Connectionists: Call for Papers: 3rd Call for Papers for the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-19)

Wed Jan 29 07:10:37 EST 2025

IAS-19 Call for Papers

We are all invited to contribute to the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-19), which will be held in Genoa, Italy, from June 30 to July 4, 2025.

Since the first edition in 1985, IAS has been a venue for original, novel, and innovative papers with a theoretical or experimental flavour. For IAS-19, we look for papers cantered around the theme "Ethical, Responsible, and Inclusive Robotics".

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Mobile Robots Collaborative Robots/Cobots
Robots for Industry 4.0
Household Robots
Humanoid Robots
Climbing Robots
Outdoor and Field Robots
Autonomous Vehicles
Healthcare Robots
Flying Robots
Marine Robots
Robot Swarms
Biomimetic Robots
Long-Term Autonomous Systems
Intelligent Machines
Cognitive Architectures for Robots
Human-Robot-Interaction
Software Architectures for Robots
Cloud Robotics
Robot Vision
Tactile Sensing
Intelligent Sensors and Systems
Neuromorphic Sensing
Semantic Modelling
Data Fusion and Machine Learning
Obstacle Avoidance
Localization and SLAM
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Planning
Task-Motion Planning
Robot Foundation Models
Vision and Language Models
Robot Simulations
Mechatronics for Intelligent Systems

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.

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.

Proposals for special sessions, workshops, and tutorials are strongly encouraged. Workshops and tutorials will be scheduled on 30/6/2025.

Updates on www.ias-19.org.

Special sessions

Artificial Intelligence in Human-Robot Collaboration and Interaction
Alessandro Umbrico (alessandro.umbrico at istc.cnr.it)
Alessandro Carfi (alessandro.umbrico at istc.cnr.it)

Robots and Intelligent systems for Citizens and the Environment
Antonio Sgorbissa (antonio.sgorbissa at unige.it)
Jaeryoung Lee (jaeryounglee at isc.chubu.ac.jp)
Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto (carmine.recchiuto at dibris.unige.it)
Emilia Barakova (e.i.barakova at tue.nl)

Marine Robotics
Giovanni Indiveri (giovanni.indiveri at unige.it)
Enrico Simetti (enrico.simetti at unige.it)
Francesco Wanderlingh (francesco.wanderlingh at unige.it)

Proactive Social Perception for Human-Robot Collaboration: From Vision to Language
Dimitri Ognibene (dimitri.ognibene at unimib.it)
Onofrio Gigliotta (onofrio.gigliotta at unina.it)
Letizia Marchegiani (letizia.marchegiani at unipr.it)
Tom Foulsham (foulsham at essex.ac.uk)
Dario Zanca (dario.zanca at fau.de)
Edoardo Datteri (edoardo.datteri at unimib.it)

Adjustable Autonomy and Physical Embodied Intelligence
Fabio Patrizi     (patrizi at diag.uniroma1.it)
Luca Iocchi (iocchi at diag.uniroma1.it)
Raffaello Camoriano (raffaello.camoriano at polito.it)

Advanced Mathematical and Control Methods in Soft and Humanoid Robotics
Fabio Bonsignorio (fabio.bonsignorio at fer.unizg.hr)
Enrica Zereik (enrica.zereik at cnr.it)

Human Internal States Perception and Processing for Human-Centric Technology
Marco Matarese (marco.matarese at iit.it)
Francesco Rea (francesco.rea at iit.it)
Alessandra Sciutti (alessandra.sciutti at iit.it)

LLMs as planning tools for Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks
Lorenzo Natale (lorenzo.natale at iit.it)
Carmela Calabrese (carmela.calabrese at iit.it)

Paper submission instructions

Prospective authors must format their papers in a single-column layout on 21 cm x 29.7 cm A4-size paper according to the Springer guidelines (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).
In particular, refer to:
- instructions for authors: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v16
- LaTeX templates: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19238648/data/v8
- Overleaf LaTeX templates: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj
- MS Word templates: https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/7117506/data/v1
Paper length should be at most 12 pages, including references.
Authors can optionally have 6 additional pages at a cost of 50 EUR per page.
Papers with more than 18 pages will be automatically rejected.

Papers must be submitted electronically via OpenReview:
https://openreview.net/group?id=ias-society.org/IAS/2025/Conference
Please indicate whether the paper is submitted to the general track or one of the special sessions.

Important dates

20/9/2024 > First call for papers
7/12/2024 > Deadline for proposals for special sessions
15/12/2024 > Notification for proposals for special sessions
31/1/2025 > Deadline for proposals for workshops, and tutorials ***updated***
7/2/2025 > Notification for proposals for workshops and tutorials ***updated***
15/2/2025 > Deadline for papers submission
15/4/2025 > Papers acceptance notification
15/5/2025 > Papers final submission
30/6/2025 - 4/7/2025 > IAS-19 in Genoa, Italy

CONFIRMED Plenary speakers

Tomaso A. Poggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Yoshihiko Nakamura, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, UAE
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, University of Tokyo, Japan

CONFIRMED Keynote speakers

Arash Ajoudani, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Perla Maiolino, University of Oxford, UK
José Galvan, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Vatican State

General Chair

Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, University of Genoa, Italy

Program Chair

Francesco Amigoni, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

Regional Program Chairs

Takahashi Masaki, Keio University, Japan
Jing Xiao, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US
Arnoud Visser, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

STILL OPEN: Call for Workshops and tutorials

We look for proposals for workshops and tutorials on a broad set of topics in intelligent and autonomous systems.

A workshop or tutorial can be half or full day. Please send proposals for workshops or tutorials by email at contact at ias-19.org. Each proposal must include (a) the workshop or tutorial title, (b) the list of organizers with contact information, (c) a brief statement of purpose for the workshop or tutorial, and (d) a list of potential contributors.

Workshops and tutorials chairs will review the submitted proposals. The specific Calls for Papers will be managed autonomously by the workshop or tutorial organisers.

IAS-19 Workshops and Tutorials Chairs

Ivan Petrovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Nak Young Chong, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Monica Reggiani, University of Padua, Italy

OPENING SOON: Call for sponsors and exhibitors

We will soon open a call for sponsors and exhibitors. We are working toward nicely blending the usual scientific tracks of IAS with pitch sessions and events oriented towards innovation and the industry.

IAS-19 will feature a dedicated crash course on entrepreneurship, student challenges in which companies may be directly involved, plenary pitch sessions, and an industry forum.