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Call for papers – ICARSC 2019
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19th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
April 24-26, 2019
Porto – Gondomar, Multiusos Hall, Portugal
An event integrated into ** Robotica 2019 **
the 19th RoboCup Portugal Open
== Important! ==
Submission deadline: February, 8th, 2019.
== General Information ==
The IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions gathers participants from academia and industry working in the field of autonomous robotics and related areas. It is organized within the 19th Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored local event. ICARSC 2019 will take place at Porto – Gondomar, Portugal, April 24-26, 2019.
The conference is organized by the University of Porto – Faculty of Engineering, INESC-TEC, LIACC, CISTER, P.Porto and by the Portuguese Society for Robotic. ICARSC has long been an IEEE co-sponsored event with its proceedings indexed in IEEExplore and in Scopus. Moreover, similarly to previous editions, special sections in top, indexed journals will be set up to accommodate the publication of extended versions of selected papers.
ICARSC is typically organized in a single track to favor discussion and interactions, accompanied by poster sessions and keynote speeches. Contributions from the academy, industry, and outputs from the collaboration between industrial and academic R&D units are welcome.
ICARSC 2019 will feature invited talks from Bruno Siciliano (PRISMA Lab, University of Naples Federico II, Italy) on “Robotic Dynamic Manipulation”, Pedro U. Lima (Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, U. Lisbon, Portugal) on “Robot Competitions Driving Robotics Research” and Gerhard Kraetzschmar (B-IT Bonn-Aachen International Center of Information Technology, Germany) on “Developing Professional Robotic Service Applications”.
== Important Dates ==
Submission deadline: Feb. 08, 2019
Notification of acceptance: Mar. 01, 2019
Camera-ready papers: Mar. 15, 2019
Early registration deadline: Mar. 15, 2019
Conference: Apr. 24-26, 2019
== Topics ==
Agricultural Robotics;
Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Robots;
Artificial Intelligence;
Autonomous Robotic Systems;
Computer Vision and Image Processing;
Control Architectures and Programming;
Cooperative Perception;
Cooperative Planning and Task Allocation;
Dexterous Manipulation and Grasping;
Educational Robotics;
Entertainment Robots;
Evolutionary Robotics;
Field Robotics;
Humanoid Robotics;
Human-Robot Interaction;
Localization, Mapping, and Navigation;
Locomotion and Actuation Systems;
Multi-Robot Coordination;
Multi-Robot Systems;
Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking;
Planning, Reasoning and Modeling;
Recognition and Tracking;
Robot Learning;
Robot-based Fire Combat and Prevention;
Robotic Competitions;
Robotic Simulation;
Sensors and Sensor Integration;
Swarm Robotics;
Underwater Robotics.
== Submission Guidelines ==
Submission Guidelines
The working language is English, only. Authors are invited to submit original research contributions electronically, in PDF format, via EasyChair:
Submitted papers should be up to six pages in total, in the IEEE conference format, following the standard IEEE guidelines.
Reviewing for ICARSC 2019 will be *double blind* so authors must remove their names from the submitted papers and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their identity.
Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors must register at the Conference and present the paper. Failure to meet this requirement will imply removing the paper from the online version of the proceedings.
