldt'97) we call this situation a HOLE. If some agent sends in one time step t more than one command, then usually something is very wrong (e.g. two dashes, or a dash and a turn). It usually means that this agent did not manage to send the first of the two commands within the 100ms of the previous time step t-1, i.e. it is being sent one step too late. Simultaneously, the agent sends the command of the current time step t. Thus, the server receives the command from the previous *and* the current time step in the same cycle. In accordance to Ralf Berger from the first Soccer Simulation 2D Champion team ever (AT-Humboldt'97) we call this situation a BLACK HOLE. ~~History~~ Holes and black holes are bad things for any agent. They used to be a big issue in the early days of soccer simulation 2D, when computational resources were scarce (e.g. the 12 processes of one team had to be run on just one or two single-core PC) as well as when the network connections needed for exchanging messages via UDP were not as reliable as they are today. While we believed that holes and black holes are a problem of another decade and they occur only very rarely or due to programming errors by some team nowadays, we observed their systematic return in competitions of the last and current year where, as far as we can tell, for the first times tournaments were run on 12 docker instances for each team and one for the rcssserver (in total 25 docker instances) entirely on one single machine (which, of course, is equipped with a sufficient amount of cores, e.g. 64 cores). ~~Methodology~~ We took the log files from the 2019, 2021 and 2022 world championships plus the very recent IranOpen 2023 tournament and analyzed the rcl files for the occurrence of holes and black holes. Our analysis tool and script are available on request. ~~Findings~~ In RoboCup 2019, there were no problems across all teams (with the exception of Ri-One which we think to be due to a team-internal problem). And a minor issue for YuShan2019 (with, however, less than 1 black hole in the course of two matches). Team Name, #matches, #holesTotal, #blackholesTotal, holesPerMatch, blackHolesPerMatch --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receptivity, 22, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 MT2019, 20, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 ITAndroids, 21, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Fractals2019, 22, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Ri-one, 21, 18938, 572, 901.8095, 27.238094 YuShan2019, 21, 9, 9, 0.42857143, 0.42857143 CYRUS2019, 22, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 HillStone, 21, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Razi2018, 20, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 FRA-UNIted, 20, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 FCP, 20, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 RoboCIn, 22, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 HfutEngine2019, 20, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 HELIOS2019, 20, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Titas2019, 20, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Likewise, there were no issues for RoboCup 2021: Team Name, #matches, #holesTotal, #blackholesTotal, holesPerMatch, blackHolesPerMatch --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austras2D, 35, 812029, 0, 23200.828, 0.0 Persepolis, 35, 7916, 0, 226.17143, 0.0 Oxsy, 35, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 YuShan2021, 36, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 CYRUS, 36, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 HfutEngine2021, 38, 11, 0, 0.28947368, 0.0 ITAndroids, 38, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Hades2D, 36, 1034, 0, 28.722221, 0.0 RoboCIn, 36, 16, 0, 0.44444445, 0.0 MT2021, 36, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 ARAS, 35, 6, 0, 0.17142858, 0.0 Jyo, 35, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 HELIOS2021, 35, 8, 1, 0.22857143, 0.028571429 FRA-UNIted, 37, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Alice2021, 35, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 ThunderLeague, 36, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 Some teams (e.g. Austras or Persepolis) seem to refrain from sending a command in each time step, producing what we call a hole. Each team must decide for itself whether this is intended, or acceptable, or bad behavior (so we assume that this large amount of holes is fine for the two team mentioned). Anyways, black holes are always most likely a bad thing for any team. If we count the total number of black holes for RoboCup 2021, we see that there was just a single black hole in the entire tournament (by HELIOS2021). Unfortunately, things changed in RoboCup 2022 where, for the first time, a docker-based environment was used. Unfortunately, the entirety of logs for that year can no longer be found on archive.robocup.info which is why our analysis focuses only on the fraction of logs that we downloaded during the tournament: Team Name, #matches, #holesTotal, #blackholesTotal, holesPerMatch, blackHolesPerMatch --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MT2022, 32, 52, 12, 1.625, 0.375 YuShan2022, 36, 416, 248, 11.555555, 6.888889 Alice2D, 32, 73671, 7, 2302.2188, 0.21875 ITAndroids, 34, 53, 6, 1.5588236, 0.1764706 Oxsy, 32, 70, 19, 2.1875, 0.59375 HELIOS2022, 31, 21, 12, 0.67741936, 0.38709676 RoboCIn, 34, 51, 16, 1.5, 0.47058824 Hfutengine2022, 38, 129, 56, 3.3947368, 1.4736842 Tehran2D, 36, 72, 18, 2.0, 0.5 CYRUS, 33, 51, 17, 1.5454545, 0.5151515 FRA-UNIted, 32, 161, 139, 5.03125, 4.34375 Hades2D, 32, 59, 7, 1.84375, 0.21875 The summed number of black wholes has been increased to 557 in the entire tournament - a