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ERLARS 2013

6th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
EVOLUTIONARY AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS

Taormina, Italy, September 2 2013

Submission deadline: June 14 2013

http://www.erlars.org/2013/



CALL FOR PAPERS

*** Objectives ***

Learning is essential for an autonomous robot system. The range of
unexpected situations it can handle while performing its task depends on
its ability to adapt. Recent developments have taken autonomous robots
beyond industrial settings, for example at home as toys and cleaners.

However, production models usually interact with their environment
following a fixed control strategy, which limits their range of
application. More adaptable robots require control strategies that learn
more and better from interactions with their environment. The ERLARS
workshop addresses the challenge to develop efficient and versatile
learning architectures for autonomous robot systems, with the main focus
on adequate reinforcement and evolutionary learning algorithms.


*** Relevant Topics ***

Papers are invited on all aspects of learning methods for the control of
autonomous robot systems, including, but not limited to:

* Mobile robot navigation by means of reinforcement learning
* Combining offline- and online learning methods for robot control
* Reinforcement learning by evolutionary algorithms of neural network-based
and other robot controllers
* Combining modelling and parameter estimation by reinforcement learning
* Combining evolutionary and reinforcement learning (Hybrid approaches)
* Cascaded and hierarchical learning architectures
* Knowledge-based reinforcement learning
* Learning through imitation and transfer learning
* Balancing exploration and exploitation of acquired knowledge
* Simulated environments for autonomous robot learning scenarios
* Minimising the simulation reality gap
* Developmental and epigenetic robotics

*** Important Dates ***

* June 14 2013: Paper submissions due
* June 29 2013: Notification of paper acceptance
* July 10 2013: Camera ready paper submission
* September 2 2013: Workshop takes place

*** Workshop Chair ***

Nils T Siebel
Building Automation Lab, Department of Engineering 1,
HTW University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany

*** Programme Committee (tentative) ***

Andrew Barto (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
Peter D?rr (EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland)
Christian Igel (Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum, Germany)
Takanori Koga (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Tim Kovacs (University of Bristol, UK)
Jun Ota (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Jan Peters (MPI for Biological Cybernetics, T?bingen, Germany)
Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)
Marcello Restelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Stefan Schiffer (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
Marc Toussaint (TU Berlin, Germany)
Jeremy Wyatt (University of Birmingham, UK)


More information on the workshop website: http://www.erlars.org/2013/

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special issues of Frontiers in Neurorobotics


I would like to inform you of the following 2 special issues of
Frontiers in Neurorobotics that are still accepting submissions:

"Towards embodied artificial cognition: TIME is on my side"
deadline: Oct 30, 2013
http://www.frontiersin.org/Neurorobo...ficial_co/1554

"Intrinsic motivations and open-ended development in animals, humans,
and robots"
deadline: Jun 21, 2013
http://www.frontiersin.org/Neurorobo...nd_open_1/1797

If you are interested to contribute, please first send me a quick email.

regards,

PD Dr. Florian Roehrbein
florian.roehrbein@in.tum.de
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
http://www.humanbrainproject.eu

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL ROBOTICS - ICSR 2013
// http://www.icsr2013.org.uk/
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// Bristol, UK.
// October 27 - 29th October, 2013
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Deadline for submission of FULL PAPERS, applications for SPECIAL
SESSIONS and ROBOTIC DEMONSTRATIONS:
3rd of July, 2013

Proceedings to be published in Spring-Verlag LNAI/LNCS

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SUMMARY:
The International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) brings together
researchers and practitioners working on the issues of interaction
between humans and robots and on the integration of robots into our
society. As in previous years there will be an overall theme for the
conference, this year it will be "Companionship".

