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Call for participation in euROBIN / ERL Coopetition in Nancy, Nov 2024
by Pedro U. Lima 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

The euROBIN network proposes the novel concept of robot cooperative competition focused on the three main application domains defined in the robotics roadmap of Horizon Europe: • Robotic manufacturing for a circular economy • Personal robots for enhanced quality of life and well-being • Outdoor robots for sustainable communities Each application domain correspond to one coopetition league. euROBIN’s cooperative competitions are based on a scoring system that gives credit to a team for its own achievements in executing tasks and for the successful usage by other teams of modules developed by the team. The latter approach promotes cooperation, , effectively encouraging module transferability and reusability. Check all details in https://www.eurobin-project.eu/index.php/showroom/news/71-eurobin-coopetiti… For more information, email eurobin-coopetition(a)dlr.de <mailto:eurobin-coopetition@dlr.de>

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[meetings] [news] Call for Papers: IEEE SSRR 2024
by Xuesu Xiao 30 Jun '24

30 Jun '24

Call for Papers: IEEE SSRR 2024 Papers are solicited for the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robotics, Nov. 12-14, 2024, in New York City, USA, in conjunction with FDNY special operations. Extended abstracts (3-4 pages) are due 21 Jul, with acceptances on 10 Sept and full papers due 10 Oct. Details will be posted to ssrr2024.org. IEEE SSRR was started in 2002 with a special mission to bring together roboticists and practitioners, where academics can present domain-relevant research and engage with agencies, responders, and companies. The conference is single track with full papers published in IEEE Xplore. It traditionally sets aside time for field tours of training facilities or hosts exercises, in this case, with the Fire Department New York at their training facilities on Roosevelt Island. it is a hands-on, community-oriented conference. There is a best paper award. The safety, security, and rescue robotics community focuses on the ethical use of robots for public safety and security applications, such as law enforcement, anti-terrorism, nuclear decommissioning, and inspection of critical infrastructure, all phases of emergency management (presentation, preparedness, response, and recovery), and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Robot safety and risk of robots in general, for example preventing injuries or guaranteeing real-time execution, are not topics included in the symposium’s purview but safety and risk in the context of the extreme environments and operating conditions of SSRR applications is. SSRR is a field robotics domain, and although papers describing theoretical results are welcome, all papers should be motivated by real users’ needs, both clearly stating who are the end users and what are the anticipated or demonstrated practical end user requirements. The topics include, but are not limited to: • aerial, ground, and marine robots • new morphologies and sensors • artificial intelligence • computer vision/machine learning • human-robot interaction • ethics • field methodologies for testing and evaluation • multi-robot systems • extreme scenarios and environments • infectious diseases • natural disasters • human-caused disasters, such as building, bridge, and mine collapses • humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery • robot simulators • case studies and surveys • casualty assessment, care, and extraction • detection and mitigation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) events • inspection of critical infrastructure Organizers: • General Co-Chairs: Murphy, Robin (Texas A&M), Howie Choset (Carnegie Mellon) • Program Co-Chairs: Americas: Padir, Taskin (Northeastern) Europe: Kruijff, Ivana (DRZ - German Rescue Robotics Center) Asia: Nagatani, Keiji (University of Tokyo) • Local Arrangement Chair: Loianno, Guiseppe (New York University) • Finance Chair: Voyles, Richard (Purdue University) • Publication Chair: Xiao, Xuesu (George Mason) Thanks Xuesu ----------------------- Xuesu Xiao, Ph.D. -- Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science George Mason University xiao(a)gmu.edu https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/

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CFP: IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Nov. 12-14, 2024, in New York City, USA
by Ivana Kruijff | Deutsches Rettungsrobotik-Zentrum e.V. 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

