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Call for Papers – Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions<br>
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IEEE CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, AND EPIGENETIC ROBOTICS<br>
IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2012<br>
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San Diego, California, USA<br>
November 7-9, 2012<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://icdl2012.ucsd.edu/">http://icdl2012.ucsd.edu/</a><br>
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== Conference description<br>
The past decade has seen the emergence of a new scientific field
that<br>
studies how intelligent biological and artificial systems develop<br>
sensorimotor, cognitive and social abilities, over extended periods
of<br>
time, through dynamic interactions with their physical and social<br>
environments. This field lies at the intersection of a number of<br>
scientific and engineering disciplines including Neuroscience,<br>
Developmental Psychology, Developmental Linguistics, Cognitive<br>
Science, Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence,
Machine<br>
Learning, and Robotics. Various terms have been associated with this<br>
new field such as Autonomous Mental Development, Epigenetic
Robotics,<br>
Developmental Robotics, etc., and several scientific meetings have<br>
been established. The two most prominent conference series of this<br>
field, the International Conference on Development and Learning
(ICDL)<br>
and the International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob),
are<br>
now joining forces and invite submissions for a joint meeting in
2012,<br>
to explore and extend the interdisciplinary boundaries of this
field.<br>
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== Keynote speakers<br>
TBA<br>
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== Call for submissions<br>
We invite submissions for this exciting window over the future of<br>
developmental sciences. Submissions which establish novel links<br>
between brain, behavior and computation are particularly encouraged.<br>
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== Topics of interest include – but are not limited to:<br>
• The science and engineering of learning.<br>
• Developmental robotics.<br>
• Machine learning and development.<br>
• Development and emergence of sensory motor intelligence.<br>
• General principles of development and learning<br>
• Neural and behavioral plasticity<br>
• Neurogenesis<br>
• Biomimetic robots.<br>
• Models of emotionally driven behavior<br>
• Mechanisms of intrinsic motivation, exploration and play<br>
• Embodied cognition.<br>
• Social development in humans and robots<br>
• Applications to education and clinical interventions.<br>
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== Submissions will be accepted in two categories:<br>
Full six-page papers: Manuscripts accepted will be included in the<br>
conference proceedings published by IEEE publication. Accepted long<br>
papers submission will be selected for either an oral presentations
or<br>
a featured poster presentation at the conference; Featured posters<br>
will have a 1 minute "teaser" presentation as part of the main<br>
conference session and will be showcased in the poster sessions.<br>
<br>
Two-page poster abstracts: For this format, it is the aim to
encourage<br>
late-breaking results or for work that is not sufficiently mature
for<br>
a full paper. These submissions will NOT be included in the
conference<br>
proceedings (but the short abstracts will appear at Frontiers).<br>
Accepted abstracts will be presented during the evening poster<br>
sessions.<br>
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Manuscripts should be submitted through the online conference<br>
management system, available at the conference website<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://icdl2012.ucsd.edu">icdl2012.ucsd.edu</a>
. For the paper preparation, follow the instructions<br>
at the conference website.<br>
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== Call for tutorials<br>
We invite experts in different areas to organize a 3-hour tutorial,<br>
which will be held on the first day of the conference. Participants
in<br>
tutorials are asked to register for the main conference as well.<br>
Tutorials are meant to provide insights into specific topics as well<br>
as overviews that will inform the interdisciplinary audience about
the<br>
state-of-the-art in child development, neuroscience, robotics, or
any<br>
of the other disciplines represented at the conference.<br>
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Submissions (max. two pages) should be sent no later than June 15,<br>
2012 to Yukie Nagai (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:yukie@ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp">yukie@ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp</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>
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== Call for special sessions<br>
A special session will be an opportunity to present a topic<br>
cumulatively, for which format a slot of 1.5 hour will be offered.<br>
Special session organizers are invited to submit (1) a summary (250<br>
words) describing the topic, purpose and target audience of the<br>
session as well as (2) abstracts of papers (each 250 words) that
will<br>
constitute the group of presentations. It is suggested that a
special<br>
session includes three oral presentations to allow for sufficient<br>
presentation and discussion time. A discussant (also from other<br>
discipline) may be added to the special session. Submissions should
be<br>
sent no later than June 15, 2012 to Yukie Nagai<br>
(<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:yukie@ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp">yukie@ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp</a>).
All proposals submitted will be<br>
subjected to a review process.<br>
<br>
All proposals submitted will be subjected to a review process.<br>
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== Important dates<br>
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Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012<br>
Notification Due: September 15, 2012<br>
Final Version Due: October 1, 2012<br>
Conference: November, 7-9, 2012<br>
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