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Call for Papers: Workshop on Social Choice and Learning Algorithms at IJCAI 2026
by Nicholas Mattei 21 Apr '26

21 Apr '26

Call for Papers: Workshop on Social Choice and Learning Algorithms at IJCAI 2026 We are delighted to announce that the 3rd Workshop on Social Choice and Learning Algorithms (SCaLA-26) will take place at IJCAI during August 2026 in Bremen, Germany. It will feature technical sessions, a keynote speaker, and opportunities to forge collaborations between researchers working in social choice and those working in machine learning. The website and submission instructions can be found at the following link: https://sites.google.com/view/scala26 The submission deadline is May 8, 2026. We encourage submissions of fully developed research projects, or extended abstracts representing preliminary explorations of novel ideas. Submissions should include components from both fields of social choice and machine learning (or closely related topics). Topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Computational social choice - Fair Division - Matching - Voting theory - Sortition - Clustering - Ensemble learning - Explainable ML - Language models - Learning preferences - PAC-learning Examples of interesting connections between these topics include, but are not at all limited to: - Using machine learning to learn new mechanisms for matching - Novel uses of social choice for ensemble learning - Exploring the application of fair division concepts to clustering problems, or vice-versa - Applying multi-winner voting concepts to multi-class classification tasks Organizing Committee Ben Armstrong Saar Cohen Nicholas Mattei Zoi Terzopoulou -- *Nicholas Mattei* Associate Professor, Tulane University nsmattei(a)tulane.edu | www.nickmattei.net Stanley Thomas Hall | 305B +1 504 247 1416 Department of Computer Science Tulane University 6823 St Charles Ave New Orleans, LA 70118

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[CFP][Extension] 14th PlanRob Workshop at ICAPS 2026
by Awaad, Iman 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

Dear colleagues, apologies for multiple copies… DEADLINE EXTENSION: May 2, 2026 (AoE) 14th Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob 2026) ICAPS’26 Workshop, Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 2026 *Description* AI Planning & Scheduling (P&S) methods are crucial to enabling intelligent robots to perform autonomous, flexible, and interactive behaviors, but they must be tightly integrated into the overall robot architecture in order to be effective. This requires strong collaboration between researchers from both the AI and the Robotics communities. To foster this, the workshop aims to provide a stable, long-term forum where researchers from both the P&S and Robotics communities can openly discuss relevant issues such as research and development progress, future directions, and open challenges related to P&S when applied to Robotics.Recent advances in large-scale learning models, multimodal perception, and whole-body robotic systems are reshaping the landscape of planning and execution. The 2026 edition of PlanRob explicitly aims to address these emerging challenges, with a focus on integrating symbolic, geometric, and learning-based approaches for robust, scalable, and adaptive robot autonomy. *Topics of interest* ...include but are not limited to: • Planning representations and models for robotics including domain modeling, abstraction, and formal representations • Robot planning at multiple levels, including mission, task, path, motion, and integrated task-and-motion planning • Learning-augmented planning for robotics, including: • learning-based methods for planning and control • generative models for planning • continual learning and planning architectures and algorithms • Foundation-model-based approaches for robot planning, including: • LLM-, VLM-, and action-model-based methods for task as well as task-and-motion planning • perception-grounded planning using vision-language representations • Planning, execution, and control integration, including robot architectures supporting tight coupling between deliberation and execution • Planning for complex robotic systems, including: • high-dimensional and whole-body robotic planning and execution • planning under real-world sensing • actuation, and computational constraints • Multi-agent and interactive planning, including: • coordination and cooperation in multi-robot systems • human-aware planning and execution for human–robot interaction • adversarial and competitive planning in robotic domains • Formal and algorithmic foundations of robot planning, including formal methods for verification, correctness, and safety • Large-scale and real-world robotic applications, including: • optimization of behavior in large-scale automated or semi-automated systems • deployment and evaluation of planning methods on autonomous and intelligent robots in real-world settings Important goals of the workshop are the discussion of solutions, results, open issues, and real-world challenges. *Important Dates* • Submission Deadline: May 2, 2026 (AoE) • Author Notification: May 30, 2026 • Camera-Ready Deadline: June 5, 2026 • ICAPS 2026 Workshops: June 28-29, 2026 *Submission* There are two types of submissions: - short position papers (four pages) - regular papers (up to 10 pages) Papers may have an additional page containing references. Regular papers may be scheduled with more time in the final program. A poster session may be considered to provide a further presentation opportunity. The guidelines for formatting are the same as is used for ICAPS 2026 papers as described at: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php), but with the AAAI copyright removed. The papers must be submitted in PDF format via the EasyChair system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=planrob26). Please note that papers under review (e.g. which have been submitted to IJCAI-2026) are also welcome, however, in order to avoid potential conflicts, these manuscripts should be prepared as anonymous submissions for a double blind reviewing process. *Workshop Proceedings* Accepted papers will be published on the workshop’s website. The organisers are investigating the availability of journal editors in order to invite a selection of accepted papers from the workshop to a special issue or post-proceedings volume. *Organizing Committee* Iman Awaad, iman.awaad(a)h-brs.de Institute for AI & Autonomous Systems, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany & German International University, Egypt Alberto Finzi, alberto.finzi(a)unina.it Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy Andrea Orlandini, andrea.orlandini(a)istc.cnr.it Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR), Italy Workshop website: https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/program/workshops/planrob/

