Publications

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Complete list of publications:

Books

Mondes Mosaiques: Astres, villes, vivant et robots
Audouze, J., Chapouthier, G., Laming, D., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2015)
CNRS Editions.

Aux sources de la parole: auto-organisation et évolution
Oudeyer, P-Y. (sept. 2013)
Odile Jacob, Paris.

Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006)
Studies in the Evolution of Language, Oxford University Press. Bibtex (Translation by James R. Hurford)

Human Behavior Understanding
(as co-editor) Salah, A. Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Mericli, C., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
LNCS 7559, Springer.

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics
(as co-editor) Canamero, L., Oudeyer, P-Y., Balkenius, C. (2009)
Lund University Cognitive Studies.

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics
(as co-editor) Kaplan, F., Oudeyer P-Y., Revel, A., Gaussier, P., Nadel, J., Berthouze, L., Kozima, H., Prince, G.C., Balkenius, C. (2006)
Lund University Cognitive Studies.

Developmental constraints on the evolution and acquisition of sensorimotor and social skills
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
Thèse d’Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Bordeaux I.

L’auto-organisation de la parole
Oudeyer P-Y. (2003)
PhD thesis, University Paris VI, France.

Technical Reports

Moulin-Frier, C., & Oudeyer, P. Y. (2020). Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning as a Computational Tool for Language Evolution Research: Historical Context and Future Challenges. arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.08878.

Colas, C., Akakzia, A., Oudeyer, P. Y., Chetouani, M., & Sigaud, O. (2020). Language-Conditioned Goal Generation: a New Approach to Language Grounding for RL. arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.07043.

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Statistical Comparisons of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms
Colas, C., Sigaud, O., & Oudeyer, P. Y. (2019). arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.06979.

Accuracy-based Curriculum Learning in Deep Reinforcement Learning.
Fournier P.., Sigaud, O., Chetouani, M., & Oudeyer, P. Y. (2018).  arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.09614.

How many random seeds? statistical power analysis in deep reinforcement learning experiments
Colas, C., Sigaud, O., & Oudeyer, P. Y. (2018). arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.08295.

Intrinsically Motivated Goal Exploration Processes with Automatic Curriculum Learning.
Forestier S, Oudeyer P-Y.  (2017)
arXiv:1708.02190

Journals

Santucci, V. G., Oudeyer, P. Y., Barto, A., & Baldassarre, G. (2020). Intrinsically motivated open-ended learning in autonomous robots (editorial). Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 13, 115.

Towards a Neuroscience of Active Sampling and Curiosity
Gottlieb, J. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2018)
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 19(12), 758-770.

Autonomous Development and Learning in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Scaling Up Deep Learning to Human-Like Learning
P-Y. Oudeyer (2017)
Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 40, pp. 45-46, doi:10.1017/S0140525X17000243

Proximodistal Exploration in Motor Learning as an Emergent Property of Optimization
F. Stulp and P-Y. Oudeyer (2017)
Developmental Science, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1111/desc.12638.

Performance and Usability of various Robotic Arm Control Modes from Human Force Signals
Mick, S., Cattaert, D., Paclet, F., Oudeyer, P-Y., Rugy, A. (in press)
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 11(55). doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2017.00055

Model and experiments to optimize co-adaptation in a simplified myoelectric control system
Mathilde Couraud, Daniel Cattaert, Florent Paclet, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Aymar De Rugy
Journal of Neural Engineering, IOP Publishing, 2017, pp.1-32. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/aa87cf

Emergent jaw predominance in vocal development through stochastic optimization
C. Moulin-Frier, J. Brochard, F. Stulp, P-Y. Oudeyer (2017)
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 99(1), for: 10.1109/TCDS.2017.2704912

What can we learn about development from baby robots?
P-Y. Oudeyer (2017)
WIREs Cognitive Science, 8, Wiley. [pdf]

Intrinsic motivation, curiosity and learning: theory and applications in educational technologies
P-Y. Oudeyer, J. Gottlieb and M. Lopes (2016)
Progress in Brain Research, 229, pp. 257-284.

Curiosity and Intrinsic Motivation for Autonomous Machine Learning
P-Y. Oudeyer, M. Lopes, C. Kidd and J. Gottlieb (2016)
ERCIM News, 107, pp. 34-35.

Pragmatic frames for teaching and learning in human-robot interaction: review and challenges
Anna-Lisa Vollmer* , Britta Wrede, Katharina J. Rohlfing and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (in press)
Frontiers in Neurorobotics

Behavioral Diversity Generation in Autonomous Exploration Through Reuse of Past Experience
F. Benureau, P-Y. Oudeyer (2016)
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2016. [code]

How Evolution may work through Curiosity-driven Developmental Process
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Smith. L. (2016)
Topics in Cognitive Science, 1-11.

An Alternative to Mapping a Word onto a Concept in Language Acquisition: Pragmatic Frames
K. Rohlfing, B. Wrede, A-L. Vollmer, P-Y. Oudeyer (2016)
Frontiers in Psychology, 7(470).

Eye Movements Reveal Epistemic Curiosity in Human Observers
Adrien Baranes, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Jacqueline Gottlieb (2015)
Vision Research, 117, pp. 81-90. [pdf]

MCA-NMF: Multimodal Concept Acquisition with Non-Negative Matrix Factorization
Mangin O, Filliat D, ten Bosch L, Oudeyer P-Y (2015)
 PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140732. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140732

Multi-Armed Bandits for Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Benjamin Clement, Didier Roy, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Manuel Lopes (2015)
Journal of Educational Data Mining (JEDM), Vol 7, No 2.

