Call for Contributions
Call for Contributions
Submission:
We encourage researchers to submit short papers (4-6 pages + citations) in PDF, using the IEEE conference template. Accepted papers will be posted on the workshop website and will not appear in the official IEEE proceedings.
Please submit your short papers via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=adnslair24
Review process:
All submitted contributions will be peer-reviewed in a single-blind process.
Publication:
A number of submissions will be selected for poster presentations according to the pertinence of the workshop and the quality of the research. All selected posters will be presented in both the spotlight and the interactive poster sessions. At the end of the workshop, our jury will award outstanding paper awards among the presented posters endowed with prize money funded by the Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design and the Acceleration consortium.
Four submissions will be selected for Pioneers of Natural Sciences Laboratory Robotics Talks where four stellar senior doctoral students and early career researchers* will present their bodies of work. The four submissions will be split equally between candidates with a natural sciences background who have used robotics, automation, and AI in their research and candidates with a robotics/computer science/engineering background who have applied robotics, automation, and AI to laboratories. Financial support will be provided for the pioneers, fully funded by the Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design and the Acceleration consortium. To be eligible for this, please submit additionally to the paper a one-page cover letter describing the applicant’s motivation for applying and outlining relevant research work and an academic CV.
All selected contributions will be published on the workshop website prior to the workshop.
Important Dates
Extended deadlines
Paper submission deadline: April 1st, 23:59 AoE time April 15th, 23:59 AoE time
Notification of acceptance: April 12th, 23:59 AoE time April 30th, 23:59 AoE time
Final submission: April 30th, 23:59 AoE time May 5th, 23:59 AoE time
Workshop day: May 17th
Topics of Interest
This workshop covers, but is not limited to, the following topics of interest:
Application of Robotics, AI, and Automation to Life Sciences, Materials Research, Clinical Laboratories, and Pharmaceutical Development
Case Studies in Implementing Laboratory Automation
Cognitive Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Laboratory Environments
Generic Robotic Skill Development of Laboratory Tasks
Human-Robot Collaboration/Interaction in Laboratories
Integration of Robotic Systems and Laboratory Instruments
Knowledge Discovery and Transfer of Experimental Results: From Hypothesis to Fundamental Understanding
Machine Vision Methods for Laboratory Robotics
Mobile Manipulation for Laboratory Automation
Multimodal Sensing and Perception for Robots in Labs
Robotics, AI and Automation in Laboratories: Past, Present and Future
Self-Driving Labs
Standardization in Laboratory Automation
System Architectures for Laboratory Automation
*The notion of a “senior” PhD student varies across geographic locations and programs, and the expectation is that the applicant has a well-defined research outline and has potentially published research at relevant venues. Industry research scientists within two years of their graduation are also eligible to apply. Senior postdocs with more than two years of experience are welcome to submit their applications, but priority will be given to early career postdocs.