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Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 16 Jan '23

16 Jan '23

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

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AI100 Essay Contest
by Peter Stone 09 Dec '22

09 Dec '22

Colleagues, Please help me spread the word about this! Thanks, Peter Essay Contest: The One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) is opening up an early career essay competition for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and early-career research scientists and faculty to help us better understand and anticipate how artificial intelligence will affect our lives, work, and society at large. Visit https://ai100.stanford.edu/prize-competition to learn more. Applications will go live on January 17, but now is a great time for those of you leading graduate courses on AI technology and/or AI policy to think about assigning this task as part of a class, and to work with your students to polish and submit particularly strong essays. Email Christine Raval (cbolas(a)stanford.edu) for more details.

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REMINDER: Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023
by Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) and MathWorks, a Global Sponsor of RoboCup, are pleased to announce this call for proposals to support research projects in RoboCup. RCF-MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 aims at funding robotics research projects that use MATLAB and Simulink software. The goal is to enable collaboration between RoboCup researchers and MathWorks engineers to foster progress of RoboCup and its leagues. The RoboCup Federation and MathWorks hosted a webinar to discuss the details of the call, describe expected results and MathWorks tools, showcase previously sponsored projects, and answer questions. Link to the webinar: https://youtu.be/znZSFBWAWhg For more info or clarification on the details of this call, please contact info(a)robocup.org Proposal Requirements Proposals in this category must meet *ALL* of the following requirements: 1. Work must be associated with one or more of the research topics listed below. 2. Work must primarily utilize MathWorks software such as MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, and other add-on products. Preference may be given if using one or more of the development methods listed below. 3. Project team will be assigned MathWorks contacts, and must arrange and participate in at least 3 progress check-in meetings with them during the course of the project. The team is encouraged to reach out to their MathWorks contacts whenever they have questions. 4. Final deliverables shall be posted publicly after review by MathWorks contacts. Research Topics 1. Navigation and Planning a. Motion planning and collidion avoidance for manipulators and mobile Robots b. Motion planning and collision avoidance for humanoid robots 2. Perception and Sensor Fusion a. Object detection and tracking b. Lidar and vision-based SLAM c. Point cloud processing d. Sensor fusion for pose estimation and localization 3. Control Systems a. Control of humanoid robots b. Hybrid systems and behavior c. Multi-agent systems d. Robot manipulation and grasping 4. Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) a. Natural language processing b. Signal and audio processing 5. Applied Learning-Based Techniques • For any of the above topics (Navigation, Perception, Controls, HRI) Development Methods 1. Development tools a. User interfaces and Web applications b. Hardware initialization and calibration tools 2. Modeling and simulation a. Model-based design of software components b. Physical system simulation and design c. Behavior modeling: finite-state machines, behavior trees, etc. d. Multi-agent simulation 3. Embedded systems a. Implementation to reduce memory, power consumption, etc. b. Targeting microcontrollers, FPGAs, and GPUs c. Real-time and hardware-in-the-loop simulation 4. Interfaces to standard platforms a. Robots, e.g., Toyota, SoftBank, FESTO b. Software frameworks, e.g., ROS Support Support will be given as a gift between 5,000 and 10,000 USD depending on quantity and quality of accepted proposals in this category. Teams will be notified of the exact amount awarded upon their proposal being accepted. Funding will be provided directly by RCF after the RoboCup Symposium 2023 if the research and deliverables are completed in a satisfactory manner. Submission A single PDF file should be submitted through the easychair system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2023 under the Category: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 The proposal (MAX 6 pages) must include: 1. description of the project, 2. motivations and goals, 3. intended use of MATLAB and/or Simulink software, 4. benefits for RoboCup and for the RoboCup League (not for a single or a few teams), 5. implementation plan and budget. Evaluation Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup Trustees and MathWorks engineers. The evaluation of the proposals will be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the research contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to RoboCup; (iii) the usage of MATLAB and/or Simulink software; and (iv) the impact of the proposed plan on the advancement and visibility of RoboCup. A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned. Deadlines Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Notification: December 18th, 2022 Completion of the action: Preliminary work expected to be presented during the RoboCup 2023 Research Symposium, and official content publication by October 2023 Exceptions to this rule must be submitted for approval to the evaluation committee. ** For more information about the call for projects, please contact: info [at] robocup.org **

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REMINDER: Call for proposals: RCF Project Support 2023
by Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Call for proposals: RCF Project Support 2023 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) is pleased to announce this call for proposals to support activities for promoting the development of RoboCup Leagues. RCF Project Support aims at funding activities for the development of the RoboCup Leagues or the promotion of RoboCup in general. The main goal of these projects is to research and develop activities that support significant advancements of the RoboCup leagues and/or the RoboCup community which are difficult to achieve otherwise. This includes support for short-term visits for a collaboration between teams (e.g. joint team development, integration of research agendas) and/or RoboCup camps on special or novel topics. This year the RCF particularly encourages proposals in the following areas: ● Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI), any type interaction of a human with a robot within one of the RoboCup leagues ● Low-Cost Standard Robots, any ideas to lower the entry bar to a RoboCup league or to allow to scale the number of robots in a team ● Unified Game Controllers, development of game controllers that can be shared between RoboCup leagues easily and with minor re-configuration ● Data Sets from Competitions, any concept for automated collecting and annotating data (i.e. ground truth) from competitions in order to support statistical analysis or machine learning Support Support will be provided in the form of reimbursement upon receipts of direct expenses (e.g., hardware devices or costs for organization of events) or of a grant for the applicants. In case of hardware acquisition, it must be specified how the league (e.g. other teams) will benefit from this hardware. A detailed list of expenses must be described in the proposal. Funds from RCF are limited, partial funding may be also considered. Submission A single PDF file should be submitted through the easychair system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2023 under the Category: Projects for League Developments The proposal (MAX 4 pages) must include: 1. description of the project, 2. motivations and goals, 3. benefits for RoboCup and RoboCup leagues (not for a single or a few teams), 4. implementation plan and budget. Evaluation Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup Trustees or RoboCup Exec members. The evaluation of the proposals will be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the research contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to RoboCup; and (iii) the impact of the proposed plan on the advancement and visibility of RoboCup (e.g. high ranked publications). A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned. Deadlines Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Notification: December 18th, 2022 Completion of the project: Preliminary work expected to be presented during the RoboCup Symposium 2023, the project needs to be finished by end of 2023 and a final report submitted by January 2024. Exceptions to this rule must be submitted for approval to the evaluation committee.

