Connectionists: ICDL 2006 Call for Papers

[Olaf Sporns]

ICDL 2006
International Conference on Development and Learning
- Dynamics of Development and Learning -
http://www.icdl06.org
Indiana University Bloomington, May 31- June 3, 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS
Paper Submission Deadline: Feb. 6, 2006
CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: Dec. 1, 2005

Recent years have seen a convergence of research in artificial 
intelligence, developmental psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience 
and robotics, aimed at identifying common computational principles of 
development and learning in artificial and natural systems. The theme of 
this year’s conference centers on development as a process of dynamic 
change that occurs within a complex and embodied system. The dynamics of 
development extend across multiple levels, from neural circuits, to 
changes in body morphology, sensors, movement, behavior, and 
inter-personal and social patterns. The goal of the conference is to 
present state-of-the-art research on autonomous development in humans, 
animals and robots, and to continue to identify new interdisciplinary 
research directions for the future of the field.

The 5th International Conference on Development and Learning 2006 
(ICDL06) will be held on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington, 
May 31- June 3, 2006. The conference is organized with the technical 
co-sponsorship of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. The 
conference will feature plenary talks by invited keynote speakers, 
invited sessions (workshops) organized around a central topic, a panel 
discussion and poster sessions.

Paper submissions (for details regarding format and submission/review 
process see our website at http://www.icdl06.org) are invited in these 
areas:

• General Principles of Development and Learning in Humans and Robots
• Neural, Behavioral and Computational Plasticity
• Embodied Cognition: Foundations and Applications
• Social Development in Humans and Robots
• Language Development and Learning
• Dynamic Systems Approaches
• Emergence of Structures through Development
• Development of Perceptual and Motor Systems
• Models of Developmental Disorders

Authors may specify preferences for oral or poster presentations. All 
submissions will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published 
in a conference proceedings volume. Selected conference presenters will 
be invited to update and expand their papers for publication in a 
special issue on “Dynamics of Development and Learning” of the journal 
Adaptive Behavior (http://adb.sagepub.com/).

ICDL precedes the conference “Artificial Life X”, June 3-7, 2006, also 
held on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington 
(http://alifex.org). ICDL and ALIFE will share one day of overlapping 
workshops and tutorials on June 3.

Organizing Committee:
Linda Smith (Chair), Olaf Sporns, Chen Yu, Mike Gasser, Cynthia 
Breazeal, Gideon Deak, John Weng.