L4DC - Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference

We invite submissions of short papers addressing topics including:

• Foundations of learning of dynamics models
• System identification
• Optimization for machine learning
• Data-driven optimization for dynamical systems
• Distributed learning over distributed systems
• Reinforcement learning for physical systems
• Safe reinforcement learning and safe adaptive control
• Statistical learning for dynamical and control systems
• Bridging model-based and learning-based dynamical and control systems
• Physics-constrained learning
• Physical learning in dynamical and control systems applications in robotics, autonomy, transportation systems, cognitive systems, neuroscience, etc.

While the conference is open to any topic on the interface between machine learning, control, optimization and related areas, its primary goal is to address scientific and application challenges in real-time physical processes modeled by dynamical or control systems.

Presentation/Publication
All accepted papers will be presented as posters at this conference. A selected set papers deemed particularly exceptional by the program committee will be presented as oral talks.
At least one of each paper’s authors should be present at the virtual conference to present the work. We will inform the authors regarding the logistics of the virtual format in due time.
Accepted papers will be published electronically in the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR). The authors of accepted papers will have the option of opting-out of the proceedings in favor of a 1-page extended abstract. The full paper reviewed will then be placed on the arXiv repository, but not indexed by the conference.
Dual Submissions
Submissions that are substantially similar to papers that have been previously published, accepted for publication, or submitted in parallel to other peer-reviewed conferences with proceedings or journals may not be submitted to L4DC.

Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: November 13, 2020 Extended to November 20, 2020, 5:00 PM EST.
Author notification: Early March, 2021.
Final Paper Upload Deadline: April 30, 2021. Authors will be directly contacted by e-mail regarding the submission procedure.
Final Poster Upload Deadline: May 7, 2021. Extended to May 17, 2021. Authors will be directly contacted by e-mail regarding the submission procedure.
Registration: April 26 – End of May, 2021. The registration portal is now open and you can register here.
Conference (virtual): June 7-8, 2021.
Submission instructions
Submissions are limited to 10 pages in PMLR format with unlimited allowance for references (Latex Style Sheet). In their submission, authors may point to a tech report if they wish, e.g. on arXiv or on a personal webpage. We updated the template on November 13, 2020 to fix an issue with \includegraphics and on April 13, 2021 to include the proceedings volume number.
L4DC reviewing is single blind.
We will begin accepting submissions via EasyChair on October 12, 2020.
The deadline for submissions is 5:00 PM EST on November 20, 2020.
Please contact the program chairs at if you have any questions about the policy or technical issues with the submission process.

Confidentiality Policy
We maintain a policy of strict confidentiality for all conference submissions. You must notify your reviewers that they may not disclose or make inappropriate use of the content before publication.