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Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 2D League - France
by MROA 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Call for Participation RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 2D League July 4 – July 10, 2023 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France https://2023.robocup.org/ ===================================== Greetings, We invite you to participate in the RoboCup 2022 Soccer Simulation League 2D competition, which will take place July 4- 10, 2023, in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. ===================================== To view the full Call for Participation document, please visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13-VFRA1dDpzZlPVcHX42XT6_82X4hR0BmNqlRQ4… ===================================== If you are interested in participating, please pre-register your team and submit qualification materials. Pre-registration Deadline: *February 1st – 23:59 UTC* - Submit information via *the online form* - https://forms.gle/tKyVA2YXQGLZgt1T7 . Qualification Materials Submission Deadline: *February 28th – 23:59 UTC* - Submit* TDP, Log* *files *via the online form - https://forms.gle/iKaMDVXemxZZiope9 Qualification Notification: *March 14th – 23:59 UTC* ===================================== If you have any questions, please send an email to the email address in the documentation. Best Regards, Omid Amini, Hidehisa Akiyama RoboCup2023 Soccer Simulation 2D League Organizing Committee

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Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition (corrected)
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

* Call for Participation * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bordeaux, France. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * Humanoid Soccer Competition * KidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 130 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) * Humanoid Research Demonstration In addition, we may organize a Humanoid Open Competition with a CfP following later this year. For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list at: https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid Teams are also encouraged to form and apply as joint teams. Joint proposals will be judged on their combined merit. Teams must provide the following qualification material: 1) Humanoid Soccer Competition ======================================= You do not need to provide a full robot team to apply for competing in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The qualifying round of Drop-In games will be played with only one robot per team. Teams that cannot provide a full team of robots (four robots in KidSize and two in AdultSize) will be grouped to form a playable team for the main tournament games. In case of a sufficient number of qualified teams, the sub-leagues (KidSize and/or AdultSize) will be divided into League A and League B. Teams are seeded into the leagues based on the results of an initial round of Drop-In games. Each application to the Humanoid Soccer Competition will be reviewed by two members of the Technical Committee and two other teams applying to the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The combined reviewing score will decide whether a team qualifies for participation. Reviewing other team's material is mandatory for teams that want to participate in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Failing to provide an adequate review by the provided deadline will have consequences for the teams own qualification status. 1.1) Robot Video --------------------------------------- Teams need to provide a video of their robot demonstrating the robots' autonomous soccer playing skills. The recommended skills needed for qualification are: * localization of unknown ball position, * walking ability towards the ball, * robot positioning at the ball for kicking, * kicking the ball towards the goal, * ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (KidSize only) We encourage teams to include in the video more complex and intelligent behavior such as demonstrating localization, and robots playing in a game, recordings from actual soccer matches are admissible. If possible, please provide footage that demonstrates the robot behavior without wires attached. The qualification video must be supplied as a link via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video must not exceed 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Teams that do not provide a qualification video or a viewable video will not be qualified! 1.2) Software Description --------------------------------------- During the registration process, a form will be provided to submit details about the algorithms used or anticipated to be used for the participation in the 2023 competition. Algorithms shall be described in such detail that they can be reproduced by other teams. If software from other teams or standard algorithms are used, references need to be included. If the algorithm has been adapted to be used in the competition, those deviations need to be described in appropriate details. The form will include questions in the following areas: * Walking * Vision * Localization * Team Communication * Behavior * Contributions to the RoboCup community, e.g. software releases, paper publications, provision of league infrastructure or data sets Responses to the questions are expected to reflect the current or anticipated status of the software during the RoboCup 2023 competition. If the software has not changed or no changes are anticipated to be made until the competition, teams may copy & paste a response from previously submitted material. 1.3) Extended Abstract --------------------------------------- A two-page extended abstract must be submitted. For teams which have previously participated in the Humanoid League, the extended abstract needs to: * include lessons learned from the participation in previous RoboCup competitions * highlight major problems that the team is trying to solve for the upcoming competition * outline the plans for the major changes that the teams anticipate to have implemented by the RoboCup 2023 competition * describe the implementation status of the changes planned by the time of submitting the application For teams which have never participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League, the Extended Abstract needs to pitch the scientific aspects of their humanoid robotic system and highlight their research interests. The Extended Abstract is limited to 2 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Extended Abstracts are designed to highlight the changes and scientific developments since the last RoboCup. Thus, we expect the usage of material from previous TDPs or Extended Abstracts to be minimal. If used, they need to be cited appropriately. Submissions of last year's Extended Abstract will be desk-rejected. The Extended Abstract must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Teams that do to follow the LNCS formatting and style guidelines will not be qualified. No exceptions to this rule will be made. 1.4) Robot Specification --------------------------------------- Regardless of the kid or adult size competition, a one-page specification (PDF) must be provided for each different type of humanoid robot used by the team that includes the following: * Robot picture * Robot name * Height of the robot * Weight of the robot * Walking speed in cm/s * Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain of the robot * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s) and specific manufacturer part number (e.g. “6-DoF IMU” is NOT an acceptable description)) * Computing unit(s) * Materials (e.g. Torso aluminum, legs and arms CFRP) * Electronics (e.g. CM730 for communicating with servos) * Battery (e.g. 3S1P 2200mAh LiPo) * Open Source link if applicable * Other specs 1.5) Rules --------------------------------------- The current version of the rules may be found here at the Humanoid League website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/. We expect the final version of the 2023 rules to be published in early spring 2023. 1.6) Registration --------------------------------------- The following information is required for registration: * Team name * URL of the team's home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid Soccer Competition KidSize or AdultSize Please note that teams applying for participation in several categories must submit individual application material for each class, and pay the appropriate registration fee for each category. At least one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different categories must be able to compete, and guarantee to have members acting as referees available independently and at the same time. 1.7) Letter of Commitment --------------------------------------- Regardless of the specific competition, a one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee including the following: * a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League competition, * a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee during the competition. The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. If the letter does not contain a hand-written signature, it is not considered valid. The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification. 2. Humanoid Research Demonstration (HRD) ======================================= The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. 2.1. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. 2.2. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. 2.3. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: 2.3.1. Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. 2.3.2. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. 2.3.3. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications 2.3.4. Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. 3) Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. 4) Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com<https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/> 5) Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Soccer Competition * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: December 11th, 2022 * Team Review Period: December 12th - December 23rd * Announcement of qualified teams: January 23rd, 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 6) Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. 7) Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo.

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Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023
by Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner 24 Oct '22

24 Oct '22

Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) and MathWorks, a Global Sponsor of RoboCup, are pleased to announce this call for proposals to support research projects in RoboCup. RCF-MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 aims at funding robotics research projects that use MATLAB and Simulink software. The goal is to enable collaboration between RoboCup researchers and MathWorks engineers to foster progress of RoboCup and its leagues. The RoboCup Federation and MathWorks hosted a webinar to discuss the details of the call, describe expected results and MathWorks tools, showcase previously sponsored projects, and answer questions. Link to the webinar: https://youtu.be/znZSFBWAWhg For more info or clarification on the details of this call, please contact info(a)robocup.org Proposal Requirements Proposals in this category must meet *ALL* of the following requirements: 1. Work must be associated with one or more of the research topics listed below. 2. Work must primarily utilize MathWorks software such as MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, and other add-on products. Preference may be given if using one or more of the development methods listed below. 3. Project team will be assigned MathWorks contacts, and must arrange and participate in at least 3 progress check-in meetings with them during the course of the project. The team is encouraged to reach out to their MathWorks contacts whenever they have questions. 4. Final deliverables shall be posted publicly after review by MathWorks contacts. Research Topics 1. Navigation and Planning a. Motion planning and collidion avoidance for manipulators and mobile Robots b. Motion planning and collision avoidance for humanoid robots 2. Perception and Sensor Fusion a. Object detection and tracking b. Lidar and vision-based SLAM c. Point cloud processing d. Sensor fusion for pose estimation and localization 3. Control Systems a. Control of humanoid robots b. Hybrid systems and behavior c. Multi-agent systems d. Robot manipulation and grasping 4. Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) a. Natural language processing b. Signal and audio processing 5. Applied Learning-Based Techniques • For any of the above topics (Navigation, Perception, Controls, HRI) Development Methods 1. Development tools a. User interfaces and Web applications b. Hardware initialization and calibration tools 2. Modeling and simulation a. Model-based design of software components b. Physical system simulation and design c. Behavior modeling: finite-state machines, behavior trees, etc. d. Multi-agent simulation 3. Embedded systems a. Implementation to reduce memory, power consumption, etc. b. Targeting microcontrollers, FPGAs, and GPUs c. Real-time and hardware-in-the-loop simulation 4. Interfaces to standard platforms a. Robots, e.g., Toyota, SoftBank, FESTO b. Software frameworks, e.g., ROS Support Support will be given as a gift between 5,000 and 10,000 USD depending on quantity and quality of accepted proposals in this category. Teams will be notified of the exact amount awarded upon their proposal being accepted. Funding will be provided directly by RCF after the RoboCup Symposium 2023 if the research and deliverables are completed in a satisfactory manner. Submission A single PDF file should be submitted through the easychair system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2023 under the Category: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 The proposal (MAX 6 pages) must include: 1. description of the project, 2. motivations and goals, 3. intended use of MATLAB and/or Simulink software, 4. benefits for RoboCup and for the RoboCup League (not for a single or a few teams), 5. implementation plan and budget. Evaluation Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup Trustees and MathWorks engineers. The evaluation of the proposals will be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the research contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to RoboCup; (iii) the usage of MATLAB and/or Simulink software; and (iv) the impact of the proposed plan on the advancement and visibility of RoboCup. A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned. Deadlines Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Notification: December 18th, 2022 Completion of the action: Preliminary work expected to be presented during the RoboCup 2023 Research Symposium, and official content publication by October 2023 Exceptions to this rule must be submitted for approval to the evaluation committee. ** For more information about the call for projects, please contact: info [at] robocup.org **

