Regular six-page paper submissions
Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be selected for either an oral presentation or a featured poster presentation. Featured posters will have a 1-minute “teaser” presentation as part of the main conference session and will be showcased in the poster sessions. Maximum two-extra pages can be acceptable for a publication fee of 100 USD per page.
We will use a double-blind review process.
Important Dates for Regular Paper Submissions
Paper Submission Open |
Saturday,
15th
February
2020
|
Paper Submission Deadline (Extended) |
Sunday,
15th
March
2020
Sunday,
21st
June
2020
|
Paper Author Notification (Extended) |
Friday,
15th
May
2020
Friday,
31st
July
2020
|
Final Paper Version Due |
Wednesday,
1st
July
2020
Sunday,
30th
August
2020
|
Two-page extended abstract submissions
To encourage discussion of late-breaking results or for work that is not sufficiently mature for a regular paper, we will accept two-page extended abstracts, including references. These submissions will NOT be included in the conference proceedings. Accepted abstracts will have a 1-minute “teaser” presentation as part of the main conference session and will be showcased in the poster sessions.
Important Dates for Two-page extended abstract submissions
Abstract Submission Open |
Friday,
1st
May
2020
|
Abstract Submission Deadline (Extended) |
Friday,
31st
July
2020
Sunday,
9th
August
2020
|
Abstract Author Notification |
Friday,
26th
June
2020
Sunday,
30th
August
2020
|
Final Abstract Version Due |
Friday,
10th
July
2020
Wednesday,
30th
September
2020
|
Submission format
The submission format for both regular and extended abstract submissions is the same. LaTeX Templates for the conference papers are available at the
Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings page from the IEEE, here.
The template is a two-column paper to be used for all submission types. The paper length limit for regular papers is six pages, including references (up to two more pages are allowed for a fee of 100 USD per page). While submissions for extended abstract is limited to two pages, including references. Submissions may be updated at any time until the paper deadline.
IEEE conference templates contain guidance text for composing and formatting conference papers. Please ensure that all template text is removed from your conference paper before submission to the conference.
Failure to remove template text from your paper may result in your paper not being published.
To submit a contribution, follow the link under ICDL 2020 here:
https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl
Supplementary Material
ICDL encourages the submission of supplementary material, such as proofs, derivations, data, and code.
Note that submitted papers must be entirely self-contained. Reviewers are not obliged to look at the provided supplementary material because we also do not want to burden reviewers unnecessarily. In particular, you must NOT use supplementary material for extending the length of your paper. If there is material that you believe is critical to the evaluation of your paper, it needs to be included in the article.
Supplementary material will not be published or archived. If you want to include it in a final version of the article, you must put it on a web site and reference the site in the final version of your paper. We recommend a platform such as
https://figshare.com/ which you can use for free to publish supplementary material. For publishing code, we recommend
GitHub,
GitLab or any other comparable system.
Anonymized submission
We want to inform all authors that ICDL2020 will use a double-blind review process. To guarantee that the process occurs appropriately, we list here a set of guidelines to maintain paper anonymization.
Authors are expected to remove any information about their own identities from any part of the paper, including the PDF meta-data. Any information that can be used to identify the authors, including any reference to their institution must also be removed. We encourage the authors also to remove any logo, institutional attire or image that refers to their research institute, university or even research group.
Picture of the author's, specific equipment (robots, computers, structures) which are unique to one particular institution or research group do not need to be anonymized.
Citations to the authors' prior work should be discussed in the third person, to avoid identification of the authors.
We provide here a simple checklist for anonymizing submissions:
- Remove all author and institution information from the title, abstract, text-body and even acknowledgement sections.
- Remove all author and institution information from images and tables.
- Remove all meta-data in the text processing software or PDF editors.
- If you need to name the institution, use a generic identifier.
- Make use of third-person citations to prior work.
We kindly request the authors to postpone publishing their work in archiving tools (websites, arXiv, etc.) to after the decision date, to maintain the double-blind review process.
Dual Submission Policy
It is not appropriate to submit papers that are identical (or substantially similar) to versions that have been previously published, or accepted for publication, or that have been submitted in parallel to other conferences.
There are some exceptions to this rule:
- Submission is permitted of a short version of a paper that has been submitted to a journal but has not yet been published in that journal. Authors must declare such dual-submissions. It is the author's responsibility to make sure that the journal in question allows dual concurrent submissions to conferences.
- Submission is permitted for papers presented or to be presented at conferences or workshops without proceedings, or with only abstracts published.
- Submission is permitted for papers that have previously been made available as a technical report (or similar, e.g., in arXiv).
Finally, note that previously published papers with substantial overlap written by the authors must be cited. Differences relative to these earlier papers must be explained in the text of the submission.
Contact for inquiries about the paper submission
Program Chairs:
Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero and
María-José Escobar
Workshops
We invite experts in different areas to organize a workshop. The goal of the workshops is to provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss emerging research questions and challenges.
