The 16th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2020, will be held in Shenzhen of China, December 13 -15, 2020. The conference is organised by School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, co-organized by Zhejiang University, China, locally co-organized by Shenzhen Polytechnic, China and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Control Systems Society.

Attention: Depending on the latest situation of coronavirus in China, the conference venue may be changed to Singapore to ensure absolute safety of all delegates. A venue confirmation shall be sent to all authors by August 31, 2020, together with notifications of acceptance.

ICARCV has a history of more than 30 years. It focuses on both theory and applications mainly covering the topics of control, automation, robotics and computer vision. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be panel sessions and keynote addresses.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Control: Adaptive control; Robust control; Process control; Complex systems; Co-operative control; Identification and estimation; Nonlinear systems; Intelligent systems; Discrete event systems; Hybrid systems; Networked control systems; Sensor networks; Multi-agent systems; Delay systems; Neural networks; Fuzzy systems; Control of biological systems; Precision motion control; Control applications; Control engineering education; Marine systems; Data analytics.

Automation: Man-machine interactions; Process automation; Intelligent automation; Factory modeling and simulation; Home, laboratory and service automation; Network-based systems; Planning, scheduling and coordination; Nano-scale automation and assembly; Instrumentation systems; Biomedical instrumentation and applications; Building energy efficiency.

Vision: Image/video analysis; Image-based modeling; Stereo and Structure from motion; Feature extraction, grouping and segmentation; Scene analysis; Object recognition; Learning and Statistical methods; Human-computer interaction; Tracking and surveillance; Biometrics; Vision for robots; Activity/behavior recognition; Medical Image Analysis; Face and Gesture.

Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Deep learning, Reinforcement learning, Predictive analytics, Data analytics, Knowledge representation, Reasoning, Neural networks, AI applications, Design for AI chip and systems); Internet of things; Cyber-physical systems; Cyber security; Smart buildings, Smart grid; Energy management systems; Big data; Electric vehicles and intelligent transportation.