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Call for proposals: RCF Project Support 2023
by Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner 22 Oct '22

22 Oct '22

Call for proposals: RCF Project Support 2023 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) is pleased to announce this call for proposals to support activities for promoting the development of RoboCup Leagues. RCF Project Support aims at funding activities for the development of the RoboCup Leagues or the promotion of RoboCup in general. The main goal of these projects is to research and develop activities that support significant advancements of the RoboCup leagues and/or the RoboCup community which are difficult to achieve otherwise. This includes support for short-term visits for a collaboration between teams (e.g. joint team development, integration of research agendas) and/or RoboCup camps on special or novel topics. This year the RCF particularly encourages proposals in the following areas: ● Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI), any type interaction of a human with a robot within one of the RoboCup leagues ● Low-Cost Standard Robots, any ideas to lower the entry bar to a RoboCup league or to allow to scale the number of robots in a team ● Unified Game Controllers, development of game controllers that can be shared between RoboCup leagues easily and with minor re-configuration ● Data Sets from Competitions, any concept for automated collecting and annotating data (i.e. ground truth) from competitions in order to support statistical analysis or machine learning Support Support will be provided in the form of reimbursement upon receipts of direct expenses (e.g., hardware devices or costs for organization of events) or of a grant for the applicants. In case of hardware acquisition, it must be specified how the league (e.g. other teams) will benefit from this hardware. A detailed list of expenses must be described in the proposal. Funds from RCF are limited, partial funding may be also considered. Submission A single PDF file should be submitted through the easychair system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2023 under the Category: Projects for League Developments The proposal (MAX 4 pages) must include: 1. description of the project, 2. motivations and goals, 3. benefits for RoboCup and RoboCup leagues (not for a single or a few teams), 4. implementation plan and budget. Evaluation Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup Trustees or RoboCup Exec members. The evaluation of the proposals will be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the research contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to RoboCup; and (iii) the impact of the proposed plan on the advancement and visibility of RoboCup (e.g. high ranked publications). A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned. Deadlines Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2022 Notification: December 18th, 2022 Completion of the project: Preliminary work expected to be presented during the RoboCup Symposium 2023, the project needs to be finished by end of 2023 and a final report submitted by January 2024. Exceptions to this rule must be submitted for approval to the evaluation committee.

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[jobs] Robotics Faculty Positions - The University of Texas at Austin
by Peter Stone 19 Oct '22

19 Oct '22

Colleagues, Texas Robotics at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions. Outstanding candidates in all areas of Robotics will be considered. Tenure-track positions require a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant area at the time of employment. Successful candidates are expected to pursue an active research program, to teach both graduate and undergraduate courses, and to supervise students in research. The University is fully committed to building a diverse faculty and we are interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research, and service. The current robotics faculty includes representatives from several departments who work to advance fundamental scientific and engineering knowledge in areas such as intelligent navigation and manipulation, robot learning, and multi-robot systems, as well as on numerous applications including social, rehabilitation, surgery, autonomous vehicles, drilling, manufacturing, space, nuclear, and defense. Full detail on our program are available at http://robotics.utexas.edu. The group recently moved into a custom-renovated historic building at the center of campus. To be considered for a position, please apply to one or more of the following three departments: - Computer Science: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/faculty/recruiting - Electrical and Computer Engineering: https://www.ece.utexas.edu/jobs - Mechanical Engineering: http://apply.interfolio.com/113653 In addition, to ensure that your application is connected with the robotics search, please send your cover letter and CV to faculty_jobs_robotics(a)utlists.utexas.edu along with an indication of which department(s) you applied to. Complete applications to any of the above departments that meet the corresponding deadline will be considered. Robotics applications will be reviewed as they are received. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible for full consideration.

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Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

