Paper and Presentation Types

The International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction

With a minimum change to the ISARC history, we introduced in 2021 different types of papers and presentations for ISARC. These intend to improve the conference’s quality and attendees’ experience.

Two types of papers
- Scientific Papers
  - These are the regular “technical papers” as in previous ISARC.
  - It stresses stronger requirements on scientific contributions and the intellectual merits of the accepted papers.
  - Included in annual ISARC proceedings (available online at no cost) and Scopus listing
  - Recommended length: 6~8 pages, including references.
- Short Papers
  - To attract more industry attendance to ISARC, we introduce this new type of paper with a higher focus on practical applications and case studies in real construction projects
  - This type of paper is more friendly for case study papers or industry submissions.
  - This is similar to extended abstracts or industry papers in other conferences.
  - Included in annual ISARC proceedings (available online at no cost) and Scopus listing
  - Recommended length: no more than 4 pages, including references.

Three types of presentation
- - Presentation types are not necessarily connected with the paper types indicated above.
  - The presentation types are decided by the technical committee based on the area chairs and reviewers’ recommendations.
    - The ranking of all papers is based on the average paper ratings from the reviewers and the presentation types recommended by area chairs.
  - Keynote & Plenary talks
    - The top papers will be classified as keynote and plenary talks based on their ranking. The number of top papers will be determined based on the number of submissions and the duration of the conference. Typically, there might be 1 keynote + 2 plenary talks/day.
    - Each keynote talk is a 20-minute live presentation + 10-minute Q&A.
    - Each plenary talk is a 15-minute live presentation + 5-minute Q&A.
  - Parallel talks
    - Parallel track names are determined by the technical committee.
    - Each parallel talk is a 8-minute live presentation + 5-minute Q&A.
  - Poster talks
    - Depending on the conference setting/infrastructure, the papers selected for Poster presentation will be displayed during the whole conference, starting from the reception event. In general, during the welcome reception there will be dedicated sessions for Q&A of posters.