Call for Papers

Contributions are invited in all areas pertaining to the engineering of hybrid systems including: modelling, specification, verification, analysis, control synthesis, simulation, validation, and implementation. We solicit papers and invited session proposals describing theoretical or applied research in the area. We also welcome papers describing tools, reporting case studies or connecting the cognate fields of control theory and formal verification.

Contributions are encouraged on applications of hybrid methods in various fields, such as automotive, avionics, energy and power, mobile and autonomous robotics, the process and manufacture industry, transportation and infrastructure networks, communication networks and networked control systems, cyber-physical systems, safety-critical systems, systems and synthetic biology.

Special issue of extended ADHS conference papers in NAHS: Continuing the tradition of previous ADHS conferences, an ADHS special issue will also be published in NAHS for this event. This issue comprises selected papers, chosen by the IPC chairs who assume the role of guest editors for NAHS. To make these selections, the guest editors will consider the reviewers' evaluations and final review scores assigned to the papers to be presented at ADHS. The criteria for selection include reviewer evaluations, their own assessments, and the aim of encompassing a wide array of topics to ensure comprehensive coverage of the main fields represented at ADHS 2024. Authors of the chosen papers are encouraged to submit an extended version of their conference paper (excluding extended abstracts). These submissions will undergo the regular review process employed by NAHS. Given the pre-selection by the guest editors, we anticipate a swift evaluation process and shorter decision times. If the outcome is positive, the papers will be promptly published, aligning with the typical expeditious publication standards upheld by NAHS.

NAHS dissemination papers: All authors whose journal papers have been recently accepted or published in NAHS will be personally invited to submit a 1-2 page extended abstract. This extended abstract should follow the standard layout for IFAC conference papers and should present the results from their journal paper, including any recent extensions. It is important to clearly cite the NAHS paper within the extended abstract. By submitting the extended abstract, authors confirm their intention to present their work in-person during the conference dates in Boulder. Unlike regular submissions to ADHS, which consist of 6 pages, these extended abstracts will not be published on IFAC PapersOnline. However, they will be made available to conference participants to ensure sufficient exposure for the research. All authors of published NAHS papers from 2022-2023 (excluding those included in special issues related to other conferences or workshops) and authors of recently accepted papers before October 1st, 2023, will receive an invitation to present their work at ADHS 2024.

Author Guidlines

Regular papers: Regular papers can have a length of up to 8 pages at submission. Accepted papers are limited to 6 pages in the conference preprints and on-line proceedings. For papers describing tools, please tick the keyword "Computational tools" upon submission.

Invited session proposals: Invited sessions consist of 4 to 6 papers related to a common theme that fits within the scope of ADHS. An invited session proposal should contain a short description of the common theme as well as the list of papers in the session and their abstracts. The invited session organiser has to first submit the pdf file of the session proposal (without participating papers). The IFAC Conference Manuscript Management System then returns an acknowledgment that contains an alpha-numeric code for the proposed session. Subsequently, the organiser has to notify the contributing authors of their invited session code. The corresponding author of each paper then submits the paper on-line as an invited paper.

Invited session papers: Invited session papers can have a length of up to 8 pages at submission. Accepted papers are limited to 6 pages in the conference preprints and on-line proceedings. Submission as an invited session paper requires the invited session code, which can be obtained from the session organizer.

NAHS dissemination papers (extended abstracts): Extended abstracts for NAHS can vary in length from 1 to 2 pages at the time of submission. These extended abstracts should adhere to the standard layout for IFAC conference papers. Authors, by submitting their extended abstract, are affirming their commitment to both register for and present their work in person during the conference dates in Boulder. It is important to note that these extended abstracts will not be published on IFAC PapersOnLine. Nevertheless, they will be accessible to conference participants to ensure adequate exposure for the research.

Support for Authors: Author's kits with style (.cls) files for LaTeX is available at this link. 

Repeatability Evaluation:As you prepare the final version of your manuscript, we also wanted to bring your attention to the Repeatability Evaluation (RE) process in this edition of ADHS. The goal of the RE process is to improve the reproducibility of computational results in the papers selected for the conference. We strongly encourage all accepted papers to submit RE packages to elevate the profile of your paper and the conference as a whole.

The deadline for the submission for RE package is March 29th, 2024 (Friday), 23:59:59 Pacific Time. The packages must be submitted to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=adhsre2024), which is different from the site used for paper submissions.

Submission of an RE package is optional, i.e., availability of a RE package will not affect the final publication of the corresponding paper. Papers whose RE packages pass the repeatability evaluation will be listed online and in the final proceedings with an RE stamp. At the same time, papers whose RE package does not pass the repeatability evaluation criteria will be treated the same as papers which do not submit RE packages. 

See this link for the guidelines for RE package preparation and repatability evaluation.

Submissions and Registration Policies

The website for submission is: IFAC Papercept.

All papers submitted to ADHS 2024 must be written in English and formatted in the standard IFAC 2-column format provided on the IFAC Conference Management System website (see the item "Support for Authors" above).

For initial submissions, all regular and invited session papers are limited to 8 pages. The submission website will not permit longer papers to be uploaded.

For the final upload, all accepted and invited papers are limited to 6 pages.

For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors should have a full registration in order to have the paper included in the preprints and the post-conference on-line proceedings.

Copyright Conditions

All publication material submitted for presentation at an IFAC-sponsored meeting (Congress, Symposium, Conference, Workshop) must be original and hence cannot be already published, nor can it be under review elsewhere. The authors take responsibility for the material that has been submitted. IFAC-sponsored conferences will abide by the highest standard of ethical behavior in the review process as explained on the Elsevier webpage, and the authors will abide by the IFAC publication ethics guidelines.

Accepted papers that have been presented at an IFAC meeting will be published in the proceedings of the event using the open-access IFAC-PapersOnLine series hosted on ScienceDirect. To this end, the author(s) must grant exclusive publishing rights to IFAC under a Creative Commons license when they submit the final version of the paper. The copyright belongs to the authors, who have the right to share the paper in the same terms allowed by the end user license, and retain all patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights (including research data).

More information here.