[Amdnl] CFP: IROS2011 Workshop on "Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics"

[Yukie Nagai]

Call for papers for
IROS Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics (CNR)
September 25th, 2011, San Francisco, California, in conjunction with the
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Web: http://www.gcoe-cnr.osaka-u.ac.jp/iros2011workshop/

Abstract
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While traditional technologies have made our society convenient, their
effects on our cognitive functions have been disregarded. In order to
reveal their effects and to establish a new design principle for safe
and adaptable Information and Robot Technology (IRT) systems, the
organizers have promoted the global center of excellence (GCOE) project
supported by Japanese government, in which world-famous research groups
in robotics, cognitive science, and brain science, working at Osaka
University and ATR in Japan, are highly-integrated to establish an
interdisciplinary research area called Human-friendly Robotics Based on
Cognitive Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics).
In this workshop, starting from the keynote talk by Prof. Hiroshi
Ishiguro who is the leader of the GCOE, some members and international
collaborators of the GCOE will give their talks about the most-advanced
studies mainly on the fields of human-robot interaction (HRI), cognitive
science, brain science, and the interdisciplinary area. Based on the
talks, we will discuss the way to integrate these research fields for
the establishment of a novel research area of human friendly IRT system.

Topics
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Topics of interest include:
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Assistive system
Brain science
Neuroscience
Brain-Machine Interface (BMI)
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive developmental robotics

Instructions for Authors
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Please submit your papers electronically in PDF format to
iros2011ws at gcoe-cnr.osaka-u.ac.jp no later than July 1, 2011. 4-6 pages
in the standard IEEE format are allowed for each paper, including figures.
Format 	: Papers (4-6 pages)
Due date: July 1, 2011
E-mail	: iros2011ws at gcoe-cnr.osaka-u.ac.jp

Invited speakers
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Prof. Sunil Agrawel (University of Delaware, US)
Dr. Peter Kahn (University of Washington, US)
Dr. Rajesh Rao (University of Washington, US)
Dr. Ayse Saygin (University of California, San Diego, US)

Important Dates
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July 1, 2011 : Due date for paper submission
July 8, 2011 : Notification of acceptance for papers
September 25, 2011 : Workshop

Organizers
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Kenichi Narioka (Osaka University)
narioka at ist.osaka-u.ac.jp

Yukie Nagai (Osaka University)
yukie at ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

Minoru Asada (Osaka University)
asada at ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

Hiroshi Ishiguro (Osaka University)
ishiguro at sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp


-- 
Yukie Nagai, Ph.D.
Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Osaka University
Visiting Researcher, Bielefeld University
yukie at ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
http://cnr.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~yukie/