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[2nd CFP] 14th Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob 2026)
by Awaad, Iman 14 Apr '26

14 Apr '26

Dear colleagues, apologies for multiple postings... ================================================================== 📣 Second Call for papers: 14th Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob 2026) ICAPS’26 Workshop, Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 2026 https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/program/workshops/planrob/ ================================================================== 📌 Aim and scope: AI Planning & Scheduling (P&S) methods are crucial to enabling intelligent robots to perform autonomous, flexible, and interactive behaviors, but they must be tightly integrated into the overall robot architecture in order to be effective. This requires strong collaboration between researchers from both the Planning and the Robotics communities. The workshop provides a stable, long-term forum for researchers from both communities. Recent advances in large-scale learning models, multi modal perception, and whole-body robotic systems are reshaping the landscape of planning and execution. The 2026 edition of PlanRob explicitly aims to address these emerging challenges, with a focus on integrating symbolic, geometric, and learning-based approaches for robust, scalable, and adaptive robot autonomy. 🎯 Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 🔸 Planning representations and models for robotics including domain modelling, abstraction, and formal representations 🔸 Robot planning at multiple levels, including mission, task, path, motion, and integrated task-and-motion planning 🔸 Learning-augmented planning for robotics, including: • learning-based methods for planning and control • generative models for planning • continual learning and planning architectures and algorithms 🔸 Foundation-model-based approaches for robot planning, including: • LLM-, VLM-, and action-model-based methods for task as well as task-and-motion planning • perception-grounded planning using vision-language representations 🔸 Planning, execution, and control integration, including robot architectures supporting tight coupling between deliberation and execution 🔸 Planning for complex robotic systems, including: • high-dimensional and whole-body robotic planning and execution • planning under real-world sensing • actuation, and computational constraints 🔸 Multi-agent and interactive planning, including: • coordination and cooperation in multi-robot systems • human-aware planning and execution for human–robot interaction • adversarial and competitive planning in robotic domains 🔸 Formal and algorithmic foundations of robot planning, including formal methods for verification, correctness, and safety 🔸 Large-scale and real-world robotic applications, including: • optimization of behavior in large-scale automated or semi-automated systems • deployment and evaluation of planning methods on autonomous and intelligent robots in real-world settings 📌 Submission instructions There are two types of submissions: • short position papers (four pages) • regular papers (up to 10 pages) Papers may have an additional page containing references. Regular papers may be scheduled with more time in the final program. A poster session may be considered to provide a further presentation opportunity. The guidelines for formatting are the same as is used for ICAPS 2026 papers: https://aaai.org/authorkit26-1/), but with the AAAI copyright removed. The papers must be submitted in PDF format via the EasyChair system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=planrob26). Please note that papers under review (e.g. which have been submitted to IJCAI-2026) are also welcome, however, in order to avoid potential conflicts, these manuscripts should be prepared as anonymous submissions for a double blind reviewing process. ⏰ Important dates • Submission Deadline: April 20, 2026 (AoE) • Author Notification: May 15, 2026 • Camera-Ready Deadline: June 5, 2026 • ICAPS 2026 Workshops: June 28-29, 2026 📌 Workshop proceedings Accepted papers will be published on the workshop’s website. The organizers are investigating the availability of journal editors in order to invite a selection of accepted papers from the workshop to a special issue or post-proceedings volume. 📌 Organizing committee Iman Awaad, iman.awaad(a)h-brs.de  Institute for AI & Autonomous Systems, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany  & German International University, Egypt Alberto Finzi, alberto.finzi(a)unina.it  Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy Andrea Orlandini, andrea.orlandini(a)istc.cnr.it  Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR), Italy 📌Acknowledgements This workshop is partially supported by TRIFFID whose aim is to revolutionize the landscape of emergency response by seamlessly weaving advanced robotics with the crucial work of First Responders, ensuring they’re equipped to tackle disasters with unparalleled efficiency and precision. Innovative hybrid robotic platforms aims at blend autonomous legged and aerial capabilities, enabling real-time reconnaissance even in the most challenging terrains, while our sophisticated Ground-Station interface empowers operators to visualize and analyze disaster scenarios like never before. TRIFFID has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No.101168042.

