[socios-spr] CfP 19th IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions

[Nuno Lau]

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      Call for papers - ICARSC 2019
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 19th IEEE(*) International Conference on 
 Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions

     https://web.fe.up.pt/~icarsc2019/

            April 24-26, 2019
     Porto - Gondomar, Multiusos Hall
                Portugal


Organized by:
- University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering (FEUP)
            
Sponsored by:
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (*)
- IEEE Portugal Section
- Portuguese Robotics Society

An event integrated in:  ** Robotica 2019 **
        the 19th RoboCup Portugal Open
      https://web.fe.up.pt/~robotica2019

== Important! ==

Submission deadline: January 25, 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. The conference will be organized by the University 
of Porto, Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), and will take place at the
Multiusus Hall in Porto - Gondomar, Portugal, on April 24-26, 2019.  

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. 

(*) IEEE co-sponsorship pending.


== Important Dates ==

    Submission deadline:           Jan. 25, 2019
    Notification of acceptance:    Mar. 01, 2019
    Camera-ready papers:           Mar. 15, 2019
    Early registration deadline:   Mar. 15, 2019
    Conference:                    Apr. 24-26, 2019

All deadlines are on 23:59 GMT.


== 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:  

(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icarsc2019)

Submitted papers should be up to six pages in total, in the IEEE 
conference format, following the standard IEEE guidelines.  

(http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templat
es.html)

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.  


We welcome you at ICARSC 2019 to share your latest research results.

See you in Porto !

Luis Almeida, University of Porto, CISTER, Portugal
Luis Paulo Reis, University of Porto, LIACC, Portugal
António Paulo Moreira, Univ. of Porto, INESTEC, Portugal

(Co-Chairs of the 
IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions)