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Call for Papers
RoboCup International Symposium 2015
Hefei, China
July 23rd, 2015
http://www.robocup2015.org/
robocupsymposium2015 at easychair.
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OVERVIEW

The 19th Annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2015. The Symposium is a primary venue for presentation and discussion of scientific contributions to a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions (RoboCup Soccer, RoboCup Rescue, RoboCup at Home, RoboCup at Work, and RoboCup Junior). Its scope includes, but is not restricted to, research and educational activities in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the Symposium offers a unique venue for exploring both theory and practice in wide spectrum of research fields. The experimental, interactive, and benchmark character of the RoboCup initiative presents an opportunity to disseminate novel ideas and promising technologies, rapidly adopted and field-tested by a large, and still growing, community.

SUBMISSION

We solicit submissions of papers reporting high-quality, original research with relevance to the areas mentioned below. Researchers in these areas, even if not actively participating in RoboCup teams, are urged to submit their work. We welcome both papers describing real-world research and papers reporting theoretical results, as well as combinations thereof. We also encourage the submission of high-quality overview articles for any field related to the general scope of RoboCup.

The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium are published and archived within the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers are limited to 12 pages formatted according to the LNAI requirements(http://www.springer.com/series/1244) and must be electronically submitted through the symposium web site:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2015

All contributions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers.

DEVELOPMENT TRACK

To encourage open-source release of hardware and software components, a special track on open-source development will be part of the 2015 RoboCup International Symposium. Contributions to this track are limited to eight pages, formatted according to LNAI requirements. Contributions should include evidence of impact of the released component on the RoboCup community. Review of these contributions will be based on technical contribution and benefit to the RoboCup community.

IMPORTANT DATES

• * Submission of full papers: April 3, 2015 (GMT - 10) - extended deadline
  * Bidding phase: April 7 - 9, 2015
  * Review phase: April 10 - May 8, 2015
  * Notification to authors: May 13, 2015
  * Submission of camera-ready copies: June 12, 2015
  * RoboCup 2015 Symposium: July 23, 2015

 

SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS

* Luis Almeida, Univ. of Porto, Portugal / Fac. de Eng. da Universidade do Porto, Sweden
* Jianmin Ji, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
* Sean Luke, George Mason University, Washington, DC, USA
* Gerald Steinbauer, Graz University of Technology, Austria