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CFP: The 9th International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory (ADT 2026)
by Lirong Xia 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

The 9th International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory (ADT 2026) will be held at University Paris Dauphine-PSL on November 16-18, 2026 Established in 2009, the ADT conferences usually take place every two years with the aim of gathering researchers interested in the algorithmic aspects of decision theory. ADT seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners coming from diverse areas of Computer Science, Economics, and Operations Research in order to improve the theory and practice of modern decision support. Important Dates - Title and Abstract Submission: May 4th, 2026 - Full Paper Submission: May 11th, 2026 - Notification of acceptance: July 13th, 2026 - Final Version of Accepted Papers: August 11th, 2026 - Conference Dates: November 16th-18th, 2026 - Conference Webpage: https://adt2026.sciencesconf.org/ - Submission Webpage: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ADT2026 About ADT 2026 The 9th International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory (ADT 2026) focuses on algorithmic decision theory broadly defined, seeking to bring together researchers and practitioners coming from diverse areas of Computer Science, Economics, and Operations Research in order to improve the theory and practice of modern decision support. The conference topics include but not restricted to: - Algorithms - Argumentation Theory - Artificial Intelligence - Computational Social Choice - Database Systems - Decision Analysis - Discrete Mathematics - Game Theory - Machine Learning and Adversarial Machine Learning - Matching - Multi-agent Systems - Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding - Networks - Optimization - Preference Elicitation - Preference Modeling - Risk Analysis and Adversarial Risk Analysis - Utility Theory Submission Site and Details Submissions are invited on significant, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of Algorithmic Decision Theory. Papers must be at most 15 pages long in the LNCS format (including references). The formal proceedings of ADT 2026 will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) <http://www.springer.com/lncs>. ADT 2026 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, has already been published in a journal or another venue with formally published proceedings. However, in order to accommodate the publication norms of the many fields that work on decision theory, papers can be submitted but not already published elsewhere (i.e., are under review) provided the authors note they are submitting for the non-proceedings track at the top of their submission. All papers will be peer-reviewed by a double-blind procedure. Therefore, papers must be submitted anonymously as pdf documents via the Microsoft CMT <https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ADT2026> system. It is important and required that authors do not reveal their identities in submitted papers. Since the review process is double blind, authors must take measures to ensure that their identity is not easily revealed from the submission itself. Authors should include the submission number (as assigned by the conference system) in the author field of the submission, and refer to their prior work in a neutral manner (i.e., instead of saying “We showed” say “XYZ et al. showed”). It is acceptable to submit work that has been presented in public or has appeared on arXiv, provided the submission itself is anonymized. Submission Format: Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Note that at least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference to present the work. Authors will be required to agree to this requirement at the time of submission. In addition, the corresponding author of each accepted paper that will appear in the proceedings, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, will need to complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form, through which the copyright for their paper is transferred to Springer. You may submit an appendix of any length into the CMT system. There is a separate area in CMT for this, the appendix should be formatted in the same way as the main paper. Please note that reviewers are not required to review the appendix so the paper should stand on its own. To accommodate the publishing traditions of different fields, ADT 2026 will accept two types of submissions: Submissions with full text in the proceedings: Papers of this type will be accepted for either oral or poster presentation, or both. Each accepted paper of this type will be allocated at most 15 pages in the proceedings and there will be no distinction between papers accepted for oral or poster presentation in the conference proceedings. Submissions with two-pages abstract in the proceeding: Papers of this type will be accepted for either oral or poster presentation, or both. Each accepted paper of this type will appear as a two-pages abstract in the proceedings, along with a URL pointing to the full paper (on ArXiv or other service). This option is available to accommodate subsequent publication in venues that would not consider results that have been published in formal proceedings. Specifically, the full version of the two-pages abstract at ADT can be submitted to another archival conference or journal. Such papers must be formatted just like papers submitted for full-text publication, at the submission time, but authors are required to write “submission without proceedings” into the author field of their paper (instead of author names), if they choose this category. Otherwise, it will be assumed, by default, that their paper is submitted in the first category (submissions with full-text in the proceedings).

