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[Meetings] [CFP] 2nd Call for Contributions - IROS 2024 Workshop Interactive Robots and AI for Healthcare

by Sebastian Schneider

======================================================================== Workshop on INTERACTIVE ROBOTS AND AI FOR HEALTHCARE ======================================================================== at 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems https://sites.google.com/view/iraih ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interactive robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare have transformed medical practices and patient support, offering opportunities to enhance healthcare delivery and outcomes. These transformative technologies have been piloted across various domains, including treatment, rehabilitation, coaching, social assistance, and caregiving, potentially impacting how healthcare services are delivered. Innovative applications range from interactive surgical robots that enhance precision in operations to empathetic AI healthcare assistants that provide support and companionship to patients. These advancements aim to increase healthcare services' efficiency and effectiveness and make them more personalized and accessible. As this field continues to evolve, it presents a crucial area of research to explore its technical capabilities and address the inherent challenges and ethical and social considerations involved in its implementation. This workshop explores advancements, challenges, and future directions in interactive robotics and AI across medical and caregiving domains, evaluating their obstacles and benefits in revolutionizing health and medicine. We are calling for contributed presentations and demonstrations on all aspects related, but not limited, to: - (Socially) Assistive Robotics for People with Special Needs (e.g., older adults, people with health conditions or impairments) - (Interactive) Rehabilitation Robotics and Physical Therapy - Wearable Technologies - Interactive Surgical Robotics and Minimally Invasive Procedures - Human-Robot Interaction in Clinical Settings and its impact on patient engagement and satisfaction - Mental Health Support and Therapy Robots • Telepresence Robots for Remote Healthcare Delivery - Ethical and Social Implications of Interactive Robotics in Healthcare - Machine learning and its applications in healthcare robotics - Case studies and real-world implementations of interactive robotics and AI technologies in healthcare environments - Application focused Design Approaches (e.g., user-centered design, co-creation, action-based research, ethnographic studies) Contributions have to be submitted as an extended abstract (2-4 pages without references) using the IEEE conference template. Further submission information is available on the workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/iraih Important Dates: - August 31, 2024 - Extended Submission Deadline | submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iraih24 - September 15, 2024 - Extended Acceptance Notification - October 14, 2024 - Workshop Invited Speakers: - Shingo Shimoda, Professor, Intelligent Behavior Control Unit, Nagoya University - Fady Alnajjar, Professor, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) - Sami Haddadin, Professor, Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) - Zen Koh, Co-Founder and Global CEO of Fourier Intelligence Organizers: - Sebastian Schneider, University of Twente - Anna-Lisa Vollmer, Bielefeld University - Marcela Munera, UWE Bristol - Carlos Cifuentes, UWE Bristol -- University of Twente | EEMCS | Human Media Interaction Group Citadel, room H208 | s.schneider(a)utwente.nl

Aug. 17, 2024

2x faculty posts at Ulster University: NeuroAI and Neuromorphic Computing

by O'Donnell, Cian

Two academic faculty posts at Lecturer level (equivalent to US assistant professor) are available at the School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems<https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/computing-engineering-and-the-built-envi…> at Ulster University, Derry/Londonderry campus, Northern Ireland, UK. Application closing date is 5th Sept 2024. Although both posts are open across all relevant research areas, for the first post we are particularly seeking applicants working in NeuroAI (including computational neuroscience), for the second post we are seeking applicants working in Neuromorphic Computing: * Lecturer in Computer Science<https://my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_ulsp/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_for…> * Lecturer in Computer Engineering<https://my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_ulsp/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_for…> Our School and associated Intelligent Systems Research Centre (https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/computer-science/intelligent-system…) has an excellent cluster of neuroscience-related researchers in: * NeuroAI and computational neuroscience * Neuromorphic computing * Brain-computer interfaces/non-invasive neurotech * MEG and EEG brain imaging * Cognitive robotics Derry is a vibrant and affordable city of ~100K people with high quality of life, close to stunning coastline and outdoor activities in the north and north-west of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. For general enquiries about the posts please contact Head of School Prof Jim Harkin (jg.harkin(a)ulster.ac.uk<mailto:jg.harkin@ulster.ac.uk>). Cian O’Donnell (c.odonnell2(a)ulster.ac.uk<file:///Applications/Microsoft%20Outlook.app/Contents/Frameworks/EmailRendererKit.framework/Resources/c.odonnell2@ulster.ac.uk>) is also happy to field informal enquires about the department, University, and life in the city. This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at postmaster(a)ulster.ac.uk and delete this email immediately. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ulster University. The University's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried out on them may be recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. Ulster University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of a separate attachment, the text of email is not intended to form a binding contract. Correspondence to and from the University may be subject to requests for disclosure by 3rd parties under relevant legislation. The Ulster University was founded by Royal Charter in 1984 and is registered with company number RC000726 and VAT registered number GB672390524.The primary contact address for Ulster University in Northern Ireland is Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA

Aug. 16, 2024

Call for community review: Hierarchical Event Descriptors (HED) Standard

by INCF

*INCF seeks community feedback on the Hierarchical Event Descriptors * *(HED)** Standard* Hierarchical Event Descriptors (aka HED) is an open standard for describing experimental events, conditions, and experiment organization in a format that is both human- and machine-readable to enable analysis, re-analysis, and meta/mega-analysis. Its goal is to annotate participant experience and behavior as well as the environmental influence during an experiment. Thus, HED is relevant to all neuroimaging modalities as well as behavioral experiments and MOBI experiments (motion capture, eye-tracking etc.). Comments on this standard are open until October 11, 2024. Add your comments here: bit.ly/4fLlWu2 Why is it important to comment? Community feedback on standards & best practices helps us identify how standards can be improved to be as interoperable as possible with the systems, software, and resources that are currently being used in the field. Find out how to submit your feedback: bit.ly/INCFreview You can comment to express your support, help us identify potential weaknesses, or highlight possibilities for making the standard better or more useful. We value all feedback! Read the INCF criteria for endorsement: bit.ly/INCFreviewcriteria Thanks for your help! /The INCF Team

Aug. 13, 2024

Registration Deadline Extended for "Bridging Fields in Creativity" - 11-13 September 2024 - Germany

by Jens-Bastian Eppler

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the registration deadline for the *"Bridging Fields in Creativity: Towards Circuit Mechanisms of the Creative Process"* conference has been extended. *New Registration Deadline:* Friday, 23 August 2024 This extension provides additional time for those who wish to participate in this exciting event but have not yet registered. *Event Details:* * *Date:* 11-13 September 2024 * *Location:* Altes Amtsgericht Oppenheim, Germany (just 30 minutes from Frankfurt Airport) * *Homepage:* conference information <https://fias.institute/en/events/conferences/2024/creativity-conference/> * *Registration:* conference registration <https://indico.cern.ch/event/1424765/registrations/106509/> *Confirmed Speakers:* * Anna Abraham (University of Georgia, USA) * Jaan Aru (University of Tartu, Estonia) * Roger Beaty (Penn State University, USA) * Mathias Benedek (University of Graz, Austria) * Carlos Brody (Princeton University, USA) * Caroline di Bernardi Luft (Brunel University London, UK) * Yoed Kenett (Technion, Israel) * Kristian Kersting (TU Darmstadt, Germany) * Daniel Schacter (Harvard University, USA) * Claire Stevenson (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) * Tony Veale (University College Dublin, Ireland) * Angela Yu (TU Darmstadt, Germany) We encourage you to take advantage of this extended deadline and register soon to secure your participation. We look forward to welcoming you to Oppenheim. Best regards, *Matthias Kaschube* Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Institute of Computer Sciences Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany *Simon Rumpel* Institute of Physiology University Medical Center Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany -- Dr. Jens-Bastian Eppler Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Neuroscience Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Department of Computer Science Goethe University Frankfurt Ruth-Moufang-Straße 1 60438 Frankfurt am Main eppler(a)fias.uni-frankfurt.de ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-0918 ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jens-Bastian-Eppler

Aug. 12, 2024

Tenure Track faculty job at University of Oregon

by Luca Mazzucato

Dear colleagues, The University of Oregon is seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level in data science in UO's new Data Science Department. We encourage applications from candidates working in Computational Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence as well as other data science-related fields, and we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. UO's vibrant neuroscience community includes our Institute of Neuroscience <https://ion.uoregon.edu/>, the NeuroAI Center <https://ion.uoregon.edu/neuroai>, and the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact <https://knightcampus.uoregon.edu/research>. Please circulate the two job advertisements below to any potential applicants at your institution who may be interested. Please find the application at this link <https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27833>. Best, Luca Mazzucato