Hello Robocup community, could you please distribute the CFP for IEEE SSRR 2024, see below, also PDF attached. Thank you! Best regards, Ivana Kruijff, SSRR 2024 programme co-chair ------------- Call for Papers: IEEE SSRR 2024 Papers are solicited for the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robotics, Nov. 12-14, 2024, in New York City, USA, in conjunction with FDNY special operations. Extended abstracts (3-4 pages) are due 21 Jul, with acceptances on 10 Sept and full papers due 10 Oct. Details will be posted to https://ssrr2024.org<https://ssrr2024.org/>. IEEE SSRR was started in 2002 with a special mission to bring together roboticists and practitioners, where academics can present domain-relevant research and engage with agencies, responders, and companies. The conference is single track with full papers published in IEEE Xplore. It traditionally sets aside time for field tours of training facilities or hosts exercises, in this case, with the Fire Department New York at their training facilities on Roosevelt Island. it is a hands-on, community-oriented conference. There is a best paper award. The safety, security, and rescue robotics community focuses on the ethical use of robots for public safety and security applications, such as law enforcement, anti-terrorism, nuclear decommissioning, and inspection of critical infrastructure, all phases of emergency management (presentation, preparedness, response, and recovery), and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Robot safety and risk of robots in general, for example preventing injuries or guaranteeing real-time execution, are not topics included in the symposium’s purview but safety and risk in the context of the extreme environments and operating conditions of SSRR applications is. SSRR is a field robotics domain, and although papers describing theoretical results are welcome, all papers should be motivated by real users’ needs, both clearly stating who are the end users and what are the anticipated or demonstrated practical end user requirements. The topics include, but are not limited to: · aerial, ground, and marine robots · new morphologies and sensors · artificial intelligence · computer vision/machine learning · human-robot interaction · ethics · field methodologies for testing and evaluation · multi-robot systems · extreme scenarios and environments · infectious diseases · natural disasters · human-caused disasters, such as building, bridge, and mine collapses · humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery · robot simulators · case studies and surveys · casualty assessment, care, and extraction · detection and mitigation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) events · inspection of critical infrastructure Organizers: · General Co-Chairs: Murphy, Robin (Texas A&M), Howie Choset (Carnegie Mellon) · Program Co-Chairs: Americas: Padir, Taskin (Northeastern) Europe: Kruijff, Ivana (DRZ - German Rescue Robotics Center) Asia: Nagatani, Keiji (University of Tokyo) · Local Arrangement Chair: Loianno, Guiseppe (New York University) · Finance Chair: Voyles, Richard (Purdue University) · Publication Chair: Xiao, Xuesu (George Mason) Ing. Ivana Krujff-Korbayová, PhD Deutsches Rettungsrobotik-Zentrum e.V. Bedarfserhebung, Forschung & Entwicklung, Transfer ivana.kruijff(a)rettungsrobotik.de<mailto:ivana.kruijff@rettungsrobotik.de> Rohdesdiek 32 | 44357 Dortmund Tel. +49-231-99988206 www.rettungsrobotik.de<http://www.rettungsrobotik.de/> [cid:998c1d46-46dd-454b-958e-5c3b13566e3b@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com] Join our online webinar “Rettungsrobotik im Dialog" https://www.eventbrite.de/cc/rettungsrobotik-im-dialog-2832669 Find us on <https://www.facebook.com/drzrobotics> [cid:a1aaeb40-23d6-40d8-9aac-49f3c397be7c@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com] [cid:5a07020a-c9a7-4587-bcdb-e195a5a36fe8@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com] [cid:5cc0322a-4596-49b5-9c1c-33e210e21178@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com] [cid:83a96a28-6ce8-4ccb-afc2-e7a6da9f129d@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com] [cid:61396156-57f3-4bdf-ba84-c72a44d9b1d2@eurprd02.prod.outlook.com]

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[meetings] [news] IROS 2024 Competition: The Earth Rover Challenge
by Xuesu Xiao 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Competition Website: https://sites.google.com/view/the-earth-rover-challenge/ Express-of-Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBN9W1FmIJpmAeR8PHERCt17THOg2fSzQ… Dear roboticists, do you want to compete with human gamers and AI agents in an around-the-world real life Mario Kart game? Are you interested in training and deploying AI models for real-world robots, but don’t have (sufficient) robot platforms or data? [https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXchYhlGPjw70Y351H0tptydB2iD…] We are excited to bring to you The Earth Rover Challenge @ IROS 2024 – a first of its kind distributed robotics competition where human gamers and AI models will compete to solve real-world navigation challenges across the world, from Abu Dhabi to Vienna and Singapore to Nairobi! Competition participants will deploy their policies into realistic goal-oriented navigation scenarios, potentially without known maps. This competition will test the robustness, generalization, and safety of robot navigation models. Furthermore, we will standardize training data, robot hardware, and evaluation operations, so teams can entirely focus on model development and evaluation. Every participating team will be given 2 Earth Rover units for testing locally as well as up to 20 hours test time per week (in the coming months leading to the actual competition at IROS) with robots deployed remotely around the world (along with human operators who will follow closely behind the robots to provide real-time operational support to the participating teams). We are excited to test your AI models as they navigate around the globe! Please fill out this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBN9W1FmIJpmAeR8PHERCt17THOg2fSzQ…) by Jun 30 AoE to express your interest in participating, and we will be in touch with more information. More information about The Earth Rover Challenge: https://sites.google.com/view/the-earth-rover-challenge/, or email us at erc2024-organizers(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:erc2024-organizers@googlegroups.com>. Organizing Team: FrodoBots, National University of Singapore, UC Berkeley, Google DeepMind, Georgia Tech, George Mason University Thanks Michael Cho, David Hsu, Dhruv Shah, Jie Tan, Joanne Truong, Ted Xiao, Xuesu Xiao, Naoki Yokoyama, Wenhao Yu, and Tingnan Zhang ----------------------- Xuesu Xiao, Ph.D. -- Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science George Mason University xiao(a)gmu.edu https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/

