Registration and Submission
There is no registration fee, but registration is compulsory for participation. Registration will be based on accepted submissions. There are two ways to register:
- Submit an extended abstract (up to 2 pages, excluding references) describing research relevant to the workshop themes. Both published and unpublished work are welcome.
- Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters.
- A select number will be invited for short plenaries in the main track.
- Submit a brief motivation letter if you do not plan to present work but would like to attend and participate in discussions.
Please choose only one of the above submission options.
All accepted submissions (poster abstracts or motivation letters) will count as valid registrations for IMOL 2025.
Submissions must be made via the OpenReview platform at the following link:
https://openreview.net/group?id=IMOL/2025/Conference
Topics
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Intrinsic motivations in artificial and biological systems
- Autonomous open-ended learning in machines and robots
- Self-supervised representation learning
- Goal self-generation
- Architectures for open-ended learning
- Multi-task reinforcement learning
- Curriculum learning
- Continual and lifelong learning
- Parameterized and goal-based skill learning
- Skill compositionality and chunking
- Knowledge transfer and avoidance of catastrophic forgetting
- Abstraction and hierarchies of goals and behaviours
- Interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations
- Open-ended development in children
- Mitigating risks in real-world deployment of open-ended systems
- Developmental and cognitive architectures supporting open-ended learning
- Philosophical and ethical implications of open-ended learning
Important Dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Submission opens | June 2, 2025 |
| Submission deadline | July 13, 2025 |
| Notification of acceptance | July 20, 2025 |
| Workshop dates | September 8 – 10, 2025 |