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All submissions are handled via the PaperCept platform. This requires that every author has an PaperCept account. Accounts can be registered with the PIN Wizard.

Papers need to be formatted according to the IFAC Author Guide. It is recommended to use the LaTeX or Word template files available from the Author Guide. Draft papers are limited to 8 double-column pages. Final papers are restricted to 6 pages. All papers must comply with IFAC Copyright Conditions.

Regular Contributions

Regular contributions will be selected on the originality, technical soundness, quality of written exposition and relevance to CAMS 2025 topics. Initial submissions are at least 4 pages long and most 8 pages long, with a strict 6 pages limit for final manuscripts to be included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings. Presentations are in oral sessions during the conference in a 20 minutes format, including questions.

Invited contributions 

Invited contributions refer to papers to be part of invited sessions, where the contributors are invited by the organizers. Each invited session is limited to consist of six papers and the organizers must prepare and submit a proposal in advance. Initial submissions are at least 4 pages long and most 8 pages long, with a 6 pages limit for final manuscripts to be included in the IFAC-PapersOnLine proceedings. Once accepted, final submissions are limited to 6 pages. The topics should fall within the scope of the congress and address specific well-defined issues.

An invited session, proposed by Prof. Marco Bibuli and Prof. Enrica Zereik, focuses on path-following and trajectory tracking methodologies, spanning from classical control techniques to AI-based approaches. Below are the session details:
Title: Path-Following and Trajectory Tracking: From Classical Control Methodologies to Artificial Intelligence-based Approaches
Code: i18u9
Authors: Marco Bibuli and Enrica Zereik
Abstract: In the scope of advanced and intelligent guidance systems for autonomous marine robots, this proposed Invited Session aims to gather different contributions on the topic of path-following and trajectory tracking, bringing together the employment of classical control methodologies and the exploitation of brand-new approaches related to the increasingly growing artificial intelligence. The contribution of both theoretical frameworks and at-field results will raise the awareness of the state of the art in the proposed topics, leading to an animated discussion on future developments and further scientific and technological objectives.

All manuscripts should be prepared and submitted according to IFAC requirements.

In order to stimulate the involvement of young scientists and engineers in IFAC, as well as to recognize top-level contributions of the younger generation in the field, an IFAC Young Author Award is presented at CAMS 2025. This is awarded for the best CAMS 2025 paper of which the first and presenting author is the main contributor of the research results in the paper, and where the candidate is less than 30 years old at the time of the event (motivated exemptions on the age criterion to deal with gender and cultural differences so as to allow for a fair competition are allowed).

Nominations are solicited after the final submission of papers is closed. Nominations are made by colleagues of the young author (no self-nominations). Nominations are done using the IFAC Submission Management System. The IFAC Young Author Award Selection Committee shall determine a short list of finalists, based on the gathered reviews and on their own reading of the paper. Based on both the written paper and the oral presentation given by the nominee, a winner is selected.

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 (https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/policies-and-ethics), and the authors will abide by the IFAC publication ethics guidelines (https://www.ifac-control.org/events/organizers-guide/PublicationEthicsGuidelines.pdf/view).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 (https://sciencedirect.com/). 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).