Call for Participation
ACM SIGSOFT Summer School on Software Engineering in Robotics - Cognitive Robotics | Mechanical Engineering | TU Delft, 30th June - 4th July 2025
Application deadline: 30th April 2025.
Program Agenda
The proposed program is a five-day summer school on Software Engineering in Robotics, aimed at bridging the gap between academia and industry. The program will be held from 30 June-04 July in Delft and is supported by ACM SIGSOFT.
Our target audience includes PhD students and early-career professionals from across Europe with knowledge in software engineering or robotics. The school aims to fulfill the following objectives:
To provide an intensive, hands-on learning experience in software engineering within the context of robotics.
To expose students to research and industry-standard software development practices in the field of robotics.
To discuss challenges raised by real-world robotic applications and how software engineering as a research area can enhance their technological maturity To facilitate networking opportunities with leading industry professionals and academics in the field.
Curriculum and Activities: Our curriculum is designed to provide a balanced mix of theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice, targeting essential areas of software engineering specifically tailored for robotics. The key topics to be covered in the summer school are as follows:
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Topic 1: Building and Deploying Robotic Systems. This topic will focus on the software and system engineering processes and tools used in constructing and deploying robotic systems, with special attention to continuous integration and deployment.
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Topic 2: Robot software architecting and modeling. This topic will introduce students to architecting robotic systems. We will discuss guidelines for architecting robotic systems and present design patterns specific to building robot applications
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Topic 3: Deliberation, Planning, and Execution in Robotic Architectures. This topic will explore the three-tier architecture model commonly used in modern robotic applications, diving into detailed analysis through a few case studies.
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Topic 4: Verification and Validation (V&V) of Autonomous Robots. This topic focuses on statistical model checking (SMC) techniques and on high-level decision-making (robot deliberation), which is generally considered to be the most complex layer/component in a typical robotic software stack. Regarding deliberation techniques, we will particularly focus on behavior trees for specifying and executing complex robotic behavior.
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Topic 5: Robots in Society. This topic focuses on exploring how robotics is becoming more accessible and integrated into daily life, from democratizing technology for small businesses and individuals to the growing role of social robots in healthcare, education, and customer service. Ethical and regulatory challenges, such as privacy concerns, accountability, and AI transparency will be discussed.
This is a unique opportunity for PhD students and young industry professionals to dive deep into how to build reliable robotic software applications.
What to Expect?
- In-depth theoretical and practical sessions on the latest trends and technologies in robotics.
- Hands-on workshops led by academic and industry experts.
- Opportunities to network with leading professionals and peers in the field.
The full program of the school is available on the following link: https://scivenia.com/en/event/acm-sigsoft-summer-school-for-software-engineering-in-robotic/program-agenda
Important Dates
Application submission period: April 1st - 30th April 2025.
*** Application ***
Applicants are expected to submit a motivation letter and CV/Resume. The organizers will select the final participants from the applicants.
Expected Registration fee: 200€ Registration includes attendance at all scientific sessions.
*** Organizers ***
(Host Institution) Cognitive Robotics Department, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands: Cognitive Robotics (CoR)
Organization Committee Members
Elvin Alberts (VU Amsterdam & TU Delft, Netherlands)
Darko Bozhinoski (SciVenia, Brussels, Belgium)
Davide Brugali, UniBG
Shirley Elprama, IMEC-SMIT, VUB
Carlos Hernandez (Cognitive Robotics, Faculty 3mE, TU Delft, Netherlands)
Michaela Klauck (Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany)
We are looking forward to your participation
