Call for Submissions:
Epigenetic Robotics 2005, July 22-24, Nara, Japan
www.epigenetic-robotics.org
In the past 4 years, the Epigenetic Robotics annual workshop has
established itself as a unique place where original research combining
developmental psychology, neuroscience, biology, and robotics is being
presented.
Epigenetic systems, either natural or artificial, share a prolonged
developmental process through which varied and complex cognitive and
perceptual structures emerge as a result of the interaction of an
embodied system with a physical and social environment.
Epigenetic robotics includes the two-fold goal of understanding
biological systems by the interdisciplinary integration between social
and engineering sciences and, simultaneously, that of enabling robots
and artificial systems to develop skills for any particular environment
instead of programming them for solving particular goals in specific
environments.
Psychological theory and empirical evidence is being used to inform
epigenetic robotic models, and these models should be used as
theoretical tools to make experimental predictions in developmental
psychology.
Workshop themes include, but are not limited to:
* The development of: concepts, emotion, imitation, intentionality,
intersubjectivity, joint attention, learning, motivation, non-verbal and
verbal communication, sensorimotor schemata, shared meaning and symbolic
reference, social learning, social relationships, social understanding
("mind reading", "theory of mind"), value systems;
* The role of motivations, emotions, and value systems in development;
* Interaction between innate structure, ongoing developing structure,
and experience;
* Related issues in algorithms, robotics, simulated robots, and embodied
systems;
* Related issues from human and nonhuman empirical studies.
This year, we particularly encourage submissions dealing with imitation,
joint attention, non-verbal and pre-verbal communication, autonomous
cognitive development, coming from developmental psychology, biology,
neurophysiology, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
For summaries of the papers from the latest workshops please see:
Zlatev and Balkenius (2001), Prince (2002), Berthouze and Prince
(2003), and Berthouze and Metta(2004).
MODES OF SUBMISSION:
(1) Abstract Submission where authors submit one-page abstract. After
the review, selected authors will be invited to present a poster.
Posters will be allocated 1 or 2 pages in the Proceedings.
(2) Regular Submission comprising four-page extended abstract.
Based on the review, selected authors will be invited to submit
either:
- a full paper (max 8-page paper in Proceedings);
- a short paper (max 4-page paper in Proceedings); or
- a poster (2-pages paper in Proceedings).
All submissions should be send as PDF files to workshop co-chair Luc
Berthouze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
IMPORTANT DATES:
March, 15th, 2005:
Submission deadline
May 1st, 2005:
Notification of acceptance for papers and posters
June 1st, 2005:
Deadline for camera-ready papers and posters
INVITED SPEAKERS:
Jean Decety,
University of Washington
Masahiro Fujita,
Sony Intelligent Dynamics Laboratory, Tokyo
Eugene Goldfield,
Children's Hospital Boston
Annette Karmiloff-Smith,
University College London
Brian Scassellati,
Yale University,
More TBA
Please send any questions to the workshop chair:
Hideki Kozima ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Fax: +81-6-6376-2362
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Georgi Stojanov, PhD
Assistant Professor
Computer Science Institute
Electrical Engineering Faculty
Sts Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Macedonia
T ++389 2 3099154
F ++389 2 3064262
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