[socios-spr] ICARSC - call for participation

[Luis Almeida]

(Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting)

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    Call for Participation - 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

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

== Important! ==

Registration at early bird fares still possible until April 1st, 2019.

Keynote talks:
- Bruno Siciliano (Robotic Dynamic Manipulation)
- Pedro U. Lima (Robot Competitions Driving Robotics Research)
- Gerhard Kraetzschmar (Developing Professional Robotic Service 
Applications)

Preliminary program available!
https://easychair.org/smart-program/ICARSC2019/
- 44 papers in 11 sessions

Social program
- Boat tour on Douro river
- Banquet at BH Foz in Porto


== General Information ==

The IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and 
Competitions gathers participants from academia and industry working in 
the fields of autonomous robotics and robotics competitions. It is 
organized within the 19th Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored 
regional event. ICARSC 2019 will take place at Gondomar - Porto, the 
capital of portuguese goldsmiths, on April 24-26, 2019.

The conference is an event of the Portuguese Society for Robotics (SPR), 
co-sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. This year, the 
organization is carried out by the University of Porto - Faculty of 
Engineering and INESC-TEC, with support from several other research and 
higher education institutions such as LIACC, CISTER and Polytechnic of 
Porto.

ICARSC 2019 technical program includes 44 papers that will be orally 
presented in 11 sessions (see preliminary program online). The program 
is organized in a single track to favor discussion and interactions and 
it features three invited keynote talks by Bruno Siciliano (PRISMA Lab, 
University of Naples Federico II, Italy), Pedro U. Lima (Institute for 
Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, U. Lisbon, Portugal) 
and Gerhard Kraetzschmar (B-IT Bonn-Aachen International Center of 
Information Technology, Germany).

All presented papers will be included in the proceedings and published 
by IEEEXplore. There will be a special session with the 4 nominated 
papers for the Best Paper Award. The winner will be announced at the 
conference banquet. Moreover, extended versions of selected papers will 
be invited for submission to special issues in indexed journals.


== Topics of the conference sessions ==

     Mapping,
     Planning,
     Cooperation and Human Interfacing,
     Robots for Competitions,
     Localization,
     Learning and Detection,
     Autonomous Vehicles,
     Modeling and Programming,
     Navigation,
     Prosthetics and Limbs Modeling and Control.


See you in Porto!


The Conference co-Chairs

António Paulo Moreira, INESC-TEC/FEUP, Univ. of Porto
Luis Paulo Reis, LIACC/FEUP, University of Porto
Luis Almeida, CISTER/FEUP, University of Porto