* Call for Participation * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bordeaux, France. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * Humanoid Soccer Competition * KidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 100 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) * Humanoid Research Demonstration In addition, we may organize a Humanoid Open Competition with a CfP following later this year. For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list at: https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid Teams are also encouraged to form and apply as joint teams. Joint proposals will be judged on their combined merit. Teams must provide the following qualification material: 1) Humanoid Soccer Competition ======================================= You do not need to provide a full robot team to apply for competing in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The qualifying round of Drop-In games will be played with only one robot per team. Teams that cannot provide a full team of robots (four robots in KidSize and two in AdultSize) will be grouped to form a playable team for the main tournament games. In case of a sufficient number of qualified teams, the sub-leagues (KidSize and/or AdultSize) will be divided into League A and League B. Teams are seeded into the leagues based on the results of an initial round of Drop-In games. Each application to the Humanoid Soccer Competition will be reviewed by two members of the Technical Committee and two other teams applying to the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The combined reviewing score will decide whether a team qualifies for participation. Reviewing other team's material is mandatory for teams that want to participate in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Failing to provide an adequate review by the provided deadline will have consequences for the teams own qualification status. 1.1) Robot Video --------------------------------------- Teams need to provide a video of their robot demonstrating the robots' autonomous soccer playing skills. The recommended skills needed for qualification are: * localization of unknown ball position, * walking ability towards the ball, * robot positioning at the ball for kicking, * kicking the ball towards the goal, * ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (KidSize only) We encourage teams to include in the video more complex and intelligent behavior such as demonstrating localization, and robots playing in a game, recordings from actual soccer matches are admissible. If possible, please provide footage that demonstrates the robot behavior without wires attached. The qualification video must be supplied as a link via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video must not exceed 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Teams that do not provide a qualification video or a viewable video will not be qualified! 1.2) Software Description --------------------------------------- During the registration process, a form will be provided to submit details about the algorithms used or anticipated to be used for the participation in the 2023 competition. Algorithms shall be described in such detail that they can be reproduced by other teams. If software from other teams or standard algorithms are used, references need to be included. If the algorithm has been adapted to be used in the competition, those deviations need to be described in appropriate details. The form will include questions in the following areas: * Walking * Vision * Localization * Team Communication * Behavior * Contributions to the RoboCup community, e.g. software releases, paper publications, provision of league infrastructure or data sets Responses to the questions are expected to reflect the current or anticipated status of the software during the RoboCup 2023 competition. If the software has not changed or no changes are anticipated to be made until the competition, teams may copy & paste a response from previously submitted material. 1.3) Extended Abstract --------------------------------------- A two-page extended abstract must be submitted. For teams which have previously participated in the Humanoid League, the extended abstract needs to: * include lessons learned from the participation in previous RoboCup competitions * highlight major problems that the team is trying to solve for the upcoming competition * outline the plans for the major changes that the teams anticipate to have implemented by the RoboCup 2023 competition * describe the implementation status of the changes planned by the time of submitting the application For teams which have never participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League, the Extended Abstract needs to pitch the scientific aspects of their humanoid robotic system and highlight their research interests. The Extended Abstract is limited to 2 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Extended Abstracts are designed to highlight the changes and scientific developments since the last RoboCup. Thus, we expect the usage of material from previous TDPs or Extended Abstracts to be minimal. If used, they need to be cited appropriately. Submissions of last year's Extended Abstract will be desk-rejected. The Extended Abstract must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Teams that do to follow the LNCS formatting and style guidelines will not be qualified. No exceptions to this rule will be made. 1.4) Robot Specification --------------------------------------- Regardless of the kid or adult size competition, a one-page specification (PDF) must be provided for each different type of humanoid robot used by the team that includes the following: * Robot picture * Robot name * Height of the robot * Weight of the robot * Walking speed in cm/s * Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain of the robot * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s) and specific manufacturer part number (e.g. “6-DoF IMU” is NOT an acceptable description)) * Computing unit(s) * Materials (e.g. Torso aluminum, legs and arms CFRP) * Electronics (e.g. CM730 for communicating with servos) * Battery (e.g. 3S1P 2200mAh LiPo) * Open Source link if applicable * Other specs 1.5) Rules --------------------------------------- The current version of the rules may be found here at the Humanoid League website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/. We expect the final version of the 2023 rules to be published in early spring 2023. 1.6) Registration --------------------------------------- The following information is required for registration: * Team name * URL of the team's home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid Soccer Competition KidSize or AdultSize Please note that teams applying for participation in several categories must submit individual application material for each class, and pay the appropriate registration fee for each category. At least one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different categories must be able to compete, and guarantee to have members acting as referees available independently and at the same time. 1.7) Letter of Commitment --------------------------------------- Regardless of the specific competition, a one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee including the following: * a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League competition, * a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee during the competition. The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. If the letter does not contain a hand-written signature, it is not considered valid. The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification. 2. Humanoid Research Demonstration (HRD) ======================================= The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. 2.1. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. 2.2. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. 2.3. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: 2.3.1. Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. 2.3.2. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. 2.3.3. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications 2.3.4. Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0<http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. 3) Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. 4) Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com<https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/> 5) Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Soccer Competition * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: December 11th, 2022 * Team Review Period: December 12th - December 23rd * Announcement of qualified teams: January 23rd, 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 6) Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. 7) Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo.

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CFP - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

* Call for Participation * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bordeaux, France. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * Humanoid Soccer Competition * KidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 100 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) * Humanoid Research Demonstration In addition, we may organize a Humanoid Open Competition with a CfP following later this year. For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list at: https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid Teams are also encouraged to form and apply as joint teams. Joint proposals will be judged on their combined merit. Teams must provide the following qualification material: 1) Humanoid Soccer Competition ======================================= You do not need to provide a full robot team to apply for competing in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The qualifying round of Drop-In games will be played with only one robot per team. Teams that cannot provide a full team of robots (four robots in KidSize and two in AdultSize) will be grouped to form a playable team for the main tournament games. In case of a sufficient number of qualified teams, the sub-leagues (KidSize and/or AdultSize) will be divided into League A and League B. Teams are seeded into the leagues based on the results of an initial round of Drop-In games. Each application to the Humanoid Soccer Competition will be reviewed by two members of the Technical Committee and two other teams applying to the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The combined reviewing score will decide whether a team qualifies for participation. Reviewing other team's material is mandatory for teams that want to participate in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Failing to provide an adequate review by the provided deadline will have consequences for the teams own qualification status. 1.1) Robot Video --------------------------------------- Teams need to provide a video of their robot demonstrating the robots' autonomous soccer playing skills. The recommended skills needed for qualification are: * localization of unknown ball position, * walking ability towards the ball, * robot positioning at the ball for kicking, * kicking the ball towards the goal, * ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (KidSize only) We encourage teams to include in the video more complex and intelligent behavior such as demonstrating localization, and robots playing in a game, recordings from actual soccer matches are admissible. If possible, please provide footage that demonstrates the robot behavior without wires attached. The qualification video must be supplied as a link via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video must not exceed 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Teams that do not provide a qualification video or a viewable video will not be qualified! 1.2) Software Description --------------------------------------- During the registration process, a form will be provided to submit details about the algorithms used or anticipated to be used for the participation in the 2023 competition. Algorithms shall be described in such detail that they can be reproduced by other teams. If software from other teams or standard algorithms are used, references need to be included. If the algorithm has been adapted to be used in the competition, those deviations need to be described in appropriate details. The form will include questions in the following areas: * Walking * Vision * Localization * Team Communication * Behavior * Contributions to the RoboCup community, e.g. software releases, paper publications, provision of league infrastructure or data sets Responses to the questions are expected to reflect the current or anticipated status of the software during the RoboCup 2023 competition. If the software has not changed or no changes are anticipated to be made until the competition, teams may copy & paste a response from previously submitted material. 1.3) Extended Abstract --------------------------------------- A two-page extended abstract must be submitted. For teams which have previously participated in the Humanoid League, the extended abstract needs to: * include lessons learned from the participation in previous RoboCup competitions * highlight major problems that the team is trying to solve for the upcoming competition * outline the plans for the major changes that the teams anticipate to have implemented by the RoboCup 2023 competition * describe the implementation status of the changes planned by the time of submitting the application For teams which have never participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League, the Extended Abstract needs to pitch the scientific aspects of their humanoid robotic system and highlight their research interests. The Extended Abstract is limited to 2 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Extended Abstracts are designed to highlight the changes and scientific developments since the last RoboCup. Thus, we expect the usage of material from previous TDPs or Extended Abstracts to be minimal. If used, they need to be cited appropriately. Submissions of last year's Extended Abstract will be desk-rejected. The Extended Abstract must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Teams that do to follow the LNCS formatting and style guidelines will not be qualified. No exceptions to this rule will be made. 1.4) Robot Specification --------------------------------------- Regardless of the kid or adult size competition, a one-page specification (PDF) must be provided for each different type of humanoid robot used by the team that includes the following: * Robot picture * Robot name * Height of the robot * Weight of the robot * Walking speed in cm/s * Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain of the robot * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s) and specific manufacturer part number (e.g. “6-DoF IMU” is NOT an acceptable description)) * Computing unit(s) * Materials (e.g. Torso aluminum, legs and arms CFRP) * Electronics (e.g. CM730 for communicating with servos) * Battery (e.g. 3S1P 2200mAh LiPo) * Open Source link if applicable * Other specs 1.5) Rules --------------------------------------- The current version of the rules may be found here at the Humanoid League website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/. We expect the final version of the 2023 rules to be published in early spring 2023. 1.6) Registration --------------------------------------- The following information is required for registration: * Team name * URL of the team's home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid Soccer Competition KidSize or AdultSize Please note that teams applying for participation in several categories must submit individual application material for each class, and pay the appropriate registration fee for each category. At least one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different categories must be able to compete, and guarantee to have members acting as referees available independently and at the same time. 1.7) Letter of Commitment --------------------------------------- Regardless of the specific competition, a one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee including the following: * a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League competition, * a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee during the competition. The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. If the letter does not contain a hand-written signature, it is not considered valid. The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification. 2. Humanoid Research Demonstration (HRD) ======================================= The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. 2.1. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. 2.2. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. 2.3. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: 2.3.1. Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. 2.3.2. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. 2.3.3. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications 2.3.4. Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. 3) Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. 4) Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com<https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/> 5) Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Soccer Competition * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: December 11th, 2022 * Team Review Period: December 12th - December 23rd * Announcement of qualified teams: January 23rd, 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 6) Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. 7) Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo.