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PAPER SUBMISSION:
ICSR 2013 invites the submission of full papers and extended abstracts
from researchers, at any stage in their career, that contain significant
findings and advances in all fields of social robotics. We are
particularly interested in work that addresses or supports this years
conference theme in topics of interest that include, but are not limited
to, the following:
- Interaction and collaboration among robots, humans, and environments
- Robots to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities
- Socially assistive robots to improve quality of life
- Affective and cognitive sciences for socially interactive robots
- Personal robots for the home
- Social acceptance and impact in the society
- Robot ethics in human society
- Context awareness, expectation, and intention understanding
- Control architectures for social robotics
- Socially appealing design methodologies
- Safety in robots working in human spaces
- Human augmentation, rehabilitation, and medical robots
- Robot applications in education, entertainment, and gaming

All contributions will be fully peer reviewed and the proceedings will
be published with Springer-Verlag as part of their LNAI/LNCS series.
Formatting and submission details will be available here:
http://www.icsr2013.org.uk/paper.php
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 3/7/13

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SPECIAL SESSION:
ICSR 2013 also invites applications for special sessions, whereby a
focussed topic in the area of social robotics can be discussed at the
conference and represented in the proceedings by approximately 6 papers.
For expressions of interest please contact conference organisers
sec.icsr@gmail.com
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 3/7/13

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EXHIBITION:
Participants who would like to exhibit their interactive demonstrations
at the conference site please prepare 1 page summary about the
demonstration and email sec.icsr@gmail.com. Exhibition booths will be
allocated to demonstrations approved by the ICSR2013 organizing committee.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 3/7/13
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WORKSHOP:
Participants are invited to hold a full/half day workshop on 27 October
2013 on a topic relevant to social robotics and the general theme
'Companionship'. Outlines of intended workshops are to be submitted by 6
September 2013.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 21/8/13

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COMPETITIONS:

Robot Design Competition: A search for creative ideas about what a robot
companion could be. This year we are accepting designs from
practitioners from any discipline, and in any format. Selected designs,
prototypes, performances or demos will be invited for exhibited at the
conference.

NAO-Robot Competition: a technical competition sponsored and organized
by Aldebaran will ask technical buffs to create a very specific solution
for the NAO as a modern robot companion.

For both competitions prizes will be awarded.

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SPEAKERS:

Prof. Dr. Rolf Pfeifer
Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
University of Zurich, Switzerland

(Others TBA)

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Standing Committee:
Shuzhi Sam Ge, National University of Singapore and UESTC.
Oussama Khatib, Stanford University.
Maja Mataric, University of South California.
Haizhou Li, A*Star.
Jong-Hwan Kim, KAIST.
Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.
Ron Arkin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Honorary chair:
Professor Chris Melhuish, Bristol Robotics Laboratory.


Local Organising Committee:
Guido Herrmann, Alexander Lenz & Martin Pearson

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NIPS 2013 DEMONSTRATIONS

Demonstration Proposal Deadline: Monday September 16, 2013, 11pm Universal
Time (4pm Pacific Daylight Time).

The Neural Information Processing Systems Conference 2013
http://nips.cc/Conferences/2013/ has a Demonstration Track running in
parallel with the evening Poster Sessions, December 5-7, 2013, in Lake
Tahoe, Nevada, USA.


Demonstrations offer a unique opportunity to showcase robotics technology
including:
* Robotics Hardware
* Robotics Software systems
* Neuromorphic and biologically-inspired robotics systems

or other robotics systems, which are relevant to the technical areas
covered by NIPS (see Call for Papers
http://nips.cc/Conferences/2013/CallForPapers ). Demonstrations must show
novel technology and must be run live, preferably with some interactive
parts. Unlike poster presentations or slide shows, live action and
interaction with the audience are critical elements.

Submissions: Submission of demo proposals at the following URL:
https://nips.cc/Demonstrators/

You will be asked to fill a questionnaire and describe clearly:
* the robotics technology demonstrated
* the elements of novelty
* the live action part
* the interactive part
* the equipment brought by the demonstrator
* the equipment required at the place of the demo

Evaluation Criteria: Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical
quality, novelty, live action, and potential for interaction.

