The IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), previously referred to as ICDL-EpiRob, is the premier gathering of professionals dedicated to the advancement of cognitive and developmental learning. As such, ICDL is a unique conference gathering researchers from computer science, robotics, psychology and developmental science.

We invite submissions for the conference in 2021 to explore, extend, and consolidate the interdisciplinary boundaries of this exciting research field, in the form of full papers, workshop and tutorials and of submissions to the journal track. We also invite your participation in the REAL 2021 competition.

==== Scope and Topics ====
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
* general principles of development and learning;
* development of skills in biological systems and robots;
* nature VS nurture, critical periods and developmental stages;
* architectures for cognitive development and life-long learning;
* emergence of body knowledge and affordance perception;
* models for prediction, planning and problem solving;
* models of human-human and human-robot interaction;
* emergence of verbal and non-verbal communication skills;
* epistemological foundations and philosophical issues;
* models of child development from experimental psychology.

==== Important Dates ====

Conference dates: August 23rd-26th, 2021

Paper Submission deadline: February 15th, 2021
Paper Author notification: April 15th, 2021
Camera ready due: May 15th, 2021

Tutorial and Workshops Submission Deadline: February 1st, 2021
Tutorial and Workshops Author notification: April 15th, 2021

Journal Track Submission Deadline: April 28th, 2021
Journal Track Notification: May 20th, 2021

==== Organizing committee ====
Honorary Chairs
Zhengyou Zhang (Tencent, China)
Minoru Asada (Osaka University, Japan)
Xihong Wu (Peking University, China)

Bridge Chairs
Jochen Triesch (FIAS, Germany)
Tetsuya Ogata (Waseda University, Japan)
Giulio Sandini (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)

Publicity Chairs
Yukie Nagai (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Daniela Corbetta (University of Tennessee, USA)
Jim Tørresen (University of Oslo, Norway)
Nicolás Navarro (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Zhiyong Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Hongliang Ren (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Huaping Liu (Tsinghua University, China)

General Chairs
Dingsheng Luo (Peking University, China)
Angelo Cangelosi (University of Manchester, UK)

Program Chairs
Alessandra Sciutti (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
Jing Chen (Peking University, China)

Publication Chair
Weiwei Wan (Osaka University, Japan)

Journal Track Chair
Lorenzo Jamone (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

Local Chairs
TianShu Qu (Peking University, China)
Yi Wang (Peking University, China)

Tutorial and Workshop Chair
Xu Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Finance Chair
Yudi Zou (Peking University, China)