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IROS 2015 Key Data 2134 contributed paper submissions (970 accepted 45%) 165 sessions in 15 parallel tracks 51 accepted Workshops and Tutorial submissions 72 accepted Late Breaking Poster papers 6 plenary and 9 keynote talks 2541 registrations Government Forum, Industry Forum, EU Forum and Start-up Forum Alois C. Knoll, Program Chair
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Page 1: Alois C. Knoll, Program Chair - IROS 2015 · Alois C. Knoll, Program Chair. Program Overview •970 Contributed Papers in 165 sessions and 15 parallel tracks •51 Workshops and Tutorials

IROS 2015 Key Data• 2134 contributed paper submissions (970 accepted 45%)

• 165 sessions in 15 parallel tracks

• 51 accepted Workshops and Tutorial submissions

• 72 accepted Late Breaking Poster papers

• 6 plenary and 9 keynote talks

• 2541 registrations

• Government Forum, Industry Forum, EU Forum and Start-up Forum

Alois C. Knoll, Program Chair

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Program Overview

• 970 Contributed Papers in 165 sessions and 15 parallel tracks

• 51 Workshops and Tutorials

• New: 72 poster papers in the Late Breaking Poster Session

• Government, Industry, EU, Citizen and Start-up fora

• Plenary and Keynote talks

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Conference Paper Review Board

Wolfram Burgard, University of

Freiburg, Germany

• Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France

• Cedric Pradalier, Georgia Tech Lorraine, France

• Carme Torras, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain

• Danica Kragic, KTH, Sweden

• Dezhen Song, TAMU, USA

• Eiichi Yoshida, AIST, Japan

• Fumihito Arai, Nagoya University, Japan

• Giuseppe Oriolo, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

• Jose A. Castellanos, University of Zaragoza, Spain

• Jorge Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal

• Jan Peters, TU Darmstadt, Germany

• Jean-Pierre Merlet, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

• Keehoon Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

• Maren Bennewitz, University of Bonn, Germany

• Roderich Gross, University of Sheffield, UK

• Shinichi Harai, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

• Siddhartha Srinivasa, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

• Tatsuo Arai, Osaka University, Japan

• Torsten Kroeger, Stanford University, USA

Editors

• 272 Associated Editors• 5444 Reviews from • 3465 Reviewers

Editor-in-Chief

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• 2134 contributed paper submissions

• 970 accepted (45%)

Country Number of PapersUnited States of America 236

Japan 141

Germany 117

France 57

Italy 55

China 50

United Kingdom 39

South Korea 36

Canada 32

Switzerland 29

Top 10 Countries

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Distribution % of Accepted Papersacross Continents 0,52

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Human-Robot Interaction 66

Motion and Path Planning 60

Unmanned Aerial Systems 56

Localization 49

Mapping 46

Biologically-Inspired Robots 45

SLAM 43

Legged Robots 40

Marine Robotics 40

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Soft-tissue Modeling 1

Ubiquitous Robotics 1Voice, Speech Synthesis and Recognition 1

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Human-Robot Interaction 28

Unmanned Aerial Systems 27

Motion and Path Planning 26

Computer Vision 25SLAM 24Surgical Robotics 23Biologically-Inspired Robots 23Force and Tactile Sensing 23

Mapping 23Localization 22

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First-Keyword Distribution(Final Version Received Papers) – Tail of List

Neurorobotics 2Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking 2Robots and Embodied Art 1Behavior-Based Systems 1Contact Modelling 1Entertainment Robotics 1Force Control 1Imitation Learning 1Robotics in Hazardous Fields 1Visual Learning 1

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Late Breaking Poster Session

72 Posters will be Presented

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South Korea China Japan USA UK

France Germany Italy Sweden Canada

Finnland Israel Netherlands New Zealand Norway

Singapore Spain Turkey

Country Number of Posters

South Korea 16

China 12

Japan 9

USA 8

UK 8

France 3

Germany 3

Italy 2

Sweden 2

Canada 1

Finnland 1

Israel 1

Netherlands 1New

Zealand 1

Norway 1

Singapore 1

Spain 1

Turkey 1

10 most frequentkeywords

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Plenary Speakers

Practice makes Perfect? The Role of Place-Dependent Expertise in Mobile RoboticsPaul Newman, Mobile Robotics Group, University of OxfordTuesday, September 29, 10:30-11:15, Hall 2

The New Robotics Age: Meeting the Physical Interactivity ChallengeOussama Khatib, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Stanford UniversityTuesday, September 29, 16:00-16:45, Hall 2

From Geometry to Startups and to …IncubatorsZexiang Li, Robotics Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyWednesday, September 30, 10:30-11:15, Hall 2

Robotic Governance: Paving the Way for Generation ‘R’Bernd Liepert, Chief Innovation Officer, KUKA AGWednesday, September 30, 16:00-16:45, Hall 2

From Mimicry to Mastery: Creating Machines that Augment Human SkillGregory D. Hager, Johns Hopkins UniversityThursday, October 1, 10:30-11:15, Hall 2

Supercomputing the loop of Biomechanics and NeuroscienceYoshihiko Nakamura, University of TokyoThursday, October 1, 16:00-16:45, Hall 2

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Keynote Speakers

What We Learned from DarpaRobotics ChallengeJun Ho Oh, Humanoid Robot Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyTuesday September 29, 16:50-17:20, Hall 2

Enter Deep LearningPatrick van der Smagt, Biomimetic robotics and machine learning, Technische Universität MünchenTuesday September 29, 17:20-17:50, Hall 2

Robots, Politics, and Ethics: How Autonomous Driving Transforms Our Way of Thinking About MachinesBjörn Giesler, Head of Driver Assistance, Elektrobit Automotive GmbHTuesday, September 29, 17:50-18:20, Hall 2

Assembly and Drug DiscoveryLianqing Liu, Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA), Chinese Academy of ScienceWednesday September 30, 16:50-17:20, Hall 2

Robot Ethics in the Era of Self-Driving AutomobilesGeorge Bekey, University of Southern California, Los AngelesWednesday September 30, 17:20-17:50, Hall 2

Application of the Robot Systems and Technologiesfor Natural Disaster Response andInfrastructureMaintenance in Japan Shin'ichi Yuta, Shibaura Institute of TechnologyWednesday, September 30, 17:50-18:20, Hall 2

Reconstructed Brain Models for Virtual Bodies and RobotsMarc-Oliver Gewaltig, The Blue Brain Project, Ecole polytechniquefédérale de LausanneThursday October 1, 16:50-17:20, Hall 2

Optimization for Robust Motion Planning and ControlRuss Tedrake, Robot Locomotion Group, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThursday October 1, 17:20-17:50, Hall 2

Research, Development and Field Test of Robotic Observation Systems for Sctive Volcanic Areas in JapanKeiji Nagatani, Field Robotics Laboratory, Tohoku UniversityThursday, October 1, 17:50-18:20, Hall 2

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Citizen ForumGateway to Robot Technologies for Challenging Applications and Societal Life

Friday, October 02, 2015, 9:00 -12:00 and 14:00 -17:00h, Hall 2Organizers: Rüdiger Dillmann and Tamim Asfour

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A final Thank You to our local organizers and 130 helpers …


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