Connectionists: Call for Papers: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Systems) Special Issue on “Autonomous Cognitive Robotics and Systems”

[Dr Amir Hussain]

Call for Papers: Special Issue on “Autonomous Cognitive Robotics and
Systems” (Deadline: May 31, 2017)

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems

(For full details see: http://www.ieeesmc.org/images/
publications/smc-systems/2018-Special-Issue-Autonomous-
Cognitive-Robotics-and-Systems.pdf )

Introduction:

Cognitive systems are natural (i.e. animal and human) or artificial (such
as software and robotic) Big Data processing systems that can perform
‘cognitive-like’ functions such as: perception, attention, action,
socio-affective and cognitive learning, memory, decision-making and
control, language processing and communication, reasoning, problem solving
and consciousness.

Autonomous Cognitive Systems is an emerging discipline, fusing ideas across
several traditional fields and seeks to further our understanding in two
problem domains. First, by instantiating brain models into a virtual,
simulated or embodied form, it supplies a strong test of those models,
thereby furthering our understanding of neurobiology and cognitive
psychology. Second, by harnessing the insights we have about cognition, it
is a potentially fruitful source of engineering data-driven solutions to
problems in autonomous systems, including those in: robotics, autonomous
vehicles, planetary rovers, artificial social companions and assistive
technology. It therefore promises next-generation data-driven solutions in
the design and study of autonomous cognitive robotics and systems,
including those organized in teams, swarms or as individual robots or
agents, and controlled through varying degrees of human interaction and
autonomy.

The aim of this exciting Special Issue is to bring together leading
scientists, engineers and industry researchers, to submit original
pioneering contributions in autonomous cognitive robotics and systems
research. Articles will be solicited on theoretical, computational,
experimental and integrative aspects of autonomous cognitive systems, or
core modules of such systems. Application environments of interest include
real-world industrial, indoor, outdoor, everyday life, emergency, hostile
and outer space, where brain-inspired cognitive technologies are required
for autonomous robots and systems to accomplish challenging real-time
goals, to at least some degree of self-sufficiency. Timely review papers
identifying future R&D challenges and opportunities will also be welcome.

Topics of interest:

Below is an indicative but not exhaustive list of topics/areas that would
be of interest.

All applied, theoretical, computational, experimental and integrative
aspects of autonomous cognitive robotics and systems research, including
(but not limited to):

·      perception

·      action

·      socio-affective and cognitive learning and memory

·      attention

·      autonomous decision making and control

·      social cognition

·      natural language processing and communication,

·      reasoning

·      problem solving

·      consciousness

·      cognitive system architectures, implementations and real-world
applications (e.g. for robotics, autonomous vehicles, healthcare and
assistive technology, big data and social media analytics etc.)

Manuscript Submission:

Preparation of manuscripts should refer to the guidelines in the
“Information for Authors” on the IEEE Transaction on System, Man
Cybernetics: System website: http://www.ieeesmc.org/
publications/transactions-on-smc-systems/information-for-authors

Submission for the special issue goes through the normal process. Special
Issue papers are designated in the submission process as “Regular Paper -
Special Issue” and “Correspondence - Special Issue”.

Manuscripts for the special issue should be submitted through the
Manuscript Central web site: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/systems
In the Cover Letter to Editor-in-Chief Section, authors should explicitly
include the following statement: This manuscript is submitted for the
Special Issue on “Autonomous Cognitive Robotics and Systems (Guest Editor:
Amir Hussain).”  Further questions about the special issue may be directed
to the Guest Editors below.

Important Dates:

Manuscript Submission Deadline:              May 31, 2017

Notification of Paper Decision:                   August 15, 2017

Revised Paper Submission Deadline:         October 15, 2017

Final Paper Submission Decision:               December 15, 2017

Publication Date:                                           ~March, 2018

Guest Editors

Amir Hussain (University of Stirling, UK), ahu at cs.stir.ac.uk

Kevin Gurney (University of Sheffield, UK), k.gurney at sheffield.ac.uk

Xuelong Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), xuelong_li at opt.ac.cn


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