2nd CfP: The 4th Benchmark for Autonomous Robot Navigation (BARN) Challenge — ICRA 2025 Competition

March 18th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
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Lessons Learned from The BARN Challenge 2024: https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/papers/barn24_report.pdf 
Lessons Learned from The BARN Challenge 2023: https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/papers/barn23_report.pdf
Lessons Learned from The BARN Challenge 2022: https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/papers/barn22_report.pdf
Dear roboticists,
are you interested in agile robot navigation in highly constrained spaces with a lot of obstacles around, e.g., cluttered households or after-disaster scenarios? Do you think mobile robot navigation is mostly a solved problem? Are you looking for a hands-on project for your robotics class, but may not have (sufficient) robot platforms for your students?
If your answer is yes to any of the above questions, we sincerely invite you to participate in The 4th BARN Challenge at ICRA 2025 (https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/Research/BARN_Challenge/BARN_Challenge25.html)! The BARN Challenge aims at evaluating state-of-the-art autonomous navigation systems to move robots through highly constrained environments in a safe and efficient manner. The task is to navigate a standardized Clearpath Jackal robot from a predefined start to a goal location as quickly as possible without any collision. The challenge will take place both in the simulated BARN dataset and in physical obstacle courses at ICRA 2025.
1. The competition task is designing ground navigation systems to navigate through all 300 BARN environments (https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/Research/BARN/BARN.html) and physical obstacle courses constructed at ICRA 2025 as fast as possible without collision.
2. The 300 BARN environments can be the training set for learning-based methods, or to design classical approaches in. During the simulation competition, we will generate another 50 unseen environments unavailable to the participants before the competition.
3. We will standardize a Jackal robot in the Gazebo simulation, including a Hokuyo 2D LiDAR, motor controller of 2m/s max speed, etc.
4. Participants can use any approaches to tackle the navigation problem, such as using classical sampling-based or optimization-based planners, end-to-end learning, or hybrid approaches. We will provide baselines for reference. 
5. A standardized scoring system is provided on the website.
6. We will invite the top teams in simulation to compete in the real world. The team who achieves the fastest collision-free navigation in the physical obstacle courses wins.
If you are interested in participating, please submit your navigation system at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFw_BVg-7lpXNVxQIX_xQKpFrU2m4jrXAVvrRv8pLzgLkLw/viewform 
Co-Organizers:
Xuesu Xiao (George Mason University)
Zifan Xu (UT Austin)
Aniket Datar (George Mason University)
Saad Abdul Ghani (George Mason University)
Peter Stone (UT Austin / Sony AI)
Sponsor:
Clearpath Robotics, https://clearpathrobotics.com/
Thanks
Xuesu
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CF PE-WASUN 2025

March 18th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise

MSports’25 Call for Papers

March 18th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
8th International Workshop on Multimedia Content Analysis in Sports (MMSports'25) @ ACM Multimedia, Oct 27 – Oct 31, 2025, Dublin, Ireland

 

We'd like to invite you to submit your paper for the 8th International Workshop on Multimedia Content Analysis in Sports to be held in Dublin, Ireland together with ACM Multimedia 2025. The ambition of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners from many different disciplines to share ideas and methods on current multimedia/multimodal content analysis research in sports. We welcome multimodal-based research contributions as well as best-practice contributions focusing on the following (and similar, but not limited to) topics:

– annotation and indexing in sports 

– tracking people/ athlete and objects in sports

– activity recognition, classification, and evaluation in sports

– 3D scene and motion reconstruction in sports

– event detection and indexing in sports

– performance assessment in sports

– injury analysis and prevention in sports

– data driven analysis in sports

– graphical augmentation and visualization in sports

– automated training assistance in sports

– camera pose and motion tracking in sports

– brave new ideas / extraordinary multimodal solutions in sports

– personal virtual (home) trainers/coaches in sports

– datasets in sports

– graphical effects in sports

– alternative sensing in sports (beyond the visible spectrum)

– multimodal perception in sports

– exploiting physical knowledge in learning systems for sports

– sports knowledge discovery

– narrative generation and narrative analysis in sports

– mobile sports application

– multimedia in sports beyond video, including 3D data and sensor data

 

Submissions can be of varying length from 6 to 8 pages, plus up to two pages for the references. There is no distinction between long and short papers, but the authors may themselves decide on the appropriate length of their paper. All papers will undergo the same review process with the same review period.

