*CALL FOR PAPERS **Special Session on KR & Robotics (KR2021)*
***Special Session on Knowledge Representation and Robotics** at the * *18th Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR2021)* *November 6-12, 2021, Hanoi, Vietnam* *https://kr2021.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de/ <https://kr2021.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de/>* *------------------* *Important Dates* *------------------* *Submission of title and abstract: March 24, 2021* *Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2021* *Author response period: May 24-26, 202* *Notification: June 15, 2021* *Camera-ready papers: July 14, 2021* *Conference dates: November 6-12, 2021* *------------------* *Much progress has been made in robotics through the introduction of machine * *learning, often leading to autonomous systems that are effective but opaque with * *inexplicable behaviours. * *Many applications, however, require robots to explicitly capture knowledge and * *reason with it in order to achieve high-level cognitive skills. This special * *session is devoted to exploring the intersection of Knowledge Representation * *and Robotics.* *Papers are solicited in all areas of this intersection. In particular, we * *welcome papers that extend knowledge representation techniques to cope with * *the challenges posed by interacting with the physical world, such as:* *- dealing with uncertain, incomplete or contradictory information;* *- reasoning with time, space and perceptions;* *- grounding representations in the physical world;* *- combining discrete and continuous representations; * *- reasoning with bounded computational resources;* *- trustworthy and accountable robot behaviours; and* *- social intelligence for robots in human-centric environments.* *Robots are the archetypical integrated cognitive systems. Thus, we also welcome * *papers that address the integration of knowledge representation into whole * *robotic systems, such as:* *- integrating knowledge representation and machine learning;* *- integrating symbolic and sub-symbolic approaches;* *- integrating reasoning about actions and control; or* *- cognitive robot architectures.* *Finally, we welcome papers that show concrete examples where real* *robotic systems benefit from knowledge representation, for instance in* *- sensor interpretation and understanding;* *- human-robot interaction;* *- multi-robot planning and coordination; or* *- dealing with errors and unexpected situations.* *------------------* *Information for Authors* *------------------* *The Special Session on KR & Robotics will allow contributions of both* *regular papers (9 pages) and short papers (4 pages), excluding references, * *prepared and submitted according to Authors Guidelines for KR2021.* *The special session emphasizes KR & Robotics, and welcomes contributions that * *extend the state of the art at the intersection of KR & Robotics. Therefore, * *KR-only or Robotics-only submissions will not be accepted for evaluation in * *this special session.* *Submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed by PC members who are active in * *KR & Robotics. Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of the overall * *quality of their technical contribution, including criteria such as originality, * *soundness, relevance, significance, quality of presentation, and understanding * *of the state of the art.* *------------------* *Chairs* *----------------* *Alessandro Saffiotti (University of Orebro, Sweden)* *Mary-Anne Williams (University of New South Wales, Australia)* -- Hong Thom *International Training and Cooperation **Institute* *East Asia University of Technology* *Add: Polyco Group Building, Tran Huu Duc St, Nam Tu Liem Dist, Ha Noi* *Mobile: + 84 939411986* Website:https://duhoc.eaut.edu.vn/# Email: e...@eaut.edu.vn; thom...@eaut.edu.vn;
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