Demonstration chair: Russ Salakhutdinov <demonstration-chair@nips.cc>
Web URL: http://nips.cc/Conferences/2013/CallForDemonstrations

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Special Issue of the Journal on SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR ROBOTICS
www.joser.org

Deadline: 15 October 2013

Theme of the issue : Best Practice in Robot Software Development

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Summary:

The special issue is intended to publish contributions that reports on
lessons learned in software development behind the scenes of successful
academic and industrial robotics projects. Typically, graduate students
in robotics PhD programs and software developers in robotics companies
do not receive credit for their software development efforts needed to
demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of a new scientific
achievement or fame for their contribution to the success of robotic
projects.

The special issue seeks articles that report on the role of software
development in robotics projects, whose success is demonstrated by
references to PhD thesis, scientific articles, successful participations
of robot competitions, and/or exploitable results (tools, systems,
products, etc.). The core contribution of submitted papers should be the
lessons learned about software development for a robotic project. These
could have the form of development guidelines, documentation guidelines,
patterns and anti-patterns, reusable models, etc.

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Example Topics (not limited to) :

+ Analysis of issues and challenges in the development of software
systems that make the robotic domain similar/different to other
application domains (e.g. automotive, factory automation)

+ Identification of recurrent concepts, aspects, and requirements in
robot software development, that may lead to the definition of standard
/ common / unified architectures

+ Documentation of software models that lead to reusable robotic
software design and that may enable measures and procedures to evaluate
software quality factors

+ Software environments and tools that simplify the design,
implementation, and reuse of robot software architectures.

+ Experience reports on using commercial or open-source software tools.

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Author guidelines:

To establish coherence between the papers, submissions must address the
following points, where relevant:

+ Where does the work fit in the development of software for robotics?

+ Which successful robot application, PhD thesis, scientific article is
the paper based on?

+ What problem/deficit/need does the work address?

+ Which lessons have been learned that can be considered best practice
in software development in robotics?

+ To what extent these lessons learned are robotic-specific?

Two kind of papers can be submitted to this special issue. Research
papers must be of a nominal length of 15 pages each. Short papers must
be of a nominal length of 8 pages each. Submissions are peer-reviewed.
All manuscripts should be prepared according to the JOSER author
guidelines available at:
http://joser.unibg.it/index.php?jour...thorGuidelines

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Submissions:

In order to submit a paper, authors need an account for the Joser Web
Portal, which can be obtained by sending a request to brugali@unibg.it

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Important Dates:

Submission deadline: October 15th, 2013.
Authors notification: January 15th, 2013
Issue date: March 2014.

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Editors:

Davide Brugali, Universit? degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy, brugali@unibg.it

Nico Hochgeschwender, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University, Germany,
nico.hochgeschwender@h-brs.de

Roland Philippsen, Halmstad University, Sweden,
roland.philippsen@hh.se

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SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE DARPA ROBOTICS CHALLENGE
Journal of Field Robotics JFR



INTRODUCTION
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is a world-wide contest focused on
the design and semi-autonomous control of highly dexterous humanoid
robots operating in austere, unstructured environments. The DRC tasks
teams with designing robotic hardware and/or control software to enable
robots to complete challenging, practical tasks such as walking on
uneven terrain, entering and driving a passenger vehicle, climbing a
ladder, opening doors, breaking through barriers, and more. The DRC aims
to spark a significant growth in the technical capabilities of
humanoids, particularly for application to humanitarian, disaster relief
and related operations. More information about the DRC, including a list
of current competitors, is located at
http://www.theroboticschallenge.org/ .

The DRC is similar in spirit to the previous DARPA Grand and Urban
Challenge autonomous vehicle races, which received world-wide attention
and sparked major R&D investment in the area of ?self-driving cars,? a
topic with broad commercial and societal implications.

The DRC is structured in three stages: an initial simulation-based
?virtual challenge,? held in June, 2013, followed by the DARPA Robotics
Challenge Trials in December, 2013, and concluding with the DARPA
Robotics Challenge Finals in December, 2014.