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[meetings] Robotics Developers Day 2024 - Last Call for Early Bird
by YUHONG LIN 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

Dear Colleagues, We are thrilled to invite you to the 7th Robotics Developers Day, an online conference designed to guide and elevate your robotics career. Mark your calendar for July 5, 2024, and join us from anywhere in the world: *Conference Details:* - *Date:* July 5, 2024 - *Time:* 2 PM – 2 AM CEST | 7 AM – 7 PM CDT | 9 PM – 9 AM Tokyo - *Location:* Online - *Early bird registration deadline*: June 30th, 2024 *Learn more and register:* https://www.theconstruct.ai/robotics-developers-day/ <https://www.theconstruct.ai/robotics-developers-day/?utm_source=robocup_wor…> *Purpose of RoboticsDevDay:*Robotics Developers Day serves as a platform to deepen your understanding of robotics and its career opportunities. Through engaging discussions and practical sessions, you will gain valuable insights into building a sustainable career in robotics that can last for at least 20 years. *Questions Answered During the Conference:* 1. Is now a good moment to jump into robotics? 2. How to get a job in robotics? 3. Which programming skills are required to program robots? 4. How will LLMs affect robotics development? 5. Should I concentrate on software, hardware or both? *What to Expect:* - *Career Guidance*: Five experts will share their experiences and insights on various robotics career paths, including robotics development, research, education, consultancy, and entrepreneurship. - *Skills Learning:* Participate in five hands-on sessions where you'll program robots in real-time with expert guidance. Highlights: - Expert Interviews: - *Experiences as a Humanoid Robotics Developer *with Luca Marchionni (CTO @ PAL Robotics) & Sai Kishor Kothakota (Robotics Engineer @ PAL Robotics) - *Teaching & Researching Robotics at University* with Jack Silberman (Professor @ UC San Diego) - *Building a Robotics Consultancy Business* with Denis Stogl (Owner & CEO @ Stogl Robotics) - *Creating Your Own Robotics Startup* with Víctor Mayoral Vilches (Robotics Architect | Vice President @ Robotekin | Founder & Chairman of Acceleration Robotics | Co-Founder & Chairman of Alias Robotics) - *Developing Educational Materials for Robotics Careers* - *Skill Learning Sessions:* - *Programming ROS2 with RUST* with Júlia Marsal Perendreu, Robotics Engineer Consultant | Robotics & Industrial Engineer | ROS developer - *ROS2 Gazebo Custom Plugins *with Shantanu Parab, Teaching Assistant @University of Maryland - *ROS2 with a Tiny Quadcopter *with Kimberly McGuire, Robotics Engineer @ Bitcraze AB - *State Estimation in Kalman Filters in ROS2* with Thisas Ranhiru Samaraweera, Electrical Engineering Student - *Robot Arm Motion Planning with Pyroboplan* with Sebastian Castro, Robotics Engineer and Educator - *Workshops:* - *A Review of ROS2 Jazzy* with Alberto Ezquerro, Host of ROS Developers Open Class & Head of Education @ The Construct - *Building Your Robotics Portfolio for Better Employment* with Ricardo Tellez, CEO & Founder of The Construct - *Events*: - Real Robot Game Contests - 2024 ROS Awards Ceremony *Who Should Attend:* This conference caters to individuals at all career stages, from beginners to seasoned professionals, who are interested in exploring or advancing their careers in robotics. *Main Takeaways:* - Gain clarity on your career options within the robotics domain. - Acquire new skills and knowledge relevant to your professional growth. - Connect with peers and industry experts in a collaborative environment. *Learn more and register:* https://www.theconstruct.ai/robotics-developers-day/ <https://www.theconstruct.ai/robotics-developers-day/?utm_source=robocup_wor…> Best regards, [image: Logo] <https://www.theconstruct.ai/> [image: Logo] Yuhong Lin Product & Project Manager | The Construct E: ylin(a)theconstruct.ai | TheConstruct.AI <http://theconstruct.ai/> [image: Banner] <https://www.theconstruct.ai/robotics-developers-day/?utm_source=email&utm_m…>

