CRoNe2018: Conference on Robotics and Neuroscience Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Valparaíso, Chile, November 15-17, 2018

CRoNe2018 is a focused, multidisciplinary event part of the Latin American Robotics Week organized by the Innovation and Robotics Students group, being a meeting point for people from engineering, human and biological sciences for developing and understanding complex intelligent systems.

During its 4th version, the Congress on Robotics and Neuroscience will be focused on four different areas:

• Development of meaning, with approaches from Developmental Robotics, Machine Learning, and Brain-based theories.
• Predictive coding for cognitive development, introducing analyses from Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, and AI.
• Multimodal cognition, under neuroscientific and psychological scopes.
• Experimental analyses and methodologies, presenting novel methodologies for closed-loop brain training, brain functional connectivity analyses and Machine Learning applications.

The Congress considers 3 introductory workshops to be defined, related to one or more of the previously detailed areas.

Call for Papers - Submission Guidelines

All submitted works must be original, and formatted according to:

• Abstract:
  • The maximum length is 1500 characters.
• Paper:
  • A minimum extension of 5 pages*.
  • A maximum extension of 7 pages.
  • Uploaded in PDF (.pdf) format.
  • Must follow this one-column Latex template (Overleaf).

Submissions will be peer-reviewed. Selected contributions will be presented in a poster session during the Congress.

*A paper not meeting the minimum extension, but determined as interesting and relevant by the editors, could still be included as an invited work.

List of Topics

• Cognitive Sciences

  • Computational cognitive systems
  • Cognitive development
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Augmented cognition
  • Artificial perception
  • Language and action development
  • Reasoning, Inference, and Planning
  • Sensory substitution

• Computational Neuroscience

  • Structural and Functional models for connectivity
  • Computational modeling of micro, meso and macroscopic neural networks
  • Network analysis
  • Novel physiological insights based on CN models
  • Neural coding
  • Plasticity

• Representation Learning for Human and Robots

  • Knowledge representation and reasoning
  • Neurosymbolic computing
  • Human Behaviour Modeling
  • Affordances
  • Crossmodal learning

• Robotics and AI

  • Developmental Robotics
  • Collaborative Robotics
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Affective Computing
  • Deep learning
  • Evolving deep networks
  • Transfer learning in deep learning
  • Bio-inspired robotics
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Robotic and Virtual Embodiment

• Applications

  • Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation
  • Performance metrics and benchmarking
  • Applications on Healthcare, Media and Entertainment, Manufacturing, Natural Resources, Government, Etc.

Publication

CRoNe2018 proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication, an OPEN, recognized ISSN publication series.

The proceedings ebook for the Congress considers an ISBN identification. 

Venue

The conference will be held at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, in Valparaíso, Chile. Immerse in a World Heritage Seaport City, this University has more than 85 years of activities in research and education.

Valparaíso by itself is a colored city with a natural amphitheater-like setting with impressive open views, characterized by a vernacular urban fabric adapted to the hillsides; and, is a neighbor city of the tourist capital of Chile, Viña del Mar, which is located 5 minutes from the conference location.

Other magnificent touristic destinations, like the Atacama Desert, the Easter Island, or the millennial glaciers and waterfalls from Torres del Paine are at one local flight away.

Contact

All questions about the Congress, including submission, registration or any other event information, should be emailed to crone@innovacionyrobotica.com.

Sponsors

• Centro de Innovación y Robótica.