AIM OF SPECIAL ISSUE
This special issue aims to serve as a scientific repository of
developments by DRC competitors, describing their innovative
developments in hardware and software design and development.
Contributors are encouraged to broadly describe their approaches to
competing in the DRC, including description of field testing and contest
results, and analysis of lessons learned. While treatment of detailed
topics is also welcome (e.g. design of a novel mechanism, or control
algorithm), all contributions should include experimental results
derived from practical implementations.

* Note that this special issue will focus on reports from the DRC Trials
(to be held in December, 2013). A future special issue will focus on
results from the DRC Finals (to be held in December, 2014). *

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- System architectures (both hardware and software)
- Detailed hardware design solutions
- Supervisory control architectures and algorithms for guiding high-DOF
systems
- Feedback control methods for mobility over uneven terrain, grasping,
and manipulation
- Low-bandwidth communication methods
- Novel robotic sensory approaches, and methods for providing sensory
feedback to the human operator
- Human factors considerations, and operator interface design approaches
- Ethical considerations and implications of robotics for disaster relief
- Experimental testing methodologies, and analysis of results from field
trials


SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS
This special issue will feature a foreword by DARPA Program Manager and
DRC Director, Dr. Gill Pratt, along with commentary from outside experts
including Dr. Robin Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted
Search and Rescue at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Yoshihiko Nakamura,
Professor at the University of Tokyo.


IMPORTANT DATES
- June, 2013 -- DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge
- December, 2013 -- DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials
* December, 2013 -- Paper submission opening
* March 1, 2014 -- Paper submission deadline
- May 1, 2014 -- Notification of review results
- July 1, 2014 -- Final manuscript deadline
- September 1, 2014 -- Target publication date


SPECIAL ISSUE CO-EDITORS
- Karl Iagnemma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
(corresponding co-editor: kdi@mit.edu)
- James Overholt, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
- Yoshihiko Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan

JOURNAL OF FIELD ROBOTICS EDITOR
- Sanjiv Singh, Carnegie Mellon University


For further information about the aims and scope of the JFR, see:
http://www.journalfieldrobotics.org/Home.html

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Karl Iagnemma, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Robotic Mobility Group
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave., Room 35-237a
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
tel: (617) 452-3262 fax: (617) 253-1556
email: kdi@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/mobility

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EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing

Special Issue on Vision Systems and Algorithms for Micro Aerial Vehicles

Guest editors: Marc Pollefeys (ETHZ), Friedrich Fraundorfer (TUM), Peter Corke (QUT)

This Special Issue collects contributions to the emerging field of vision and image processing techniques for micro aerial vehicles (MAV?s) in particular focusing on computer vision systems and algorithms to enable autonomous operation of MAV?s. A special focus is on real- time methods and algorithms for implementation on resource constrained and embedded onboard computers.

Micro aerial vehicles (MAV?s) are part of an emerging branch of robotic platforms with a vast number of applications in search&rescue or surveillance scenarios. Cameras will play a major role as main sensors for autonomous flight. However, the limited computational power available on such platforms creates the need for new image processing and computer vision algorithms especially tailored for the use on such platforms. This special issue aims to collect such new kinds of methods.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Visual pose estimation

- Visual odometry

- Visual perception

- Visual simultaneous mapping and localization (SLAM)

- Embedded vision systems

- Image processing and computer vision on resource constrained computing platforms

- Visual-inertial measurement fusion Multi-camera systems

- Real-time and hardware implementa- tions of image processing methods

- RGB-D sensors

- Sensor design and sensor integration MAVs tracking from external systems

- Navigation, path planning and trajectory optimization

Papers due 5 December 2013, more details on the full CFP

http://jivp.eurasipjournals.com/site...lobal_A4_2.pdf


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Peter Corke | Professor | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Science and Engineering Faculty | Queensland University of Technology
phone: + 61 7 3138 1794 | fax: + 61 7 3138 1469 | email: peter.corke@qut.edu.au
Gardens Point, S Block 1104A (via S1105) | 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000 | CRICOS No. 00213J
tiny.cc/cyphy

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IEEE ROBIO 2013 in Shenzhen
China: December 12-14 2013


It is our pleasure to announce The 2013 International Conference on
Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2013) http://2013.robio.org/ to be
held from December 12 to 14 at the Shangri-La Hotel in the vibrant,
beautiful, and young city of Shenzhen, China.