number which is certainly far beyond anything that is acceptable. Apparently, all teams were affected where YuShan2022 was affected most with almost 7 black holes per game on average. As a safety check, we ran our analysis also on a big part of the log files produced by the recent IranOpen 2023 tournament which was also held in a docker-based environment with each agent/coach running in its own docker instance, all on the same single machine. Team Name, #matches, #holesTotal, #blackholesTotal, holesPerMatch, blackHolesPerMatch --------------------------------------------------------------------------- YuShan2023, 15, 63, 32, 4.2, 2.1333334 FRA-UNIted, 22, 113, 100, 5.1363635, 4.5454545 Mcafee, 8, 26, 4, 3.25, 0.5 Mrl, 14, 361, 289, 25.785715, 20.642857 The8, 20, 54, 13, 2.7, 0.65 Robo2D, 7, 242, 131, 34.57143, 18.714285 Pyrus, 14, 50, 23, 3.5714285, 1.6428572 Apollo2d, 9, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 RoboCIn, 15, 11, 0, 0.73333335, 0.0 ThunderLeague, 12, 11, 0, 0.9166667, 0.0 Zina-AI, 17, 44, 21, 2.5882354, 1.2352941 R3CESBU, 4, 22, 0, 5.5, 0.0 football-iauk, 9, 0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 EMPEROR, 7, 46, 14, 6.571429, 2.0 This time, some teams where affected even more severely, e.g. Mrl or Robo2D each with nearly 20 black holes per match on average. The negative impact on our own team was nearly the same in RoboCup 2022 and IranOpen 2023 with ca. 4.5 black holes per match. Of course, one might argue that the prevention of black holes is in the responsibility of each team itself. However, we strongly belief that the wide re-occurrence of black holes from 2022 onward points to some inherent problem with the way the simulation environment has been set up recently. As an additional safety check (for our team, FRA-UNIted, only), we also ran a large amount of matches with our team against various opponents on standard PCs (without docker or other virtualizations) using exactly the same version as we employed recently in the IranOpen 2023 tournament. We observed no black hole at all. ~~Details~~ Our analysis reveals that often the entire simulation seems to be "frozen" for one time step or for time steps that are near to one another. We can only speculate about the reasons; one such speculation would be that other docker environments (of another match that is running in parallel on the same machine) are initialized at match start-up/clean-up and this increases the overall system load for a few seconds. Please, see the detail analysis of the exemplary match between RoboC2 and YuShan2023 during the recent IranOpen 2023 tournament in which these teams were affected by 51 and 32 black holes, respectively. All these black holes occur between time steps 600 and 800. In some time steps many players are affected simultaneously (see below: Appendix). ~~Conclusion~~ The hardware, virtualization, and software setup for upcoming tournaments must be very critically questioned in order to allow for fair competitions. =====Appendix===== Detail analysis of one exemplary match from IranOpen 2023: Program arguments: ./GGHv1WP_server1_Robo2D_1-vs-YuShan2023_4.rcl I extracted 2 team names: Robo2D, YuShan2023 I extracted 22 agent names: Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11, YuShan2023_1, YuShan2023_2, YuShan2023_3, YuShan2023_4, YuShan2023_5, YuShan2023_6, YuShan2023_7, YuShan2023_8, YuShan2023_9, YuShan2023_10, YuShan2023_11. t=623: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_10 -> {Robo2D=4} t=624: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_1 t=624: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_3 t=624: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_8 t=624: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_10 t=680: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_7, YuShan2023_1, YuShan2023_3, YuShan2023_4, YuShan2023_5, YuShan2023_7, YuShan2023_8, YuShan2023_10 -> {Robo2D=4, YuShan2023=7} t=681: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_4 t=681: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_4 t=681: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_7 t=681: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_8 t=748: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11, YuShan2023_1, YuShan2023_2, YuShan2023_3, YuShan2023_5, YuShan2023_6, YuShan2023_8, YuShan2023_10 -> {Robo2D=10, YuShan2023=7} t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_6 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_7 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_9 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_10 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_11 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_2 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_3 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_6 t=749: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_10 t=751: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11, YuShan2023_1, YuShan2023_2, YuShan2023_3, YuShan2023_5, YuShan2023_6, YuShan2023_7, YuShan2023_9, YuShan2023_10, YuShan2023_11 -> {Robo2D=11, YuShan2023=9} t=752: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11 -> {Robo2D=11} t=752: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_2 t=752: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_3 t=752: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_5 t=752: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_6 t=752: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_7 t=752: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_9 t=752: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_10 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_1 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_2 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_3 