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Call for Papers: ICIST 2026, Coimbra, Portugal, October 1-6, 2026. Submission Deadline: May 15, 2026
by Nian Ashlee Zhang 12 Apr '26

12 Apr '26

Following the success of previous events, the 16th International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2026) will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, on October 1-6, 2026. Located between the two largest Portuguese cities, the conference site features a historic royal city with numerous historical buildings, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site. ICIST2026 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state-of-the-art research and applications in neural networks and related fields. The symposium will feature plenary speeches given by world-renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics. Technical Co-sponsor: IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society. Accepted papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore. When: October 1 - 6, 2026 (Coimbra, Portugal) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: May 15, 2026 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2026 Camera-ready copy and author registration: July 15, 2026 Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2026 Website: https://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/icist/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Call for Papers and Special Sessions Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICIST2026. Additionally, proposals for special sessions within the technical scope of the conference are solicited. Special sessions, organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in specialized, focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are peer-reviewed using the same criteria as those for contributed papers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposals to ICIST2026. A special session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information, and brief biographical information on the organizers. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Topic Areas: The topics of contributing papers include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Intelligent Control and Automation Autonomous systems, linear and nonlinear control, learning and adaptive control, intelligent control, optimization-based and optimal control, fault detection and identification, hybrid intelligent systems, networked control, fuzzy logic control, industrial automation, neural control, process control, robot control, mechatronic systems, environmental monitoring and control, intelligent manufacturing systems, microprocessor-based control, motor control, power systems, vehicle control, aerospace applications, and other applications. Intelligent Information Processing Machine learning, adaptive filtering, signal processing, audio/speech processing and coding, higher-order spectral analysis, nonlinear & blind signal processing, neural signal processing, component analysis, array signal processing, parallel and distributed processing, time series analysis, multimedia signal processing, design and implementation of signal processing systems, DSP implementations, embedded systems, image and multidimensional signal processing, image processing & understanding, computer vision & pattern recognition, bioimaging and signal processing, multimedia communications, computer vision & virtual reality, next-generation mobile communications, communication signal processing, modulation and channel coding, network coding, sensor networks, cryptography and information security, and other applications. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit full-length papers (8 pages maximum) by the submission deadline through the online submission system. Potential organizers are also invited to enlist five or more papers with cohesive topics to form special sessions. The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or is not copyright-protected elsewhere, and will be presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to revise their papers, taking into consideration the referees’ comments and suggestions. All accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore, subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. Selected high-quality papers will be included in several journal special issues.