 

Please refer to the workshop website for further information: 

http://mmsports.multimedia-computing.de/mmsports2025/index.html

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Due:                           16 July 2025 

Acceptance Notification:                24 July 2025

Camera Ready Submission:         26 August 2025 

Workshop Date:                            TBA; either Oct 27th or Oct 28th, 2025


Challenges

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Springer LNEE Proceedings June 2025 Vietnam (Hybrid)

March 18th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise


International Conference on Sustainable Computing

June 16-17, 2025

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam & Online

https://icsc2025.serd.org.in

INTRODUCTION

The International Conference on Sustainable Computing (ICSC 2025) focuses on advancing research and innovation in sustainable computing technologies, emphasizing energy efficiency, eco-friendly computing practices, and the role of computational systems in fostering sustainability. The upcoming ICSC 2025 international conference is a unique gathering of CEOs, senior sustainability experts, NGOs, researchers, and academicians. This event offers the opportunity to exchange actionable ideas, research work, and insights on how organizations can collaborate, communicate, and comply to be leaders in sustainable action.

OBJECTIVE

By fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, the conference seeks to advance sustainable practices in computing that align with global environmental goals, contribute to reducing carbon footprints, and support long-term ecological balance across various industries through paper presentations and poster exhibitions by researchers and professionals from various universities and institutions.

SUBTHEMES

Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems

Blockchain, Internet of Things

Database, Data Mining, Big Data Analysis

Information and Network Security

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Cyberattacks and Defense strategies

Digital Forensics and Investigations         

Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing

Green Computing

Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Systems

Data Mining and Big Data Analysis

Security and Information Assurance

Smart Cities

Rural Applications of IT

Web and Internet Computing

……….. and many more

Co-Located Event: 8th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility Website: https://csr2025.serd.org.in/

Nominations also invited for

Sustainability Awards 2025.    https://www.serd.org.in/serd-sustainabilty-awards/

IMPORTANT DATES

Proposals Submission              March 31, 2025

Acceptance/ Review note         Ongoing

Camera Ready Submission      April 15, 2025

Registration Deadline               April 30, 2025

Conference Dates                    Jun 16-17, 2025

PAPER SUBMISSION

All papers must be submitted online through the link given on Conference Website only in the standard LNCS template. The template is available on the conference website.

PAPER PUBLICATION

Accepted reviewed papers will be published in the Accepted Reviewed papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings under the Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering by Springer Nature (https://www.springer.com/series/7818) 

Proceedings will be indexed with Scopus

Extended papers will also a find a place on the special issue of reputed international journals. Please keep checking the journals details on the conference website.

BEST PAPER/POSTER AWARDS

There will be two best paper awards, one each in the Research and Practitioner Track of the conference.

All presented submissions will be eligible for this competition and the decision will lie with the jury consisting of eminent experts of the area.

Each of the best paper awards will carry a citation and a prize.

The best paper awards will be announced in the valedictory session of the conference.

Queries may be addressed to

Website https://icsc2025.serd.org.in

Email icsc@serd.org.in  serd.csr@gmail.com  

 

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Call for Papers – ICIDST 2025 | Submit Your Research Now!

March 18th, 2025 Daniela Lopez de Luise
Dear Researchers and Industry Professionals,
We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Digital Systems and Sustainable Technology (ICIDST-2025), scheduled for June 25–26, 2025, at Al-Farahidi University, Baghdad, Iraq.
This esteemed conference offers a global platform for academics, scientists, and professionals to present their innovative research and gain international recognition.
Why Participate in ICIDST-2025?
Springer Publication: Accepted papers will be published in the Springer book series Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS), ensuring worldwide visibility. LNNS is indexed in renowned databases such as EI Compendex, SCOPUS, DBLP, and INSPEC.
Collaborate with Experts: Network with leading researchers and industry professionals in cutting-edge fields, including:
  • Artificial Intelligence and Applications
  • Modeling and Simulation in Intelligent Digital Systems
  • Innovations in Sustainable Technology and Smart Systems
  • Digital Transformation and Applications
Important Dates
  • Full Paper Submission Deadline: April 30, 2025
  • Notification to Authors: May 30, 2025
  • Registration Deadline: June 15, 2025
  • Camera Ready Submission: June 20, 2025
  • Conference Dates: June 25–26, 2025
How to Submit?
Visit www.ICIDST.com for detailed submission guidelines and requirements. For any inquiries, reach out to us at info@icidst.com” style=”margin:0px” target=”_blank”> info@icidst.com.
Join ICIDST-2025 and be part of a transformative event shaping the future of intelligent digital systems and sustainable technology!
Warm regards,
Shallena Akbar
Conference Secretary
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