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RoboCup Regional Committees
by António Fernando Macedo Ribeiro 05 Jul '23

05 Jul '23

RoboCup Regional Committees RoboCup is a non-commercial, scientific and cultural activity to promote artificial intelligence, robotics, and other related science and technologies through robots and simulated robots competitions. A sufficiently large number of teams, researchers and teachers from any nation, group of nations, or nation-sized region (henceforth "region") with significant past and current RoboCup participation is invited to form a "RoboCup Regional Committee." The purposes of these committees are to 1. Promote RoboCup within your region. 2. Organize local RoboCup events and RoboCup opens. 3. Manage qualification for RoboCup leagues when slots are limited. 4. Maintain RoboCup standards for scientific research and education within your region and uphold the RoboCup mission of sharing advances through friendly competition. 5. Maintain an English website to be linked to the main RoboCup website describing the RoboCup activities in your region. 6. Ensuring proper user of RoboCup emblems (names and logos) in your region. There are local events smaller than regional "open" competitions, which should also be run with regional committee participation but must be approved by the board of trustees. The regional committee is expected to send a report following each event summarizing the participation and organization of the event, including how many people and teams participated, from where, etc., as well as a financial report including registration fees, regional sponsorship, events and operational cost, etc. If there are many local events in a given year, they can be grouped together into a single annual report. Each regional committee should have a single chair who serves as the main point of contact with the RoboCup Board of Trustees for questions that are relevant to the region. There should be representation on the committee from all of the different RoboCup leagues in which your region is active (including RoboCupJunior). If not already established, we encourage the regional committees to initiate the formation of all aspects of RoboCup activities, including RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCupJunior, and RoboCup@Home. To form a committee, please get together with all of the participants from your region. Once the list of committee members is prepared, please contact the RoboCup Trustees with the following information: 1. The members and affiliations of the committee. 2. The names, affiliations, and email addresses of all the Major teams represented by the committee (hopefully all the teams from your region). In the case of RoboCupJunior, include the name of the Junior regional representative, and his/her affiliation and email address. It is not necessary to include the list of all Junior teams from your region. 3. The URL of your current webpage, if it already exists (see http://www.robocup.org/organization/regional_committees for some examples). The Trustees will then check that all the represented teams agree to be represented in this way, and then link the committee to the RoboCup website. The representatives of all RoboCup Regional Committees meet at least once a year during the annual RoboCup event to discuss with the Trustees the development of RoboCup in their regions and in general. Furthermore, while vacancies exist in the Board of Trustees, one appointment is reserved for election by the regional committees (one vote per regional committee). Fernando Ribeiro RoboCup Trustee

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

04 Jul '23

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

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First CFP: 14th Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA'23) -- Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 02 Jul '23

02 Jul '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- The 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA'23) -- *IBICA 2023 Theme:* Nature Inspired Approaches and Generative AI ===================================================== http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica23 http://www.mirlabs.org/ibica23 ** Onsite and On the World Wide Web ** *Onsite Venues:* Olten, Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten Porto, Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto Vilnius, Lithuania : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius Kochi, India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi *December 14-15, 2023* IBICA 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. IBICA 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of IBICA'23 will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. ( https://www.springer.com/series/15179) (Approval Pending) Proceedings of IBICA'22: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3- 031-27499-2 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of IBICA series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica23/previous.php ***Important Dates*** ------------------------------ Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 14-15, 2023 *** About IBICA 2023 *** ------------------------------------- IBICA'23 is the 14th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications. The aim of IBICA is to provide a platform for world research leaders and practitioners, to discuss the “full spectrum” of current theoretical developments, emerging technologies, and innovative applications of Bio-inspired Computing. Bio-inspired Computing is currently one of the most exciting research areas, and it is continuously demonstrating exceptional strength in solving complex real life problems. The main driving force of the conference is to further explore the intriguing potential of Bio-inspired Computing. IBICA 2023 will be held in hybrid mode. ***Topics (not limited to)*** ----------------------------------------- Bio-inspired Computing Ant Colony System Artificial Immune Systems Artificial Intelligence Artificial Neural Networks Cellular Automaton Cognitive Modeling DNA Computing Differential Evolution Emergent Systems Evolutionary Computations Evolutionary Strategies/Programming Fuzzy Logic Genetic Algorithms/Programming Granular Computing Neutrosophic Systems Organic Computing P Systems Particle Swarm Optimization Emerging Technologies & Applications Intelligent Distributed and High-Perfomance Architecture ***Submission Guidelines**----------------------------------------* Submission of paper should be made through the submission page from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript. *Paper format templates:* https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript- preparation/5636#c3324 *IBICA’23 Submission Link:* http://www.mirlabs.org/ibica23/submission.php (under development) *** IBICA 2023 Organization **------------------------------------------------* General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Thinakaran Perumal, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania Program Chairs Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania Yunchuan Sun, Beijing Normal University, China Ryotaro Kamimura, Tokai University, Japan Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj < er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> **Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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CFP: 13th International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2023), December 8-14, 2023, Cairo, Egypt
by Pub Conference 02 Jul '23

