Call for Papers for Inaugural Issue: Journal of Lovotics

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Lovotics, Academic Studies of Love and Friendship with Robots
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Adrian David Cheok, Japan
HONORARY EDITOR David Levy, UK

Dear Colleague,

I am writing to invite you to submit an article to the journal "Lovotics: Academic Studies of Love and Friendship with Robots," which is is an open-access peer-reviewed, and fully refereed journal that aims to cover a broad spectrum of topics related to the latest technologies, new research results and developments in the area of lovotics on all levels including theory, methodology, design, implementation and application.

Topics of interest for the scientific papers and letters include but are not limited to:

Human-robot relationship
Affective and cognitive sciences for interactive robots
Context awareness, expectation and intention understanding
Design methodologies and aesthetics of designing interactive robots
Bio-mechatronics, neuro-robotics, and neurological aspect of Lovotics-based emotions
Artificial emotions and emotion synthesis
Scientific aspects of love
Affective computing and emotional intelligence
Human factors and ergonomics in human-robot interactions
Intelligent control and artificial intelligence for robotics
Knowledge representation, information acquisition, and decision making
Learning, adaptation and evolution of affection and intelligence
Interaction and collaboration between robots, humans and environments
Multimodal perception and communication within Lovotics robots
Ethics of Lovotics
Social acceptance and impact in the society
Cultural implications of human-to-robot love and robot co-relations
Compliance, safety and compatibility in the design of social robots "living" with humans
Considerations of security, safety and compatibility regarding human-robot co-inhabitants
Software architecture and development tools for Lovotics
Human-robot interaction and robot-robot interaction
Models of human and animal social behavior as applied to robots
Evaluation and measurement of love
Philosophical ramifications of love between humans and robots
Methodologies of verbal and kinetic reaction systems
Tangible Interfaces for transferring affection
Embodiment: How robotic affection can be transferred through technological mediation.
Invoking human emotions from non-human partners
Behavioral studies of human and robot behaviors

The journal has a distinguished editorial board with extensive academic qualifications, ensuring that the journal maintains high scientific standards and has a broad international coverage. A current list of the journal's editors can be found at http://www.ashdin.com/journals/lt/editors.aspx.

Manuscripts can be submitted online at http://mts.ashdin.com/. If you have not already an account, then create one by clicking on the "Register" link. You then will be able to submit your manuscript in an electronic form (.PDF). Manuscripts submitted in response to this initial invitation will be published FREE, i.e., without any article processing charges. Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, it will undergo language copyediting, typesetting, and reference validation in order to provide the highest publication quality possible.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the journal.

Best regards,

John Costa
Ashdin Publishing
2E, rue de la Vallee
7387 Roisin, Honnelles
Belgium
http://www.ashdin.com

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