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ICAPS 2026 Summer School: Final Call for Participation + Financial Support
by Scott Sanner 02 Apr '26

02 Apr '26

*ICAPS 2026 Summer School: Final Call for Participation + Financial Support* The ICAPS 2026 Summer School <https://icaps26-dublin-ss.github.io/ICAPS-2026-Summer-School/> will be held from *June 22nd to 25th* at the *University College Dublin, Ireland*. The summer school is being organized as a one-stop-shop for the next generation of students to learn about contemporary research approaches in all forms of planning and sequential decision making. *Financial Support (Deadline: April 13) *We’re pleased to offer limited financial support to students for summer school registration. Funding will be based on eligibility and need; both registered participants and those planning to register are welcome to apply. Information and an application link are provided at the summer school website <https://icaps26-dublin-ss.github.io/ICAPS-2026-Summer-School/>. *Registration Information (Deadline: April 21 with accommodation, May 7 without accommodation) *Space at the summer school is limited by venue constraints and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants can choose to sign up for the summer school registration only, or for the summer school with accommodation at the UCD campus. The rates and registration form are provided at the summer school website <https://icaps26-dublin-ss.github.io/ICAPS-2026-Summer-School/>. *Confirmed Speakers* Chris Beck, University of Toronto Blai Bonet, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Augusto B. Corrêa, Oxford University Michael Katz, IBM Research <https://mail.google.com/> Nir Lipovetsky, University of Melbourne Calarina Musliman, University of Alberta Gabriele Roeger, University of Basel Naman Shah, Ai2 Tom Silver, Princeton University Ayal Taitler, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Matthew Taylor, University of Alberta Florent Teichteil-Königsbuch, Airbus Amy Zhang, UT Austin *Organizers* Rem Collier, University College Dublin Scott Sanner, University of Toronto Siddharth Srivastava, Arizona State University

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*Extended Deadline* ICRA26 Workshop on Shared Challenges in Human-Centered and Resilient Robotic Autonomy
by Katarzyna Pasternak 01 Apr '26

01 Apr '26

Dear RoboCuppers, We have extended the deadline for submissions to the workshop *“Shared Challenges in Human-Centered and Resilient Robotic Autonomy <https://sites.google.com/cs.miami.edu/scr-icra26/call-for-contributions>”*, to be held in conjunction with *ICRA 2026*. Please find details below. Robots are increasingly expected to operate in various complex environments such as homes, factories, and disaster environments. While these domains differ in context and constraints, they share fundamental challenges such as robust autonomy in dynamic and uncertain settings, natural interaction with non-expert users, perception in cluttered or degraded environments, and reliable manipulation of diverse objects. Recent advances in AI and learning create new opportunities for adaptation and cross-domain transfer, while safety, ethics, and benchmarking remain central concerns for responsible deployment. This workshop brings together researchers from *domestic service robotics, smart manufacturing, and disaster response* to discuss cross-cutting challenges, transferable solutions, and unifying principles for resilient, human-centered robotic systems. *Topics of Interest (including but not limited to):* - Human–Robot Interaction and communication with non-expert users - Navigation, perception, and mapping in dynamic, unstructured, or degraded environments - Mobile manipulation and grasping in real-world contexts - Learning and adaptation for cross-domain transfer and task planning under uncertainty - Safety, ethics, and evaluation frameworks for long-term robust autonomy We especially encourage contributions reflecting on the transferability of skills and systems between different areas of robotics and contributions that reflect on *societal needs and implications* of deploying robotic systems in real-world settings such as homes, clinics, factories, and disaster sites. Papers may include short work-in-progress and position papers (2–4 pages) as well as long-format integration and experimental papers (4–8 pages). Each submission will undergo independent review by at least two reviewers. All submissions will be considered for both oral presentations and poster sessions. Selected high-quality submissions may be invited to a *special journal issue*. *Best Paper Award* will be presented at the workshop. *Important Dates* - *Submission deadline:* April 1, 2026 April 15, 2026 - *Decision notification:* April 15, 2026 May 1, 2026 - *Camera-ready deadline:* May 15, 2026 - *Workshop date:* June 1, 2026 *Submission Site* https://easychair.org/my2/conference?conf=scr2026 We warmly encourage participation from researchers across robotics, AI, and HRI communities, and we look forward to fostering a lively, cross-disciplinary discussion. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the workshop organizers. Best regards, *The SCR 2026 Workshop Organizing Committee*

