<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">========================================================<br><br>Call for Papers – Call for Tutorials and Special Sessions<br><br>IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2013<br>The Third Joint IEEE International Conference on<br>Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics<br><br>Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka, Japan<br>August 18-22, 2013<br><a href="http://www.icdl-epirob.org/">http://www.icdl-epirob.org/</a><br><br>== 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 2013,<br>to explore and extend the interdisciplinary boundaries of this field.<br><br>== Keynote speakers<br>TBA<br><br>== Call for Submissions<br>We invite submissions for this exciting window into the future of<br>developmental sciences. Submissions which establish novel links<br>between brain, behavior and computation are particularly encouraged.<br><br>== Topics of interest include – but are not limited to:<br>• Development of perceptual, motor, cognitive, emotional, social, and<br>communication skills such as language and speech in biological systems<br>and robots<br><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<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: 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.<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. Accepted abstracts will be presented during the poster<br>sessions.<br><br>Manuscripts should be submitted through the online conference<br>management system, available at the conference website<br><a href="http://www.icdl-epirob.org/">www.icdl-epirob.org</a>. For the paper preparation, follow the<br>instructions at the conference website.<br><br>== Call for Tutorials<br>We invite experts in different areas to organize a tutorial, which<br>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><br>Submissions (max. two pages) should be sent no later than March 10,<br>2013 to Giorgio Metta (<a href="mailto:giorgio.metta@iit.it">giorgio.metta@iit.it</a>) including:<br>• Title of tutorial;<br>• Tutorial speaker(s), including short CVs;<br>• Concept of the tutorial; target audience or prerequisites.<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<br>cumulatively. It is suggested that a special session includes three<br>oral presentations to allow for sufficient presentation and discussion<br>time. A discussant (also from other discipline) may be added to the<br>special session.<br><br>Special session organizers are invited to submit:<br>• Title of special session;<br>• A summary (250 words) describing the topic, purpose and target<br>audience of the session;<br>• Abstracts of papers (each 250 words) that will constitute the group<br>of presentations.<br>Submissions should be sent no later than March 10, 2013 to Giorgio<br>Metta (<a href="mailto:giorgio.metta@iit.it">giorgio.metta@iit.it</a>). All proposals submitted will be<br>subjected to a review process.<br><br>== Important dates<br>Submission Deadline: March 10, 2013<br>Notification Due: April 25, 2013<br>Final Version Due: May 31, 2013<br>Conference: August 18-22, 2013<br><br></body></html>