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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(See below for the call for special sessions.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">IAS-19 Preliminary Call for Papers</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-19,
</span><a href="http://www.ias-19.org/"><span lang="EN-US">www.ias-19.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">), which will be held in Genoa, Italy, from June 30 to July 4, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Since the first edition in 1985, IAS has been a venue for original, novel, and innovative papers with a theoretical or experimental flavor. For IAS-19, we look for papers centered around the theme “Ethical, Responsible,
and Inclusive Robotics”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mobile Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Collaborative Robots/Cobots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Robots for Industry 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Household Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Humanoid Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Climbing Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Outdoor and Field Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Autonomous Vehicles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Healthcare Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Flying Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On-Water/Underwater Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Robot Swarms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Biomimetic Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Long-Term Autonomous Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Intelligent Machines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Cognitive Architectures for Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Human-Robot-Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Software Architectures for Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Cloud Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Robot Vision<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tactile Sensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Intelligent Sensors and Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Neuromorphic Sensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Semantic Modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Data Fusion and Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Obstacle Avoidance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Localization and SLAM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Knowledge Representation and Reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Planning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Task-Motion Planning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Robot Foundation Models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Vision and Language Models<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Robot Simulations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mechatronics for Intelligent Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All contributed papers will go through a rigorous peer-review process, which will be managed by Editors, Associated Editors, and Reviewers. Each manuscript will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. If a paper will be
accepted, the authors should submit a revised final version reflecting reviewers’ comments, and present their paper orally and in presence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings, and a post-proceedings book will be published by Springer, as is customary for IAS conferences. A limited number of authors will be invited
to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issue of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, published by Elsevier. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Proposals for special sessions, workshops, and tutorials are strongly encouraged. Workshops and tutorials will be scheduled on 30/6/2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Important dates</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">15/12/2024 > Deadline for proposals for workshops, and tutorials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">15/1/2025 > Notification for proposals for workshops and tutorials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">15/2/2025 > Deadline for papers submission<span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">15/4/2025 > Papers acceptance notification<span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">15/5/2025 > Papers final submission<span class="apple-tab-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">30/6/2025 - 4/7/2025 > IAS-19 in Genoa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A call made on behalf of all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">IAS-19 General and Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, University of Genoa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Francesco Amigoni, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Takahashi Masaki, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jing Xiao, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Arnoud Visser, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">HIGHLIGHTS: IAS-19 Call for Special Sessions</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Methods and technologies to design and develop intelligent and autonomous systems have advanced remarkably in the past few years, with the rapid development of critical and foundational approaches in robotics and artificial
intelligence. Intelligent and autonomous systems are being deployed in various scenarios, such as nuclear power plants, defense, agriculture, industrial safety, aerospace, construction, and unmanned vehicles. Special sessions are the ideal venues to highlight
selected topics, spark debates, and narrow down applications of intelligent and autonomous systems, especially connected to innovative emerging areas of interest related to the main conference topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We look for proposals for special sessions featuring emerging topics in intelligent and autonomous systems. In particular, we welcome submissions of proposals taking into account the conference theme, that is, “Ethical,
Responsible, and Inclusive Robotics”, along with scientific, methodological, and technological advances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A special session will consist of 4 papers. Please send proposals for special sessions by email at
</span><a href="mailto:contact@ias-19.org"><span lang="EN-US">contact@ias-19.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Each proposal must include (a) the special session title, (b) the list of organizers with contact information, (c) a brief statement of purpose for the session, and (d) a list of potential contributors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Special Sessions Chairs will review the submitted proposals. Papers addressed to approved special sessions will be provided with a session code and will undergo the same review process as regular papers. Special session
organizers can be involved in the review process and in the final decisions. Also, they will be offered a gift voucher as a sign of gratitude. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Important dates</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">15/11/2024 > Deadline for proposals for special sessions <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">30/11/2024 > Notification for proposals for special sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT">IAS-19 Special Session Chairs</span></b><span lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">Alessandra Sciutti, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Jun Ota, The University of Tokyo, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stefano Carpin, University of California Merced, CA, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
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