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[Save the date] RoHOW 2026
by HULKs TUHH 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

Dear RoboCup Teams and Robotics Enthusiasts Worldwide, The HULKs, a student robotics team at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), are excited to invite you to the *13th Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (RoHOW)*, taking place from *November 27 to 29, 2026*! RoHOW provides an open platform to exchange insights and share advancements. Our flexible, participant-driven Open Conference format allows you to shape the program to match your interests. Expect engaging talks and hands-on workshops on topics like computer vision, locomotion, deep learning, and league development, alongside showcases from our industry partners. While our team has roots in the old Standard Platform League, we warmly invite participants from all RoboCup leagues. Whether you are a researcher or a robotic enthusiast, we welcome you to share knowledge and build connections at RoHOW. Event Details * *Date:* November 27–29, 2026 * *Location:* TUHH, Hamburg, Germany * *Participation Fee:* There will be a fee for this year's event. Exact costs will be announced in the upcoming CfP. * *Registration:* Deadlines and further details will follow in a separate email. * *Website: *https://rohow.de/2026/en/ If you have attended a RoHOW before and have ideas on how we can make the event even better, please share your thoughts with us via email or Discord. We look forward to welcoming returning friends and new faces from around the world to RoHOW 2026. Mark your calendars and stay tuned! Best regards, Team HULKs Hamburg University of Technology

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[CFP] 14th Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob) at ICAPS 2026
by Awaad, Iman 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, apologies for multiple copies... 14th Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob 2026) ICAPS’26 Workshop, Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 2026 *Description* AI Planning & Scheduling (P&S) methods are crucial to enabling intelligent robots to perform autonomous, flexible, and interactive behaviors, but they must be tightly integrated into the overall robot architecture in order to be effective. This requires strong collaboration between researchers from both the AI and the Robotics communities. To foster this, the workshop aims to provide a stable, long-term forum where researchers from both the P&S and Robotics communities can openly discuss relevant issues such as research and development progress, future directions, and open challenges related to P&S when applied to Robotics.Recent advances in large-scale learning models, multimodal perception, and whole-body robotic systems are reshaping the landscape of planning and execution. The 2026 edition of PlanRob explicitly aims to address these emerging challenges, with a focus on integrating symbolic, geometric, and learning-based approaches for robust, scalable, and adaptive robot autonomy. *Topics of interest* ...include but are not limited to: • Planning representations and models for robotics including domain modeling, abstraction, and formal representations • Robot planning at multiple levels, including mission, task, path, motion, and integrated task-and-motion planning • Learning-augmented planning for robotics, including: • learning-based methods for planning and control • generative models for planning • continual learning and planning architectures and algorithms • Foundation-model-based approaches for robot planning, including: • LLM-, VLM-, and action-model-based methods for task as well as task-and-motion planning • perception-grounded planning using vision-language representations • Planning, execution, and control integration, including robot architectures supporting tight coupling between deliberation and execution • Planning for complex robotic systems, including: • high-dimensional and whole-body robotic planning and execution • planning under real-world sensing • actuation, and computational constraints • Multi-agent and interactive planning, including: • coordination and cooperation in multi-robot systems • human-aware planning and execution for human–robot interaction • adversarial and competitive planning in robotic domains • Formal and algorithmic foundations of robot planning, including formal methods for verification, correctness, and safety • Large-scale and real-world robotic applications, including: • optimization of behavior in large-scale automated or semi-automated systems • deployment and evaluation of planning methods on autonomous and intelligent robots in real-world settings Important goals of the workshop are the discussion of solutions, results, open issues, and real-world challenges. *Important Dates* • Submission Deadline: April 20, 2026 (AoE) • Author Notification: May 15, 2026 • Camera-Ready Deadline: June 5, 2026 • ICAPS 2026 Workshops: June 28-29, 2026 *Submission* There are two types of submissions: - short position papers (four pages) - regular papers (up to 10 pages) Papers may have an additional page containing references. Regular papers may be scheduled with more time in the final program. A poster session may be considered to provide a further presentation opportunity. The guidelines for formatting are the same as is used for ICAPS 2026 papers as described at: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php), but with the AAAI copyright removed. The papers must be submitted in PDF format via the EasyChair system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=planrob26). Please note that papers under review (e.g. which have been submitted to IJCAI-2026) are also welcome, however, in order to avoid potential conflicts, these manuscripts should be prepared as anonymous submissions for a double blind reviewing process. *Workshop Proceedings* Accepted papers will be published on the workshop’s website. The organisers are investigating the availability of journal editors in order to invite a selection of accepted papers from the workshop to a special issue or post-proceedings volume. *Organizing Committee* Iman Awaad, iman.awaad(a)h-brs.de Institute for AI & Autonomous Systems, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany & German International University, Egypt Alberto Finzi, alberto.finzi(a)unina.it Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Italy Andrea Orlandini, andrea.orlandini(a)istc.cnr.it Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC-CNR), Italy Workshop website: https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/program/workshops/planrob/

