International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE) in Vienna: submission deadline extended to June 12, 2011

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the RiE Organizing Committee, this is to advise you that due to demand, the deadline for Contributed (full) Papers to the RiE 2011 has been extended from 1 June to 12 June 2011.

The International Robotics in Education Conference (RiE) aims at bringing researchers, teachers, practicing engineers, as well as industry experts from all over the world onto a common platform. We encourage to submit and present new trends, practical experiences, and the latest innovations and advances in the area of Robotics in Education.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

    Robotics in school

    Robotics curricula

    International trends in educational robotics

    Hardware and software of robotic kits

    Laboratory experiments for teaching robotics

    Teaching and training for robotics

    Project-based learning and robotics

    Didactic approaches and materials

    Exemplary robotics projects in classes

    Robotics competitions

    Evaluation and pilot studies

    Web-based robotics and simulation

    Evaluation and assessment of robotic-enhanced class activities

Important Dates:

    Submission of paper: deadline extension to June 12, 2011

    Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2011

    Early registration closes: July 15, 2011

    Camera-ready papers: August 1, 2011

    Conference: September 15-16, 2011

    Robotour Contest: September 17, 2011



For more information, visit the conference web page www.rie2011.org  or email the secretariat at rie2011@innoc.at

Join us in September in the magnificent Vienna, Austria!!!

General Chairs

Roland Stelzer, INNOC - Austrian Society for Innovative Computer Sciences

Karim Jafarmadar, INNOC - Austrian Society for Innovative Computer Sciences

Richard Balogh, Slovak University of Technology