1 International Workshop on Interactive Collaborative Robotics (ICR 2016)
Venue: Budapest, Hungary, August 25, 2016
WWW: http://specom.nw.ru/icr2016

The Workshop on Interactive Collaborative Robotics is a sattelite event of the International Conference on Speech and Computer and attracts researchers in the area of human-robot interaction, social robotics and collaborative robotics.

ORGANIZERS
The conference is organized by St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg, Russia), Munich University of Technology (TUM, Munich, Germany), Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR, Tomsk, Russia) and Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME, Budapest, Hungary).

TOPICS
Assistive robots
Child-robot interaction
Collaborative robotics
Educational robotics
Human-robot interaction
Medical robotics
Robotic mobility systems
Robots at home
Robots control and communication
Social robotics
Safety robot behavior

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of the event is English.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Andrey Ronzhin, SPIIRAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (General Conference Co-Chair)
Gerhard Rigoll, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany (General Conference Co-Chair)
Roman Meshcheryakov, TUSUR, Tomsk, Russia (General Conference Co-Chair)
Geza Nemeth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (Organising Committee Chairman)
Igor Kalyaev, Kalyaev Scientific Research Institute of Multiprocessor Computer System, Russia
Alexey Kashevnik, SPIIRAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Gerhard Kraetzschmar, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Dongheui Lee, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany
Vladmir Pavlovkiy, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russia
Viacheslav Pshikhopov, Southern Federal University, Russia
Yulia Sandamirskaya, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland
Jesus Savage, University of Mexico, Mexico
Hooman Samani, National Taipei University, Taiwan
Evgeny Shandarov, TUSUR, Tomsk, Russia

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are invited to submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages formatted in the LNCS style (see below). Those accepted will be presented either orally or as posters. The decision on the presentation format will be based upon the recommendation of three independent reviewers. The authors are asked to submit their papers using the on-line submission form accessible from the conference web site.

Papers submitted to ICR 2016 must not be under review by any other conference or publication during the ICR review cycle, and must not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere.

The paper format for the review has to be the PDF file with all required fonts included. Upon notification of acceptance, speakers will receive further information on submitting their camera-ready and electronic sources (for detailed instructions on the final paper format see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).

PROCEEDINGS
ICR Proceedings will be published as a part of SPECOM Proceedings by Springer as a book in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series listed in all major citation databases such as DBLP, SCOPUS, EI, INSPEC, COMPENDEX. SPECOM Proceedings are included in the list of forthcoming proceedings for August 2016.

IMPORTANT DATES
April 15, 2016 ............ Submission of full papers
May 15, 2016 ............ Notification of acceptance
June 01, 2016 ............ Final papers (camera ready) and registration
August 25, 2016 ........... Conference date

The contributions to the conference will be published in proceedings that will be made available to participants at the time of the conference.

WORKSHOP FEES
The workshop is a satellite event of SPECOM conference and there is one single fee for the all SPECOM events.
The conference fee information is located on the conference web.

VENUE
The ICR workshop and the SPECOM conference will be organized in the Aquincum Hotel Budapest, Hungary (http://www.aquincumhotel.com).

Budapest, “the pearl of the Danube” is one of the truly historic European capitals with its past stretching back over one thousand years. The picturesque bridges spanning the river Danube, the Castle Hill, the churches and architecture, the sculptures, the wooded hills, the Hungarian cuisine and wine, and the warm hospitality of Hungarian people all ensure that no guest can leave here without longing to return.

ACCOMMODATION
The organising committee has arranged accommodation for reasonable prices in conference hotel and other hotels, which are situated near the city center. The rooms with sufficient discount are reserved for the conference days.

ADDRESS
All correspondence regarding the conference should be addressed to:
ICR 2016 Secretariat:
SPIIRAS, Russia
E-mail: specom@iias.spb.su
Fax: ICR 2016 workshop web site: www.specom.nw.ru/icr2016