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RoboCup International Symposium 2026 Deadline Extension
by Matteo Leonetti 28 Mar '26

28 Mar '26

TL;DR: The deadline of the RoboCup Symposium has been extended to Friday 24 April. Please see the call for papers below, with the updated important dates. RoboCup International Symposium 2026 https://2026.robocup.org/symposium/ Monday 6 July 2026 Incheon, Republic of Korea. The 29th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on 6 July 2026, at the Songdo ConvensiA, Incheon, Republic of Korea. The symposium will be in conjunction with RoboCup 2026 (30 June to 6 July 2026). We call for submissions of papers reporting innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence as listed 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. In addition to the main track, this year introduces an Open Platforms & Tools Track focusing on interactive tools, hardware, and software frameworks with a high degree of usability. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of full papers: *24 April 2026* Notification to authors: 29 May 2026 Submission of camera-ready copies: 19 June 2026 RoboCup Symposium 2026: 6 July 2026 (RoboCup on 30 June - 5 July 2026) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the 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-gu…) and must be electronically submitted through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcs26) Submission Types: 1. Main Track: Submissions are limited to 12 pages (including references). 2. Open Platforms & Tools: Submissions are limited to an Extended Abstract of max 4 pages, including a mandatory URL to a tutorial website (see track details below). OPEN PLATFORMS & TOOLS TRACK To foster practical exchange within the robotics community, the former Development Track has been reimagined for 2026 to focus on usability and interactivity. We invite submissions of open-source hardware designs, software frameworks, tools, datasets, and benchmarks that other teams can use. The goal of this track is to reward the creation of solutions that lower the barrier to entry or accelerate research for others. Submission Requirements: • Extended Abstract: A maximum 4-page paper describing the tool, its innovation, and its application to RoboCup or general robotics. • Tutorial Website: The abstract must include a link to a publicly accessible website containing documentation and a step-by-step tutorial. The tutorial must be sufficient to guide a new user through installing the software or building the hardware. Presentation Format: Accepted contributions will be presented at an Interactive Demonstration Session (replacing the traditional poster). Authors will be provided with a table and power to demonstrate their tool live to Symposium attendees. MAIN TRACK TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * 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 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Matteo Leonetti (King’s College London, UK) Asad Norouzi (Seneca Polytechnic, Canada) Jaeseo Park (Incheon Technopark, Republic of Korea) CONTACT You can contact the PC chairs at rcs26(a)easychair.org. On behalf of the program committee, Matteo Leonetti King's College London https://www.sensiblerobotsresearch.org/ https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/matteo-leonetti

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