Aug. 12, 2024

Open Ph.D Position in Computational Neuroscience: Neural Representation of Affective States

by Christian O'Reilly

The Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience Analyses (LINA), directed by Dr. Christian O’Reilly, is looking to fill an open Ph.D. position in Computational Neuroscience. This position will be fully funded for its first two years by a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) on an NSF project titled “Neural representation of affective states during narrative listening across the lifespan”. The extension of the funding will depend on grant renewal. The preferred starting date is on May 16th, 2025. The project: This project investigates the representations of affect (valence and arousal) across brain regions and frequencies from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) as a function of age and sex. This project aims to 1) map fMRI activations associated with affect during narrative listening; 2) take advantage of the high temporal resolution of EEG to refine our understanding of the spectral property of affect encoding; 3) develop a model of affect to uncover the mechanisms and causal relationships in the affective neural networks. The students selected for this position will concentrate mostly on the two last aims (EEG analyses and modeling of causal relationships) but will collaborate with the teams on every aspect of the project. For details about this open position and information on how to apply, please see this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jyy4PXa6qOx9Jo1To4cRGjMKG5BNgr4CerLAZym… Best wishes, *Christian O'Reilly, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Ing.* *Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering* *University of South Carolina* Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience Analysis <https://lina-usc.github.io/> Artificial Intelligence Institute (AIISC) <https://aiisc.ai/> Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopment (CAN) Research Center <https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/centers_and_institute…> Institute for Mind and Brain (IMB) <https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/centers_and_institute…> Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=NllRAkwAAAAJ&hl=en> | ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian-Oreilly> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-o-reilly-69362951>

Aug. 11, 2024

CFP- ICICIP2025, Muscat, Oman, February 6-11, 2025

by Nian Ashlee Zhang

*Call for Papers* Conference website: https://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/icicip/ The 13th International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing (ICICIP2025) will be held in Muscat, Oman, February 6-11, 2025, following the successes of previous events. As the capital of Oman, Muscat is Oman's largest city with a population of over four million people and numerous tourist attractions. ICICIP2025 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of research and applications in related fields. The conference will feature plenary speeches given by world-renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, special sessions focusing on popular topics, and post-conference workshops/tutorials in the region. Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICICIP2025. In addition, proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the symposium are solicited. Special sessions, to be organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposals to ICICIP2025. A special session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information, and brief biographical information on the organizers. Authors are invited to submit full-length papers (8 pages maximum) by the submission deadline through the online submission system. Potential organizers are also invited to enlist five or more papers with cohesive topics to form special sessions. The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or is not copyright-protected elsewhere and will be presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to revise their papers and take consideration of the referees' comments and suggestions. All accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore's scope and quality requirements. Selected high-quality papers will be included in several journal special issues. The paper submission system is now open. Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=IEEE.org/ICICIP/2025/Conference&referrer=%5… *Submission deadline: November 1, 2024*

Aug. 11, 2024

[NeurIPS2024] Call for papers: Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning workshop (IMOL@NeurIPS)

by Gaia Molinaro

We’re glad to announce the Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning workshop at NeurIPS 2024 and are now accepting submissions! Important dates: - Submission deadline: September 11 2024 - Acceptance Notification: October 14 2024 - Workshop date: December 14 or 15 2024 (TBD), in-person @NeurIPS 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Website: <https://larel-workshop.github.io/> https://imol-workshop.github.io/ Workshop Description: The field of IMOL aims at the unified study of the motivational forces, learning architectures, and developmental and environmental constraints that support the development of open-ended repertoires of skills and knowledge over learners' lifetimes. At this full-day in-person NeurIPS workshop, we will gather speakers from a wide diversity of scientific traditions, showcase on-going research via contributed talks and poster sessions, and provide networking opportunities for research and mentorship discussions (see website for detailed program). Submission Formats We welcome two categories of submissions: - 4-page submissions of technical contributions, benchmarks, negative results and opinion papers. - 1-page tiny papers (inspired by the ICLR tiny paper initiative <https://iclr.cc/Conferences/2023/CallForTinyPapers>) showcasing early research ideas to foster discussion and collaboration. Submissions should be on any topics related to the Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning themes across disciplines (machine learning, cognitive sciences, philosophy, psychology, and more). Examples of relevant topics include: - Intrinsic motivation in machines and animals, - Autonomous open-ended learning (OEL), - Autonomous goal generation, - Self-supervised representation learning of states, actions, and skills, - Hierarchical and goal-directed RL, - Curriculum learning, - Interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, - Knowledge and skill transfer, - Continual/lifelong learning, - Open-ended development in children, - Role of metacognitive representations and processes in open-ended learning, - Playful exploration, - Language and sociality in open-ended learning, - Mitigation of risks of open-ended learning, - Philosophical and ethical implications of IMOL. Submission instructions: Submissions must be made via OpenReview <https://openreview.net/group?id=NeurIPS.cc/2024/Workshop/IMOL>. All submissions must be anonymized. Full submissions may be up to 4 pages long (excluding references and appendices) and use the NeurIPS 2024 LaTeX template <https://media.neurips.cc/Conferences/NeurIPS2024/Styles.zip>. Tiny papers should be a single page (excluding references and appendices), using the same template. Appendices can be added to the main PDF. Each paper will receive two reviews, and all reviews will be double-anonymized. Full submissions should report original research, develop novel environments or benchmarks, highlight meaningful negative results, or provide opinions and synthesis of previous works. Authors can submit concise versions of parallel submissions to other conferences such as the NeurIPS main conference or ICLR. We accept dual submission but discourage submitting to multiple NeurIPS workshops. All accepted papers will be available on the workshop website, but no formal workshop proceedings will be published. For any questions, email us at imol.workshop(a)gmail.com or reach us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IMOLNeurIPS2024! Cheers, The IMOL@NeurIPS 2024 Organizing Committee https://imol-workshop.github.io/ -- *Gaia Molinaro* PhD Student at UC Berkeley Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Website <https://gaiamolinaro.github.io/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/gaia_molinaro> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaiamolinaro/>

