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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Dear colleagues,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">We’re writing to announce the workshop on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(IMOL) at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">NeurIPS</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">2024!
 Please see below for more information about the workshop and submission process.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Website</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://imol-workshop.github.io/" title="https://imol-workshop.github.io/"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://imol-workshop.github.io</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Important dates:</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission deadline: September 11, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Acceptance notification: October 14, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Workshop date: December 14 or 15, 2024 (TBD), in-person @NeurIPS 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Workshop Description<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">(see<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://imol-workshop.github.io/" title="https://imol-workshop.github.io/"><span style="color:#0078D7">website</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for
 more details)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">How do humans develop broad and flexible repertoires of knowledge and skills?
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How can we design autonomous lifelong learning machines with the same abilities?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">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).</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Submission Formats</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We welcome two categories of submissions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">4-page</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">submissions</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">of technical contributions, benchmarks, negative</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="grame"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">results</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and
 opinion papers </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">1-page tiny papers (inspired by the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://iclr.cc/Conferences/2023/CallForTinyPapers" title="https://iclr.cc/Conferences/2023/CallForTinyPapers"><span style="color:#0078D7">ICLR
 tiny paper initiative</span></a>) showcasing early research ideas to foster discussion and collaboration.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Submissions should be on any topics relevant to Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning themes across disciplines (machine learning, cognitive sciences, philosophy, psychology, and
 more). Examples of relevant topics include:</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Intrinsic motivation in machines and animals,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Autonomous open-ended learning (OEL),</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Autonomous goal generation,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Self-supervised representation learning of states, actions, and skills,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hierarchical and goal-directed RL,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Curriculum learning,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Knowledge and skill transfer,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Continual/lifelong learning,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Open-ended development in children,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Role of metacognitive representations and processes in open-ended learning,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Playful exploration,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Language and sociality in open-ended learning,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mitigation of risks of open-ended learning,</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:11.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position: normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Philosophical and ethical implications of IMOL.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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