Call for contributions
(DEVL-HR-AmI)
ECAL'2017 Workshop
Developmental
learning and representation
building in human-robots and ambient intelligence
systems
This workshop is organized as
a joint
event with ECAL2017 Conference to be held
in Lyon, France, 4–8 September 2017.
The
aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers
interested in
developmental learning and bio-inspired approaches for
artificial cognitive
systems and practitioners from digital industries,
robotics and Ambient
Intelligence systems, to exchange their knowledge and
experiences regarding the
question of building representations in human-robots
and Ambient Intelligence
Systems. The workshop’s aim is also to cross fertilize
the exchanges between
participants from different disciplines and sectors,
around the progress of the
state of the art in foundational theories and their
potential transfer and
deployment in applications in real world settings,
with robots and Ambient
Intelligence Systems. A particular attention will be
given to steer the program
towards bridging the gap between theory and practice.
This event will be backed
by the ANR Labcom project Behaviors.ai (Project of a joint
laboratory between the LIRIS-CNRS laboratory and the Hoomano company). The aim of
Behaviors.ai is to investigate new approaches
of artificial intelligence, and more precisely
developmental learning, to
create new ways to interact with social robots to make
them more empathetic and
able to continuously learn as they interact in “real
life” environments.
The
focus of the workshop will be on the issue of
autonomous “Representation
building”, in artificial cognitive systems, through
internal mechanisms,
following bio-inspired approaches and developmental
learning approaches,
especially considering hybrid systems involving humans
and artificial systems
like robots or ambient intelligence systems.
The
workshop topics of interest are (non-exhaustive list):
The
program of the workshop will contain:
Scientific
Organization Committee
Important
Dates
Submissions
Submissions
from both academia and Industry are welcome as far as
the submitted content is
relevant to the topic of the workshop. Research
papers, experience reporting,
position papers or demonstrations will all be
considered by the scientific
committee.
Submission
format follows the guidelines of ECAL 2017
Conference (https://project.inria.fr/ecal2017/submission-guidelines/).
Please
note that submission link for the workshop is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=devlhrami2017
- For research
or application papers, there are two
options for submission: either
full paper or extended abstract. Note that the format
is exactly the same for
both options. The differences reside in the number of
pages and type of
contents:
- Full papers have an
8-page maximum length and should report on new,
unpublished work.
- Extended abstracts are
limited to a 2-page length and can report on
previously published work, with an emphasis on how the
submission will
contribute to enrich discussions and exchanges during
the workshop.
- Industrial
papers reporting
successful experiences or challenging
ongoing developments related to the workshop topic are
particularly welcome and
could be in either short format (2-page length limit)
or long format (8-page
length limit).
- Demonstrations related to one of the
mentioned topics or other topics related to
the general theme of the workshop, are also very
welcome. A demonstration
submission is limited to 6-page length, with a
description of the addressed
problem and the objectives of the demonstration, the
demonstrated scenario and
the main observations or results shown by the
demonstration. A link to a video
of the demo is appreciated.
Each
submission should be uploaded as a single file, in PDF
format only, to the Easy
Chair system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=devlhrami2017
All
submissions will undergo a detailed peer review
process. Full papers will be
reviewed for relevance, scientific quality, sound
methodology and use of
appropriate analysis techniques. Abstracts will be
reviewed for relevance and
quality. Both papers and extended abstracts will be
considered for oral
presentation, without distinction between full papers
and extended abstracts. Accepted
papers and extended abstracts will be combined in the
workshop proceedings.
NOTE:
At least one author of every accepted paper must be
registered 30 days prior to
the conference, or the contribution will be withdrawn
from the program and the
proceedings.