The theme of Robio 2013 is Robots living with human being in modern
society, reflecting the ever growing interests in research,
development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of
robotics and biomimetics. Shenzhen, located in the Pearl River Delta
and neibouring Hong Kong, is the fastest growing city in the world and
famed as the world manufacturing factory, populated by visitors from
all over the world and featuring attractive tourist spots, world class
conference and hotel facilities, and beautiful beaches and golf
courses. Robio 2013 promises to be a great event for all participants,
with excellent technical and social programs.


Contributed Papers: Full papers must be submitted in PDF format
prepared strictly following the IEEE PDF Requirements for Creating PDF
Documents for the IEEE Xplore?. For detailed format information,
please visit the conference website. All accepted papers will be
indexed by EI and included in IEEE Xplore.

Proposals for special sessions are welcome. The conference invites
high quality original research papers in the broad areas related to
robotics, biomimetics and their applications. Topics include, but not
limited to, the followings:

(https://www.softconf.com/e/robio2013/)

biologically inspired robotics
biomimicking robots/systems
humanoid robots
legged robots
aerial robots
underwater robots
service robots
mobile robotics
micro/nano robotics
localization
mapping
SLAM
motion planning
grasping and manipulation
medical and rehabilitation robotics
multi-robot and distributed robot systems
modular robot systems
human-machine interface
human-robot interaction
tele-robotics
tele-presence
robot search and rescue
robot control
robot vision
image processing
sensing
sensor networks
machine learning in robotics
intelligent systems
smart structures, materials, and actuators
cellular/molecular motors

Best Paper Competition: All submitted papers will be included in the
evaluation for the Best Conference Paper and Best Student Paper
Competitions.


Journal Publications: Expanded versions of the accepted and presented
papers with excellent reviews will be invited for publication in
leading SCI and EI journals.


Tour Packages: Tourist packages to local and nearby attractions will
be available.

Important Dates:

Aug. 31, 2013 Submission of original PDF full papers in IEEE format

Aug. 31, 2013 Submission of organized focused theme session proposals

Oct. 15, 2013 Notification of paper and organized session acceptance

Oct. 31, 2013 Submission of final papers and advance registration


We look forward to meeting you in Shenzhen, China in December 2013.

For further information, please access the website http://2013.robio.org/


Kindest regards,


General Chair:

MENG Max Q.-H., China

General Co-Chairs:

HAMEL William R., USA
SIEGWART Roland, Switzerland
WANG Tianmiao, China
WANG Yuechao, China
YAO Yingxue, China

Organizing Chair:

ZHAO Jie, China

Organizing Co-Chairs:

LIU Yunhui, China
PU Jiexin, China
XU Guoqin, China
ZHANG Chengjin, China

Program Chair:

GU Jason J., Canada

Program Co-Chairs:


DING Han, China
FU Yili, China
HUANG Qiang, China
YU Haibin, China
ZHU Xiangyang, China

Reginal Program Chairs:

KOSUGE Kazuhiro, Japan
LIU Peter X., Canada
HAN Jianda, China
ZHANG Jianwei, Germany
ZHANG Mingjun, USA

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The First International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction iHAI 2013
Sapporo, Japan, August 7-9, 2013
http://hai-conference.net/ihai2013/




In recent years anthropomorphic, mechanic and pet-like agents have
spread globally, which allows various types of ordinary end user to
interact with them. Although interaction design for robots and
software agents has been investigated in different research fields,
few studies were done on the subject for various agents in a unified
aspect.

HAI (Human-Agent Interaction) is a novel research field to investigate
and develop interaction design methods across conventional interactive
platforms including robots, software agents and human-human
communication through digital media. In HAI, mixtures of interactions
of these platforms (human-robot, human-software agent, and human-human
through agents) are studied. We aim to collect ideas of and clarify
the common design policies through these interactions to further
generate and develop HAI design methods based-on knowledge obtained
from state of the art research and studies presented in this conference.

