Forwarded message from [yoda@isr.ist.utl.pt (Rodrigo Ventura)] sent originally on 20 Oct 1999 14:36:51 +0000: : Due to several requests, the paper submission deadline for : this session was extended to November 15th. Please read the attached : CFP for further details. : : I apologize if you receive this message more than once. : : * ANNOUNCEMENT **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** ANNOUNCEMENT * : : Autonomy Control: Lessons from the Emotional : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : a symposium held at the : : 15th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research : (EMCSR 2000) : : April 25-28, 2000, Vienna, Austria, EU : : URL:http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~paolo/conf/ace2000/ : : Paper submission deadline: October 20, 1999 : : ------------------------------ // ------------------------------ : : INTRODUCTION: : ~~~~~~~~~~~~ : : In living systems, the Emotional appears to be related to numerous : aspects of their ability to maintain control over essential/important : facets of their relationship to their physical and social : environments. Against the background of the intensifying dialogue : between the sciences of the living and of the artifacts (engineering) : this symposium is aimed at assessing the state of research relating : the natural phenomenon of the Emotional to the world of the artificial : for purposes of autonomy control. : : By focussing on this issue, this symposium shall further the dialogue : that was successfully established with a workshop on "Grounding : Emotions in Adaptive Systems"[1] at last year's International : Conference of the Society for Adaptive Behaviour (SAB'98, Zurich, : Switzerland), and continued at events including the AAAI 1998 Fall : Symposium "Emotional and Intelligent: The Tangled Knot of : Cognition"[2] (Orlando, FL, USA) and the AA'99 Workshops on "Autonomy : Control Software"[3] and on "Emotion-Based Agent Architectures"[4] : (Seattle, WA, USA). In particular, the discussions around a position : paper [5] at the Autonomy Control Software workshop gave directly rise : to the idea of organising the present event. : : [1] http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~paolo/conf/sab98/sab98ws.html : [2] http://www.iiia.csic.es/~lola/ei-fs98.html : [3] http://www.cs.und.edu/~hexmoor/AA99.html : [4] http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/jvelas/ebaa.html : [5] http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~paolo/conf/acs99a.html : : In this context, submissions are welcome addressing topics including, : but not limited to: : : * Survivability - coping with unknown situations or : bounding the hysteresis of vital parameters; : * Motivation - internal processing leading to persistence : or changes in behaviour; : * Adaptivity - tuning of a pre-existing structure; : * Learning - creation of new structures related to relevant : aspects of the environment, "representations"; : * Social Capabilities - e.g. control over shared resources including : other individuals; communication, empathy; : : ORGANIZATION: : ~~~~~~~~~~~~ : : Session Chairs: : Carlos Pinto-Ferreira cpf@isr.ist.utl.pt : Rodrigo Ventura yoda@isr.ist.utl.pt : Paolo Petta paolo@ai.univie.ac.at : : Programme Commitee: : Christian Balkenius : Luís Botelho : Dolores Cañamero : Sandra Gadanho : Ian Horswill : Mark Humphrys : Jean-Arcady Meyer : Jan Moren : Rolf Pfeifer : Juan David Velásquez : : SUBMISSION DETAILS: : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : : For details on how to prepare the draft final paper, see the : submission guidelines for the main EMCSR conference published on the : EMCSR 2000 homepage (http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/emcsr/). Draft Final : Papers must not exceed 10 single-spaced A4 pages (maximum 43 lines, : max. line length 160 mm, 12 point), in English. They have to contain : the final text to be submitted, including graphs and : pictures. However, these need not be of reproducible quality. They : must carry the title, author(s) name(s), and affiliation (incl. e-mail : address, if possible) in this order, and must include an abstract. : : Please notice that for this particular symposium submission in : electronic format as compressed e-mail attachment is strongly : preferred; otherwise, send four hard copies of the draft final paper. : : Address your submission to: : : EMCSR 2000 Symposium O : c/o Rodrigo Ventura : Piso 6, Torre Norte : ISR/IST : Av. Rovisco Pais, 1 : 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, EU : : e-mail: ace2000@isr.ist.utl.pt : : Accepted Papers: : : Authors of accepted papers will be notified by December 7, 1999; the : list will also be published on the ACE 2000 web site. After the event, : a second round of more extensive reviews is planned which is to lead : to the publication of extended versions of selected contributions in : an edited collection. : : Important Dates: : : Paper submission deadline .............. November 15th, 1999 [NEW] : Notification of acceptance/rejection ... December 15th, 1999 [NEW] : Camera-ready copies due ................ January 31st, 1999 : : Please consult URL:http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~paolo/conf/ace2000/ : for latest information. : : ------------------------------ // ------------------------------ : : Kind Regards, : : -- : : *** Rodrigo Martins de Matos Ventura yoda@isr.ist.utl.pt : *** Web page: http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~yoda : *** Teaching Assistant and MSc Student at ISR: : *** Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Polo de Lisboa : *** Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, PORTUGAL : *** PGP fingerprint = 0119 AD13 9EEE 264A 3F10 31D3 89B3 C6C4 60C6 4585

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