Connectionists: 2nd CFP IEEE CEC 2018 -- Special Session on Evolutionary Robotics

[Renan Moioli]

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IEEE CEC 2018 -- Special Session on Evolutionary Robotics
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 8-13 July, 2018

2nd CALL FOR PAPERS

General Chairs:
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Renan C. Moioli (ELS-IIN - Brazil)
Patricia A. Vargas (Heriot-Watt University - United Kingdom)
Micael Couceiro (Ingenarius, Ltd - Portugal)
Josh Bongard (University of Vermont - USA)
Phil Husbands (University of Sussex - United Kingdom)

Website: http://sites.google.com/a/isd.org.br/cec18er/

Evolutionary Robotics (ER) aims to apply evolutionary computation
techniques to automatically design the control and/or hardware of both real
and simulated autonomous robots. Its origins date back to the beginning of
the nineties and since then it has been attracting the interest of many
research centres all over the world.

ER techniques are mostly inspired by existing biological architectures and
Darwin’s principle of selective reproduction of the fittest. Evolution has
revealed that living creatures are able to accomplish complex tasks
required for their survival, thus embodying cooperative, competitive and
adaptive behaviours.

Having an intrinsic interdisciplinary character, ER has been employed
towards the development of many fields of research, among which we can
highlight neuroscience, cognitive science, evolutionary biology and robotics.
Hence, the objective of this special session is to assemble a set of
high-quality original contributions that reflect and advance the
state-of-the-art in the area of Evolutionary Robotics, with an emphasis on
the cross-fertilization between ER and the aforementioned research areas,
ranging from theoretical analysis to real-life applications.

Papers Publication:
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Papers accepted to this special session track will be published in the IEEE
CEC proceedings.

Paper Submission:
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Submissions should follow the guidance given on the IEEE CEC 2018
conference website: http://www.ecomp.poli.br/~wcci2018/submissions/#
papersubmission

When submitting, please select in the submission system the respective
special session title under the list of Main research topic: Evolutionary
Robotics.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for other
contributed papers. All accepted papers will be included and  published in
the conference proceedings.

Topics of interest include (but are not restricted to):
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. Evolution of robots that display minimal cognitive behaviour, learning,
memory, spatial cognition, adaptation or homeostasis.
. Evolution of neural controllers for robots, aimed at giving an insight to
neuroscientists, evolutionary biologists or advancing control structures.
. Evolution of communication, cooperation and competition, using robots as
a research platform.
. Co-evolution and the evolution of collective behaviour.
. Evolution of morphology in close interaction with the environment, giving
rise to self-reconfigurable, self-designing, self-healing,
self-reproducing, humanoid and walking robots.
. Evolution of robot systems aimed at real-world applications as in aerial
robotics, space exploration, industry, search and rescue, robot companions,
entertainment and games.
. Evolution of controllers on board real robots or the real-time evolution
of robot hardware.
. Novel or improved algorithms for the evolution of robotic systems,
including deep artificial neural networks
. The use of evolution for the artistic exploration of robot design.
. Bio-mimetic and hybrid approaches to evolutionary robotics


Important Dates:
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Paper Submission: January 15, 2018
Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2018
Camera-Ready Submission: May 1, 2018
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