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_4 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_5 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_6 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_7 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_8 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_9 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_10 t=753: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_11 t=758: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11, YuShan2023_1, YuShan2023_2, YuShan2023_3, YuShan2023_4, YuShan2023_5, YuShan2023_6, YuShan2023_7, YuShan2023_8, YuShan2023_9, YuShan2023_10, YuShan2023_11 -> {Robo2D=11, YuShan2023=11} t=759: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11 -> {Robo2D=11} t=759: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_1 t=759: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_3 t=759: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_7 t=759: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_11 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_1 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_2 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_3 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_4 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_5 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_6 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_7 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_8 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_9 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_10 t=760: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_11 t=762: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11 -> {Robo2D=11} t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_1 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_2 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_3 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_4 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_5 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_6 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_7 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_8 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_9 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_10 t=763: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_11 t=779: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_9, Robo2D_10, Robo2D_11, YuShan2023_4, YuShan2023_5, YuShan2023_6, YuShan2023_7, YuShan2023_8, YuShan2023_9, YuShan2023_10, YuShan2023_11 -> {Robo2D=10, YuShan2023=8} t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_1 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_3 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_5 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_6 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_8 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_10 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_11 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_4 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_5 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_6 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_7 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_8 t=780: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_9 t=799: Holes for Robo2D_1, Robo2D_2, Robo2D_3, Robo2D_4, Robo2D_5, Robo2D_6, Robo2D_7, Robo2D_8, Robo2D_10, YuShan2023_1, YuShan2023_2, YuShan2023_3, YuShan2023_4, YuShan2023_5, YuShan2023_6, YuShan2023_7, YuShan2023_8, YuShan2023_9, YuShan2023_10, YuShan2023_11 -> {Robo2D=9, YuShan2023=11} t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR Robo2D_5 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_1 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_2 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_3 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_4 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_5 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_6 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_7 t=800: BLACK HOLE FOR YuShan2023_8 TOTALHBH, Robo2D, 92, 51, YuShan2023, 53, 32, Second example in full detail (with less black holes): I extracted 2 team names: Tehran2D, FRA-UNIted I extracted 22 agent names: Tehran2D_1, Tehran2D_2, Tehran2D_3, Tehran2D_4, Tehran2D_5, Tehran2D_6, Tehran2D_7, Tehran2D_8, Tehran2D_9, Tehran2D_10, Tehran2D_11, FRA-UNIted_1, FRA-UNIted_2, FRA-UNIted_3, FRA-UNIted_4, FRA-UNIted_5, FRA-UNIted_6, FRA-UNIted_7, FRA-UNIted_8, FRA-UNIted_9, FRA-UNIted_10, FRA-UNIted_11. t=2: Holes for Tehran2D_2, Tehran2D_10 -> {Tehran2D=2} t=3: BLACK HOLE FOR Tehran2D_2 t=3: BLACK HOLE FOR Tehran2D_10 t=1014: Holes for FRA-UNIted_5 -> {FRA-UNIted=1} t=1015: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_5 t=1019: Holes for FRA-UNIted_8 -> {FRA-UNIted=1} t=1020: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_8 t=2753: Holes for FRA-UNIted_10 -> {FRA-UNIted=1} t=2754: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_10 t=4791: Holes for FRA-UNIted_2 -> {FRA-UNIted=1} t=4792: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_2 t=5039: Holes for FRA-UNIted_5, FRA-UNIted_6, FRA-UNIted_7, FRA-UNIted_9 -> {FRA-UNIted=4} t=5040: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_5 t=5040: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_6 t=5040: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_7 t=5040: BLACK HOLE FOR FRA-UNIted_9 TOTALHBH, Tehran2D, 2, 2, FRA-UNIted, 8, 8, ~~The End~~ Thanks for reading! -- Prof. Dr. Thomas Gabel Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences Fachbereich 2: Informatik und Ingenieurwissenschaften Nibelungenplatz 1, Raum 1-202 D-60318 Frankfurt am Main Tel.: +49(0)69-1533-2538 tgabel(a)fb2.fra-uas.de http://www.frankfurt-university.de/tgabel