02 Jul '23

*Call for Papers* *https://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/icist <https://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/icist>* Sponsor: British University in Egypt Co-Sponsors: City University of Hong Kong and Chongqing Three Gorges University Technical co-sponsor: IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society The 13th International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2023) will be held in Cairo, Egypt during December 8-14, 2023. As a cradle of civilization, the conference site features long historical and rich cultural heritages. Following the successes of previous events, ICIST 2023 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of research and applications in related fields. The conference will feature preconference, tutorials, plenary speeches given by world-renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics and pre-conference tutorials/workshops to warm up the main event. *Call for Papers and Special Sessions* Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICIST 2023. In addition, proposals for special sessions within the technical scope of the conference are solicited. Special sessions, to be organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers on special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposals to ICIST 2023. 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* Topics of contributing papers include, but are not limited to, the following areas: *Computer Science and Engineering* Computer networks, computer vision, pattern recognition, virtual, reality, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, big data, cloud computing, database management systems, mobile agent computing, quality of services and communication protocol, mobile computing for e-commerce, cryptography and information security, scientific and engineering computing, hybrid computational methods, data visualization and virtual reality, web- and grid-based computing and simulation, possibility theory, Bayes network and hidden Markov models, computational intelligence, granular computing *Control and Automation* Autonomous systems, linear and nonlinear control, robust control, learning and adaptive control, intelligent control, optimization-based and optimal control, model predictive control, fault detection and identification, hybrid intelligent systems, neural control, fuzzy logic control, networked control, industrial automation, process control, robot control, mechatronic systems, vehicle control systems, intelligent transportation systems, environmental monitoring and control, intelligent manufacturing systems, microprocessor-based control, motor control, power control, vehicle control, aerospace control applications. *Signal Processing and Telecommunications* Adaptive filtering & signal processing, audio/speech processing and coding, compressive sensing and sparse representation, 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 and embedded systems, image and multidimensional signal processing, image processing & understanding, multimedia communications, next-generation wireless/wireline communications, communication signal processing, modulation and channel coding, network coding, sensor networks *Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering* Microarray data analysis, gene regulation, network, and pathway analysis, identification and classification of genes, protein structure prediction, next-generation sequencing and metagenomics, protein, DNA/RNA structure, function, and interactions, functional genomics and proteomics, molecular evolution and phylogeny, neuroinformatic, brain-computer interface, clinical engineering, rehabilitation engineering, neural engineering, biomedical signal analysis and modeling, bio-imaging, sensing, and data fusion, biomarker discovery, health informatics, healthcare data acquisition, analysis, and modeling, biomedical data knowledge extraction, biomedical data integration, modeling, and preprocessing, biological data mining, knowledge sharing, visualization, and knowledge utilization, biomedical data mining systems and computing platforms, electronic health record acquisition, analysis, and decision support, high performance computing for biomedical data analysis, smart clinical diagnosis and decision systems *Paper Submission* Authors are invited to submit full-length papers (the nominal number of pages is 10) by the submission deadline through the online submission system. Special session organizers are also invited to enlist six 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 an opportunity to revise their papers and take into consideration of the referees' comments and suggestions. 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. *Important Dates* Special session proposals deadline………………………………………………………………………….July 1, 2023 Paper submission deadline…………………………………………………………………...…………......... August 1, 2023 Notification of acceptance……………………….………………………………………...………………..September 1, 2023 Camera-ready copy and author registration………………………………………………..………………..…October 1, 2023

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First CFP - 15th Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2023) - Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 29 Jun '23

