We invite the submission of short papers (2-4 pages incl. references) to our Workshop on “Understanding Developmental Disorders: From Computational Models to Assistive Technologies” which takes place in conjunction with the 8th Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EPIROB 2018, http://www.icdl-epirob.org).

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from robotics, developmental psychology and cognitive sciences for discussing (computational and theoretical) models of developmental disorders and of typical development, as well as recent advances in robot therapy and assistive technology.

More information can be found on our workshop website: http://cognitive-mirroring.org/en/events/icdlepirob2018_workshop/

Invited Speakers

• Tony Belpaeme (ID Labs, Ghent University, Belgium / CRNS, Plymouth University, UK)
• Thusha Rajendran (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)
• Sofiane Boucenna (University of Cergy-Pontoise, France)
• Shinichiro Kumagaya (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo)
• Yasuyo Minagawa (Keio University, Tokyo)

List of Topics

We encourage submissions about ongoing work from various research fields with the goal of fostering interdisciplinary discussions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Computational models of human cognition and development
• Theoretical models of human cognition and development
• Robot therapy and assistance for people with disorders
• Behavioral or neurocognitive studies on developmental disorders or typical development
• Predictive coding
• Tojisha-kenkyu (self-study of people with disorders)
• Autism spectrum disorder

Submission Guidelines

Papers should be 2-4 pages incl. references, following the template of the main conference (pdf, IEE two-column format: http://icdl-epirob2018.ogata-lab.jp/submission/)

Submission deadline: August 27, 2018
Notification of acceptance: September 3, 2018
Workshop day: September 17, 2018 (full day)

Organizers

• Anja Philippsen (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Osaka, Japan)
• Yukie Nagai (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Osaka, Japan)

Venue

Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (For details see: http://www.icdl-epirob.org)

The ICDL-EPIROB conference will take place from September 17-20, 2018.

Workshops will be held on the first day of the conference: Monday, September 17th, 2018

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the organizers via: anja [AT] nict.go.jp