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[meetings][CFP] EXTENDED Deadline for paper submission at the 26th RoboCup International Symposium
by Marco Simões 26 Apr '23

26 Apr '23

Dear colleagues, *Apologies for any cross-posting* Please notice that the paper submission deadline has been extended to *01 May 2023*. The *26th RoboCup International **Symposium* will be held on 10 July 2023, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. *Conference website* https://2023.robocup.org/en/symposium/ *Submission link* https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023 *Submission deadline* May 1, 2023 Please find attached the full call for proposals and papers for *the International **Symposium 2023*. Kindest regards, Alessandra Rossi, Cédric Buche, Marco Simões, Ubbo Visser [image: image.png] The 26th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on *10 July 2023*, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. We are looking for submissions of papers reporting innovative and original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. A full list of topics welcomed to this year's symposium can be found below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bordeaux, France. However, a hybrid version will be evaluated in case circumstances should require it. In addition to the *regular track* with regular research papers, the *development track* encourages reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities specifically working in RoboCup. *Submission deadline:* May 1st, 2023 List of Topics - Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning - Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control - Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning - Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour - Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy - Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment - Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction Submission Guidelines All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines ( *https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines* <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system ( *https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcsymposium2023* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023>). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: *https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj* <https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-…> Invited Speakers - Laurence Devillers, Sorbonne University, France *(confirmed)* - Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *(confirmed)* Committees Organizing committee - Cédric Buche, CNRS/ENIB, France - cedric.buche(a)enib.fr - Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - Marco Simões, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil - msimoes(a)uneb.br - Ubbo Visser, University of Miami, USA - visser(a)cs.miami.edu Venue The conference will be held in the Bordeaux Exhibition Center (Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux), Bordeaux, France. Contact Please feel free to ask for further information by emailing Alessandra Rossi - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk -- Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura de Computadores, Sistemas Inteligentes e Robótica - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Ciência da Computação, Ph.D.

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[meetings][CFP] EXTENDED Deadline for paper submission at the 26th RoboCup International Symposium
by Alessandra Rossi 18 Apr '23

18 Apr '23

Dear colleagues, *Apologies for any cross-posting* Please notice that the paper submission deadline has been extended to *01 May 2023*. The *26th RoboCup International **Symposium* will be held on 10 July 2023, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. *Conference website* https://2023.robocup.org/en/symposium/ *Submission link* https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023 *Submission deadline* May 1, 2023 Please find attached the full call for proposals and papers for *the International **Symposium 2023*. Kindest regards, Alessandra Rossi, Cédric Buche, Marco Simões, Ubbo Visser [image: image.png] The 26th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on *10 July 2023*, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. We are looking for submissions of papers reporting innovative and original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. A full list of topics welcomed to this year's symposium can be found below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bordeaux, France. However, a hybrid version will be evaluated in case circumstances should require it. In addition to the *regular track* with regular research papers, the *development track* encourages reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities specifically working in RoboCup. *Submission deadline:* May 1st, 2023 List of Topics - Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning - Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control - Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning - Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour - Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy - Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment - Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction Submission Guidelines All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines ( *https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines* <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system ( *https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcsymposium2023* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023>). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: *https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj* <https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-…> Invited Speakers - Laurence Devillers, Sorbonne University, France *(confirmed)* - Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *(confirmed)* Committees Organizing committee - Cédric Buche, CNRS/ENIB, France - cedric.buche(a)enib.fr - Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - Marco Simões, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil - msimoes(a)uneb.br - Ubbo Visser, University of Miami, USA - visser(a)cs.miami.edu Venue The conference will be held in the Bordeaux Exhibition Center (Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux), Bordeaux, France. Contact Please feel free to ask for further information by emailing Alessandra Rossi - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk

