[alife] WORKSHOP at ICDL/Epirob 2014 - Development of body representations in humans and robots

[Matej Hoffmann]

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

ICDL/Epirob 2014 WORKSHOP - Development of body representations in 
humans and robots.

October 13, 2014 at Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy
Web site: http://www.icub.org/other/icdl-epirob-2014/dbr_workshop.html

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This workshop will take place in the afternoon of October 13, 2014 at 
Palazzo Ducale (Genova - Italy) in the context of the 2014 IEEE 
International Joint Conference on Development and Learning and on 
Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL/Epirob 2014).

--== Motivation and objectives ==--

The goal of this workshop is to explore the possibility of robots 
developing models inspired by the mechanisms of human body 
representations. In this way, they can on one hand become new modeling 
tools for empirical sciences – expanding the domain of computational 
modeling by anchoring it to the physical environment and a physical 
body. On the other hand, robot controllers endowed with multimodal 
whole-body awareness and plasticity typical of humans should give rise 
to – in robotics unprecedented – autonomy, robustness, and resilience.

--== Keynote speakers ==--

Prof. Jeffrey Lockman, PhD, Tulane University, USA
Kevin O’Regan, PhD, former Research Director, CNRS, Paris, France
Stuart Wilson, PhD, Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK
Prof. Minoru Asada, PhD, Osaka University, Japan

--== Submission guidelines ==--

The workshop will feature a poster session. Prospective participants are 
required to submit a short abstract (1 page in length), optionally 
accompanied by a small video. Late-breaking and preliminary (but 
promising!) results are encouraged. Submissions must be in pdf.

Send your manuscript (and optionally a small video) to 
lorenzojamone at gmail.com, indicating [ICDL 2014 Body-Schema Workshop] in 
the subject.

All submissions will be carefully reviewed by the workshop organizers, 
for relevance to the topic of the workshop, as well as scientific merit. 
Upon available time, a few selected contributions may have the 
opportunity to be presented in the oral session as short talks. The 
other selected contributions will be presented as posters during a 
dedicated session. The authors will also have the opportunity to 
introduce their posters with a 1-minute "teaser" oral presentation.


The participants are encouraged to include with their submission:
- 1 question to the invited speakers (and to the audience in general)
- Your personal definition of the concept of body schema.
Upon available time, (some of) those questions/answers will be used to 
"drive" the final discussion.

--== Proceedings ==--
Accepted abstracts will be published on the workshop website. Depending 
on the overall quality of the contributions, we might consider proposing 
a Special Issue to a journal like the IEEE Transactions on Autonomous 
Mental Development or Adaptive Behavior, in which extended versions of 
the submitted manuscripts might be included.


--== Important dates ==--

September 7, 2014 : Submission deadline
September 15, 2014 : Notification of acceptance
October 13, 2014 : Workshop

--== Registration ==--

Participants will be expected to register for the ICDL/Epirob 
conference, where they will be able to choose either whole-conference 
registration (that includes the workshops) or workshops only.
http://www.icdl-epirob.org/

--== Organizers ==--

Matej Hoffmann, PhD, iCub Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 
Italy
Alessandro Roncone, PhD candidate, iCub Facility, Istituto Italiano di 
Tecnologia, Italy
Beata Grzyb, PhD, Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems, University of 
Plymouth, UK
Lorenzo Jamone, PhD, Instituto Superior Tecnico - Universidade de 
Lisboa, Portugal
Stuart Wilson, PhD, Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK

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Matej Hoffmann, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
iCub Facility
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Via Morego, 30
16163 Genoa, Italy
https://sites.google.com/site/matejhof/home