CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 9th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics

9th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob 2019)

Web page: https://icdl-epirob2019.org

We think we have put together an exiting program with keynotes, oral and poster paper presentations and workshops as seen in the Preliminary Program: https://icdl-epirob2019.org/program/
 
Keynote Speakers

• Prof. Aude Billard, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Prof. Hod Lipson, Columbia University, USA
• Prof. Michael J. Frank, Brown University, USA
• Prof. Stefanie Höhl, University of Vienna, Austria

See: https://icdl-epirob2019.org/keynotes

Registration at reduced fees until June 16: https://icdl-epirob2019.org/registration/

Overview
ICDL-EpiRob is a unique conference gathering researchers from computer science, robotics, psychology and developmental studies to share knowledge and research on how intelligent biological and artificial systems develop sensing, reasoning and actions. This includes development of cognitive and social abilities through dynamic interactions with their physical and social environments. This is with a twofold objective: to gain a better understanding of human and animal intelligence, and to enable artificial systems with more adaptive and flexible behaviors.

This will be the ninth time the conference is organized, and we invite submissions for the conference in 2019 to explore, extend, and  consolidate the interdisciplinary boundaries of this exciting research field.

Scope and  Topics
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• principles and theories of development and learning;
• development of skills in biological systems and robots;
• nature vs nurture, developmental stages;
• models on the contributions of interaction to learning
• models on active learning
• architectures for lifelong learning;
• emergence of body and affordance perception;
• analysis and modelling of human motion and state
• models for prediction, planning and problem solving;
• models of human-human and human-robot interaction;
• emergence of verbal and non-verbal communication;
• epistemological foundations and philosophical issues;
• robot prototyping of human and animal skills
• ethics in computational intelligence and robotics

Organizing committee

General  chairs: Jim Torresen (University of Oslo, Norway) and Kerstin Dautenhahn (University of Waterloo, Canada/University of Hertfordshire, UK)

Program chairs:  Kai Olav Ellefsen (University of Oslo) and Katharina J. Rohlfing (Paderborn University, Germany)

Finance / Website Chairs: Kyrre Glette and Charles Martin (University of Oslo)

Publicity  chairs: Bruno  Castro da Silva (UFRGS, Brazil), Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon (NTNU, Norway) and Ryo Kurazume (Kyushu University, Japan)

Bridge chair:  Tetsuya Ogata (Waseda University, Japan) and Emre Ugur (Bogazici University, Turkey)

Local chairs:  Bruno Laeng and Tor Endestad (University of Oslo)

We would very like to welcome you and hope to see you in Oslo in August.

Best regards from the organising committee,

Bruno  Castro da Silva, Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon and Ryo Kurazume (Publicity chairs)
Kai Olav Ellefsen and Katharina J. Rohlfing (Program chairs)
Jim Torresen and Kerstin Dautenhahn (General  chairs)