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Robotica2023: Tomar, Portugal - 3D Simulation - Call for Participation - Deadline Extended
by Nuno Lau 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

============================================================= ---------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ----------------- ============================================================= (Our apologies for any cross-posting) ROBOTICA 2023 - 22nd Portuguese Robotics Open https://www.festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/2023/en April 28 to 30, 2023 Tomar, Portugal The Portuguese Robotics Open is a RoboCup Event that aims at promoting Science and Technology among students from the 1st grade to university studies, as well among the general public, through robotic competitions. We would like to invite you to participate in the 22nd Portuguese Robotics Open which will take place from April 28 to 30, 2023, in Tomar, Portugal. If you are interested in participating, please register your team in one of the promoted competitions. 3D Simulation competition ALLOWS for the participation of REMOTE TEAMS. == Schedule == Early Registration deadline (250 euros): April 7, 2023 ** EXTENDED ** Late Registration deadline (300 euros): April 16, 2023 Remote Team Late Registration deadline (100 euros): April 16, 2023 Portuguese Robotics Open: April 28-30, 2023 All deadlines are 23:59 GMT. == 3D SIMULATION LEAGUE == Robot scientific competitions are a growing trend worldwide and particularly at the European level in the past few years. The 3D SIMULATION LEAGUE provides a great opportunity to experiment with humanoid robots without the need for investing in robot hardware. It facilitates experimenting using different learning and optimization techniques by providing a simulated environment. Since the games are played with teams of 11 players, the league is also a very good environment for experimenting on multi-robot coordination methodologies. --------- The official rules of this League for the 2023 edition, can be found at: https://ssim.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/3D-Rulebook2022.pdf --------- --------- Important resources for the 3D Simulation League, including mailing lists, an installation guide for the server and 3D viewer, team binaries, source-code releases, game replays and other documents can be found at: https://ssim.robocup.org/3d-simulation/3d-tools/ --------- == Registration == Registration is performed through the on-line form at: https://forms.gle/7WnmRiTnLAmHLTxj8 == Description and History == The Portuguese Robotics Open (also known as Festival Nacional de Robótica) had its 1st edition in 2001. The event has had an enormous growth since the 1st edition, both in the number of teams, participants and visitors and also includes an international IEEE conference where national and international researchers present their latest work in the field of Robotics (https://www.festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/icarsc/). The Portuguese Robotics Open is currently an initiative of the Portuguese Robotics Society. Hoping to see you at the Portuguese Robotics Open! Kind Regards, The Portuguese Robotics Open Organizing Committee

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[meetings][CFP] Third call for papers at the 26th RoboCup International Symposium
by Marco Simões 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Dear colleagues, *Apologies for any cross-posting* We are very pleased to invite you to the *26th RoboCup International * *Symposium* will be held on 10 July 2023, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. *Conference website* https://2023.robocup.org/en/symposium/ *Submission link* https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023 *Submission deadline* *April 16, 2023* Please find attached the full call for proposals and papers for *the International **Symposium 2023*. Kindest regards, Alessandra Rossi, Cédric Buche, Marco Simões, Ubbo Visser [image: image.png] The 26th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on *10 July 2023*, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. We are looking for submissions of papers reporting innovative and original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. A full list of topics welcomed to this year's symposium can be found below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bordeaux, France. However, a hybrid version will be evaluated in case circumstances should require it. In addition to the *regular track* with regular research papers, the *development track* encourages reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities specifically working in RoboCup. *Submission deadline:* April 16, 2023 List of Topics - Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning - Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control - Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning - Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour - Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy - Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment - Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction Submission Guidelines All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines ( *https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines* <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system ( *https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcsymposium2023* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023>). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: *https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj* <https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-…> Invited Speakers - Laurence Devillers, Sorbonne University, France *(confirmed)* - Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *(confirmed)* Committees Organizing committee - Cédric Buche, CNRS/ENIB, France - cedric.buche(a)enib.fr - Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - Marco Simões, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil - msimoes(a)uneb.br - Ubbo Visser, University of Miami, USA - visser(a)cs.miami.edu Venue The conference will be held in the Bordeaux Exhibition Center (Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux), Bordeaux, France. Contact Please feel free to ask for further information by emailing Alessandra Rossi - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk -- Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura de Computadores, Sistemas Inteligentes e Robótica - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Ciência da Computação, Ph.D.

