*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***

*** III Workshop on MSc Dissertation and PhD Thesis in Robotics ***
*** III Best MSc Dissertation and PhD Thesis Contest in Robotics ***

--- Important Dates

* Paper Registration/Submission Open:
  May 09, 2016
* Paper Submission DEADLINE:
  June 26, 2016
* Notification of Acceptance:
  July 29, 2016
* Camera Ready Submisson DEADLINE:
  September 02, 2016

III WTDR / III CTDR
October: 08-10, 2016

--- About WTDR

WTDR-2016 is part of ROBOTICA 2016, which will be held in CECON-PE
at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, on October 08-12, 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 Osorio (Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP / Sao Carlos)
Roseli Aparecida Francelin Romero (Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP / Sao Carlos)
Tatiana de Figueiredo Pereira Alves Taveira Pazelli (Universidade
Federal de Sao Carlos - UFSCar)

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