29 Jun '23

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

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

23 Jun '23

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

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[meetings] [news] *Deadline Extended* - Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems Symposium 2023
by Rohan Chandra 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Dear roboticists and AI researchers, DEADLINE EXTENDED The initial submission deadline to the International Symposium on Multi-Robot & Multi-Agent Systems 2023 has been extended to July 7, 2023. Please see the website for more details: https://www.mrs-2023.org, or keep reading for the call for papers. For questions regarding submissions, please reach out to the Program Chair (Lorenzo Sabattini, lorenzo.sabattini(a)unimore.it). General inquiries can be submitted to: mrs2023(a)bu.edu. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 4th International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (IEEE MRS 2023) Dec. 4-5, 2023, - Boston University, Boston, MA, USA IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission Deadline: July 7, 2023 **extended** Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2023 Conference Dates: December 4-5, 2023 https://www.mrs-2023.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IEEE MRS 2023 will be held on December 4-5 at Boston University. The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers who are in the field of multi-robot systems (MRS) and multi-agent systems (MAS). Typically MRS/MAS research is spread across large conferences, and this makes it difficult for us to keep up to date on new findings and meet others in the area. The intent of the conference is to bring those researchers together with a high-quality symposium to highlight the very best in the field. MRS is supported by the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Multi-Robot Systems. Previous iterations include MRS 2017 (Los Angeles, CA, USA), MRS 2019 (New Brunswick. NJ, USA) and MRS 2021 (Cambridge, UK). The conference proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore digital library. The conference scope will include any research related to multi-robot and multi-agent systems, an inherently diverse community. Several competences are needed in this field, ranging from control systems to mechanical design, coordination, cooperation, estimation, perception and interaction. The fields of interest include (but are not limited to) the following general fields, with explicit application to MRS/MAS: - Modeling and Control - Discrete Planning, Routing, Multi-Robot Path Finding, Task Assignment - Distributed Optimization and Distributed Algorithms - Nonlinear Control, Lyapunov Methods, Optimal Control - Continuous Planning, Trajectory Optimization, Informative Planning - Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, General Learning, General AI - Distributed Perception, Vision, Mapping, SLAM - Estimation, Filtering, Bayesian Methods, Target Tracking - Robustness, Formal Methods, Network Resilience - Human-Multi-Robot Interaction - Micro/Nano Scale Systems - Bio-Inspired Systems and and Swarm Intelligence COMMITTEE General Chairs Chris Amato, Northeastern University, USA Nora Ayanian, Brown University, USA Alyssa Pierson, Boston University, USA Program Chair Lorenzo Sabattini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Finance Chair Roberto Tron, Boston University, USA Publicity and Social Media Chair Rohan Chandra, University of Texas at Austin, USA

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[meetings] ROS2 Learning Week 2023
by Yuhong Lin 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, The ROS2 Learning Week 2023 will take place from June 26 → June 30, 2023. This week-long learning experience is tailored for absolute beginners who want to delve into Robot Operating System (ROS). * Dates: June 26, 2023 → June 30, 2023 * Time: 6pm CEST daily * Cost: Absolutely FREE! * Registration: https://www.theconstructsim.com/ros2-learning-week/ *Schedule:* - Day 1 (June 26th): Basic Linux Concepts for ROS2 Programming - Day 2 (June 27th): Essential Python3 Programming Skills for ROS2 Programs - Day 3 (June 28th): Understanding ROS2 Fundamentals: how to create and compile packages, what are launch files, ROS2 nodes, etc. - Day 4 (June 29th): Exploring ROS2 Topics - the cornerstone of any ROS2 program. - Day 5 (June 30th): Applying Your Knowledge: Engage in a hands-on ROS2 project using a simulated robot. Mark your calendar! Classes will begin at 6pm CEST every day, allowing you to easily plan and attend these live sessions. What to expect: ** Live Classes:* Engage in live classes led by experienced ROS instructor – Alberto Ezquerro, who will guide you through each step of your ROS2 learning journey. Interact, ask questions, and learn in real-time. **Hands-on Practice:* Experience the thrill of working with simulated robots on The Construct throughout the entire week. No need to worry about installations or hardware limitations – dive right into the action. ** No Prior Knowledge Required:* Even if you have zero knowledge of ROS1, Linux, or Python, fear not! This learning week is designed for 100% ROS2 beginners. Dear roboticists This isn’t a passive listening experience. Get ready to learn by doing! Come with an open mind, an eagerness to learn, and a commitment to actively participate in practical exercises. Save the date, mark your calendar, and get ready to conquer ROS2:) *Organizer* The Construct (www.theconstructsim.com) - Providing both a platform and online robotics training courses around ROS and ROS 2 to grow your robotics skills.

