ASIMOV Workshop at ICSR 2025

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            Adaptive Social Interaction
  based on user’s Mental mOdels and behaVior in HRI
                   ASIMOV 2025

        Naples (Italy), September 10, 2025

              Held in conjunction with
  the 17th International Conference on Social Robotics

      https://sites.google.com/view/asimov2025

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Special Issue “Symmetry and Asymmetry in Large Language Models-Based Natural Language Processing”

The journal Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994, IF 2.2) is currently running a Special
Issue entitled “Symmetry and Asymmetry in Large Language Models-Based Natural
Language Processing”. Dr. Jian Liao is serving as Guest Editor for this
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CamTrapAI 2025 – Extended Deadline of Call for Papers: 5th International Workshop on Camera Traps, AI, and Ecology

Please note that we extended the deadline for submitting papers (see below)!


Quick link to the workshop website: https://camtrapai.github.io/workshop-2025.html
We are happy to announce that the 5th International Workshop on Camera Traps, AI, and Ecology will be held as a hybrid event in Seattle, USA hosted by Ai2 on September 9th and 10th, 2025.
 
Dates and Deadlines

Paper submission deadline:  extended to July 9th, 2025 at 23:59 (AOE)
Notification of authors: August 14th, 2025
Camera-ready deadline: August 28th, 2025 at 23:59 (AOE)

  
We invite you to submit extended abstracts (4 pages, excl. references) and full papers (6 pages, excl. references) related to AI image analysis of camera trap data for wildlife monitoring and conservation. The review process will be single-blind, and there will be at least two independent reviewers evaluating each paper. Selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a Special Issue in the IET Computer Vision Journal. Further information on the scope of papers and the submission process is given at the workshop website as well as in this pdf version of the call for papers.
Looking forward to your submissions!
 
Best regards,
Paul (on behalf of the organization team)

APAH@ICCV 2025 – Workshop on Advanced Perception for Autonomous Healthcare

Date: October 20, 2025 | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Website: https://apahws.github.io
Submission Deadline: July 3, 2025


Call for Papers

Workshop on Advanced Perception for Autonomous Healthcare (APAH@ICCV 2025)
In conjunction with ICCV 2025 | October 20, 2025 | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Website: https://apahws.github.io

We invite high-quality submissions to the Workshop on Advanced Perception for Autonomous Healthcare (APAH), which will be held alongside ICCV 2025 in Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 20, 2025.

APAH aims to bridge the gap between cutting-edge perception research and real-world healthcare applications. With a focus on autonomy, efficiency, and patient-centric innovation, this workshop serves as a platform for researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to exchange insights on the role of computer vision and AI in modern medical systems.


Topics of Interest

Submissions are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following areas:

  • Visual sensing in medical environments

  • Vision-guided surgical robotics

  • Patient modeling via vision–imaging fusion

  • 3D/4D perception for clinical contexts

  • Digital twins in healthcare

  • NeRF and 3D Gaussian Splatting for medical data

  • Implicit and efficient modeling in medicine

  • Visual-language models for medical understanding

  • Physiological monitoring with vision

  • Embodied AI in healthcare workflows

  • Real-time systems for automated exams

  • Privacy-preserving and explainable visual models

  • Foundation models for autonomous perception


Important Dates

  • Paper submission deadline: July 3, 2025

  • Notification to authors: July 11, 2025

  • Camera-ready deadline: August 18, 2025

  • Workshop date: October 20, 2025

All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and are intended to be published in the ICCV 2025 Workshop Proceedings.


Highlights

  • Keynote talk by Prof. Nicolas Padoy (University of Strasbourg), Prof. Qixing Hung (The University of Texas at Austin)

  • Additional keynote(s) to be announced soon

  • Technical sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities


Contact

Email inquiries can be sent to: apahws@googlegroups.com
Workshop site: https://apahws.github.io

We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you in Honolulu!

Organizing Committee
Ziyan Wu, Meng Zheng, Benjamin Planche, Zhongpai Gao, Anwesa Choudhuri, Terrence Chen

AAAI 2025 Fall Symposium on “Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development” (UR-RAD)

What:  AAAI 2025 Fall Symposium on Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development (UR-RAD)
When: November 6-8, 2025
Where: Arlington, VA
Dear colleagues,

We invite you to submit a paper and/or participate in the 3rd AAAI Fall Symposium on Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development (UR-RAD). Accepted papers will be presented in person only (though participants who are not presenting may attend remotely).

Capturing a desired task or interaction as a computational artifact (i.e., a representation) has long played a pivotal role in robotics. Many robotic subfields have traditionally employed a variety of different representational techniques, such as LTL, planning languages, social representations, natural language, and many more. These representations, however,  lack cohesion in when and how they are applied. The 3rd Symposium on Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development (UR-RAD) therefore aims to increase interaction between junior and senior researchers, support in-progress research, and cultivate collaboration.

Symposium Website: ur-rad.github.io
AAAI Fall Symposium Series Website: https://aaai.org/conference/fall-symposia/fss25/

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Submission Topics of Interest
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– 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
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Important Dates
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“Preferred” round, with earlier feedback and the option to be included in the AAAI proceedings:
  • Submission deadline: August 7th (hard deadline)
  • Camera Ready Deadline: August 29th (hard deadline)
“Late” round, without the option to archive in the AAAI proceedings:
  • 100-200 word abstract submission encouraged by: August 7
  • Submission deadline: August 22
  • Camera Ready Deadline: September 5
Regardless of archival plans, authors are encouraged to submit earlier rather than later. All papers submitted by August 7th, regardless of archival plans, will receive preference if a large number of submissions are received.

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Submission Information
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We invite the following contributions, formatted using the AAAI-25 author kit:

  • Full Papers (4-8 pages, archival OR non-archival): for novel research, artifact submissions, or strong works in progress.
  • Short Papers (2-4 pages, archival OR non-archival): for positions, smaller artifacts, and early work in progress.
  • Abstracts (1 page, non-archival only): for sharing ideas.
In order to encourage interaction between junior and senior researchers, each paper accepted to UR-RAD 2025 (regardless of archival status or contribution type) has the option to be paired with an expert in the field, as a “mentor”. Paper authors who opt in, in addition to junior members of the community, will have the opportunity for extensive interaction with mentors, who will guide discussions about individual papers.
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.

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Organizing Committee
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Ruchen Wen (Co-Chair, Colgate University)

David Porfirio (Co-Chair, Naval Research Laboratory)
Saad Elbeleidy (Peerbots)
Laura M. Hiatt (Naval Research Laboratory)
Ross Mead (Semio)
Andrew Schoen (Semio)
Willie Wilson (Franklin & Marshall College)
Laura Stegner (George Washington University)

Contact urrad.symposium@gmail.com for any questions!

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