Aim and Scope

Solicit applications for the organization of the annual ICDL-EpiRob conference and support conference organizers during planning of the conference

Task Force Members

Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan

Andrew Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, INRIA Bordeaux, France

Jochen Triesch, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany (chair)

Chen Yu, Indiana University, USA

Current activities

• co-organize special issue on “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Mechanisms of Language Learning” for the IEEE Trans. on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (Yu)
• invited Lecturer at “Interaction Technologies and Neuroengineering” course, Univ. of Genova (Triesch)
• invited Session Speaker at “International Congress on Infancy Studies” (Triesch)
• invited talk at “MIT Embodied Intelligence Seminar” (Oudeyer)
• co-organize special issue on "Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Learning” for the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (Triesch)
• advertise ICDL conference at the 2nd International Symposium on Symbiotic Intelligent Systems (Asada)
• solicit proposals for future ICDL-EpiRob conferences

Planned activities (2021)

• solicit proposals for future ICDL conferences and support organizers

Recent activities

• co-organize summer school on intrinsically motivated learning (Triesch)
• co-organize of Exploration in RL: workshop at ICML 2019 (Oudeyer)
• winner of IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (Barto)
• support organization team of ICDL-EpiRob 2019
• implement name change of conference
• organize 1st Intl. Symposium on Symbiotic Intelligent Systems (Asada)
• winner of IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (Barto)
• co-organize workshop on language learning at ICDL 2019 (Yu)
• support organization team of ICDL-EpiRob 2018
• advise organization team planning ICDL-EpiRob 2019
• finalization of new guidelines for ICDL-EpiRob conference organizers
• initiate discussion on name change of conference
• co-organization of Neurocuriosity Symposium at University of Pennsylvania (Oudeyer)
• co-editing of Frontiers in Neurorobotics topic on “Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Learning” (Barto, Oudeyer)
• co-organisation of international conference “Simulation of Adaptive Behavior” in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Triesch)
• co-organizing workshop on active attention, vision, and learning, ICDL-Epirob, 2018 (Yu)
• co-organizing tutorial on head-mounted eye tracking, ICIS 2018 (Yu)
• co-editing special issue on Language Learning, IEEE Transactions in Cognitive and Learning Systems, 2018 (Yu)
• co-editing, special issue on Complex Dynamical Systems in Human Development, Complexity, 2018 (Yu)