Connectionists: [CFP] Deadline extended to 14 September: WWIN 2026 Workshop at SAB 2026

[Ismael T. Freire]

(Apologies for cross-posting.)

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for the first 
international workshop "Wanting What is Needed: From Homeostatic Control 
to Adaptive Behavior" has been extended to September 14, 2026.

The workshop will be held on October 19 in Berlin, Germany, as part of 
The 18th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior 
(SAB 2026).

Workshop website: https://wwin-workshop.github.io/sab2026
Keywords: internal states, homeostasis, allostasis, reinforcement 
learning, decision making, robotics, adaptive behavior.

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Aims of the workshop
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Classical reinforcement learning and cognitive models often begin with 
externally specified rewards. Biological organisms, by contrast, are 
autonomous learning agents whose behavior is constrained by the need to 
sustain their own viability. This workshop asks how internal 
physiological regulation can ground decision-making, value formation, 
and motivated behavior.

We aim to foster a shared interdisciplinary conversation across machine 
learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, neuroscience, biology, 
physiology, ethology, and control theory. The goal is to clarify how 
homeostatic and allostatic regulation can contribute to adaptive 
behavior in both biological organisms and artificial agents.

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Invited speakers
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* Lilian A. Weber (Osnabrück University)

* Lola Cañamero (CY Cergy Paris University)

* Antonio Damasio (University of Southern California, online)

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Extended abstracts for lightning talks and posters
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* Extended abstracts of up to 3 pages (main text)

* References, appendices, and acknowledgements are not included in this 
limit

* Springer LNCS style (template available on the workshop website)

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Important dates
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* Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: September 14, 2026

* Notification of Acceptance: September 18, 2026

* Workshop Date: October 19, 2026 (afternoon)

We welcome contributions from researchers working across the biological 
and artificial sciences and look forward to receiving your submissions.

Best regards,

Ismael T. Freire
Sorbonne Université

On behalf of the organizing committee:

Naoto Yoshida -- Kyoto University
Boris Gutkin -- École Normale Supérieure
Henning Sprekeler -- Technical University of Berlin
Louis L'Haridon -- ENSEA / CNRS
Lola Cañamero -- CY Cergy Paris University
Ismael T. Freire -- Sorbonne Université
Mehdi Khamassi -- Sorbonne Université
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