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Figure 5. The cowinners of the Best Student Paper Award for "Fluids-A First-Order
Lightweight Urban Intersection Driving Simulator," authored by Hankun Zhao, Andrew
Cui, Schuyler Cullen, Brian Paden, Michael Laskey, and Ken Goldberg from UC
Berkeley, Samsung, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and for "A System
Architecture for Constraint-Based Robotic Assembly with CAD Information," authored
by Mathias Hauan Arbo, Yudha Prawira Pane, Erwin Aertbelien, and Wilm Decre from
the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, and Katholieke
University of Leuven, Belgium: (from left) CASE 2018 Awards Chair Spyros Reveliotis
(Georgia Institute of Technology), Hankun Zhao (UC Berkeley), and Mathias Hauan Arbo
(Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim). (Photo courtesy of Birgit
Vogel-Heuser.)

Figure 6. The opening ceremony at the Deutsches Museum. (Photo courtesy of Birgit
Vogel-Heuser.)

advancements. Panelists identified not
only threats but also huge opportuni-
ties for responsible automation engi-
neers. As a result, it is our responsibility
to cooperate with ergonomists, psy-
chologists, and sociologists, as well as
economists, to cope with this massive

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challenge, include expertise from
other communities, and address the
challenge in interdisciplinary ways.
At this year's CASE, prizes were
awarded for Best Conference Paper
Award (Figure 3), Best Application
Paper Award (Figure 4), and Best Stu-

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dent Paper Award (Figure 5). Among
all submitted papers, ten papers were
selected as finalists. All nominees
were invited to present their papers
in a plenary session and compete for
the prize in front of a selected com-
mittee. The transparent selection cri-
teria focused on the strength and
innovation of the paper's technical
content, the visual qualities of the
manuscript, and the performance
during the oral presentation and the
following question-and-answer ses-
sion; however, this did not ease the
final decision for the committee,
which finally awarded two Best Stu-
dent Paper Awards. Editor-in-Chief
and Awards Chair Spyros Reveliotis
introduced the award-winning teams
during the banquet.
Besides educational events, social
events also played an important role in
fruitful networking at CASE 2018. An
opening ceremony at the Deutsches
Museum, a world-class institution for
natural science and technology, fol-
lowed by Bavarian food, beer, and
music provided attendees a taste of
Bavarian culture (Figure 6).
Behind a great international confer-
ence, good organization, coordination,
and cooperation are indispensable. We
extend sincere thanks to all volunteers,
supporters, reviewers, participants,
committees, sponsors, and organizers
for your contribution to the suc-
cess of this conference. See "CASE
2018 Chairs" for a list of the chairs
for this conference.

CASE 2018 Chairs
Birgit Vogel-Heuser, General Chair
Bengt Lennartson, General Cochair
Cesare Fantuzzi, Program Cochair
Alexander Fay, Program Cochair
Georg Frey, Program Cochair
Carlos E. Pereira, Program Cochair
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