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[CFP] Call for Workshops & Tutorials: Humanoids 2026 Conference
by Ross Mead 08 May '26

08 May '26

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS: - What: 2026 IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots - When: December 6-9, 2026 - Where: Santa Clara, California, USA - Web: https://2026.ieee-humanoids.org — IMPORTANT DATES: - Aug. 3, 2026: Workshop/tutorial proposal deadline - Sep. 28, 2026: Notification of workshop/tutorial acceptance/rejection - Dec. 7, 2026: Humanoids 2026 workshops/tutorials — Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to invite you to contribute proposals for half-day or full-day workshops/tutorials to the 2026 IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots to be held December 6-9, 2026 in Santa Clara, California, USA. WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS: The workshop and tutorial sessions are aimed at exploring the frontiers of recent or emerging topics related to humanoid robotics, with relevant topics detailed below. We encourage workshops and tutorials that will promote exchanges and interactions between presenters and participants. Proposals with a diverse set of speakers, including a balance between (i) junior and senior presenters, (ii) genders, (iii) geographic location, (iv) race and ethnicity, and (v) industry and academia, will be preferred. OVERVIEW: Humanoids 2026 aims at bringing together top researchers from humanoid robotics and related disciplines with leading companies in the field. In light of a year of rapidly evolving humanoid technologies with several new platforms coming onto the market and bringing us closer to a wider real-world deployment. Our community envisions innovative areas in humanoid robotics that lie at the intersection of general-purpose physical, cognitive, and motor capabilities, while also considering the scientific understanding of interactions with humanoid and anthropomorphic systems. SCHEDULE: The conference will be organized as a 4-day event opening on December 6th (Sunday) with public panels, seminars, and hackathons, followed by workshops and tutorials on December 7th (Monday), followed by 2 days December 8th-9th (Tuesday-Wednesday) for the main conference with plenaries, keynotes, oral and interactive sessions, and industry events. A centrally located exhibition will feature the latest humanoid technology from both industry and academia. TOPICS: We invite workshops/tutorials in all areas related to humanoid robotics, including, but not limited to: - Human biomechanics and motor control, human body and behavior modeling - Bionic / human-inspired design principles for humanoids - Human-inspired robot control - Whole-body dynamics and control - Optimization, optimal control, and model predictive control methods - Learning methods for humanoid robots - Robot modeling for locomotion and/or manipulation - Exoskeleton / wearable robot design and control - Prosthesis design and control - Physical and social human-humanoid interaction - Dynamic legged locomotion (bipeds, quadrupeds, etc.) - Loco-manipulation, legged manipulation - Dual arm dexterous manipulation - Design, control, and application of multi-finger hands - Stability and robustness of humanoid and legged robots and humans - Simulation and physics-based animations from computer graphics - Humanoid heads and faces, geminoids - Novel materials, mechanisms, and actuators for humanoids - Perception for humanoids - Human-centered robotic studies and applications - Neuro-robotics and brain-robot interfaces for humanoids and humans - Real-world applications for humanoid robots (industry, healthcare, home, space, disaster response) - Benchmarks, performance indicators for humanoid robots - Ethical and social challenges of humanoid robot deployment - Long-term deployment of humanoid, bipedal, or dual arm manipulation robots EXHIBITION: Industry leaders are eager to see your organization’s latest developments, connect, learn, and collaborate. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a strong, in-person impression. For more information contact Hall-Erickson, Inc: humanoids(a)heiexpo.com <HUMANOIDS(a)heiexpo.com> MORE INFORMATION: For more information, please visit the conference contributions webpage ( https://2026.ieee-humanoids.org/call-for-workshops-and-tutorials) or contact the Workshop Chairs: Enrico Mingo Hoffman, Yan Gu, and Rafael Cisneros-Limón (humanoids2026-wt(a)ieee.org). We look forward to your contributions to Humanoids 2026! — The Humanoids 2026 General Chairs: - Andra Keay (Silicon Valley Robotics) - Ross Mead (Semio)

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2nd Call for Papers and Deadline Extension: Workshop on Social Choice and Learning Algorithms at IJCAI 2026
by Nicholas Mattei 08 May '26