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[meetings] [training] ROS2 One-Day Live Trainings
by Yuhong Lin 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

Dear Colleagues, To help more people involved in the robotics industry to learn Robot Operating System (ROS2) related skills and implement them quickly, we are running 24 training sessions from mid-November to mid-December. These trainings are all: - *1-day *(From 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM) - *Online* - *ROS instructor-led* - *Based on practice with simulated & real robots.* You can find all training details and schedules here: https://www.theconstructsim.com/one-day-training/ <https://bit.ly/3s2aTVp> Topics covered in these trainings: 1. *Switch to ROS2*: This training is for absolute ROS beginners or ROS1 developers who want to switch to ROS2. 2. *Robot Navigation with ROS2 using Nav2*: Learn ROS2 Navigation and how to use it to make robots autonomously navigate. 3. *Add Controllers to Your Robots with ROS2 Control*: Dive in and learn the ros2_control framework from scratch! Learn how to configure it to easily customize, extend and expand the entire robot control system. 4. *Robot Manipulation with ROS2 using Movelt2*: Learn how to use MoveIt in ROS2 and to get a robotic arm up and running, moving around, and grasping objects. 5. *Robot Gazebo Simulations with ROS2*: Learn how to build robotics simulations and connect them to your ROS environment. 6. *Behavior Trees for ROS2*: This course provides you with a complete overview of Behavior Trees in Robotics. Learn how to use Behavior Trees in ROS2-Based Robots. If you have any questions, please email us at info(a)theconstructsim.com. Best regards, [image: facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/theconstructsim> [image: twitter] <https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s3t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kv8bNSFLW7lWG2d1jkhflW4kC_d_…> [image: linkedin] <https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s3t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kv8bNSFLW7lWG2d1jkhflW4kC_d_…> Yuhong Lin VP of Marketing The Construct ylin(a)theconstructsim.com www.theconstructsim.com <https://t.sidekickopen08.com/s3t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kv8bNSFLW7lWG2d1jkhflW4kC_d_…>

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RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2022: Call for Participation
by RCAP Office 04 Oct '22

04 Oct '22

Dear RoboCuppers, You are welcome to participate in the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2022 (RCAP 2022). ============== Call for Participation =============== *RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2022 (RCAP 2022)* October – November https://2022.robocupap.org/ Due to the current situation linked to Covid, RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) 2022 PyeongChang has been postponed to 2023 (Press Release: https://robocupap.org/news/postponement-of-robocup-asia-pacific-2022-pyeong…). This year, RCAP 2022 will be organized in a distributed online-onsite hybrid format. RoboCup Major Leagues: Online RoboCupJunior Leagues: Online CoSpace Leagues: Onsite and Online *REGISTRATION:* https://2022.robocupap.org/registation/ *REGISTRATION DEADLINE:* Deadline for team registration: October 15, 2022 *REGISTRATION FEES:* The registration fee for teams to participate in virtual competitions: o Major Team Registration Fee: Waived o Major Staff/Students: USD60/person o Junior Team Registration Fee: Waived o Junior Students/Mentors: USD40/person *TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR ONSITE PARTICIPANTS* RCAP 2022 CoSpace Leagues (Finals) will be held at Singapore Sands Expo & Convention in conjunction with EDUtech Asia 2022, 9-10 November 2022. Participants who travel to Singapore to take part in RCAP 2022 CoSpace Leagues Finals (onsite) will need to abide by all COVID-19 measures and precautions implemented by local authorities. Please refer to the Advisory on COVID-19 for Visitors and Tourism Businesses <https://www.stb.gov.sg/content/stb/en/home-pages/advisory-on-covid-19.html> by Singapore Tourism Board for the details. *CONTACT:* office(a)robocupap.org We look forward to welcoming you to RCAP 2022! Best Regards, RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Office, RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2022 (RCAP 2022) Organizing Committee

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CFP: Joint International Conferences - Last few weeks to submit - Published by Springer
by Anu Bajaj 08 Sep '22

08 Sep '22

Dear Professor/Researcher, Greetings from the Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA! Hope you are doing well and stay safe. We are glad to inform you that the Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA is organizing the* International Joint Conferences *in *online *mode from *12th to 17th December 2022*. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the *Lecture Notes in Network Systems (LNNS)* series of *Springer* [*SCOPUS* Indexed]. You are cordially invited to submit high-quality research papers. A detailed call for papers is given below. We are looking forward to receiving your research papers and seeing you online during International Joint Conferences 2022. We hope you will be able to participate. Thank you! ** *International Joint Conferences Online - Published by Springer LNNS Series *** ** *ISDA 2022 – HIS 2022 – SoCPaR 2022 – IBICA 2022 – IAS 2022 – NaBiC 2022 – WICT 2022* ** *Publisher*: Springer Verlag, LNNS Series *Indexed by*: SCOPUS, DBLP, INSPEC, SCImago etc. ** *Important Dates*** Paper submission due: September 30, 2022 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2022 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2022 Conferences: December 12-17, 2022 *--22nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA’22)--* http://www.mirlabs.net/isda22 Proceedings of ISDA’21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96308-8 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isda2022 *--22nd International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'22)-- * http://www.mirlabs.net/his22 Proceedings of HIS'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96305-7 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=his20220 *--18th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2022)--* http://www.mirlabs.org/ias22 Proceedings of IAS'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96305-7 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ias20220 *--14th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2022)--* http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar22 Proceedings of SoCPaR'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96302-6 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar2022 *--14th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2022) --* http://www.mirlabs.net/nabic22 Proceedings of NaBIC'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96302-6 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nabic2022 *--13th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA'22) --* http://www.mirlabs.net/ibica22 Proceedings of IBICA'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96299-9 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ibica2022 *--12th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT'22) --* http://www.mirlabs.org/wict22 Proceedings of WICT'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96299-9 Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wict2022 ** *Plenary Talks *** You are welcome to attend 12 Keynote Talks offered by world-renowned professors and industry leaders. The detailed information is available on conference websites. Speaker 1: Catarina Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal Speaker 2: Chuan-Kang Ting, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Speaker 3: Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Speaker 4: Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Speaker 5: Kaspar Riesen, University of Bern, Switzerland Speaker 6: Katherine Malan, University of South Africa, South Africa Speaker 7: Maki Sakamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan Speaker 8: Mário Antunes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Speaker 9: Patricia Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico Speaker 10: René Natowicz, ESIEE-Paris - Université Gustave Eiffel, France Speaker 11: Yifei Pu, Sichuan University, China Speaker 12: Patrik Christen, FHNW, Institute for Information Systems, Switzerland ** *About the International events *** Provides an international forum to share the latest research results, ideas and experiences in intelligent systems design and applications; soft computing; information assurance and security; nature-inspired computing, pattern recognition; and information and communication technologies by bringing together the leading communities in this research space. These events are built on a solid history, through ISDA to WICT, connecting young researchers with highly experienced peers to forge connections, which can last for many years. The topics covered (but are not limited to) in the conference are as follows: - Intelligent Systems Design and Applications - Hybrid Intelligent Systems - Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition - Information and Assurance Security - Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing - Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications - Innovations in Information and Communication Technologies - Video, Image, Speech & Text Processing - Internet of Things - Human Computer Interaction - Fuzzy Systems - Natural Language Processing - Cloud, Edge and Fog Computing - Wireless Networks - Cyber Security - Social Networking - Robotics - Computer Vision - Digital Learning - Data Mining *** 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 Template:* *https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript-preparation/5636#c3324 <https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript…>* *** Registration Fees* ** Indian Author: 6000 INR Foreign Author: 150 USD *Please visit respective conference websites for more details.* *** Call for Special Sessions *** If you would like to propose a special session, please email Dr. Gabriella Casalino <gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it> *** Technical Contact *** Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org You are requested to share this call for paper with your esteemed research circle and scholars. Thank you very much for your kind support. *With Best Regards,* Publicity Team MIR Labs International Joint Conferences-2022 Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA Note: We sincerely hope that this conference announcement is interesting for you. If you are not interested or wish to unsubscribe then please reply to this email and we will remove your name from our future emails. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