Workshop organizers have several responsibilities, including coordinating workshop participation and content, publicizing and providing the program on time and moderating the program throughout the workshop. ICDL will support the organization with rooms, audio-visual equipment, coffee breaks and poster boards.
Workshops will be held on
Monday,
7th
September
2020
Wednesday,
28th
October
2020
. Workshops will extend to a half or full-day.
Important dates for workshop submissions:
Workshops |
Monday,
7th
September
2020
Wednesday,
28th
October
2020
|
Workshop Proposals Open |
Sunday,
15th
December
2019
|
Workshop Proposals Deadline (Extended) |
Wednesday,
15th
January
2020
Wednesday,
29th
January
2020
|
Workshop Proposals Notification |
Saturday,
15th
February
2020
|
Submission format
Proposals should be maximum of two pages long following
the
standard IEEE conference style. Proposals should be submitted in PDF format by email to
Miguel Solis.
Proposals should specify the following:
- Title
- Organizers
- Duration (half-day or full-day)
- A brief description of the topics to be covered
- List of speakers (if available)
- Tentative program
- Target audience and interested groups
- Whether it is open to paper/poster/demonstration submissions
- Website
- Any logistic requirements such as poster stands, computers, projector, etc.
Contact for inquiries about the Workshop proposal submission
Workshops Chairs:
Miguel Solis
Tutorials
We invite experts in different areas to organize a tutorial. The goal of tutorials is to provide insights into specific topics through hands-on training and interactive experiences or in-depth state of the art review.
Tutorial organizers have several responsibilities, including activities scheduling, publicizing and providing the content on time. ICDL will support the organization with rooms, audio-visual equipment and coffee breaks.
Important dates for tutorial submissions:
Tutorial Proposals Open |
Saturday,
15th
February
2020
|
Tutorial Proposals Deadline (Extended) |
Thursday,
30th
April
2020
Friday,
15th
May
2020
|
Tutorial Proposals Notification |
Saturday,
30th
May
2020
|
Submission format
Proposals should be maximum of two pages long following
the
standard IEEE conference style. Proposals should be submitted in PDF format by email to
Miguel Solis.
Proposals should specify the following:
- Title
- Organizers
- Duration (half-day or full-day)
- A brief description of the topics to be covered
- Tentative program
- Target audience and interested groups
- Website
- Any logistic requirements such as poster stands, computers, projector, etc.
Contact for inquiries about the Tutorials proposal submission
Tutorials Chairs:
Miguel Solis
Journal Track
The Journal Track is designed to provide a forum to discuss important results related to cognitive and developmental systems recently published as journal articles, but have not been previously presented as conference papers. Thus, the journal track offers an opportunity to present outstanding results that might otherwise not be submitted to a conference due to their length and complexity.
Important dates for journal track submissions:
Journal Track Submission Open |
Tuesday,
31st
March
2020
|
Journal Track Submission Deadline |
Monday,
29th
June
2020
|
Journal Track Notification |
Monday,
20th
July
2020
|
Submission format
Candidate papers must be original research articles published in a journal relevant to the research area during 2019 or 2020. Papers that are in press may be submitted as long as the final camera-ready version is available online. Extensions of papers that have been previously presented as conference papers may NOT be submitted to this track.
All submissions must be made by email including in a single PDF:
- Title of the original journal paper
- Abstract of the paper
- A complete reference to the original paper in APA format.
- URL where the paper can be downloaded from the publisher if available, or proof of the final acceptance
- A copy of the paper with its final camera-ready contents
Submissions will go through an expedited selection process led by the conference chairs. Selection criteria include the significance of the results and relevance to the ICDL community.
Submissions should be sent in PDF format by email to
Francisco Cruz.
Contact for inquiries about the Journal Track
Journal Track Chair:
Francisco Cruz
Special Issue
This special issue will include state-of-the-art research on emerging topics on development and learning in natural and artificial systems. In addition to new submissions, papers presented at ICDL-EpiRob 2020 will be invited to submit extended versions to the special issue. All submissions, including those that are based on ICDL-EpiRob 2020 papers, will be reviewed as regular TCDS papers.
Important Dates
Special Issue Submission Deadline |
Friday,
15th
January
2021
Monday,
25th
January
2021
|
Special Issue Notification |
Monday,
15th
March
2021
|
Special Issue Revised Manuscripts |
Thursday,
10th
June
2021
|
Special Issue Final Version |
Saturday,
10th
July
2021
|
Submission format
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the "Information for Authors" of the journal found at https://cis.ieee.org/publications/t-cognitive-and-developmental-systems/tcds-information-for-authors and submissions should be done through the IEEE TCDS Manuscript center: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcds-ieee and please select the category "SI: Emerging Topics on Development and Learning".
Contact for inquiries about the Special Issue
Special Issue Chairs:
Giulio Sandini and
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar and
Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero and
María-José Escobar