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First CFP - 23rd Intelligent Systems Design and Applications 2023 - Hybrid Event - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- The 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA’23) –- *ISDA 2023 Theme: **Large Language Models and Generative Pre-trained Transformers in the Real World* ================================================================================================ *http://www.mirlabs.org/isda23 <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2WSH7QwGdR-E0tBi3RlFvSMdonW0…>http://www.mirlabs.net/isda23 <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2HebrLZVcNy4eDwq6bixPAYEdFbr…>* Onsite and On the World Wide Web *Onsite Venues:* *Olten, Switzerland *: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2Jp06BJfhp_FR7SEE_PPceFktNva…> *Porto, Portugal* : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2Irswdzl4TL2Ib0Y4r5A5v7O-DUs…> *Vilnius, Lithuania* : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2gi0KufxqmDC9PLNtlwas8UWEy-b…> *Kochi, India* : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2GzS-4coSs2tezhwhypjDGiZdFCk…> *December 11-13, 2023* ISDA 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. ISDA 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia. As usual, proceedings of ISDA'23 are expected to be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. ( https://www.springer.com/series/15179 <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2pEydZj3Z4xIVrUoEutrHCbLMHIH…> ). Proceedings of ISDA’22: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-27440-4 <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2meNJ9IBOyXkqO8PaHBoHOyhQlV-…> Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of ISDA series: https://www.mirlabs.org/isda23/previous.php <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2i66wzIC4gS3ZJ6-0C3X61FlgFW6…> **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 11-13, 2023 **About ISDA 2023** ------------------ The International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA) is a major international conference bringing together researchers, engineers, and practitioners who work in the areas of intelligent systems and their applications in industry and the real world. Every year, ISDA attracts authors from over 30 countries. After the success of the 22nd conference, which was held online, this year's event will be held in hybrid mode (onsite and online) during December 12-14, 2023. ISDA 2023 is expected to provide an opportunity for researchers to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results, and methods in solving intriguing problems in the fields of artificial intelligence and its real-world applications. The conference programme will include workshops, special sessions, tutorials, prominent keynote speakers, and regular paper presentations in parallel tracks. All submitted papers will be reviewed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. Conference contents will be submitted for inclusion in Springer and other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Intelligent Systems Architectures and Applications Intelligent Image and Signal Processing Intelligent Internet Modeling Intelligent Data mining Intelligent Business Systems Intelligent Control and Automation Intelligent Agents Intelligent Knowledge Management Innovative Information Security Innovative Networking and Communication Techniques Web Intelligence Intelligent Software Engineering ***Submission Guidelines*** ------------------------------------------ Submission of a paper should be made through the submission page from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript. *Paper format templates:* https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript… <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2O8sw__Ytg-bYXvMb7sHvpvTIyWU…> *ISDA’23 Submission Link:* http://www.mirlabs.org/isda23/submission.php <https://er-anubajaj-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2s_Tgkqts4Ng4l2IsIQ2-PuEmitv…> (updated soon) *** ISDA 2023 Organization *** ---------------------------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Patrick Siarry, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France Program Chairs Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Sabri Pllana, Center for Smart Computing Continuum, Forschung Burgenland, Austria Publication Chair Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Web Services Chair Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Publicity Chair Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India International Program Committee TBA Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms. Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7(a)gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj < er.anubajaj(a)gmail.com> ***Technical Contact*** ------------------------------------ Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org [image: beacon]

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[meetings] [news] 2nd CfP: IJCAI23 Robot Exhibition
by Xuesu Xiao 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

Dear roboticists and AI researchers, we are pleased to present the call for expressions of interest in the Robot Exhibition of the 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (August 19–25, 2023, Macao, S.A.R). IJCAI23 will be a premier international gathering of researchers in AI, and the Robot Exhibition will run alongside the IJCAI23 combined technical program (https://ijcai-23.org/call-for-robot-exhibition/). Robots are a central focus of AI research and development, providing preeminent examples where cognitive skills (e.g., in perception, decision-making, control) are necessary to cope with complex tasks, and both naturalistic and controlled environments. On the one hand, developing intelligent robot systems involves challenging open research questions in AI. On the other hand, established AI methods are gaining increasing interest and applicability in various domains (e.g., industries, services, space) that involve robots alongside humans. This exhibition offers a prime space for exhibiting both achieved results and new opportunities for the development and use of AI in Robotics in the real world to a large audience of professional AI researchers from academia and industry. The exhibition seeks to involve both academic and industrial groups interested in the combination of AI and Robotics. The exhibition will thus provide an outstanding opportunity for universities, research organizations, and companies to showcase their research on the world stage. We invite expressions of interest for demonstrations of robotic systems, software, and tools that exploit AI methods and technologies, and that would be of interest to the broad AI community. Expressions of interest should include: A one-page description (in IJCAI format) of: ○ the proposing group/company, ○ the robotic technology to be demonstrated, ○ the relevance of this technology to AI. A video of up to two minutes demonstrating the system in action; the video should be at most 100MB, in mp4 format. Please include your title and authorship info in the opening of the video. Submission website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCAI2023/ Expressions of interest will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Relevance: What is the relevance of the shown demonstration to AI? Understandability: How amenable is the showcase to technical and non-technical audiences? IMPORTANT DATES Submission of expressions of interest: June 30, 2023 Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2023 Note: all deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE). IJCAI 2023 Robot Exhibition Chairs Xuesu Xiao, George Mason University Benjamin Rosman, University of the Witwatersrand Please, send all enquiries about the Robot Exhibition Track to the track Co-Chairs via email: robots(a)ijcai-23.org<mailto:robots@ijcai-23.org> ----------------------- Xuesu Xiao, Ph.D. -- Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science George Mason University xiao(a)gmu.edu<mailto:xiao@gmu.edu> https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/

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