08 May '26

2nd Call for Papers and Deadline Extension: 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 May 15th. 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 Co-Director, Tulane Center For Community Engaged AI <https://sse.tulane.edu/cs/ceai> Co-Author, Computing and Technology Ethics: Engaging through Science Fiction <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048064/computing-and-technology-ethics/> 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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[IECMA 2026] Last Day to Register to IECMA
by Charlene Dong 06 May '26

06 May '26

Dear Researchers, This is a reminder that today is the final day to register for the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Machines and Applications <https://sciforum.net/event/IECMA2026> (IECMA 2026). You may complete your free registration by accessing the following link: https://sciforum.net/event/IECMA2026?section=#registration. The conference will take place *virtually from 12 to 14 May 2026*, Central European Summer Time, and is organized by the MDPI journal /Machines/ <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/machines> (ISSN: 2075-1702, IF: 2.5). This is a unique opportunity to connect with researchers, engage in insightful discussions, and explore the latest advancements in machinery and engineering. Topics of interest: S1. Automation and Control Systems; S2. Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis; S3. Machines Design and Additive Manufacturing; S4. Electrical Machines and Drives; S5. Electromechanical Energy-Conversion Systems; S6. Mechatronics/Electromechatronics. For any inquiries regarding the event, please contact iecma2026(a)mdpi.com. We look forward to seeing you at the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Machines and Applications. Kind regards, *Your IECMA 2026 Organizing Team *iecma2026(a)mdpi.com Sciforum.net is a platform published and maintained by MDPI. For technical support, email info(a)sciforum.net.

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[meetings][CFP] [RO-MAN 2026] Workshop on Towards Ethical Deception in HRI
by Alessandra Rossi 04 May '26

04 May '26

Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to submit your works at the Workshop on Towards Ethical Deception in HRI that is organised in conjunction with the IEEE RO-MAN 2026 conference, held in Kitakyushu, Japan. We will have two exceptional speakers with very interesting and different views on the topic, and they will spark engaging and endearing conversations: Kaoru Sumi, Future University (Hakodate, Japan) and Robert Sparrow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). You can find the full CFP below, but also on our website https://sites.google.com/view/ted-hri Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 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 TED_HRI 2026 Towards Ethical Deception in HRI Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Kitakyushu, Japan 24-28 August 2024 - Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/ted-hri - Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ted-hri26 - Deadline for paper submission: 31 May 2026 This workshop focuses on the ethical and pro-social use of deceptive and persuasive behaviours in social robotics, exploring how robots deployed in healthcare, educational, caregiving, and domestic environments can strategically employ techniques such as white lies, intentional errors, and selective information omission to improve user well-being and interaction effectiveness. As social robots evolve beyond reactive dialogue systems toward socio-emotionally aware agents capable of addressing users' broader psychological needs, the deliberate and context-sensitive use of deception emerges as a nuanced but potentially valuable behavioural strategy. At the same time, the workshop critically engages with the controversies surrounding robot deception, acknowledging the lack of scholarly consensus on its definition and the ethical boundaries that must govern its application. By bringing together researchers from multiple disciplines, the workshop aims to advance a shared understanding of how robots might ethically leverage deceptive and persuasive mechanisms to improve human well-being without exploiting human vulnerabilities. Submission & List of Topics The workshop is open to a broad audience from academia and industry researching social robotics, robot ethics, cognitive science, psychology, and philosophy of technology. The workshop aims to attract an interdisciplinary audience that includes academics, industry researchers, designers, and policy-makers interested in exploring the integration of deceptive techniques in designed-centred and ethics-centred HRI. By fostering dialogue across disciplinary and methodological boundaries, the workshop seeks to promote a shared understanding of how social robots might responsibly employ complex behavioural strategies in human-centred contexts, such as education, healthcare and service. We will invite authors to submit scientific papers ranging from 2 to 6 pages, with additional space for references and appendices. We will accept different types of works, including preliminary findings, case studies, position papers, surveys and cutting-edge research on the workshop topics. Accepted papers will have short oral presentations. We will encourage authors of the accepted papers to present a video or to demonstrate their work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Pro-social deception. - Anti-social robot deception. - Ethical (RoboEthics) implications of deceptive robotics. - Creating deceptive robots. Mechanisms of deceptive robots. - Applications of deceptive robots. - Machine learning and deceptive robots. - Counter-deception and resilience (both for humans and robots) - Who decides who can be deceived (and when)? - Responsible development of robotic deception, including participatory design for the development of appropriate deceptive behaviours - The deception objection debate: Are emotionally expressive robots deceptive? 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=ted-hri26>. 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. Committees - Kantwon Rogers, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Massachusetts, USA - Andres Rosero, George Mason University, Virginia, USA - Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy - Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy - Henrik Skaug Sætra, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Alan Wagner, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA ContactAll questions about submissions should be emailed to alessandra.rossi(a)unina.it

