Connectionists: [meetings] [LM2018] last week for submission!

[Vicky Vouloutsi]

Dear colleagues,
Please find below the second call for participation to the 7th edition of
Living Machines. Apologies for cross-posting but please share this
announcement with your colleagues.
*Deadline extended: March 30*
Looking forward to seeing you in Paris!

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*third Call for Papers, Satellite Events and Sponsors*

*Living Machines VII: The 7th International Conference on Biomimetic and
Biohybrid Systems*

*16 – 19 July 2018*

To be hosted at the Museum National D’Histoire Naturelle,

Grand Amphitéâtre du Museum, and UPMC, Paris, France, EU



Accepted papers will be published in
Springer *Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence*

Submission deadline: March 30th, 2018

http://livingmachinesconference.eu/2018

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*ABOUT LIVING MACHINES 2018*

The development of future real-world technologies will depend strongly on
our understanding and harnessing of the principles underlying living
systems and the flow of communication signals between living and artificial
systems.

*Biomimetics* is the development of novel technologies through the
distillation of principles from the study of biological systems. The
investigation of biomimetic systems can serve two complementary goals.
First, a suitably designed and configured biomimetic artefact can be used
to test theories about the natural system of interest. Second, biomimetic
technologies can provide useful, elegant and efficient solutions to
unsolved challenges in science and engineering.

*Biohybrid* systems are formed by combining at least one biological
component—an existing living system—and at least one artificial,
newly-engineered component. By passing information in one or both
directions, such a system forms a new hybrid bio-artificial entity. The
theme of the conference also encompasses biomimetic methods for
manufacture, repair and recycling inspired by natural processes such as
reproduction, digestion, morphogenesis and metamorphosis.

The following are some examples of “Living Machines” as featured at past
conferences:

•       Biomimetic robots and their component technologies (sensors,
actuators, processors) that
can interact with their physical and social environments.

•       Biomimetic computers and architectures —neuromimetic emulations of
the physiological basis for complex adaptive behaviour.

•       Active biomimetic materials and structures that self-organize and
self-repair.

•       Nature-based designs and manufacturing processes.

•       Biohybrid brain-machine interfaces and neuronal implants and
neuroprosthetics.

•       Artificial organs and body-parts including sensory organ-chip
hybrids and advanced prostheses and cyber-physical systems.

•       Organism-level biohybrids and symbiosis such as robot-animal or
robot-human systems.



*ACTIVITIES*

The main conference will take the form of a *three-day single-track oral *
and* poster presentation programme*, 17th to 19th July 2018, Museum
National D’Histoire Naturelle, Grand Amphitéâtre du Museum, and UPMC, Paris,
France, EU.



The conference programme will include *five plenary lectures* from leading
international researchers in biomimetic and biohybrid systems, and the
demonstrations of state-of-the-art living machine technologies.

The full conference will be preceded by up to two days of *Satellite Events*
 hosted at École Normale Supérieure, Paris.



*SUBMITTING TO LIVING MACHINES 2018*

We invite both *full papers* and *extended abstracts *in areas related to
the conference themes. All contributions will be refereed, and accepted
papers will appear in the Living Machines Proceedings, published in
the* Springer-Verlag Lecture
Notes in Artificial Intelligence.*

Full papers (minimum 8 pages, up to 12 pages) are invited from researchers
at any stage in their career and should present significant findings and
advances in biomimetic or biohybrid research. More preliminary work is
better suited for short paper submission (minimum 4 pages, with a maximum
of ten references and no more than three self-citations). Full papers will
be accepted for either oral presentation (single track) or poster
presentation with a short podium preview. Extended abstracts will be
accepted for poster presentation only.

Authors of the best full papers will be invited to submitted extended
versions of their paper for publication in a special issue of the Taylor &
Francis journal *Connection Science*.



*Satellite events*

Active researchers in biomimetic and biohybrid systems are invited to
propose topics for full or half-day* tutorials, symposia *or *workshops *on
related themes to be held on the 16th July at the École Normale Supérieure
in Paris (Http://www.ens.fr/en).

Attendance at satellite events will attract a small fee intended to cover
the costs of the meeting. There is flexibility about the content,
organisation, and budgeting for these events. Please contact us if you are
interested in organising a satellite event!



*EXPECTED DEADLINES*

March 30th, 2018 Paper submission deadline

April 28th, 2018 Notification of acceptance

May 15th, 2018 Camera-ready copy

July 16th – 19th, 2018 Workshops and Conference



*SPONSORSHIP*

Organisations wishing to sponsor the conference in any way and gain the
corresponding benefits by promoting themselves and their products through
conference publications, conference events, and conference publicity
are encouraged
to contact the organisers to discuss the terms of sponsorship and necessary
arrangements. We also offer a number of attractive options to potential
sponsors.



*VENUE*

Consistent with the Living Machines’ tradition of choosing historical
venues at the crossroads between life and human sciences, this year the
conference will take place at the Museum National D’Histoire Naturelle (
http://www.mnhn.fr) a historical museum located in the heart of Paris that
for almost 400 years has focused on nature and its relationship with
humans. The museum is immersed in history, yet at the heart of current
affairs, and is also working to be projected towards the future. Poster
sessions will be organized at UPMC.



*Organising Committee:*

*Jose Halloy*, Université Paris Diderot (Local Organizing Chair)

*Paul Verschure*, IBEC-BIST (Co-Chair)

*Tony Prescott*, University of Sheffield (Steering Committee)

*Vicky Vouloutsi,* IBEC-BIST, Barcelona (Programme Chair)

*Michael Mangan*, University of Lincoln (Programme Co-Chair)

*Nathan Lepora*, University of Bristol (Communications)

*Anna Mura*, IBEC-BIST, Barcelona (Web and Communications)



*Local* *Organising Committee:*

*Stéphane Doncieux*, Prof. UMPC, ISIR

*Benoît Girard*, DR CNRS, UPMC, ISIR

*Emmanuelle Pouydebat*, DR CNRS, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle

*Vincent Bels*, Prof. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle
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Vicky Vouloutsi, PhD
Postdoc Researcher at the laboratory for Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and
Cognitive Systems (SPECS)
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