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National Robotics Festival - Portugal
by Patricia Vergara 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hello good morning: We are almost ready for the 23rd edition of the National Robotics Festival - Portugal - FNR’2023 event. We are pleased to address this invitation to invite you to participate in the 2023 Portuguese Robotics Open (FNR'2023) which is promoted by the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT) and the Portuguese Robotics Society (SPR) and which will take place at the Municipal Pavilion of Tomar, from April 28 to 30, 2023. Categories: Major: DRAGSTAR FREEBOTS MANIPULADORES ROBÓTICOS ROBOT@FACTORY LITE ROBOT@FACTORY 4.0 CONDUÇÃO AUTÓNOMA LIGA DE SIMULAÇÃO 3D @HOME Junior: RCJ RESCUE SIMULATION ROBOT@FACTORY LITE FIRST CHALLENGER FREEBOTS JÚNIOR ONSTAGE BUSCA E SALVAMENTO – LINHA BUSCA E SALVAMENTO – LABIRINTO ROBOCUP SOCCER (MSL) The registration form is now available on the event's website! If you register before April 2nd, in addition to guaranteeing your spot, you are entitled to a discount on your team's registration. Click the button below for more details and access to our website! https://www.festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/2023/ If you have any questions, you can contact the organization through the official email: info(a)festivalnacionalrobotica.pt We look forward to your participation and present our best regards, The Organizing Committee -- Patrícia Vergara

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Robotica2023: Tomar, Portugal - 3D Simulation Competition - Call for Participation
by Nuno Lau 17 Mar '23

17 Mar '23

============================================================= ---------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ----------------- ============================================================= (Our apologies for any cross-posting) ROBOTICA 2023 - 22nd Portuguese Robotics Open https://www.festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/2023/en April 28 to 30, 2023 Tomar, Portugal The Portuguese Robotics Open is a RoboCup Event that aims at promoting Science and Technology among students from the 1st grade to university studies, as well among the general public, through robotic competitions. We would like to invite you to participate in the 22nd Portuguese Robotics Open which will take place from April 28 to 30, 2023, in Tomar, Portugal. If you are interested in participating, please register your team in one of the promoted competitions. 3D Simulation competition allows for the participation of remote teams. == 3D SIMULATION LEAGUE == Robot scientific competitions are a growing trend worldwide and particularly at the European level in the past few years. The 3D SIMULATION LEAGUE provides a great opportunity to experiment with humanoid robots without the need for investing in robot hardware. It facilitates experimenting using different learning and optimization techniques by providing a simulated environment. Since the games are played with teams of 11 players, the league is also a very good environment for experimenting on multi-robot coordination methodologies. --------- The official rules of this League for the 2023 edition, can be found at: https://ssim.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/3D-Rulebook2022.pdf --------- --------- Important resources for the 3D Simulation League, including mailing lists, an installation guide for the server and 3D viewer, team binaries, source-code releases, game replays and other documents can be found at: https://ssim.robocup.org/3d-simulation/3d-tools/ --------- == Schedule == Early Registration deadline (250 euros): April 2, 2023 Late Registration deadline (300 euros): April 16, 2023 Remote Team Late Registration deadline (100 euros): April 16, 2023 Portuguese Robotics Open: April 28-30, 2023 All deadlines are 23:59 GMT. == Registration == Registration is performed through the on-line form at: https://forms.gle/7WnmRiTnLAmHLTxj8 == Description and History == The Portuguese Robotics Open (also known as Festival Nacional de Robótica) had its 1st edition in 2001. The event has had an enormous growth since the 1st edition, both in the number of teams, participants and visitors and also includes an international IEEE conference where national and international researchers present their latest work in the field of Robotics (https://www.festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/icarsc/). The Portuguese Robotics Open is currently an initiative of the Portuguese Robotics Society. Hoping to see you at the Portuguese Robotics Open! Kind Regards, The Portuguese Robotics Open Organizing Committee

