[alife] Call for Papers: DARS 2016 (International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems)

[Roderich Gross]

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First Call for Papers

DARS 2016
13th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems

November 7-9, 2016. Natural History Museum, London, UK

More details and up-to-date information at
http://dars2016.org

ABOUT DARS

Now in its 13th edition, DARS provides a forum for scientific advances in
the theory and practice of distributed autonomous robotic systems. It is a
highly selective, single-track meeting that is soliciting submissions
presenting significant, original, and previously unpublished research.

Distributed robotics is an interdisciplinary and rapidly growing area,
combining research in computer science, communication and control systems,
and electrical and mechanical engineering. Distributed robotic systems can
autonomously solve complex problems while operating in highly unstructured
real-world environments. They are expected to play a major role in
addressing future societal needs, for example, by improving environmental
impact assessment, food supply, transportation, manufacturing, security,
and emergency and rescue services. DARS 2016 will build upon past successes
and provide an exciting environment for researchers to present and discuss
the latest technologies, algorithms, system architectures, and
applications. All interested researchers and engineers are invited to take
part in DARS 2016.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

All accepted papers (both oral and poster presentations) will be included
in the Proceedings of DARS 2016. The proceedings will be published in the
Springer STAR series (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics):
http://www.springer.com/series/5208

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Nikolaus Correll - University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Vijay Kumar - University of Pennsylvania, USA
James Marshall - University of Sheffield, UK
Katia Sycara - Carnegie Mellon University, USA

SUBMITTING TO DARS 2016

Papers should be formatted according to the style files of Springer Tracts
in Advanced Robotics. The page limit is 12 pages.

Papers are solicited in all areas of distributed autonomous robotics,
including, but not restricted to:

  - Architectures for teams of robots
  - Self-organizing and self-assembling robotic systems
  - Swarm robotic systems
  - Hybrid symbiotic teams (humans and robots, animals and robots)
  - Learning and adaptation in teams of robots
  - Modular robotics
  - Localization and navigation in multi-robot systems
  - Multi-robot and multi-vehicle motion coordination
  - Distributed cooperative perception
  - Distributed cooperative action
  - Distributed control and planning
  - Control issues in multi-robot systems
  - Performance metrics for robot teams
  - Distributed decision making
  - Sensor and actuator networks
  - Networking issues in multi-robot systems
  - Wireless and robotic sensor networks
  - Multi-robot applications in exploration, inspection, coverage, search
and rescue, service, environmental monitoring, etc.

Submission instructions will be given on http://dars2016.org .

IMPORTANT DATES

  July 5, 2016 Paper Submission
  September 7, 2016 Author Notification
  September 21, 2016 Camera Ready Submission
  November 7-9, 2016 Conference


SPONSORS

DARS is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society. If you wish to become a sponsor of, or exhibitor at, DARS 2016,
please visit http://dars2016.org .

DARS 2016 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Advisory Committee
  Hajime Asama - University of Tokyo, Japan
  Tamio Arai - University of Tokyo, Japan
  Raja Chatila - UPMC, France
  Gregory S Chirikjian - Johns Hopkins University, USA
  Young-Jo Cho - ETRI, South Korea
  Nak Young Chong - JAIST, Japan
  Ruediger Dillmann - KIT, Germany
  Toshio Fukuda - Nagoya University, Japan
  Maria Gini - University of Minnesota, USA
  M Ani Hsieh - Drexel University, USA
  Alcherio Martinoli - EPFL, Switzerland
  Francesco Mondada - EPFL, Switzerland
  Lynne E Parker - University of Tennessee, USA

General Chair
  Roderich Gross - The University of Sheffield, UK

General Co-Chair
  Andreas Kolling - The University of Sheffield, UK

Technical Program Co-Chairs
  Spring M Berman - Arizona State University, USA
  Emilio Frazzoli - MIT, USA
  Alcherio Martinoli - EPFL, Switzerland
  Fumitoshi Matsuno - Kyoto University, Japan

Publication Chair
  Melvin Gauci - Harvard University, USA

Publicity Chair
  Sabine Hauert - University of Bristol, UK

Local Organization Team
  Louise A Caffrey - The University of Sheffield, UK
  Ana MacIntosh - The University of Sheffield, UK
  Stefan Trenkwalder - The University of Sheffield, UK


-- 
Roderich Gross, PhD SMIEEE
Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Computational Intelligence
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield Centre for Robotics
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
http://www.shef.ac.uk/acse/staff/roderich-gross