Prof. Serge Chaumette
University of Bordeaux
LaBRI Laboratory - Bordeaux France
E-mail: serge.chaumette@labri.fr


Dr. Gregoire Danoy
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
E-mail: gregoire.danoy@uni.lu


Prof. Frédéric Guinand
University of Le Havre Normandy
LITIS Laboratory - France
E-mail: frederic.guinand@univ-lehavre.fr


Prof. Franciszek Seredynski
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
E-mail: f.seredynski@uksw.edu.pl

From theoretical models to deployment of real drones, UAV swarms have witnessed a growing interest in the last two decades. In the context of this special session, a swarm is considered as a set of autonomous machines presenting a collective behavior without relying on any centralized mechanism. This meeting aims at offering a forum for specialists or new comers to this domain. Measuring the distance that may exist between theory and practical experiments, and opening the discussion about potential solutions for reducing it is one of the objectives of this session. Researches at any maturity level as well as emerging new ideas or ongoing works from theoretical models to existing hardware solutions for enabling UAVs to fly as swarms are welcome. More generally, topics of interest for SUAV 2021 include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

• Theoretical models (e.g; Look-Compute-Move)
• Distributed Algorithms
• Cooperation versus Competition
• Bio-inspired Approaches
• Communication Issues
• Optimization, Robustness, Fault-Tolerance and Resilience
• Simulations of Swarms of UAVs
• Pattern Formation and Formation Control
• Environment Perception in the context of Swarms of UAVs
• Technological Hardware/Software Solutions
• Experimental Platforms of Swarms of UAVs
• Applications of Swarms of UAVs