November 7, 2010

Machine Consciousness 2011: Self, Integration and Explanation

MC2011

Machine Consciousness 2011: Self, Integration and Explanation Call for Papers

Abstract submission deadline: December 31st, 2010.

Extended Abstract submission deadline: **January 9th, 2011**

Submissions are invited for presentation at MC2011, a two-day symposium to be held in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour 2011 (AISB 2011), April 4-7 2011, University of York, UK.

Machine Consciousness (MC) concerns itself with the creation of artefacts which have, or model, mental characteristics typically associated with consciousness such as (self-) awareness, emotion, affect, phenomenal states, imagination, etc.

Specific Foci: We encourage submissions falling under one of more of these topics: • MC and Self modelling • MC and Information integration • The explanatory power of MC models • MC and Neuroscience • MC and Functional versus phenomenal consciousness • MC Ethics

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Orientation: Machine Consciousness 2011 will favour submissions that are based on implemented models, either in the sense that they detail actual or potential artefacts or that they seriously engage with previous published work or models, either by critiquing or extending that work. We favour new work - even if preliminary - over work which has received multiple publication elsewhere.

For more information on the themes and background of MC2011, please consult the website at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cogs/mc2011.

Symposium Dates: The symposium will be held over two days as part of the AISB 2011 Convention, 4-7 April 2011. • 27/10/10: First CFP distributed • 14/11/10: Second CFP distributed • 01/12/10: Final CFP distributed • 09/01/11: Deadline for submission of abstracts (extended from 31/12/2010) • 31/01/11: Notification of accepted papers • TBA: Camera ready papers due (for inclusion in AISB proceedings) • TBA: Early registration deadline (NB symposium attendees must register for the full convention) • 4-7 April 2011: AISB 2011 convention.

Publication: All accepted papers will be published in an AISB proceedings produced for the Convention. The Chairs also intend to publish selected papers in a book or journal special issue based on the symposium.

Student submissions: In previous years there have been awards for the best student paper, and limited student bursaries. Details TBA.

Symposium Co-Chairs: Ron Chrisley, Rob Clowes*, Steve Torrance Centre for Research in Cognitive Science and School of Informatics, University of Sussex, UK. *IFL, Universita Nova de Lisboa

Scientific Committee:

Igor Aleksander - Imperial College, UK Raúl Arrabales - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Mike Beaton - Imperial College, UK and University of Sussex, UK Antonio Chella - University of Palermo, Italy Stan Franklin - University of Memphis, USA David Gamez - Imperial College, UK Pentti Haikonen - University of Illinois at Springfield, USA Germund Hesslow - Lund University, Sweden Owen Holland - University of Sussex, UK Takashi Ikegami - University of Tokyo, Japan Frédéric Kaplan - École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne, Switzerland Benjamin Kuipers - University of Michigan, USA Riccardo Manzotti - University of Milan, Italy Thomas Metzinger - Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Gemany Ricardo Sanz - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain Murray Shanahan - Imperial College, UK John Taylor - King’s College London, UK Jun Tani - RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan Tom Ziemke - University of Skövde, Sweden Submissions: Extended abstracts of not more than 500 words (plus references) should be submitted in plain text to :

MC2011 c/o Ron Chrisley Centre for Research in Cognitive Science Chichester Building University of Sussex Falmer BN1 9JH United Kingdom

+44 (0)1273 678581 Email : ronc at sussex.ac.uk

Templates from a previous convention can be found at http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb08/download.html Each paper will receive at least two reviews.

Websites MC 2011 Symposium : http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cogs/mc2011 AISB 2011 Convention: http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb11/