Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics Call for Papers for Special Issue on Advances in Developmental Robotics

▪ ISSN: 2080-9778 (print version) ▪ ISSN: 2081-4836 (electronic version) ▪ Owner: Versita ▪ Distributor: Springer Verlag ▪ Publisher: Versita, co-published with Springer Verlag

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Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics invites manuscripts for the Special Issue on Advances in Developmental Robotics. This topical issue is dedicated to the Developmental Robotics and related applications and is aimed at presenting an overview of the present trends in this field.

This special issue will solicit the extended versions of the best research articles from the Postgraduate Conference on Robotics and Development of Cognition (RobotDoC-PhD). This conference is an initiative as a part of Marie-Curie Actions ITN RobotDoC and will be organized as a satellite event of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks ICANN 2012. According to the multidisciplinary character of the RobotDoC project, the RobotDoC-PhD Conference will try to highlight the importance of fostering collaborations among different scientific fields in order to move substantially forward the research studies in developmental cognitive robotics. The editorial committee will select papers which fall within the scope of the issue. The special issue also invites manuscripts from other interested researchers as well. The scope of the topical issue includes but is not limited to:

• developmental and epigenetic robotics • social interaction: social development, social motivation in • embodied and situated cognition children, joint attention • neuro-inspired robotics: e.g. motor control, • sensorimotor learning manipulation, memory, navigation • higher-order cognitive learning, e.g. formation of abstract • motivational and affective mechanisms: e.g. concepts, mathematical cognition emotional mechanisms in the brain and their • any work in the core disciplines of developmental robotics modeling (i.e. humanoid robotics, cognitive science, artificial • developmental psychology: e.g. cognitive intelligence, developmental psychology, neuroscience) which development and its computational modeling has significant implications for developmental robotics

Manuscript Submission The authors are kindly invited to register at our paper processing system at: www.editorialmanager.com/paladyn and submit their contribution using a special track established for this topical issue. All papers will go through the Paladyn's high standards, quick, fair and comprehensive peer-review procedure. The Guest Editors will be responsible for the final paper selection. Instructions for authors are available online at: www.versita.com/pjbr/authors/instructions/. In case on any questions please contact Managing Editor.

Important Dates Declaration of interest due: September 30, 2012 - preliminary title and author list (via email) Full paper submission due: November 30, 2012 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2012 Revised version due: February 15, 2013 Publication: March 2013

Guest Editors Managing Editor Francesca Stramandinoli, University of Plymouth, UK Natalia Efremova, Versita, Poland [email protected] [email protected] Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth, UK Stefan Wermter, University of Hamburg, DE http://www.springer.com/journal/13230