[Amdnl] Evolution in Cognition Workshop: call for contribution

[Stéphane Doncieux]

Evolution in Cognition Workshop

July 21

to be held as part of the


2016 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2016)

 July 20-24, Denver, Colorado, USA


Organized by ACM SIGEVO

  http://gecco-2016.sigevo.org


Webpage: http://lis2.epfl.ch/events/workshops/GECCO2016/

 Submission Deadline: April 3rd, 2016




=== Topic ===


Evolution by natural selection has shaped life over billions of years
leading to the emergence of complex organism capable of exceptional
cognitive abilities. These natural evolutionary processes have inspired
the development of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs), which are optimization
algorithms widely popular due to their efficiency and robustness. Beyond
their ability to optimize, EAs have also proven to be creative and
efficient at generating innovative solutions to novel problems. The
combination of these two abilities makes them a tool of choice for the
resolution of complex problems.


Even though there is evidence that the principle of selection on
variation is at play in the human brain, as proposed in Changeux’s and
Edelman’s models of Neuronal Darwinism, and more recently expanded in
the theory of Darwinian Neurodynamics by Szathmáry, Fernando and others,
not much attention has been paid to the possible interaction between
evolutionary processes and cognition over physiological time scales.
Since the development of human cognition requires years of maturation,
it can be expected that artificial cognitive agents will also require
months if not years of learning and adaptation. It is in this context
that the optimizing and creative abilities of EAs could become an ideal
framework that complement, aid in understanding, and facilitate the
implementation of cognitive processes. Additionally, a better
understanding of how evolution can be implemented as part of an
artificial cognitive architecture can lead to new insights into
cognition in humans and other animals.


The goals of the workshop are to depict the current state of the art of
evolution in cognition and to sketch the main challenges and future
directions. In particular, we aim at bringing together the different
theoretical and empirical approaches that can potentially contribute to
the understanding of how evolution and cognition can act together in an
algorithmic way in order to solve complex problems. In this workshop we
welcome approaches that contribute to an improved understanding of
evolution in cognition using robotic agents, in silico computation as
well as mathematical models.


Keywords: Evolutionary Computation, Evolution, Cognition, Darwinian
Neurodynamics, Neuronal Darwisnism, robotics.


=== Invited speakers ===


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    Prof. Eörs Szathmary

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    Prof. Jeff Krichmar

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    Additional invited speakers will be announced in the near future.


=== Organizers ===


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    Prof. Stéphane Doncieux, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France

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    Dr. Joshua Auerbach, EPFL, Switzerland

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    Prof. Richard Duro, Universidade da Coruna, Spain

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    Dr. Harold P. de Vladar, Parmenides Foundation, Germany


=== Workshop format ==


This is a half day workshop with invited talks and a session dedicated
to posters, videos and demonstrations. The session will start with a
short teaser of posters and demonstrations. Videos will also be
displayed afterwards.


=== Submissions and deadlines ===


Submission: extended abstracts (2-4 pages) following ACM template should

be sent in electronic form (pdf) to eic_2016 at isir.upmc.fr

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    April 3rd, 2016: Papers Submission Deadline

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    April 20th, 2016: Notification of Acceptance

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    May 4th, 2016: Camera-Ready Paper Submission

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    July 21st, 2016: Workshop


Each accepted abstract will be presented in one or more of the following
formats:

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    poster

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    2-minutes video

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    demonstration


Your submission email should specify in which of these formats you would
like to present.


Original works, position papers as well as overviews of author's recent

work are all welcome.


All abstracts will be included in the GECCO workshop proceedings, unless
explicitly required by the authors (for copyright reason, for instance).



GECCO is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special

Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO). SIG

Services: 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701, New York, NY, 10121, USA,

1-800-342-6626 (USA and Canada) or +212-626-0500 (Global).



Stéphane Doncieux, Josh Auerbach, Richard Duro and Harold P. de Vladar

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