WTDR / CTDR


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III Workshop on MSc Dissertation and PhD Thesis in Robotics

III Best MSc Dissertation and PhD Thesis Contest in Robotics

PROGRAM OF THE EVENT

 

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Call for Papers

III WTDR / III CTDROctober 09, 2016

Important Dates
Paper Registration/Submission Open May 09, 2016
Paper Submission DEADLINE June 26, July 03 July 24, 2016 <Extended>
Notification of Acceptance July 29 August 24 September 9, 2016 <Extended>
Camera Ready Submisson DEADLINE September 02 September 19, 2016 <Extended>
Final program September 21, 2016
III WTDR / III CTDR October 09, 2016

 

About WTDR

WTDR-2016 is part of ROBOTICA 2016, which will be held in Rio Mar Shopping at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, on October 09-12, 2016.

WTDR provides an opportunity for PhD and MSc students in Brazil to present their ongoing and/or recently concluded research with a panel of established researchers in Robotics.

The workshop aims to:

  • Provide a setting for mutual feedback on participants’ current research and guidance on future research directions;
  • Develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research;
  • Contribute to the conference goals through interaction of graduate students with other researchers as well as participation in conference events;
  • Increase the visibility of ongoing work for the academic and industrial community.

 

About CTDR

CTDR-2016 will take place in parallel to WTDR-2016. The main goals of CTDR are to divulge and award the best academic work in Robotics concluded in Brazilian Universities from October, 2014 to October, 2016. CTDR expects papers with concluded work, with evaluation and results. Selected works will be presented and judged during ROBOTICA 2016. Notice that in the submission phase, the main object of judgment is the paper; while during the conference, the main object of judgment is the full thesis or dissertation (to be submitted if the paper is accepted).

 

Topics of Interest

WTDR/CTDR welcome research work in Robotics topics. They include but are not limited to:

  • Vision in robotics and automation;
  • Symbol mediated robot behavior control;
  • Sensory mediated robot behavior control;
  • Active sensory processing and control;
  • Industrial applications of autonomous systems;
  • Sensor modeling and data interpretation (e.g. Models and software for sensor data integration, 3D scene analysis, environment description and modeling, pattern recognition);
  • Robust techniques in AI and sensing (e.g. Uncertainty modeling, graceful degradation of systems);
  • Robot programming;
  • Multi-robot and multi-agents, cooperation and collaboration;
  • CAD-based robotics (e.g. CAD-based vision, reverse engineering);
  • Robot simulation and visualization tools;
  • Tele-autonomous systems;
  • Micro-electromechanical robots;
  • Robot control architectures;
  • Robot planning, communication, adaptation and learning;
  • Mechanical design;
  • Robot soccer;
  • Evolutionary robotics;
  • Robots for robotic surgery and rehabilitation;
  • Micro/nano robotics, new devices and materials for robots;
  • Recognition and synthesis of voice and natural language generation;
  • Education issues in robotics;
  • Computing architectures;
  • Sensor networks, architectures of embedded hardware and software;
  • Self-localization, mapping and navigation;
  • Aerial vehicles;
  • Mobile robot platforms;
  • Underwater robots.

 

Paper Submission and Review

Papers can be written in English or in Portuguese and must not exceed 10 pages (WTDR) and 12 pages (CTDR), including title, abstract, all tables, figures, and references. Over length submissions will be rejected without review. Authors should use the style file of Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes. More detailed information can be found at: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

We expect submission of papers to WTDR with research purposes and appropriate motivation, literature review, and methods. Results (preliminary, at least) are desirable, but not necessary. Submission to CTDR expects papers with concluded work, with evaluation and results.

Papers should include the following information in the first page after the abstract: student level (MSc or PhD) and expected date of conclusion or the date of conclusion (CTDR). Authors must also indicate in the first page if the submission should be considered in CTDR. In addition, include the name of the advisor (and co-advisors) as co-authors.

Submissions violating the formatting guidelines will be excluded from the reviewing process. Only papers in pdf format will be accepted.

Papers must be submitted using the JEMS system: https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/

Papers may be accepted for oral or poster presentation. All WTDR/CTDR accepted papers will be published in CD-ROM proceedings.

At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered and attend the conference to present the work. We recommend that the students present their works, as the events may be a valuable experience for them.

 

WTDR/CTDR Chairs

Fernando Santos Osório (Universidade de São Paulo – USP / São Carlos)

Roseli Aparecida Francelin Romero (Universidade de São Paulo – USP / São Carlos)

Tatiana de Figueiredo Pereira Alves Taveira Pazelli (Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar)

 

Please refer to www.robotica.org.br for more information about the event.