<div>Call for Papers – Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions</div><br>IEEE CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS<br>IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011<br><br>Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br>August 24-27, 2011<br>
<a href="http://www.icdl-epirob.org/" target="_blank">www.icdl-epirob.org</a><br><div><br>== Conference description<br>The
past decade has seen the emergence of a new scientific field that
studies how intelligent biological and artificial systems develop
sensorimotor, cognitive and social abilities, over extended periods of
time, through dynamic interactions of their brain and body with their
physical and social environments. This field lies at the intersection of
a number of scientific and engineering disciplines including
Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Developmental
Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Computational Neuroscience, Artificial
Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, and Philosophy. Various
terms have been associated with this new field such as Autonomous Mental
Development, Epigenetic Robotics, Developmental Robotics, etc.,
and several scientific meetings have been established. The two most
prominent conferences of this field, the International Conference on
Development and Learning (ICDL) and the International Conference on
Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob), are now joining forces and invite
submissions for a joint meeting in 2011, to explore and extend
the interdisciplinary boundaries of this field.<br> <br>== Keynote speakers<br>Andrew Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst,<br>Jean Mandler (overview talk), University of California, San Diego<br>Erin Schuman, Max Planck Insitute for Brain Research, Framkfurt am Main<br>
Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig<br> <br>== Call for papers<br>We
invite submissions for this exciting window into the future of
developmental sciences. Submissions which establish novel links between
brain, behavior and computation are particularly encouraged.<br> <br>== Topics of interest include – but are not limited to:<br><br>·
The development and emergence of perceptual, motor, cognitive,
emotional, social, and communicational skills in biological systems and
robots<br>· General principles of development and learning<br>· Neural and behavioral plasticity<br>· Grounding of knowledge and development of representations<br>· Biologically inspired architectures for cognitive development and open-ended development<br>
· Models of emotionally driven behavior<br>· Mechanisms of intrinsic motivation, exploration and play<br>· Embodied cognition: Foundations and applications<br>· Social development in humans and robots<br>
· Use of robots in applied settings such as autism therapy<br>· Epistemological approaches to Epigenetic / Developmental Robotics<br> <br>== Submissions will be accepted in two categories:<br>Full six-page papers:
Accepted manuscripts will be included in the conference proceedings
published by IEEE. They will be selected for either an oral presentation
or a featured poster presentation at the conference; featured posters
will have a 1 minute "teaser" presentation as part of the main
conference session. For articles requiring more than six pages, up to
two additional pages may be submitted at an extra charge.<br> <br>Two-page
poster abstracts: The aim of this format is to encourage dissemination
of late-breaking results or work that is not sufficiently mature for a
full paper. These submissions will NOT be included in the conference
proceedings (but the short abstracts will appear online at Frontiers in
Neurorobotics <a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/neurorobotics/about" target="_blank">http://www.frontiersin.org/neurorobotics/about</a>). Accepted abstracts will be presented during the evening poster sessions.<br> <br>
Manuscripts should be submitted through the online conference management system, available at the conference website <a href="http://www.icdl-epirob.org/" target="_blank">www.icdl-epirob.org</a>. For the paper preparation, follow the instructions at the conference website.<br>
<br>== Call for tutorials<br>We
invite experts in different areas to organize a 3-hour tutorial, which
will be held on the first day of the conference. Participants in
tutorials are asked to register for the main conference as well.
Tutorials are meant to provide insights into specific topics as well as
overviews that will inform the interdisciplinary audience about the
state-of-the-art in child development, neuroscience, robotics, or any of
the other disciplines represented at the conference.<br> <br>Submissions (max. two pages) should be sent no later than March 15th to Katharina Rohlfing (<a href="mailto:kjr@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank">kjr@uni-bielefeld.de</a>) and Ian Fasel (<a href="mailto:ianfasel@cs.arizona.edu" target="_blank">ianfasel@cs.arizona.edu</a>) including:<br>
- Title of tutorial<br>- Tutorial speaker(s), including short CVs;<br>- Concept of the tutorial; target audience or prerequisites.<br> <br>All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process.<br> <br>== Call for special sessions<br>
A
special session will be an opportunity to present a topic in depth, for
which format a slot of 1.5 hours will be offered. Special session
organizers are invited to submit (1) a summary (250 words) describing
the topic, purpose and target audience of the session as well as (2)
abstracts of papers (each 250 words) that will constitute the group of
presentations. It is suggested that a special session includes three
oral presentations to allow for sufficient presentation and discussion
time. A discussant (from another discipline) may be added to the special
session.<br> <br>Tutorial and Special Session proposals should be sent no later than March 15th to Katharina Rohlfing (<a href="mailto:kjr@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank">kjr@uni-bielefeld.de</a>) and Ian Fasel (<a href="mailto:ianfasel@cs.arizona.edu" target="_blank">ianfasel@cs.arizona.edu</a>).<br>
<br>All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process.<br><br></div><div>== Important dates</div><div> <br>Abstract and Paper Submission Deadline: March 28, 2011<br>Notification Due: May 16, 2011<br>
Final Version Due: June 20, 2011<br>Conference: August, 24—27, 2011<br><br>== Child-care<br>For families, child-care services will be provided. Please contact Katharina Rohlfing (<a href="mailto:kjr@uni-bielefeld.de" target="_blank">kjr@uni-bielefeld.de</a>)
concerning your interest in child-care services by the end of May.
The detailed organization will be planned according to the needs.<br><br><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Matthew Schlesinger</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Department of Psychology</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Southern Illinois University Carbondale</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a href="http://matthew.siuc.edu" target="_blank">http://matthew.siuc.edu</a></span><br>
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