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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">IJCNN 2023 Special Session - Human-in-the-loop Algorithms and System Designs<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-HK"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> Submission link: <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important" class="ContentPasted1"><a href="https://edas.info/N30081" id="LPlnk224938">https://edas.info/N30081</a><span class="ContentPasted1"> </span></span></o:p></span></p>
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Submission Deadline: Jan 31, 2023</p>
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">The human-in-the-loop (HIL) terms can be used in different ways in different research fields. Human-in-the-loop learning algorithms refer to algorithms that include human feedback into the training loop of the machine
learning models to improve the quality of training and to augment the functions of the model. In the hardware applications, the human-in-the-loop learning devices or robots refer to the skill transfer skills from the users to the robots, where a human’s skills
could be actively learnt by the robots’ model to enhance its intelligence or skill levels in an active and autonomous way. In the system design and implementation processes, the “human-in-the-loop” refers to the active integration of human inputs with different
physiological inputs, such as BCI. We can see the “human-in-the-loop” methodologies in different research scopes differ, but their central approach can stay unified an,d interdisciplinary research and development can be foreseen. The special session aims to
reduce the gaps between the robotic systems’ techniques and settings and the users’ practical needs by the users’ inputs and optimization.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Main Topics:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Themes of interest to this special session include, but are not limited to:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">•<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>HIL in Human-robot interaction<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>HIL in Human-robot collaboration<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">•<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0"> </span>HIL in Assistive Technologies<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">•<span style="mso-tab-count:1" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>Human-guided Reinforcement Learning<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" class="ContentPasted0">Interactive Reinforcement Learning<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Active Learning and Continuous Learning<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Human-centric Design for Assistive Technologies<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Interpretable Machine Learning<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Human Factors in Robots and Devices<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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</span>Conversation Systems between Human and Robots<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext" class="ContentPasted0">Important
dates:</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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Submission Deadline</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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31, 2023</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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acceptance notification date</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext" class="ContentPasted0">Submission
Guidelines:</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:DengXian;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Junpei Zhong, <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Francisco Cruz, New South Wales University
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Dr. Joni Zhong, <a href="mailto:joni.zhong@polyu.edu.hk" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Please submit your paper at the following link https://edas.info/N30081 and choose the track " Special Session: Human-in-the-loop Algorithms and System Designs “. Please follow the standard submission guidelines of
IJCNN 2023. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-HK" class="ContentPasted0">Authors of selected papers will also be invited to submit an extended and improved version to special issues published in MDPI Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417) or Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581).
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