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[Meetings] Call for ICRA 2023 Competition Proposals
by Sven Behnke 06 Sep '22

06 Sep '22

The ICRA 2023 Organizing Committee invites proposals for competitions to be held during the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in the ExCeL exhibition and international convention centre in London, UK, May 29th-June 2nd 2023. https://www.icra2023.org/programme/call-competition-proposals The competitions provide a unique venue for state-of-the-art technical demonstrations from research labs throughout academia and industry. Conference attendees and media representatives will have the opportunity to experience live demonstrations of robotic technology via these competitions. Competition proposals must include the following information: - A brief description of the competition, including what particular task is under evaluation and why the competition is of interest to the ICRA community. - A draft of the rules and assessment. - Number of competition days and planned time schedule. - A list of possible participant teams, including an estimate of the total number of participants. - Awards planning, estimated budget and funding source (if any) supporting the competition. - Request for the Organizing Committee for facilities including required space (area in square meters and minimum height) along with power, networking, furniture, audiovisual media, and other requirements. - Safety considerations. - History of the competition, if applicable. - Names, contact information, and brief CVs of the competition organizers, describing experience in organizing previous competitions, workshops, etc. All submissions will undergo a review process within the Organizing Committee. Acceptance decisions will be based upon the potential significance, sustainability in future ICRA meetings, space and logistical requirements. All the submissions must be made through PaperPlaza [https://ras.papercept.net/conferences]. Important Dates: - Submission deadline: October 15th 2022 - Acceptance notification: October 31st 2022 - Competitions: May 29th-June 2nd 2023 (setup is possible on May 28th) For any questions regarding the ICRA 2023 competitions, please contact the competition co-chairs under competitions_icra2023(a)tfilodestar.com. Competition Co-Chairs: - Sven Behnke, University of Bonn, Germany - Hareesh Godaba, University of Sussex, UK - Jianwei Zhang, University of Hamburg, Germany

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[meetings] Final Call: AAAI-23 Diversity and Inclusion Activities
by Joydeep Biswas 06 Sep '22

06 Sep '22

We invite submissions of proposals for diversity and inclusion activities at AAAI-2023 that help broaden participation in the AI field. Activities can range from meetings for specific groups to panels, workshops to discuss the current situation and to propose changes, reports on outreach activities, and more. Additional details below in full call. We anticipate AAAI 2023 to be held in person, in Washington DC, February 7-14 2023. Important Dates (Deadlines have been Extended): Wednesday, September 14, 2022: Electronic submissions due Friday, September 30, 2022: Notification of acceptance or rejection Regards, Joydeep Biswas and Kalesha Bullard AAAI 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Co-Chairs AAAI-23 Diversity and Inclusion Activities Thirty-Seventh AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence February 7 – 14, 2023 Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington DC, USA Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence <http://www.aaai.org/> Call for Proposals - DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PROPOSAL SUBMISSION SITE <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aaai23specialprog>(PLEASE SELECT “AAAI-23 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION”) Important Dates for Proposers ------------------------------ - Wednesday, September 14, 2022: Electronic submissions due - Friday, September 30, 2022: Notification of acceptance or rejection Participation in AI by groups that are underrepresented in computer science is a fraction of what is needed to have an AI workforce that reflects diversity in society. Diversity has many facets, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and cultural background. We invite submissions of proposals for activities that help broaden participation in the AI field. Activities can range from meetings for specific groups to panels, workshops to discuss the current situation and to propose changes, reports on outreach activities, and more. Example topics and activities include new open research questions that affect diversity in AI, mentoring activities for students from underrepresented groups, community-building for young researchers (graduate students and postdocs), activities to expose undergraduates to research or K-12 students to AI, and reports on successes at increasing and sustaining diversity. Proposals should be short (2 pages, in pdf) and should address the following: 1. What activity is proposed and its specific objectives? 2. Who will be the chair of the activity? 3. What is the target audience (e.g., academics, industry, graduate students, undergraduate students)? 4. What is the expected number of participants? 5. Duration of the proposed activity (e.g., 1/2 day, 1 day, 2 hours). 6. Will the activity be by invitation only or will it involve an open call for participation/registration/submission? What is the expected timeline (including submission deadline and notification)? 7. Funding needed (if any) and potential sources of funding. 8. Volunteer support needed (if any). Specify how many, for how long, and for what (e.g. “two volunteers, for 0.5 hr, to distribute materials”, or “two volunteers, for 0.5 hr at opening and closing, to rearrange seating into discussion groups”). For More Information Inquiries concerning submissions and suggestions for diversity and inclusion activities may be directed to the diversity and inclusion cochairs at aaai23dichairs(a)aaai.org. All other inquiries should be directed to AAAI at aaai23(a)aaai.org. Diversity and Inclusion Activities Cochairs Kalesha Bullard (Deep Mind London, UK) Joydeep Biswas (University of Texas Austin, USA)

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2nd CFP: 14th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2022) - Online - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 12 Aug '22

12 Aug '22

** Second Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- 14th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2022) -- http://www.mirlabs.net/nabic22 http://www.mirlabs.org/nabic22 On the World Wide Web December 14-16,2022 Proceedings of NaBIC'22 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 NaBIC'21: 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/nabic22/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2022 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2022 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2022 Conference: December 14-16, 2022 **About NaBIC'22** ------------------ After the success of the previous 13 events, we welcome your participation and contribution to the 14th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2022) to be held online during December 14-16, 2022. NaBIC 2022 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 "Nurturing Intelligent Computing Towards Advancement of Machine Intelligence". **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’22 Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nabic2022 **Plenary Talks** ---------------------------------------- You are welcome to attend 11 Keynote Talks offered by world-renowned professors and industry leaders. The detailed information is available on conference website. Speaker 1: Catarina Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal Title: Interpretability and Explainability in Intelligent Systems Speaker 2: Chuan-Kang Ting, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Title: TBA Speaker 3: Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Title: TBA Speaker 4: Kaisa Miettinen, Multiobjective Optimization Group, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Title: Some Perspectives to Interactive Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Methods. Speaker 5: Kaspar Riesen, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern, Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland Title: Four Decades of Structural Pattern Recognition – An Overview of the Three Major Epochs Speaker 6: Katherine MALAN, Department of Decision Sciences, University of South Africa Title: Landscape analysis of optimisation and machine learning search spaces. Speaker 7: Maki Sakamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan Title: Computer Vision for Expressing Texture Using Sound-Symbolic Words Speaker 8: Mário Antunes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Title: Cybersecurity: the road ahead Speaker 9: Patricia MELIN, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico Title: Hybrid Intelligent Systems based on Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Bioinspired Optimization Algorithms and their application to Pattern Recognition. Speaker 10: René NATOWICZ, ESIEE-Paris - Université Gustave Eiffel, France Title: Machine Learning in Graphs: Where Are We So Far? Speaker 11: Yifei Pu, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, China Title : Analog Circuit Implementation of Fractional-Order Memristor: Arbitrary-Order Lattice Scaling Fracmemristor. ** NaBIC 2022 Organization** --------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA Patrick Siarry, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Program Chairs Isabel Jesus, Institute of Engineering of Porto, Portugal Nazar Zaki, United Arab Emirate University, UAE Publication Chairs Niketa Gandhi, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Special Session Chair Gabriella Casalino, University of Bari, Italy Publicity Chairs Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India Anu Bajaj, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA If you would like to propose a special session, please email Dr. Gabriella Casalino <gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it> **Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org Thanks & Regards Anu Bajaj Publicity Chair-MIR Labs Annual Conferences-2021, 2022 [image: beacon]

