Call for Papers

There is a lack of consistency and uniformity in how formal representations are selected and used for robot application development. To address these issues, we invite paper submissions within (but not limited to) the following topics.

Topics of Interest

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Representational trends

• Representations for robot learning

• AI planning for robotics

• Formal methods in robotics

• Natural language as a representation

• Novel representations & novel representation uses

• Representations for user interfaces

• Robot end-user development

• Robot programming interfaces & paradigms

• Robot runtime/control environments

• Opportunities for standardization

• Frameworks (e.g., ROS or middleware)

• Open-source & collaboration initiatives

• Identifying representation requirements 

• ... and others!

Submission Format

We invite the following contributions, formatted using the AAAI-24 author kit:

• Research Papers (4-6 pages excluding references): describes work related to the topics above.

• Position Papers (2-4 pages excluding references): discusses topics outlined above.

• Artifact Papers (2-4 pages excluding references): describes artifacts (e.g., software tools or libraries) related to the topics above.

Papers submitted by the above dates can be included in the AAAI Proceedings.

If you intend to submit a paper, please email us at urrad.symposium@gmail.com. Use the subject line, “[UR-RAD] Intent to Submit”, and include the following in the body of the message: (1) a tentative title, (2) a tentative author list, and (3) tentative keywords. This step is optional, but will aid in our planning for reviewers. Note that at least one author from each paper will be expected to review 2-3 UR-RAD papers themselves.

How to Submit

Please submit papers to https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=fss24

Submission Timeline

• Submission deadline: August 2nd, 2024

• Decision Notification: August 16th, 2024

• Camera Ready Deadline: August 30th, 2024 (this is a hard deadline for authors who wish to be included in the AAAI proceedings)