== Conference/Program Chairs ==
Luis Paulo Reis, University of Porto, LIACC, Portugal
Luis Almeida, University of Porto, CISTER, Portugal
António Paulo Moreira, Univ. of Porto, INESTEC, Portugal
== Organizing Committee ==
Luís Paulo Reis – University of Porto – FEUP/LIACC
Luís Almeida – University of Porto – FEUP/CISTER
António Paulo Moreira – University of Porto – FEUP/INESCTEC
Pedro Costa – University of Porto – FEUP/INESCTEC
Manuel Fernando Silva – Polytechnic of Porto/INESCTEC
José Luís Lima – Polytechnic of Bragança/INESCTEC
Brígida Mónica Faria – Polytechnic of Porto/LIACC
== Program Committee ==
A. Fernando Ribeiro – University of Minho
Adrian Burlacu – The Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi
Alexandra Baptista – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Alexandre Bernardino – Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Instituto Superior Técnico
Alexandre Simões – Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP)
Andre Conceicao – Federal University of Bahia
André Luís Marcato – Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Andreas Nuechter – University of Wurzburg
Angel Sappa – Computer Vision Center
Anis Koubâa – Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Antonio Bandera – University of Malaga
António Paulo Moreira – University of Porto – FEUP/INESCTEC
António Pedro Aguiar – University of Porto
Antonios Gasteratos – Democritus University of Thrace
Arnoud Visser – University of Amsterdam
Brígida Mónica Faria – Higher School of Health/Polytechnic of Porto (ESS/P.Porto)
Bruno Siciliano – University of Naples Federico II
Carlos Neves – ESTG/Instituto politécnico de Leiria
Cristina P. Santos – School of Engineering, University of Minho
Danilo Tardioli – Centro Universitario de la Defensa
Diego Faria – School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Diogo Baptista – School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Eduardo Zalama – Univeridad de Valladolid
Enrico Natalizio – Universitè de Lorraine, LORIA
Estela Bicho – University of Minho
Fabio Bonsignorio – The BioRobotics Institute Heron Robots
Francisco Campos – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Francisco Martín Rico – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Francisco S. Melo – Instituto Superior Tecnico/INESC-ID, Univ. Lisbon
Gabriel Oliver – Universitat de les Illes Balears
Gerald Steinbauer – Graz University of Technology
H. Levent Akin – Bogazici University
Hugo Costelha – Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Huimin Lu – National University of Defense Technology
Ibrahim A. Hameed – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Isabel Ribeiro – IST, University of Lisbon
Itsuki Noda – Tokyo Institute of Technology
Jan Faigl – Czech Technical University in Prague
Jana Tumova – KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Jesus Savage – Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, UNAM
Joachim Meyer – Tel Aviv University
João Calado – ISEL – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Joao Fabro – UTFPR – Federal University of Technology-Parana
Jorge Dias – University of Coimbra
Jose Carlos Castillo Montoya – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Jose Lima – Polytechnic Institute of Braganca
Jun Ota – The University of Tokyo
Klaus Dorer – Hochschule Offenburg
L. C. Bento – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Liao Wu – Queensland University of Technology
Lucia Pallottino – University of Pisa
Luciano Oliveira – UFBA, Brazil
Luis Contreras – Tamagawa University
Luis Gomes – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Luis Gustavo Nardin – Brandenburg University of Technology
Luis Merino – Pablo de Olavide University
Luis Montano – University of Zaragoza
Luis Moreno – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Marcelo Becker – USP-EESC-SEM, Brazil
Marcelo Petry – Federal University of Santa Catarina, INESC P&D, Brazil
Marco Simões – Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)
Mario Mendes – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Nicolas Garcia-Aracil – UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ
Nuno Lau – University of Aveiro
Nuno Lopes – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Oscar Martinez Mozos – Technical University of Cartagena
Paolo Fiorini – UNIVR, Italy
Paulo Oliveira – IST/DEM, University of Lisbon
Pedro Santana – ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)
Pedro U. Lima – Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, U. Lisboa
Prithviraj Dasgupta – University of Nebraska, Omaha
Ramón Barber – University Carlos III of Madrid
Raul Morais – UTAD/ECT
Rodrigo Ventura – Universidade de Lisboa
Rui P. Rocha – University of Coimbra
Stefan May – Technische Hochschule Nuernberg Georg Simon Ohm
Tiago Nascimento – Federal University of Paraíba – UFPB
Urbano Nunes – University of Coimbra
Vicente Matellan – University of Leon
Vitor Santos – University of Aveiro
Yael Edan – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Zoltan-Csaba Marton – German Aerospace Center (DLR)
See you in Porto, Portugal!
The Program/Conference Chairs