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[3D] [Qualification Results] RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 3D qualification results is announced
by Marco Simões 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

Hi all, The RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 3D has just announced the list of qualified teams for RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux. See the list here: https://ssim.robocup.org/2023/03/14/robocup-2023-soccer-simulation-3d-quali… Congratulations to all teams. The team leaders will receive a registration code in their e-mails to proceed with the registration. All further communication about the competition will use the Discord server: https://discord.gg/8BF4c7Pu. I highly recommend that all team members join the server using the link above. In the following days, the OC will also release updated rules and server versions to be used in Bordeaux. Teams should manage to prepare their binaries to run on Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04. If you have any questions, please ask *@Organizing Committee* in Discord. Best Regards, Klaus Dorer, Marco Simões and Hannes Braun RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 3D Organizing Committee -- Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura de Computadores, Sistemas Inteligentes e Robótica - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Ciência da Computação, Ph.D.

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[meetings][CFP] Second call for papers at the 26th RoboCup International Symposium
by Alessandra Rossi 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

Dear colleagues, *Apologies for any cross-posting* We are very pleased to invite you to the *26th RoboCup International * *Symposium* will be held on 10 July 2023, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. *Conference website* https://2023.robocup.org/en/symposium/ *Submission link* https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023 *Submission deadline* *April 16, 2023* Please find attached the full call for proposals and papers for *the International **Symposium 2023*. Kindest regards, Alessandra Rossi, Cédric Buche, Marco Simões, Ubbo Visser [image: image.png] The 26th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on *10 July 2023*, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. We are looking for submissions of papers reporting innovative and original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. A full list of topics welcomed to this year's symposium can be found below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bordeaux, France. However, a hybrid version will be evaluated in case circumstances should require it. In addition to the *regular track* with regular research papers, the *development track* encourages reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities specifically working in RoboCup. *Submission deadline:* April 16, 2023 List of Topics - Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning - Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control - Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning - Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour - Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy - Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment - Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction Submission Guidelines All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines ( *https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines* <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system ( *https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcsymposium2023* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023>). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: *https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj* <https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-…> Invited Speakers - Laurence Devillers, Sorbonne University, France *(confirmed)* - Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *(confirmed)* Committees Organizing committee - Cédric Buche, CNRS/ENIB, France - cedric.buche(a)enib.fr - Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - Marco Simões, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil - msimoes(a)uneb.br - Ubbo Visser, University of Miami, USA - visser(a)cs.miami.edu Venue The conference will be held in the Bordeaux Exhibition Center (Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux), Bordeaux, France. Contact Please feel free to ask for further information by emailing Alessandra Rossi - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk

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Fwd: [Robotica-l] Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration
by Marco Simões 17 Jan '23

17 Jan '23

Sorry for any duplicates. ---------- Forwarded message --------- De: Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi via Robotica-l <robotica-l(a)grupos.ufrgs.br> Date: seg., 16 de jan. de 2023 às 18:10 Subject: [Robotica-l] Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration To: robocup-worldwide(a)lists.robocup.org <robocup-worldwide(a)lists.robocup.org>, robocup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org <robocup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org> Cc: robotics-worldwide(a)lists.kit.edu <robotics-worldwide(a)lists.kit.edu>, community(a)mailing.eu-robotics.net <community(a)mailing.eu-robotics.net>, connectionists(a)mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu <connectionists(a)mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu>, cvml(a)lists.auth.gr <cvml(a)lists.auth.gr>, rl-list(a)googlegroups.com < rl-list(a)googlegroups.com>, robotica-l(a)sbc.org.br <robotica-l(a)sbc.org.br> * Call for Participation * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com <https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%…> Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo. _______________________________________________ Robotica-l mailing list Robotica-l(a)grupos.ufrgs.br https://grupos.ufrgs.br/mailman/listinfo/robotica-l -- Dr. Marco Antonio Costa Simões Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura de Computadores, Sistemas Inteligentes e Robótica - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Ciência da Computação, Ph.D.

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