Call for Special Sessions
IROS 2018 seeks to provide focused discussions on new topics and innovative applications of established approaches during the conference. Therefore, the organization of Special Sessions is encouraged.
IMPORTANT DATES
All deadlines are 23:59 PST
Jan 21, 2018
Special Session Proposals submission deadline
Feb 09, 2018
Notification of acceptance
Mar 9, 2018
Special Session Papers submission deadline
Oct 2-4, 2018
Special sessions
A special session consists of eight related papers, which could all address for example a particular theme or consist of work done in some particular international project, or a specific subfield of robotics. The goal of these sessions is the proposed authors can meet to discuss the topic and their papers.
IROS 2018 welcome active members or coordinators of ongoing collaborative projects, focused PhD research training groups, special interest groups, or any other organizers to submit their proposals for Special Sessions.
How to write a proposal for a Special Session
Sessions are divided into eight slots. Proposals for special sessions should include:
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A proposed title for the session,
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A brief 2-3 paragraph summary for the session explaining the goal of the session and the overarching themes of the submitted papers,
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A list of papers with name and a short biography of contributing authors, and tentative abstracts (max. 2 page extended) for the papers, which will not be published in the proceedings.
Prospective organizers are invited to submit their "Special Session Proposals" according to the template for Word, and submit it completed to specialsession@iros2018.org. Proposals with significant overlap will possibly be merged.
Once a Special Session is accepted, the papers organized under that session will then be submitted to the PaperPlaza system by March 9, 2018. These papers will undergo the same strict review process like all other IROS 2018 papers and, if accepted, published in the proceedings.
Special sessions proposals will be revised by the
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Cecilia Laschi – SSSA, Pisa
Tamim Asfour – KIT, Karlsruhe
Christian Laugier - INRIA, Grenoble
Nikos Papanikolopoulos - U Minnesota
Alberto Sanfeliu - UPC, Barcelona
Jing Xiao - UNC, Charlotte
Eiichi Yoshida - AIST, Tsukuba