Fwd: ICDL-EpiRob Submission Deadline Extended

[Lola Canamero]

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Please note that the submission deadline for the 2012 ICDL-EpiRob
Conference *has been extended to June 29*.  Submissions should be uploaded
to the EasyChair<https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=icdlepirob2012>conference
management system in PDF format.  Please refer to the online
call for papers <http://icdl2012.ucsd.edu/?p=63> for formatting and
submission instructions.

*DEADLINE EXTENDED -- SUBMISSIONS DUE BY JUNE 29
*
Call for Papers – Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions

IEEE CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS
IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2012

http://icdl-epirob.org

San Diego, California, USA
November 7-9, 2012


== Conference description
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 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, and
Robotics. 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 conference series 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 2012, to explore and extend the
interdisciplinary boundaries of this field.

== Keynote speakers
TBA

== Call for submissions
We invite submissions for this exciting window over the future of
developmental sciences. Submissions which establish novel links between
brain, behavior and computation are particularly encouraged.

== Topics of interest include – but are not limited to:
• The science and engineering of learning.
• Developmental robotics.
• Machine learning and development.
• Development and emergence of sensory motor intelligence.
• General principles of development and learning
• Neural and behavioral plasticity
• Neurogenesis
• Biomimetic robots.
• Models of emotionally driven behavior
• Mechanisms of intrinsic motivation, exploration and play
• Embodied cognition.
• Social development in humans and robots
• Applications to education and clinical interventions.

== Submissions will be accepted in two categories:
Full six-page papers: Manuscripts accepted will be included in the
conference proceedings published by IEEE publication. Accepted long papers
submission will be selected for either an oral presentations or a featured
poster presentation at the conference; Featured posters will have a 1
minute "teaser" presentation as part of the main conference session and
will be showcased in the poster sessions.

Two-page poster abstracts: For this format, it is the aim to encourage
late-breaking results or for 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 at Frontiers). Accepted
abstracts will be presented during the evening poster sessions.

Manuscripts should be submitted through the online conference management
system, available at the conference website icdl2012.ucsd.edu . For the
paper preparation, follow the instructions at the conference website.

== Call for tutorials
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.

Submissions (max. two pages) should be sent no later than June 29, 2012 to
Yukie Nagai (yukie at ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp) including:
-Title of tutorial
-Tutorial speaker(s), including short CVs;
-Concept of the tutorial; target audience or prerequisites.

All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process.

== Call for special sessions
A special session will be an opportunity to present a topic cumulatively,
for which format a slot of 1.5 hour 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 (also
from other discipline) may be added to the special session.
Submissions should be sent no later than June 29, 2012 to Yukie Nagai (
yukie at ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp).  All proposals submitted will be subjected to
a review process.

All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process.

== Important dates
*UPDATED Submission Deadline:  June 29, 2012*
Notification Due:         September 15, 2012
Final Version Due:      October 1, 2012
Conference:                November, 7-9, 2012


--
Dr Lola Cañamero
Reader (Associate Professor) in Adaptive Systems
Head of the Emotion Modeling Lab
School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire
College Lane, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, UK
Phone: +44-(0)1707284357,
Cell:  +44-7958074606,
Fax: +44-(0)1707-284303
E-mail: L.Canamero at herts.ac.uk or  L.CanameroM at gmail.com
Skype: lolacanamero
http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqlc
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