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<DIV>IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2015 <BR>The Fifth Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics <BR> <BR>Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA <BR>August 13-16, 2015 <BR><A href="http://www.icdl-epirob.org/">http://www.icdl-epirob.org/</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Registration is now open at: <A href="http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/SoCCE/CRNS/icdl-epirob//2015/registration.html">http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/SoCCE/CRNS/icdl-epirob//2015/registration.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>In addition to the main conference, we will have both a preconference workshop and tutorial:<BR>Morning: "Introduction to Brains as Emergent Turing Machines" (Juyang Weng)<BR>Afternoon: "Mechanisms of learning in social contexts" (Michael Goldstein, Chen Yu)</DIV>
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<DIV>== Conference description <BR>The past decade has seen the emergence of a new scientific field that studies how intelligent biological and <BR>artificial systems develop sensorimotor, cognitive, emotional and social abilities, over extended periods of time, <BR>through dynamic interactions with their physical and social environments. This field lies at the intersection <BR>of a number of scientific and engineering disciplines including Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, <BR>Developmental Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Computational Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Machine <BR>Learning, and Robotics. Various terms have been associated with this new field such as Autonomous Mental <BR>Development, Epigenetic Robotics, Developmental Robotics, etc., and several scientific meetings have been <BR>established. The two most prominent conference series of this field, the International Conference on <BR>Development and Learning (ICDL) and the International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob), are now <BR>joining forces for the fifth time and invite submissions for a joint conference in 2015, to explore and <BR>extend the interdisciplinary boundaries of this field. </DIV>
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<DIV>== BABYBOT CHALLENGE<BR>We are excited to announce a new ICDL-EpiRob conference feature: the BABYBOT CHALLENGE. The <BR>goal of the challenge is to use the tools of developmental robotics to replicate and extend the key findings <BR>from one of three selected human-infant studies. These will be presented during a special session. <BR> <BR>== Keynote speakers<BR>Prof. Dare Baldwin, Dept. of Psychology, University of Oregon, USA <BR>Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK<BR>Prof. Asif Ghazanfar, Dept. of Psychology, Princeton University, USA</DIV>
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<DIV>== Program committee <BR> General Chairs: <BR>Matthew Schlesinger (Southern Illinois Univ.) <BR>Dima Amso (Brown University) <BR> <BR>Bridge Chairs: <BR>Jeffrey Krichmar (UC Irvine)<BR>Bertram Malle (Brown University)<BR> <BR>Program Chairs: <BR>Anne Warlaumont (UC Merced) <BR>Clemént Moulin-Frier (INRIA) <BR> <BR>Publications Chairs: <BR>Lisa Meeden (Swarthmore College) <BR> <BR>Publicity Chairs: <BR>Lola Cañamero (Univ. of Hertfordshire) <BR>Matthias Rolf (Osaka University)<BR>Benjamin Rosman (CSIR)<BR> <BR>Local chairs: <BR>David Sobel (Brown University) <BR>Thomas Serre (Brown University)<BR> <BR>Finance chairs: <BR>Clayton Morrison (University of Arizona)<BR></DIV><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Trebuchet MS" size="1">
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