Hence the First International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
(iHAI 2013) will gather researchers from relevant but diverse fields,
such as human-robot interaction, anthropomorphic agent design and
interface design for the mutual adaptation between agent and human
user, to accelerate the progress of this direction.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Design of Human-Agent Interaction/Human-Robot Interaction
- Impact of Embodiment (Differences between Robot and Software Agent)
- Theoretical Model of Human-Agent Interaction
- Robots and Agents That Can Learn From a Human Teacher
- Robots and Agents That Can Make a Human Do Something
- Relationship between Different Interactions
- Experimental Analysis Method
- Agent-mediated Human-Human Communication

<< Important Dates >>

* Paper Submissions
- Deadlines for Submissions: April 12, 2013 (CLOSED)
- Paper Length: 4-8 pages
- Notification of Paper Acceptance: May 17, 2013
- Camera-ready Copies of Accepted Papers: June 7, 2013
- iHAI 2013 Conference: August 7-9, 2013

* Poster Submissions
- Deadlines for Submissions: May 17 (23:59 PST), 2013 (CLOSED)
- Paper Length: 2-8 pages
- Notification of Poster Acceptance: May 24, 2013
- Camera-ready Copies of Accepted Papers: June 7, 2013
- iHAI 2013 Conference: August 7-9, 2013

<< Submission and Reviewing >>

iHAI 2013 will accept ONLY online submissions of PDF files. Paper
submissions should be limited at least 4 pages but no more than 8 pages
in the JSAI two columns format. Similarly, Poster submissions should
be limited at least 2 pages or more to 8 pages in the same format.
All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis
of technical quality, relevance to HAI, originality, significance,
and clarity.

The reviewing policy is to positively evaluate impact, originality of
the proposed idea rather than insignificant accomplishment, strict
experimental evaluation. Thus position papers, preliminary studies,
and concept papers are also welcome.

Please visit a submission page (http://hai-conference.net/ihai2013/)
at the iHAI 2013 Web site to prepare and submit your papers.


<< Plenary Talks >>

Title: ?Hatsune Miku? as an Interface (tentative)
Hiroyuki Itoh, CEO of Crypton Future Media, Inc., Japan

Title: Human augmented cognition based on intention recognition
Minho Lee, Prof. of School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook
National University, Korea

Title: Human-Agent Interaction: What are the problems and how are the
solutions? (tentative)
Seiji Yamada, Prof. of the National Institute of Informatics,
SOKENDAI, and Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan


For inquiries, please contact ihai2013-inquiry@ist.hokudai.ac.jp



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Daisuke Katagami, Ph.D.
Associate Prof., Tokyo Polytechnic University
E-mail: katagami@cs.t-kougei.ac.jp

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2013 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts ARSO2013

7-9 November 2013, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.arso2013.org/

Submission Deadline: 8 July 2013

Call for Papers

The 2013 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts
(ARSO2013) aims at discussing advanced robotics R&D and its implications to
economic and social systems.
Participants of ARSO will be world class robotic researchers, investors,
economists, and representatives of industry and government.
The workshop is single track with discussions on cutting edge science and
technologies, business opportunities and the social impact on societies.
The workshop will be held in conjunction with IROS2013 and IREX 2013 (the
INTERNATIONAL ROBOT EXHIBITION 2013) at Tokyo International Exhibition
Center.
Following topics are welcome as the practical projects and success examples
using robotics in the fields such as (not limited to);
* manufacturing
* education, entertainment
* rehabilitation and medical applications
* service, transportation
* search and rescue
* daily life
* common platform

Accepted and presented papers may be published in the final program, and
indexed in IEEE Xplore, subject to final approval by the Conference
Committee.

For more information, please visit the conference web page
http://www.arso2013.org/

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Nobuto MATSUHIRA, ARSO2013 General Chair (Shibaura Institute of Technology,
Japan)
Takashi YOSHIMI, ARSO2013 Program Chair (Shibaura Institute of Technology,
Japan)