CALL FOR PAPERS
Embodied AI Agents, Robotics, and IoT
Special Track at FLAIRS-40, the 40th International FLAIRS Conference

May 24-27, 2027
TradeWinds Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA

Track website: https://embodiedaicfp.github.io/
Conference website: https://www.flairs-40.info/

SCOPE

We invite research on AI for embodied agents, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), and connected systems. The track brings together work in machine learning, sensing, reasoning, and decision making, with applications across a wide range of domains.

We welcome researchers, practitioners, and students from AI and related fields. Contributions may be theoretical, algorithmic, or applied, including early-stage work and studies using simulation or existing datasets. Papers may focus on a method, a component, or a complete system. A robotics background or a physical robot demonstration is not required.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics include, but are not limited to:

- Machine learning and deep learning for sensor data and connected systems
- Embodied AI, intelligent agents, foundation models, and world models
- Artificial life
- Computer vision, perception, sensor fusion, and multimodal learning
- Localization and mapping
- Reasoning, planning, reinforcement learning, and decision making
- IoT, edge AI, embedded intelligence, and efficient computing
- Multi-agent systems, distributed and federated learning, and robot coordination
- Human-AI and human-robot interaction
- Explainability, uncertainty, trust, safety, security, privacy, and ethics
- Simulation, digital twins, datasets, benchmarks, and evaluation
- Applications in healthcare, smart environments, agriculture, transport, and industry

IMPORTANT DATES

- Abstract registration: January 22, 2027
- Full and short paper submission: February 1, 2027
- Notification of acceptance: March 9, 2027
- Poster paper submission: March 15, 2027
- Poster paper notification: March 22, 2027
- Camera-ready papers and author/early registration: April 5, 2027
- Conference: May 24-27, 2027

All submission deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

PAPER TYPES

- Full papers: Mature novel research, up to 6 pages excluding references at submission. Accepted full papers appear with up to 7 pages in the proceedings and receive a 20-minute oral presentation.
- Short papers: Preliminary or early-stage work of some novelty and general interest, up to 4 pages excluding references. Accepted short papers appear with up to 5 pages and receive a 10-minute oral presentation.
- Poster papers: Up to 2 pages excluding references, presented in the poster session.

SUBMISSION AND REVIEW

Submit through EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flairs40

Select the "Embodied AI Agents, Robotics, and IoT" track.

For full and short papers, register the abstract by January 22, 2027, then upload the paper PDF by February 1, 2027. Timely abstract registration is required.

Papers must use the FLAIRS-40 template and be submitted as PDF. Reviewing is double-blind; submissions must not include author names or affiliations. The template and detailed submission policies are linked from the track website.

Submissions must not be under review for, or already published or accepted in, a journal or another conference. Workshops and similar presentations without archival proceedings are exempt.

Every accepted paper requires at least one author registration, and at least one author must attend the conference in person to present. Proceedings are published by Florida Online Journals and indexed in DBLP and Scopus.

ORGANIZERS

- Marius Silaghi, Track Chair, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
- Muntaser Syed, Track Co-chair, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
- Sheikh Abujar, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
- Shahariar Rabby, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
- Abu Kaisar, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
- Tozammel Hossain, University of North Texas, USA
- Ameerah Alsulami, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

- Badria Alfourhood, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia
- Akram Alghanmi, University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Md Shifatul Ahsan Apurba, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
- Adrian Barbu, Florida State University, USA
- Roman Bartak, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Leonardo Bobadilla, Florida International University, USA
- Roman Filipovich, Google
- Hector Gutierrez, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
- Shehan Irteza, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
- Md Majedul Islam, Kennesaw State University, USA
- Rene Mandiau, University of Valenciennes, France
- Sylvaine Piechowiak, University of Valenciennes, France
- Nushrat Jahan Ria, Louisiana State University, USA
- Melissa Sahl, University of Maryland, USA
- Julien Savaux, Michelin
- Hakki Erhan Sevil, University of West Florida, USA
- Markus Zanker, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Further committee members will be listed on the track website as they join.

CONTACT

For questions about scope, suitability, or the review process, please contact both chairs:

Marius Silaghi: msilaghi@fit.edu
Muntaser Syed: msyed2011@my.fit.edu

Full CFP and latest updates:
https://embodiedaicfp.github.io/