<div dir="ltr"><div>* Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call * </div><div><br></div><div>17th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2015</div><div>27-31 July, 2015, Istanbul, Turkey</div>
<div><a href="http://www.icar2015.org/">http://www.icar2015.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>*Call for Papers*</div><div><br></div><div>The 17th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2015 is organized by Middle East Technical University in collaboration with Kadir Has University. The conference will take place in Kadir Has University campus in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 27-31, 2015. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Keeping up with the same spirit of innovation, ICAR wants to bring high quality papers, workshops and tutorials to the geographical areas where the larger robotics conferences have not been organized yet. After the successful conference last year in Montevideo, Uruguay (<a href="http://www.icar2013.org">www.icar2013.org</a>), next year, the 17th ICAR will be held in Istanbul, Turkey where “the east meets the west”. The conference is organized by Middle East Technical University (METU) in collaboration with Kadir Has University. The venue is Kadir Has Campus situated on the historic peninsula along Halic bay (<a href="http://www.icar2015.org">www.icar2015.org</a>).</div>
<div><br></div><div>ICAR 2015 will be technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. The technical program of ICAR 2015 will consist of plenary talks, workshops and oral presentations. Submitted papers should describe original work in the form of theoretical modelling, design, experimental validation, or case studies from all areas of robotics, focusing on emerging paradigms and application areas including but not limited to:</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robotics Vision<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Adversarial Planning</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cognitive Robotics<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robot Operating Systems</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robotics Architectures<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Simulation and Visualization</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mobile Robots<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robot Swarms</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Humanoid Robots<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Biologically-Inspired Robots</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Self-Localization and Navigation<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Embedded and Mobile Hardware</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Spatial Cognition<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robotic Entertainment</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Human-Robot Interaction<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robot Competitions</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Multi-Robot Systems<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Unmanned Aerial Robots</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Search and Rescue Robots<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Underwater Robotic Systems</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Learning and Adaptation<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Educational Robotics</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cooperation and Competition<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rehabilitation Robotics</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dynamics and Control<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Immersive Robotics</div><div><br></div><div>*Important Dates*</div><div><br></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Paper submission<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>February 1, 2015</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Workshop and tutorial proposals<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>February 1, 2015</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Notification of paper acceptance<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>April 15, 2015</div>
<div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Camera-ready papers<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 15, 2015</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ICAR 2015 Conference<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>July 27-31, 2015</div>
<div><br></div><div>*Paper Submission*</div><div><br></div><div>Original technical paper contributions are solicited for presentation at ICAR 2015. Accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore conference proceedings. Submissions should be 6-8 pages following the IEEE Xplore format available at:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html">http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a> </div><div> </div><div>Papers will be submitted online via EasyChair:</div>
<div><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icar2015">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icar2015</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*For more information*</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.icar2015.org/">http://www.icar2015.org/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Sinan Kalkan, Erol Sahin</div><div>Publicity and Publication Co-chairs</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Sinan KALKAN, Asst. Prof.<br>Dept. of Computer Engineering<br>Middle East Technical University<br>Ankara TURKEY<br>
Web: <a href="http://kovan.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~sinan" target="_blank">http://kovan.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~sinan</a><br>Tel: + 90 - 312 - 210 5547 / 210 7372<br>Fax: +90 - 312 - 210 5544
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