CFP: Cybernetic and Robotics, at AISB-2025, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, 14-16 January 2025

As part of the AISB-2025 Annual Convention 2025 to be held at the University of the West of England, Bristol, 14-16 January 2025
https://aisb.org.uk/aisb-convention-2025-non-members/
The convention is organised by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB)
https://aisb.org.uk/

OVERVIEW

Cybernetics is a multidisciplinary field that studies systems of communication, control, and feedback in both living organisms and machines. It is primarily concerned with how systems regulate themselves, maintain stability, and adapt to changes by the use of feedback loops. Cybernetics has been applied across many domains, including biology, engineering, and social systems, and its foundational concepts have significantly influenced artificial intelligence, and robotics. Cybernetics provides the theoretical framework for designing robots that can process information, learn from their environment, and adapt their behaviour. Robotics, in turn, applies these principles to create machines capable of performing complex tasks with varying degrees of autonomy, often mimicking biological systems.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

• Cybernetics and its applications
• Cognitive Robotics
• Robot Ethics
• Enactivism and Embodied Cognition
• Robotics, Perception and Art
• Sensorimotor Theory
• Robot Language and Communication
• Artificial Life and Cellular Automata

SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION DETAILS

Submissions may be full papers or extended abstracts and should be sent to steve.battle@uwe.ac.uk with AISB CYBERNETICS AND ROBOTICS in the subject line.
We request that submitted papers are limited to eight pages, and extended abstracts are limited to 500-800 words. Each paper or abstract will receive at least two reviews. Selected papers will be published in the general proceedings of the AISB Convention, with the proviso that at least ONE author attends the symposium, in person, to present the paper and participate in general symposium activities.

IMPORTANT DATES

1. Extended abstract submission deadline: November 18, 2024
2. Notification of acceptance/rejection decisions: December 1, 2024
3. Final versions of accepted papers (Camera ready copy): January 7, 2025
4. Convention: 14-16 January 2025

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note that there will be separate proceedings for each symposium, produced before the convention. Delegates will either receive a memory stick containing the proceedings of all the symposia, or this content will be available online. In previous years there have been awards for the best student paper, and limited student bursaries. These details will be circulated as and when they become available. Authors of a selection of the best papers may be invited to submit an extended version of the work to a journal special issue.

SYMPOSIUM ORGANISERS

Symposium Chair: Dr Steve Battle, School of Computing and Creative Technologies, University of the West of England (UWE), Frenchay Campus, Bristol, UK.
steve.battle@uwe.ac.uk;
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http://go.uwe.ac.uk/battle
Symposium OC member: TBD
SYMPOSIUM WEBSITE: TBD
POSTER ADVERTISING THE CFP: TBD
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: TBD