International Workshop on Assistive Computer Vision and Robotics Call for Papers

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ICCV2023 - 
11th International Workshop on Assistive Computer Vision and Robotics
(ACVR 2023)
Paris, one day among Oct. 2-6 2023
In conjunction with ICCV2023 - International Conference on Computer Vision
Web: https://iplab.dmi.unict.it/acvr2023/
 Contact: ACVR.workshop@gmail.com
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Full Paper Submission: 14/07/2023
Doctoral Consortium Submission: 14/07/2023
Abstract Submission: 14/07/2023
Notification of Acceptance: 07/08/2023
Camera-Ready Paper Due: 11/08/2023
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Designing systems with humans in the loop with the goal to assist them
is an exciting research area, with the potential on impact society at
large. This requires a very different set of innovations, tools, and
evaluation criteria than classic methods involved in fully autonomous
tasks. Implementing such kinds of systems still requires a lot of
effort to reach an adequate level of reliability and introduces
challenging satellite issues related to usability, privacy, and
acceptability. Besides, multidisciplinary competencies are required to
adapt computer vision and robotics techniques and algorithms to
industrial, social, medical, and economic constraints. The aim of the
workshop is to fill the reality gap in computer vision and robotics
for assistive technology. The goal is to provide, year by year, a view
of how recent findings in computer vision and robotics are changing
assistive technologies, with emphasis on the related additional issues
and how they have been addressed by the researchers working in the
different research areas involved. We solicit contributed papers
presenting assistive systems and describing how the related issues
have been addressed. Submissions describing the outcome of research
projects on the topics of the workshop are also welcome. We encourage
the presentation of new data benchmarks for the workshop-related
fields.
 
Authors may also submit abstracts describing published or ongoing
works.
 
Finally, the workshop will give a unique opportunity to students, who
are close to finishing or who have recently been awarded their
doctorate degree, to discuss their research and interact with
experienced researchers in computer vision and robotics (Doctoral
Consortium).
 
Contributions are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topic areas:
Symbiotic Human-Machine Systems;
Computer Vision to aid Industrial Processes;
Augmented and Mixed Reality;
Computer Vision to Improve the Safety of Workers;
Human-Robot Interaction;
Home Healthcare;
Technology for Cognition;
Automatic Emotional Hearing and Understanding;
Activity Monitoring Systems;
Manipulation Aids;
Smart Environments;
Safety and Security;
Ambient Assistive Living;
Privacy-preserving systems;
Robot assistants;
Quality of Life Technologies;
Navigation Systems;
Mobile and Wearable Systems;
Applications for the Visually Impaired;
Sign language recognition and applications for the hearing impaired; Applications for the Ageing Society;
Personalized Monitoring;
Egocentric and First-Person Vision;
Applications to improve the health and well-being of children and elderly; Autonomous Driving;
Driver Assistance Systems;
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) for Assistive Systems;
Multi-modal Human-Centered Systems.
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INVITED SPEAKERS
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Diane Larlus 
https://dlarlus.github.io/
Diane is Researcher at Naver Labs Europe and MIAI Grenoble
Laura Leal-Taixé (FINAL CONFIRMATION GIVEN)
https://dvl.in.tum.de/team/lealtaixe/
 
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SUBMISSION AND REVISION
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All submissions will be handled electronically via the conference’s
CMT Website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ACVR2023.

The format for paper submission is the same as the ICCV 2023 main
conference. Please refer to ICCV 2023 author guidelines
(https://iccv2023.thecvf.com/submission.guidelines-361600-2-20-16.php)

See the instructions and guidelines on the following page:
http://iplab.dmi.unict.it/acvr2023/submission
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CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
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ACVR2023 paper reviewing will be double-blind; Authors will not know
the names of the area reviewers of their papers, and area reviewers
will not know the names of the authors. Each submitted paper will be
revised by three experts.  The paper length should match that intended
for final publication. Papers are limited to 8 pages (excluding
references), including figures and tables. Additional pages must
contain only cited references. While there is no limit to the number
of references, reviewers are instructed to check for
pertinence. Citation of any of the co-authors’ published work must
be done in the third person. Reference to unpublished work can be made
by anonymizing it, including it as supplementary material, and
referencing it as Anonymous.  Authors may optionally submit additional
material that could not be included in the main paper due to
constraints of format (e.g., a video), space (e.g., a proof of a
theorem or an extra figure or table) or anonymity.  Papers that are
not blind, do not use the template, or have more than 8 pages
(excluding references) will be rejected without review.
 
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ABSTRACTS
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Authors may also submit abstracts describing published or ongoing
works. The abstract should follow the same format as contributed
papers and should be at least 2 pages and at most 4 pages long,
including references. Authors of accepted abstracts will be given the
possibility to present their work during the workshop. The abstract
will not be published in the workshop proceedings. The accepted
abstracts will be published online on the workshop website upon
consensus agreement provided by the authors.
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DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
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The doctoral consortium is intended to be a discussion forum for PhD
students and recent PhD graduates who wish to present, discuss, and
receive feedback on their research activity. Eligible applicants are
researchers who were awarded their PhD at most a year before the
submission deadline, PhD candidates and PhD students who expected to
graduate within two years. Applicants should submit a document
describing their research activity at most 4 pages long (excluding
references). The document will not be published in the workshop
proceedings, and it may contain ongoing work and already published
material. Eligible submissions will be selected by the workshop
organizers and given the possibility to present and discuss their work
during the workshop event in Paris. We expect submissions to cover
aspects relevant to the aims and topics of the workshop. The submitted
documents should follow the same format as the contributed papers.
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PROCEEDING AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE
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All accepted contributed papers will appear in the ICCV2023 workshops
proceedings. Authors may be invited to submit an extended version (at
least 40% more than the seminar versions) of their work to a special
issue (currently still in the planning stage) in a recognized journal
in the field of computer vision or robotic research.
 
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WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Giovanni Maria Farinella, University of Catania, IT
Antonino Furnari, University of Catania, IT
Marco Leo, CNR-Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, IT
Gerard G. Medioni, University of Southern California, US
Mohan Trivedi, University of California San Diego, US
 
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WEB AND PUBLICITY CHAIR
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Francesco Ragusa, University of Catania, IT
 
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ENDORSERS
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CVPL - Associazione Italiana in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition
andMachine Learning
http://www.cvpl.it/
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CONTACTS
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Email: ACVR.workshop@gmail.com  
Website:  https://iplab.dmi.unict.it/acvr2023/