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Submit your Abstracts to the MathWorks Workshop at IROS 2022
by April Foster 11 Aug '22

11 Aug '22

Dear RoboCup Community, Submit your abstracts to the MathWorks workshop at IROS 2022 on: “Robotic Systems Integration for Supply Chain Workflows: Design, Deploy, Execute”. Selected abstracts will have a chance to present their work alongside industry and academia leaders in the field. https://www.mathworks.com/company/events/tradeshows/iros/2022.html

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multiple postdoc vacancies -- AI / Robotics / Multiagent Systems (deadline 22 August 2022)
by Sklar, Elizabeth 08 Aug '22

08 Aug '22

Do you want to use your AI / Robotics / Multiagent Systems power for good? Do you want to apply your skills to advance sustainable production/manufacturing? food security? net zero? Do you want to work in an exciting interdisciplinary research centre on innovative technical solutions to significant global problems? Do you have a two-body problem, where you and your partner work in similar areas related to AI or Robotics or Multiagent systems? Do you have a PhD in AI or Robotics or Multiagent Systems? Perhaps you are near completion, with your funding running out? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then come work with us at the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS)! We have several openings on new projects funded by Innovate UK and Research England, based on the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT). Watch our recent video which was displayed at COP-26 last year in Glasgow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsH42f7VX_Y Our gorgeous farm campus is located in Lincoln, England, 15 minutes from the Lincoln City Centre. There is a direct 2-hour train service between Lincoln and King's Cross (London). Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Intelligent Systems (multiple positions) Information and application here: https://jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=6456 Deadline: 22 August 2022 Questions? Please email: Prof Elizabeth Sklar, esklar(a)lincoln.ac.uk /** prof elizabeth sklar, phd (she/her) visiting professor of robotics, dept of engineering, king’s college london, uk professor in agri-robotics, research director, lincoln institute for agri-food technology, univ of lincoln, uk email: esklar(a)lincoln.ac.uk https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/esklar **/

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2nd CFP: 14th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2022) - Online - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 30 Jul '22

30 Jul '22

** Second Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- 14th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2022) -- http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar22 http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar22 On the World Wide Web December 14-16,2022 Proceedings of SoCPaR'22 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 SoCPaR'21: 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 SoCPaR series: http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar22/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2022 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2022 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2022 Conference: December 14-16, 2022 **About SoCPaR 2022** --------------------- After the success of the 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2021), SoCPaR 2022 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… SoCPaR’22 Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar2022 **Plenary Talks** ---------------------------------------- You are welcome to attend 11 Keynote Talks offered by world-renowned professors and industry leaders. The detailed information is available on conference website. Speaker 1: Catarina Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal Title: Interpretability and Explainability in Intelligent Systems Speaker 2: Chuan-Kang Ting, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Title: TBA Speaker 3: Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Title: TBA Speaker 4: Kaisa Miettinen, Multiobjective Optimization Group, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Title: Some Perspectives to Interactive Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Methods. Speaker 5: Kaspar Riesen, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern, Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland Title: Four Decades of Structural Pattern Recognition – An Overview of the Three Major Epochs Speaker 6: Katherine MALAN, Department of Decision Sciences, University of South Africa Title: Landscape analysis of optimisation and machine learning search spaces. Speaker 7: Maki Sakamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan Title: Computer Vision for Expressing Texture Using Sound-Symbolic Words Speaker 8: Mário Antunes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Title: Cybersecurity: the road ahead Speaker 9: Patricia MELIN, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico Title: Hybrid Intelligent Systems based on Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Bioinspired Optimization Algorithms and their application to Pattern Recognition. Speaker 10: René NATOWICZ, ESIEE-Paris - Université Gustave Eiffel, France Title: Machine Learning in Graphs: Where Are We So Far? Speaker 11: Yifei Pu, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, China Title : Analog Circuit Implementation of Fractional-Order Memristor: Arbitrary-Order Lattice Scaling Fracmemristor. ** SoCPaR 2022 Organization ** ------------------------------ General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA Patrick Siarry, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France Thomas Hanne, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland Program Chairs Isabel Jesus, Institute of Engineering of Porto, Portugal Nazar Zaki, United Arab Emirate University, UAE Publication Chairs Niketa Gandhi, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Special Session Chair Gabriella Casalino, University of Bari, Italy Publicity Chairs Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India Anu Bajaj, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA If you would like to propose a special session, please email Dr. Gabriella Casalino <gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it> **Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org [image: beacon]

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Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open
by Comunicação RoboCup 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open The event will be held in São Bernardo do Campo - São Paulo, Brazil, from october 17 to 22. Remote Participation is available in Simulation Leagues. Registrations are now open for teams all over the world.To participate, the teams must register until july 31, on the website: www.cbrobotica.org . The registration fee is US$ 170 per team or US$100 in simulation leagues. ============== Important Dates: ============== Pre-Registration Deadline: *July 31* TDP Submission: Check each league's schedule on the website or contact the league's chair by e-mail Early Registration:* September 1 to 23* Registration: *September 24 to October 9* If you have any doubt about the pre-registration or registration process, please contact organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org ======= Leagues ======= RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D RoboCup Small Size Soccer (SSL) RoboCup Humanoid League RoboCup Standard Platform League RoboCup @Home RoboCupJunior RoboCup Brazil Flying Robots Trial League IEEE Humanoid Racing IEEE Open IEEE Standard Educational Kit IEEE Very Small Size Soccer 3x3 and 5x5 -- Patrícia Vergara Comunicação RoboCup Brasil (11) 9.8686-4993 www.robocup.org.br

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2nd CFP: 18th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2022) - Online - Springer Publication
by Anu Bajaj 26 Jul '22