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CFP: Computational Fair Division @ IJCAI-26
by Hadi Hosseini 04 May '26

04 May '26

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the Fourth Workshop on Computational Fair Division (CFD), co-located with the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in Bremen, Germany, during August 15-21, 2026. CFD Website: https://sites.google.com/view/fairdivisionworkshop2026/ Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=ijcai.org/IJCAI-ECAI/2026/Workshop/CFD Important Dates — all dates are 11:59 pm, Anywhere on Earth (AoE) Submission Deadline: May 4, 2026 Notification of Acceptance: June 6, 2026 One-day workshop: August 15-17, 2026 Papers should be submitted in IJCAI format, with a 7-page limit (excluding references). There will be a 30-minute session for demonstrations of fair division applications. Submission Deadline for the demonstration is May 22, 2026 This workshop brings together computational fairness researchers from all walks of life; theoretical, empirical, and applied; to discuss how to apply fair division to the challenges of modern society. We invite submissions that push the boundaries of the state-of-the-art in computational fair division on a variety of topics, including: - Classic fair allocation of indivisible items - Resource allocation problems (e.g., cake cutting, house allocation, matching, or apportionment) - Constrained fair division - Uncertainty & distortion in fair division - Fair division in social networks - Budget allocation - Market design - Competitive/market equilibria - Combinatorial auctions or optimization with fairness consideration - Perceived fairness; fairness in collective decision-making - Proportional representation - Apportionment methods - Fair representation - Fairness in cooperative game theory - Incentives in fair division - Automated theorem proving/SAT solving approaches for fair division - Empirical analysis of resource allocation problems - Datasets for and tools demonstrating practical implementation of fair division algorithms - ML approaches to fair division (e.g., learned preferences or on-line procedures) - Cooperative AI, Agentic AI, and LLM approaches to fair division - Applications of fair division approaches to other algorithmic fairness problems (e.g. ranking, fair LLMs, etc) - Task allocation in multi-robotic systems Thank you, CFD-2026 organizers (contact.cfdworkshop(a)gmail.com) Arpita Biswas, Eva Deltl, Hadi Hosseini, Joshua Kavner, Sanjukta Roy, Šimon Schierreich, and Yair Zick -- Hadi Hosseini, Ph.D. Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology Associate Director, Center for AI Foundations and Engineered Systems (CAFE) Director, FAIR Lab Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA https://faculty.ist.psu.edu/hadi/

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Final CFP (deadlines extended for two weeks): The 9th International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory (ADT 2026)
by Lirong Xia 28 Apr '26

28 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, May 18th, 2026 * Full Paper Submission: May 11th, 2026, May 25th, 2026 * Notification of acceptance: July 13th, 2026, July 27th, 2026 * Final Version of Accepted Papers: August 11th, August 25th, 2026 * Conference Dates: November 16th-18th, 2026 * Conference Webpage: https://adt2026.sciencesconf.org/ * Submission Webpage: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ADT2026 Keynote speakers * Aurélie Beynier, Sorbonne Université * Marc Lanctot, Google Deepmind * Maria Polukarov, King's College London 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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[CFP] Humanoids 2026 Conference
by Ross Mead 25 Apr '26