Aug. 10, 2024

Neuromatch [or Climatematch] Mentors: Join the Impact Scholars Program!

by Hilal Nizamoğlu

Dear all, [ [ apologies for cross-posting ] ] As a volunteer with Neuromatch Academy, I am pleased to inform you that we have just opened applications for paid mentorship for the Impact Scholars program <https://impact-scholars.neuromatch.io/impact-scholars/intro.html#> (link: https://impact-scholars.neuromatch.io/impact-scholars/intro.html#) This program allows our students to continue and expand on the research projects they initiated during the Academies over a period of six months. Throughout the program, students will receive professional development and mentorship, ultimately culminating in the production of an open-access micropublication. We are looking for mentors who can commit to working approximately 10 hours a month (about 2 hours a week) from October to March. Below are the details of the requirements for mentors. You can find the application links in the mentors section of our website <https://impact-scholars.neuromatch.io/impact-scholars/mentors.html>(link: https://impact-scholars.neuromatch.io/impact-scholars/mentors.html) *Bi-monthly Meetings with Scholars (3 hours/month)* - Meet with scholars twice a month for approximately one hour each session. - Provide guidance, review progress, and help troubleshoot any issues. *Monthly Staff Update Meeting (0.5 hour/month)* - Meet with program staff once a month for about 30 minutes to provide updates on the project group's progress, discuss challenges, and plan next steps. *Task Planning and Coordination (3 hours/month)* - Plan and coordinate project tasks, ensuring they are broken down into manageable components with clear responsibilities for each scholar. - Review and provide feedback on scholars' work to keep them on track with deadlines. *Monitoring Communication Channels (3 hours/month)* - Monitor Discord or other communication channels to provide additional support and answer questions as needed. - Be available for ad-hoc queries and offer guidance to ensure scholars are progressing smoothly. If you have any additional questions, please reach out at impactscholars(a)neuromatch.io Best regards, Hilal Nizamoglu (she/her)

Aug. 9, 2024

Post Doc in machine learning for biomedical time series and sleep, Aarhus University

by Kaare Mikkelsen

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher familiar with machine learning, ideally neural networks implemented with pytorch, to work on unsupervised transfer learning for biomedical time series. In our group, 'Biomedical Machine Learning' (BIML) at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, we have recently begun developing a new method for unsupervised transfer learning, which we have been testing on wearable EEG data (we are closely connected with the Center for ear-EEG). The results are very promising, though there exist multiple challenges still before we have realized the method's full potential. We are now looking to fill a 1-year post doc position to continue this work. Work is on-going to secure additional funding for extending the position further. The primary requirement for the candidate is familiarity with deep learning (ideally the pytorch framework), though experience with transfer learning, or EEG data, or sleep monitoring, is a plus. If this is interesting, please see the full job posting here: Post Doc in machine learning for biomedical time series and sleep, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet (au.dk) <https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/post-doc-in-machine-learning-for-biomed…> Note that the starting date is somewhat flexible (an earlier start should be possible). Regards Kaare Mikkelsen, Assoc. Prof. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Aarhus University --------------------------------------------------------------------

Aug. 9, 2024