26 Jul '22

** Second Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks ** -- 18th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2022) -- http://www.mirlabs.org/ias22 http://www.mirlabs.net/ias22 On the World Wide Web December 13-15,2022 Proceedings of IAS'22 will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. ( https://www.springer.com/series/15179) (Approval Pending) Proceedings of IAS'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96305-7 Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink History of IAS series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ias22/previous.php **Important Dates** --------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2022 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2022 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2022 Conference: December 13-15, 2022 **About IAS 2022** --------------------- Information assurance and security have become important research issues in the networked and distributed information sharing environments. Finding effective ways to protect information systems, networks, and sensitive data within the critical information infrastructure is challenging even with the most advanced technology and trained professionals. The 18th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS) aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, and policymakers involved in various information assurance and security disciplines to exchange ideas and learn the latest development in this crucial field. **Topics (not limited to)** --------------------------- Information Assurance, Security Mechanisms, Methodologies and Models Authentication and Identity Management Authorization and Access Control Trust Negotiation, Establishment and Management Anonymity and User Privacy Data Integrity and Privacy Network Security Operating System Security Database Security Intrusion Detection Security Attacks Security Oriented System Design Security and Performance trade-off Security Management and Strategy Security Verification, Evaluations and Measurements Secure Software Technologies New Ideas and Paradigms for Security Cryptography Cryptographic Protocols Key Management and Recovery Secure System Architectures and Security Application Image Engineering, Multimedia Signal Processing and Communication Security **Submission Guidelines** ------------------------- Submission of a paper should be made through the submission page from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript. Paper format templates: https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript… IAS’22 Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ias20220 **Plenary Talks** ---------------------------------------- You are welcome to attend 11 Keynote Talks offered by world-renowned professors and industry leaders. The detailed information is available on conference website. Speaker 1: Catarina Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal Title: Interpretability and Explainability in Intelligent Systems Speaker 2: Chuan-Kang Ting, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Title: TBA Speaker 3: Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland Title: TBA Speaker 4: Kaisa Miettinen, Multiobjective Optimization Group, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Title: Some Perspectives to Interactive Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Methods. Speaker 5: Kaspar Riesen, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern, Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland Title: Four Decades of Structural Pattern Recognition – An Overview of the Three Major Epochs Speaker 6: Katherine MALAN, Department of Decision Sciences, University of South Africa Title: Landscape analysis of optimisation and machine learning search spaces. Speaker 7: Maki Sakamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan Title: Computer Vision for Expressing Texture Using Sound-Symbolic Words Speaker 8: Mário Antunes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal Title: Cybersecurity: the road ahead Speaker 9: Patricia MELIN, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico Title: Hybrid Intelligent Systems based on Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Bioinspired Optimization Algorithms and their application to Pattern Recognition. Speaker 10: René NATOWICZ, ESIEE-Paris - Université Gustave Eiffel, France Title: Machine Learning in Graphs: Where Are We So Far? Speaker 11: Yifei Pu, College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, China Title : Analog Circuit Implementation of Fractional-Order Memristor: Arbitrary-Order Lattice Scaling Fracmemristor. ** IAS 2022 Organization ** ---------------------------- General Chairs Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Artūras Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Program Chairs Ketan Kotecha, Symbiosis International University, India Ganeshsree Selvachandran, UCSI University, Malaysia Publication Chairs Niketa Gandhi, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China Special Session Chair Gabriella Casalino, University of Bari, Italy Publicity Chairs Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India Anu Bajaj, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA If you would like to propose a special session, please email Dr. Gabriella Casalino <gabriella.casalino(a)uniba.it> **Technical Contact** --------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: ajith.abraham(a)ieee.org

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Professorship in the field of „Software Engineering for Cognitive Robots and Cognitive Systems“ @ University of Bremen
by Tim Laue 26 Jul '22

26 Jul '22

Dear RoboCuppers, the Faculty 3 (Mathematics/Computer Sciences) of the University of Bremen is looking for a personality who represents the field of “Software Engineering for Cognitive Robots and Cognitive Systems“ in research and teaching of computer science, and who is scientifically outstanding in one or more of the following areas: • software development for adaptive and learning cognitive systems • model-driven software development for cognitive systems • service-oriented architectures of cognitive systems • agile software development and continuous delivery of cognitive systems • object-oriented design of cognitive systems • realization and exploration of cognitive architectures • integration of hybrid (symbolic/subsymbolic) learning methods • artificial memory systems, • explainability, robustness, transparency and validability of intelligent systems • scalable software development over the entire life-cycle of a system • software development of cognitive robots and system in real and simulated worlds and applications. Detailed information is given at https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/the-university-as-an-employer/job-v… Best regards, Tim -- _______________________________________________________________ Dr. Tim Laue Multi-Sensor Interactive Systems Group Faculty 3 - Mathematics and Computer Science University of Bremen Cartesium 0.53 Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5 28359 Bremen www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~timlaue Telephone: +49 (421) 218-64209

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Keynote Talk and Tutorial material - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo Nardin 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

Dear, On July 17, we held the 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management. The Keynote Talk and Tutorial material is available at https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/workshops/2022-workshop/2022-work… . If you have any questions, you can contact the presenters directly (see email below) or send a message in this mailing list. We will be glad to assist you. Nobuhiro Ito n-ito(a)aitech.ac.jp Luis Gustavo Nardin gnardin(a)emse.fr Dinal Helal dina.e.helal(a)gmail.com Farshid Faraji faraji.farshid(a)gmail.com Kind Regards, Luis Gustavo Nardin

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[jobs][extended deadline] Tenured Professor of Computer Science / Autonomous Systems at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
by Alex Mitrevski 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

Dear roboticists, Please note that the application deadline for the positions below has been extended to August 14th, 2022. Regards, Nico Hochgeschwender ------------------------------ Dear roboticists, The Department of Computer Science at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences (Sankt Augustin Campus), together with the Bonn-Aachen International Centre for Information Technology (b-it), has an opening for a *permanent professorship (W2) for Computer Science, with specialisation in Autonomous Systems*. The position is available from Mar. 1st, 2023. We expect applicants for the position to meet the following requirements: * the employment requirements of §36 HG NRW, in particular three years of professional experience outside of higher education institutions, * very good knowledge of English, as well as the ability and willingness to teach in English, * pedagogical and didactic skills in teaching complex learning content, * willingness to participate in activities within the university, as well as national and international committees, * experience in the acquisition, establishment and implementation of internal and externally funded research and development projects, * active participation in the further development and expansion of our Autonomous Systems master's program. In addition, the following criteria would be desirable: * teaching experience at universities or comparable institutions, * willingness to also teach undergraduate courses that correspond to the topics of the call for applications, * willingness for interdisciplinary cooperation with other institutions within and outside the university, * evidence of international collaborations and networking with the professional community, * willingness to conduct courses and examinations in German. More detailed information about the position can be found at https://stellen.h-brs.de/jobposting/27baf466423c9b9ede4285f948072a29d1f6ab0… We would like to see more female scientists at our university and are therefore particularly pleased to receive applications from women. We also welcome applicants with children; H-BRS is a certified family-friendly university - and proud of it. People with severe disabilities are part of our university; we give them preference in the application process if their qualifications are equal. The position is suitable for part-time work. For information about the professorship to be filled, please contact the head of the appointment committee, Prof. Dr. Nico Hochgeschwender (nico.hochgeschwender(a)h-brs.de). In addition, the Equal Opportunity Officer of H-BRS, Dr. Barbara Hillen, is also happy to assist you (www.h-brs.de/de/gi/barbara-hillen <https://www.h-brs.de/de/gi/barbara-hillen>). Regards, Nico Hochgeschwender * We apologise for cross-posting* **************************************************************************************** Prof. Dr. Nico Hochgeschwender Professor of Autonomous Systems B-IT Bonn-Aachen International Center of Information Technology Fon: +49-2241-865-9634 Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University oAS Fax: +49-2241-865-8293 Computer Science Department Net: nico.hochgeschwender(a)h-brs.de Grantham-Allee 20 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany Web: http://www.h-brs.de/de/inf/nico-hochgeschwender Twitter: @nico_roboticist **************************************************************************************** International Master Program on Autonomous Systems https://www.h-brs.de/en/inf/autonomous-systems-msc ****************************************************************************************

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