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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Apologies for multiple posting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>2nd International Workshop on Adaptive Robotic Ecologies (ARE'13), at AmI 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>We would like to welcome you to participate and contribute to the 2nd International Workshop on Adaptive Robotic Ecologies (ARE'13), at AmI 2013 : Fourth International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Dec 3, 2013 - Dec 5, 2013, Dublin, Ireland.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Robotic ecologies are networks of heterogeneous robotic devices (sensors, actuators and automated home appliances) pervasively embedded in everyday environments, where they cooperate in applications such as Ambient Assisted Living.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>The goal of ARE'13 (</span><a href="http://are13.ucd.ie" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://are13.ucd.ie</span></a><span lang=EN-US>) is to bring together state-of-the-art contributions describing solutions that enable robotic ecologies to be self-learning, self-configuring, and self-adapting, in order to increase their adaptability, and reduce the amount of preparation and pre-programming required for their deployment in real world applications. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US><br>The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Algorithms and theories for cooperation and configuration in robotic ecologies; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Evaluation of adaptive robotic ecologies; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Learning techniques to adapt to changes in the environment and in user needs; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Self-configuration supporting open, heterogeneous and computationally constrained systems; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Adaptation for people-centric robotic ecologies, personalization and user interaction; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Concrete examples of adaptive robot ecologies to AmI applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Software engineering and integration issues; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>- Current efforts in the standardization of interfaces (SW, HW) for the integration in AmI environments of commercial devices (sensors, actuators, robots). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>PUBLICATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Proceedings of the workshops will be published by Springer under the </span><a href="http://www.springer.com/series/7899" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)</span></a><span lang=EN-US> serie (</span><a href="http://www.springer.com/series/7899" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.springer.com/series/7899</span></a><span lang=EN-US>). All accepted contributions will also be published on the workshop webpage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Papers are solicited from different research areas, including ambient intelligence, robotics, wireless sensor networks, and agent systems.<br>Contributions will be reviewed for quality and relevance to the workshop’s theme and should present substantial novel research achievements. Theoretical and applied papers, as well as papers that capture best practices and lessons learned from field studies and EU projects are encouraged.<br>Papers presenting preliminary results may be accepted in the form of extended abstracts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>SUBMISSION PROCESS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Papers should be up to 14 pages in the CCIS one-column page format, and should be submitted in pdf format through </span><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=are2013" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>EasyChair</span></a><span lang=EN-US> (</span><a href="https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=are2013" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=are2013</span></a><span lang=EN-US>)<br>Authors should apply Springer conference paper templates, which can be found in the </span><a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>author’s instruction page</span></a><span lang=EN-US> (</span><a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</span></a><span lang=EN-US>)<br>Submitting a contribution is not a prerequisite to participation in the workshop and the discussion sessions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>SCHEDULE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Submission deadline: September 1st, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Notification of acceptance: September 20th, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Workshop date: December 3rd, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>ORGANIZERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>This workshop is organized under the auspices of the </span><a href="http://fp7rubicon.eu/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>RUBICON</span></a><span lang=EN-US> project (</span><a href="http://fp7rubicon.eu" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://fp7rubicon.eu</span></a><span lang=EN-US>), with is funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013, ICT-2009.2.1) under grant agreement No.269914. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Mauro Dragone, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Alessandro Saffiotti<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>AASS Cognitive Robotic Systems Laboratory, University of Orebro, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Arantxa Renteria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Health and Quality of Life, Tecnalia, Bilbao, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Stefano Chessa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Computer Science Department, University of Pisa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION<br><br>Up-to-date information about this Workshop will be posted on the<br>web site: </span><a href="http://are13.ucd.ie" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://are13.ucd.ie</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>--------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Stefano Chessa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Dipartimento di Informatica - Universita' di Pisa <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Largo B. 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