• Submission deadline: Mar 20, 2026
• Notification: Apr 10, 2026
• Camera-ready deadline: Apr 20, 2026
• Workshop day: Jun 1 arternoon, 2026

Deadlines are 23:59 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-7). Please refer to this page for the latest updates in case of any changes.

We welcome either original research contributions or previously published works (e.g., at ICRA 2026 or other venues) that are highly relevant and of strong technical quality, submitted via the following three tracks.

• Extended Abstract: late-breaking results or recently published results for collaborative sharing.
• Short Papers: original technical contributions with new ideas/results.
• Brave New Ideas: bold, unconventional contributions, including novel problem formulations, early-stage concepts, surprising findings or negative results, and ideas that challenge existing paradigms and stimulate discussion.

To align with the ICRA workshop guidelines, previously published work is accepted only via the Extended Abstract track; the Short Papers and Brave New Ideas tracks require substantial original contributions that have not been published elsewhere. This workshop is a non-archival venue and will not have official proceedings; submissions can be subsequently or concurrently submitted to other venues.

Accepted submissions will be presented as oral talks or posters, and we will present a Best Paper Award and a Best Academic Poster Award to recognise outstanding contributions. All the accepted submissions will be available on our workshop website, though authors could indicate explicitly if they want to opt out.

Topics of Interest

welcome submissions on (but not limited to) the following topics:(click to view)

• Dynamic Interaction Modeling

  • Pedestrian-vehicle interactions (PVI)
  • Pedestrian-robot interactions (PRI)
  • Pedestrian-pedestrian social interactions, group behavior, and crowd dynamics
• Context, Perception & Representations

  • Scene context and traffic semantics (traffic lights, crosswalks, lane markings, road signs, HD maps, lane graphs)
  • Human-centric cues (gaze, head pose, body keypoints / pose)
  • Multi-modal spatial representations (2D images / egocentric views, BEV, 3D point clouds / meshes)
• Multimodality, Uncertainty & Stochastic Prediction

  • Multimodal forecasting (multiple plausible futures)
  • Uncertainty-aware / probabilistic prediction (aleatoric & epistemic)
  • Stochastic behavior modeling and calibrated confidence
• Methods & Interdisciplinary Approaches

  • Deep learning, probabilistic, and hybrid frameworks
  • Causal modeling and counterfactual reasoning
  • Interdisciplinary methods (psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience)
• Systems, Datasets & Safety-Critical Applications

  • Real-time / efficient prediction systems and deployment
  • Datasets, benchmarks, evaluation protocols, and metrics
  • Safety-critical applications in autonomous driving and robotics

Author Guidelines

• Template: Manuscripts should follow the ICRA 2026 paper template. Direct links to ieeeconf.zip and IEEEtranBST.zip.
• Length: Extended Abstract submissions should be concise, with a maximum length of 2 pages, including text, figures, and references. Short Papers and Brave New Ideas papers are limited to 4 pages (including references), with up to 2 extra pages allowed (i.e., up to 6 pages total, including references).
• Review: All submissions will be reviewed by the workshop program committee. The review process will be single-blind. As an author, you do not need to anonymize your submission. At least one co-author of each submission must volunteer to review for the workshop. Submissions with no co-author reviewer participation may be desk-rejected.
• Presentation: If accepted, at least one author must register for in-person participation and present the paper on-site at the workshop. The program committee may retract accepted papers that are not presented in person.
• Submission: Please submit your manuscript via the CMT system; see the CMT author submission form guide for details.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.