The Fourth International Workshop on

Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning

IMOL 2019

1-2-3 July 2019

Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS),

Frankfurt, Germany

IMOL 2019 is the fourth international workshop on Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning. Following previous editions, IMOL 2019 aims to further explore the promise of intrinsically motivated open-ended lifelong learning in robots and artificial systems.

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Aims of the workshop:

The aim of the workshop is to highlight the most important problems and the most promising approaches bringing together high-profile researchers coming from different fields related to open-ended learning and autonomous development. Moreover, IMOL continues in its mission of keeping our community together and widen its boundaries to new subjects. Moreover, the 2019 workshop will be part of the GOAL-Robots Summer School hosted by FIAS.

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09:00-09:40

Presentation (organisers)

09:40 – 10:20

Kathryn Merrick

10:20 – 10:40

Coffee Break + Posters

10:40 – 11:20

Jochen Triesch

11:20 – 12:00

Daniel Tanneberg

12:00 – 12:40

Gianluca Baldassarre

12:40 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 14:55

Emilio Cartoni (competition)

14:55 – 15:35

Jochen Steil

15:35 – 16:20

Coffee Break + Posters

16:20 – 17:00

Verena Hafner

17:00 – 17:40

Nicolas Navarro-Guerrero

17:40 – end

Discussion: open problems in open-ended learning

09:00 – 09:40

Yukie Nagai

09:40 – 10:20

Vieri Giuliano Santucci

10:20 – 10:40

Coffee Break

10:40 – 11:20

Kenji Doya

11:20 – 12:00

Bruno Castro da Silva

12:00 – 12:40

Bertram E. Shi

12:40 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 14:55

Poster session

14:55 – 15:35

Luc Berthouze

15:35 – 16:20

Coffee Break + Posters

16:20 – 17:00

Matthias Rolf

17:00 – 17:40

Celine Teuliere

17:40 – end

Discussion: strategies for the solution of the open problems

09:00 – 09:40

Stephane Doncieux

09:40 – 10:20

Richard Duro

10:20 – 10:40

Coffee Break

10:40 – 11:20

Kevin O'Regan

11:20 – 12:00

Matej Hoffmann

12:00 – 12:40

Emre Ugur

12:40 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 14:55

Jun Tani

14:55 – 15:35

Georg Martius

15:35 – 16:15

Luis Seabra Lopes

16:15 – 17:00

Coffee Break + Posters

17:00 – end

Discussion: possible activities to strengthen the community of open-ended learning

CALL FOR APPLICATION

Participation and deadlines

Participation in the workshop is free of charge and includes the lunches for the three days. However, the workshop is limited to a restricted number of people given the capacity of the venue and the aim of the event. Prospective attendees should express their interest in participating by submitting the form downloadable from the link below, and their willingness (or not) to contribute a poster. In this case, people is also invited to submit a short/extended abstract (max 2 pages), possibly including figures. The submissions will be selected on the basis of the quality and of how well they fit the workshop’s aims.

Both senior and young researchers, including Ph.D. students, are encouraged to submit to ensure a full representation of the community.

Moreover, applicants are also requested to indicate in the form their willingness to participate in a special issue in Frontiers in Neurorobotics. This request aims to investigate the overall interest for the initiative, which will be followed by a standard Frontiers call after the workshop.

Extended deadline: 31.05.2019

Please submit the form and the optional abstract (subject: “IMOL2019 submission: name, last name”) to: imol.conf@gmail.com

Application form PDF

LOCATION

Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) in Frankfurt (Germany)

Ruth-Moufang-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Tel: +49 69 79847600

CONTACT & INFO

imol.conf@gmail.com

This initiative has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no 713110, project `GOAL-Robots — Goal-Based Open-Ended Autonomous Learning Robots’.

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