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**** Call for Papers ****<br>
IJCNN 2017 Workshop on 'Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Robotics', Anchorage, May 19, 2017 (Half day)<br>
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You are kindly invited to contribute to the IJCNN 2017 Half day Workshop
on 'Developmental Plasticity and Evolutionary Robotics' which will be
held in Anchorage, on May 29, 2017 in conjunction with the 2017
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks:<br>
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<a href="http://www.ijcnn.org/workshops" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ijcnn.org/workshops</a><br>
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This workshop will address the impact that developmental plasticity can
have on evolutionary robotics from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Given its fundamental role in driving diversification and speciation,
this emerging and growing area of research can possibly contribute to a
new paradigm in developmental and evolutionary robotics. We will discuss
how developmental (phenotypic) plasticity can play a major role in
emerging paradigms in evolutionary robotics. Recent progress in
evolutionary biology suggests that the interplay between robotics
research and the current understanding of the plasticity mechanisms
underlying the development of living organisms is a very promising track
to be followed. Interaction between the two fields is useful for both
evolutionary robotics, which can take inspiration from biological
solutions to engineering problems, and evolutionary biology, that can
benefit from artificial emulation of biological mechanisms which can
prove the validity of research hypothesis.<br>
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Read more here: <a href="http://robinlab.uji.es/worshop-developmental-plasticity-and-evolutionary-robotics" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://robinlab.uji.es/worshop<wbr>-developmental-plasticity-and-<wbr>evolutionary-robotics</a><br>
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**** Submission information ****<br>
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Please send your abstracts to <<a href="mailto:pobil@uji.es" target="_blank">pobil@uji.es</a>>, as an attached PDF file. Please include [IJCNN_WS] in the subject<br>
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Important Dates:<br>
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March 12th : Abstract Submission Deadline<br>
March 20th, 2017: Notification of Acceptance<br>
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Abstract Format: 1 to 2 pages, plus references, in two-column regular IJCNN paper format.<br>
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Accepted contributions will be presented at the workshop (15-min oral presentations)<br>
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More details at the website above (it will be kept updated)<br>
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**** Workshop format ****<br>
The workshop will be organized in such a way as to generate fruitful
discussions, it will consist of invited presentations (30 min. each) and
regular presentations (15 min. each) with a significant amount of
additional time for a panel discussion.<br>
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**** Proceedings ****<br>
Proceedings will consist of accepted and invited contributions in final
form, the conclusions resulting from the discussions, along with other
relevant materials.<br>
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We look forward to your active participation<br>
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All the best<br>
Angel and Fumiya<br>
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Angel P. del Pobil<br>
Department of Engineering and Computer Science<br>
Robotic Intelligence Laboratory<br>
Jaume-I University, Castellon, Spain<br>
<a href="mailto:pobil@uji.es" target="_blank">pobil@uji.es</a><br>
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Fumiya Iida<br>
Department of Engineering<br>
Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory<br>
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK<br>
<a href="mailto:fi224@cam.ac.uk" target="_blank">fi224@cam.ac.uk</a></div>