25 Apr '26

CALL FOR PAPERS: - What: 2026 IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots - When: December 6-9, 2026 - Where: Santa Clara, California, USA - Web: https://2026.ieee-humanoids.org — IMPORTANT DATES: - Jul. 24, 2026: Paper submission deadline - Jul. 27, 2026: Supplementary video deadline (optional) - Oct. 6, 2026: Notification of paper acceptance/rejection - Oct. 16, 2026: Early-bird registration deadline - Oct. 26, 2026: Camera-ready paper deadline - Dec. 6-9, 2026: Humanoids 2026 conference — Dear colleagues, We are very pleased to invite you to contribute to the 2026 IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots to be held in Santa Clara, California, USA, from December 6 through December 9, 2026. OVERVIEW: Humanoids 2026 aims at bringing together top researchers from humanoid robotics and related disciplines with leading companies in the field. In light of a year of rapidly evolving humanoid technologies with several new platforms coming onto the market and bringing us closer to a wider real-world deployment. Our community envisions innovative areas in humanoid robotics that lie at the intersection of general-purpose physical, cognitive, and motor capabilities, while also considering the scientific understanding of interactions with humanoid and anthropomorphic systems. FORMAT: The conference will be organized as a 4-day event opening on December 6th (Sunday) with public panels, seminars, and hackathons, followed by workshops and tutorials on December 7th (Monday), followed by 2 days December 8th-9th (Tuesday-Wednesday) for the main conference with plenaries, keynotes, oral and interactive sessions, and industry events. A centrally located exhibition will feature the latest humanoid technology from both industry and academia. TOPICS: We invite papers in all areas related to humanoid robotics, including, but not limited to: - Human biomechanics and motor control, human body and behavior modeling - Bionic / human-inspired design principles for humanoids - Human-inspired robot control - Whole-body dynamics and control - Optimization, optimal control, and model predictive control methods - Learning methods for humanoid robots - Robot modeling for locomotion and/or manipulation - Exoskeleton / wearable robot design and control - Prosthesis design and control - Physical and social human-humanoid interaction - Dynamic legged locomotion (bipeds, quadrupeds, etc.) - Loco-manipulation, legged manipulation - Dual arm dexterous manipulation - Design, control, and application of multi-finger hands - Stability and robustness of humanoid and legged robots and humans - Simulation and physics-based animations from computer graphics - Humanoid heads and faces, geminoids - Novel materials, mechanisms, and actuators for humanoids - Perception for humanoids - Human-centered robotic studies and applications - Neuro-robotics and brain-robot interfaces for humanoids and humans - Real-world applications for humanoid robots (industry, healthcare, home, space, disaster response) - Benchmarks, performance indicators for humanoid robots - Ethical and social challenges of humanoid robot deployment - Long-term deployment of humanoid, bipedal, or dual arm manipulation robots PAPERS: The paper submission deadline is July 24th, 2026, Anywhere on Earth (AOE). The maximum paper length is 8 pages, including references; additional pages are not permitted. Papers must be submitted in a PDF format; the maximum paper PDF file size is 6 MB. Papers can be submitted via PaperPlaza: https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl SUPPLEMENTARY VIDEOS: Each paper can be accompanied by one (1) optional supplementary video. You may upload or re-upload this attachment up to three (3) days after the paper submission deadline (i.e. by July 27th, 2026, AOE). Videos must be submitted in an MP4, MPG, or MPEG format; the maximum video file size is 20 MB. PAPER PRESENTATIONS: Accepted papers will be presented either in single-track oral sessions or in interactive poster sessions. All accepted papers will appear in the proceedings of the conference and on IEEE Xplore without distinction. MORE INFORMATION: For more information, please visit the conference contributions webpage (https://2026.ieee-humanoids.org/call-for-papers) or contact the Program Chairs: Luis Sentis, Serena Ivaldi, and Gentiane Venture (humanoids2026-tc(a)ieee.org). We look forward to your contributions to Humanoids 2026! — The Humanoids 2026 General Chairs: - Andra Keay (Silicon Valley Robotics) - Ross Mead (Semio)

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Call for Papers: Workshop on Social Choice and Learning Algorithms at IJCAI 2026
by Nicholas Mattei 20 Apr '26

20 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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