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[meetings][CFP][RO-MAN 2024] Extended deadline for Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction Workshop
by Alessandra Rossi 13 Jun '24

13 Jun '24

Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you that we extended the deadline for submission at SCRITA workshop. This workshop focuses on the continuous investigation of unresolved and new open challenges of the factors affecting people's acceptance and trust in robots in short- and long-term settings. We will invite authors to submit 2-page position papers only, discussing their prior experience and new developments in the scope of the workshop to feed into the group and the following panel discussions. All accepted papers will have short oral presentations. Please find below the full CFP, but do not hesitate to contact us for further information. best regards Alessandra SCRITA 2024 Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California, USA 26-30 August 2024 Workshop website http://scrita.herts.ac.uk Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scrita2024 Submission deadline 14 July 2024 This workshop will be a half day event on 26 August and it is organised in conjunction with the IEEE RO-MAN 2024 <http://ro-man2024.org/> conference, held in Pasadena, California, USA. This workshop focuses on the continuous investigation of unresolved and new open challenges of the factors affecting people's acceptance and trust in robots in short- and long-term settings. In particular, we want to look into the dynamics between people and robots to foster short interactions and long-lasting relationships taking inspiration from different domains, such as educational, service, collaborative, companion, care-home and medical robotics. For that, this workshop aims to facilitate a discussion about people’s trust towards robots “in the field”, inviting workshop participants to contribute their past experiences, lessons learnt and future issues. During last year's workshop edition (i.e., SCRITA@RO-MAN 2023), together with leading researchers and exceptional speakers from various fields, we started working towards developing such novel methods. We outlined current methods and their strengths, discussing how these measures do not always reflect appropriately, or how some questions might be ambiguous and leave room for interpretation by individual participants. We identified five main factors affecting trust to be investigated to generate a new metric that allows researchers to assess and reduce common side effects influencing how people put their trust in robots. Submission & List of Topics The workshop will be open to a broad audience from academia and industry researching social robotics, machine learning, robot behavioural control, and user profiling. In particular, we aim to integrate expertise from roboticists with psychologists' and sociologists’ insights and experiences to foster a multidisciplinary and human-focused discussion that can capture the multi-faceted nature of trust and acceptance. We will foster the exchange of views on past and ongoing research and contribute to the discussion of innovative ideas for tackling unresolved issues by providing new and inspirational directions for research. We will invite authors to submit 2-pages position papers only, discussing their prior experience and new developments in the scope of the workshop to feed into the group and the following panel discussions. We further encourage authors of the accepted papers to present a video or demonstrate their works and achievements. All accepted submissions will have an oral presentation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Impact of Social Cues on Trust in HRI; - Measuring Trust in HRI; - Trust Violation and Recovery Mechanism in HRI; - Effects of Humans’ Acceptance on Trust of Robots; - Humans Sense of Control and Trust in Robots; - Trust and Assistive Robotics; - Overtrust in Robots; - Antecedent of Trust and Robot Trust; - Enhancing Humans Trust in Robots; - Enhancing Trust in a Robot Companion; - Privacy Implications on Trust in HRI; - Mental Models and Trust in HRI; - Trust and Safety in HRI; - Ethics Implications on Trust in HRI; - Trustworthy AI; - XAI in HRI; - Legal Frameworks for Trustworthy Robotics Submission Guidelines Authors should submit their papers formatted according to the IEEE two-column format <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/support.php>, which is also used for contributions to the main conference. Use the following templates to create the paper and generate or export a PDF file: LaTeX <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php> or MS-Word <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php>. Authors needs to submit their PDF via EasyChair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scrita2024>. Invited Speakers We confirm the participation of Prof. Selma Šabanović. Committees - Dr Alessandra Rossi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II (Italy) - Dr Patrick Holthaus, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) - Sílvia Moros, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) - Dr Gabriella Lakatos, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) - Ali Fallahi, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - p.holthaus(a)herts.ac.uk

