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<p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>Call
for Papers<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>WCCI
Special Session, Brisbane, 10-15 June 2012<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:18.0pt">BIO-INSPIRED DEVELOPMENTAL
MECHANISMS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center"
align="center"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.robotdoc.org/bidm">www.robotdoc.org/bidm</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:20.0pt">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Developmental
robotics (systems), also known as epigenetic robotics, is a
growing approach to the understanding of autonomous mental
development in natural systems (e.g., human babies and adults)
and artificial systems (e.g., robots and computers) as well as
the design and training of robots (systems) by taking direct
inspiration from biological developmental mechanisms. This
approach is based on the principles of embodied and situated
developmental learning. An emphasis is on the emergence and
bootstrapping of representation and intelligent behaviours. The
special session will aim at the presentations of the latest
developments in all the related fields, such as for the
modelling of neural developmental mechanisms for the development
of skills for perception, cognition, actions (e.g., locomotion,
manipulation, classification, languages), emotional (e.g., pain
avoidance, pleasure seeking, novelty seeking), and social
interaction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Papers
covering bio-inspired computational intelligence methods from
the field of neural networks (IJCNN), evolutionary computations
(CEC) and fuzzy logic (FUZZY-IEEE) are welcome. The special
session also encourages submissions from the empirical
developmental science disciplines such as child psychology,
developmental linguistics and neuroscience.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">A
special issue in the journal <i>IEEE Transaction in Autonomous
Mental Development</i> will be organised, as a follow-up of
the special session.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:20.0pt">Topics of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Developmental robotics<br>
Evolutionary robotics<br>
Epigenetic robotics<br>
Fuzzy control for robotics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Computational intelligence for developmental
models<br>
Modelling evolution and development<br>
Neurorobotics<br>
Perceptual and cognitive development in children and robots<br>
Language learning <br>
Embodied cognition<br>
<span class="grame">Intrinsic</span> motivation<br>
Neural development<br>
Emotions and cognition<br>
Social development in humans and robots<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Biologically inspired architectures for
cognitive development and open-ended development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Developmental linguistics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Developmental psychology<o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:20.0pt">Paper Submission and Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Visit <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ieee-wcci2012.org/">http://www.ieee-wcci2012.org/</a>
for paper format guidelines and electronic submission deadline
and links. <b>Paper submission deadline is 19 December 2011</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:20.0pt">Organizers:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth, <span
lang="EN-US">Plymouth, </span>UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Juyang Weng, Michigan State University, East
Lansing, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Programme
Committee<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alberto Acerbi, Stockholm University, Sweden
(IEEE-CEC)<br>
Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Christian Balkenius, Lund University, Sweden (IJCNN)<br>
Tony Belpaeme, University of Plymouth, UK (IJCNN)<br>
Luc Berthouze, University of Sussex, UK (IJCNN)<br>
Anna Borghi, University of Bologna, UK (IJCNN, IEEE-CEC)<br>
Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth, UK (IJCNN, IEEE-CEC)<br>
Gordon Cheng, University of Munich, Germany (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Eduaord Coutinho, University of Geneva, Switzerland (IJCNN,
IEEE-CEC)<br>
Kerstin Dautenhahn, Hertfordshire University, UK (IEEE-CEC,
IJCNN)<br>
Ian Fasel, University of Arizona, USA (IJCNN)<br>
Christian Goerick, University of Bielefeld, Germany (IJCNN)<br>
J Fernando Fontanari, University of Sao Paolo Sao Carlos, Brazil
(IJCNN, IEEE-CEC)<br>
Benjamin Kuipers, University of Michigan, USA (IJCNN, IEEE-CEC,
FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Honghai Liu, Portsmouth University, UK (FUZZY-IEEE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Davide Marocco, University of Plymouth, UK
(IJCNN, IEEE-CEC)<br>
Giorgio Metta, University of Genoa and IIT, Italy (IJCNN,
FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Yukie Nagai, Osaka University, Japan (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Chrystopher Nehaniv, Hertfordshire University, UK (IEEE-CEC)<br>
Stefano Nolfi, ISTC-CRN, Italy (IEEE-CEC)<br>
Francesco Nori, IIT Genoa, Italy (IJCNN)<br>
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, INRIA, Bordeaux, France (IJCNN, IEEE-CEC,
FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Leonid Perlovsky, Harvard University and AFOSR, USA (IJCNN,
FUZZ-IEEE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Danil Prokhorov, Toyota Research Institute
North America, USA (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE) <br>
Katharina Rohlfing, University of Bielefeld, Germany (IJCNN,
FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Erol Sahin, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (IEEE-CEC,
IJCNN) <br>
Brian Scassellati, Yale University, USA (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Matthew Schlesinger, <span class="st">Southern Illinois
University</span>, USA (IJCNN, IEEE-CEC, FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Vadim Tikhanoff, IIT Genoa, Italy (IJCNN)<br>
Jochen Triesch, <span lang="EN-US">Frankfurt Institute for
Advanced Studies,</span> Germany (IJCNN)<br>
Juyang Weng, Michigan State University, USA (IJCNN, IEEE-CEC,
FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Chenguang Yang, Plymouth University, USA (FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Chen Yu, Indiana University, USA (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE)<br>
Zhengyou Zhang, Microsoft Research, USA (IJCNN, FUZZ-IEEE)<o:p></o:p></p>
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