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[meetings][CFP][RO-MAN 2024] Extended deadline for Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction Workshop
by Alessandra Rossi 01 Jun '24

01 Jun '24

Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you that we extended the deadline for submission at SCRITA workshop. This workshop focuses on the continuous investigation of unresolved and new open challenges of the factors affecting people's acceptance and trust in robots in short- and long-term settings. We will invite authors to submit position papers only, discussing their prior experience and new developments in the scope of the workshop to feed into the group and the following panel discussions. We further encourage authors of the accepted papers to present a video or demonstrate their works and achievements. All accepted papers will have short oral presentations. Please find below the full CFP, but do not hesitate to contact us for further information. best regards Alessandra -- Alessandra Rossi, PhD Assistant Professor Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - D.I.E.T.I. University of Naples Federico II Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy w-page: https://alessandrarossi.net e-mail address: alessandra.rossi(a)unina.it e-mail address: a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk X: @alhandra81 SCRITA 2024 Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California, USA 26-30 August 2024 Workshop website http://scrita.herts.ac.uk Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scrita2024 Submission deadline 14 June 2024 This workshop will be a half day event on 26 August and it is organised in conjunction with the IEEE RO-MAN 2024 <http://ro-man2024.org/> conference, held in Pasadena, California, USA. This workshop focuses on the continuous investigation of unresolved and new open challenges of the factors affecting people's acceptance and trust in robots in short- and long-term settings. In particular, we want to look into the dynamics between people and robots to foster short interactions and long-lasting relationships taking inspiration from different domains, such as educational, service, collaborative, companion, care-home and medical robotics. For that, this workshop aims to facilitate a discussion about people’s trust towards robots “in the field”, inviting workshop participants to contribute their past experiences, lessons learnt and future issues. During last year's workshop edition (i.e., SCRITA@RO-MAN 2023), together with leading researchers and exceptional speakers from various fields, we started working towards developing such novel methods. We outlined current methods and their strengths, discussing how these measures do not always reflect appropriately, or how some questions might be ambiguous and leave room for interpretation by individual participants. We identified five main factors affecting trust to be investigated to generate a new metric that allows researchers to assess and reduce common side effects influencing how people put their trust in robots. Submission & List of Topics The workshop will be open to a broad audience from academia and industry researching social robotics, machine learning, robot behavioural control, and user profiling. In particular, we aim to integrate expertise from roboticists with psychologists' and sociologists’ insights and experiences to foster a multidisciplinary and human-focused discussion that can capture the multi-faceted nature of trust and acceptance. We will foster the exchange of views on past and ongoing research and contribute to the discussion of innovative ideas for tackling unresolved issues by providing new and inspirational directions for research. We will invite authors to submit position papers only, discussing their prior experience and new developments in the scope of the workshop to feed into the group and the following panel discussions. We further encourage authors of the accepted papers to present a video or demonstrate their works and achievements. All accepted submissions will have an oral presentation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Impact of Social Cues on Trust in HRI; - Measuring Trust in HRI; - Trust Violation and Recovery Mechanism in HRI; - Effects of Humans’ Acceptance on Trust of Robots; - Humans Sense of Control and Trust in Robots; - Trust and Assistive Robotics; - Overtrust in Robots; - Antecedent of Trust and Robot Trust; - Enhancing Humans Trust in Robots; - Enhancing Trust in a Robot Companion; - Privacy Implications on Trust in HRI; - Mental Models and Trust in HRI; - Trust and Safety in HRI; - Ethics Implications on Trust in HRI; - Trustworthy AI; - XAI in HRI; - Legal Frameworks for Trustworthy Robotics Submission Guidelines Authors should submit their papers formatted according to the IEEE two-column format <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/support.php>, which is also used for contributions to the main conference. Use the following templates to create the paper and generate or export a PDF file: LaTeX <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php> or MS-Word <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php>. Authors needs to submit their PDF via EasyChair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scrita2024>. Each paper will receive at least two reviews. All papers are reviewed using a single-blind review process: authors declare their names and affiliations in the manuscript for the reviewers to see, but reviewers do not know each other's identities, nor do the authors receive information about who has reviewed their manuscript. Invited Speakers We confirm the participation of Prof. Selma Šabanović. Committees - Dr Alessandra Rossi, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II (Italy) - Dr Patrick Holthaus, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) - Sílvia Moros, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) - Dr Gabriella Lakatos, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) - Ali Fallahi, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - p.holthaus(a)herts.ac.uk

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