Open challenges in understanding development and evolution of speech forms: The roles of embodied self-organization, motivation and active exploration 
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2015)
Journal of Phonetics, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2015.09.001.

On the cognitive nature of speech sound systems
Jean-Luc Schwartz, Clément Moulin-Frier, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Kenneth De Jong
Journal of Phonetics, pp.120, 2015 [Bib]

Exploiting task constraints for self-calibrated brain-machine interface control using error-related potentials
I. Iturrate, J. Grizou, J. Omedes, P.-Y. Oudeyer, M. Lopes and L. Montesano (2015)
PLOS One, 10(7): e0131491. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131491

Development, Evolution and Complex Systems: the Contexts of “Intelligence”
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2014)
IEEE Intelligent Systems (commentary on Lehman, Clune and Risi, in press).

Developmental Learning of Sensorimotor Models for Control in Robotics
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2014)
SIAM News, vol. 47, n. 7. (original link)

The effects of task difficulty, novelty and the size of the search space on intrinsically motivated exploration
Adrien Baranes, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Jacqueline Gottlieb (2014)
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2014, 8 (317), pp.1-9.  <10.3389/fnins.2014.00317> [pdf] [Bib]

A social learning formalism for learners trying to figure out what a teacher wants them to do
Cederborg,, T. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2014)
Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 5:64-99. [Bib]

Behavior Understanding and Developmental Robotics (Guest Editorial)
Salah, A., Oudeyer, P-Y., Mericli, C., Ruiz-del-Solar, J. (2014)
IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 6(2), pp. 77-79. DOI: 10.1109/TAMD.2014.2328731

Object Learning Through Active Exploration
Ivaldi, S., Nguyen, M., Lyubova, N., Droniou, A., Padois, V., Filliat, D., Oudeyer, P-Y., Sigaud, O. (2014)
IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, pp. 56-72, 6(1). DOI, original link.

Socially Guided Intrinsic Motivation for Robot Learning of Motor Skills
Nguyen, M., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2014)
Autonomous Robots, pp. 273-294, DOI, original link. Bibtex

Self-organization of early vocal development in infants and machines: the role of intrinsic motivation
Moulin-Frier, C., Nguyen, S.M., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2014)
Frontiers in Psychology (Cognitive Science), 4(1006), Bibtex

Information Seeking, Curiosity and Attention: Computational and Neural Mechanisms
Gottlieb, J., Oudeyer, P-Y., Lopes, M., Baranes, A. (2013)
Trends in Cognitive Science, , 17(11), pp. 585-596. DOI, Bibtex Pdf preprint

From Language to Motor Gavagai: Unified Imitation Learning of Multiple Linguistic and Non-linguistic Sensorimotor Skills
Cederborg, T. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2013)
IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, pp. 222-239, 5(3). DOI, Original link.

Active Choice of Teachers, Learning Strategies and Goals for a Socially Guided Intrinsic Motivation Learner
Nguyen, M., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2013) 
Paladyn Journal of Behavioural Robotics, 3(3):136–146. [Bibtex]

The Impact of Human-Robot Interfaces on the Learning of Visual Object
Rouanet, P., Oudeyer, P-Y., Danieau, F., Filliat, D. (2013)
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 29(2), pp. 525-541. Bibtex

Active Learning of Inverse Models with Intrinsically Motivated Goal Exploration in Robots
Baranes, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2013)
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61(1), pp. 49-73. DOI, Bibtex

Adaptive Exploration through Covariance Matrix Adaptation Enables Developmental Motor Learning
Stulp, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012) 
Paladyn Journal of Behavioural Robotics. pp. 128)135, 3(3), [Bibtex] [Details] [original link]

On the impact of robotics in behavioral and cognitive sciences: from insect navigation to human cognitive development
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 2(1), pp. 2–16. DOI; Bibtex

Active Learning and Intrinsically Motivated Exploration in Robots: Advances and Challenges (Guest editorial)
Lopes, M., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 2(2), pp. 65-69. Bibtex

R-IAC: Robust intrinsically motivated exploration and active learning
Baranes, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 1(3), pp. 155-169. Bibtex

Stable kernels and fluid body envelopes
Kaplan, F., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 48(1).

Le corps comme variable expérimentale
Kaplan, F., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2008)
Revue Philosophique de la France et de l’Etranger, pp. 287–298. Bibtex

Computational Models in the Debate over Language Learnability
Kaplan, F., Oudeyer, P-Y., Bergen B. (2008)
Infant and Child Development, 17(1), pp. 55–80. Bibtex

What is intrinsic motivation? A typology of computational approaches
Oudeyer P-Y. and Kaplan F. (2007)
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 1:6, doi: 10.3389/neuro.12.006.2007. Bibtex

In search of the neural circuits of intrinsic motivation
Kaplan F. and Oudeyer P-Y. (2007a)
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 1(1), pp.225–236. Bibtex

Language Evolution as a Darwinian Process: Computational Studies
Oudeyer P-Y., Kaplan F. (2007)
Cognitive Processing, 8(1), pp. 21–35. DOI: 10.1007/s10339-006-0158-3. Bibtex

Un robot motivé pour apprendre : le rôle des motivations intrinsèques dans le développement sensorimoteur
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2007) 
Enfance, 1, pp. 46–58.

Intrinsic Motivation Systems for Autonomous Mental Development
Oudeyer P-Y, Kaplan , F. and Hafner, V. (2007)
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 11(2), pp. 265–286. DOI: 10.1109/TEVC.2006.890271. Bibtex

Discovering Communication
Oudeyer P-Y., Kaplan F. (2006)
Connection Science, 18(2), pp. 189–206 Bibtex

Modeling interaction strategies using POS: An application to soccer robots
Koning J-L., Oudeyer P-Y. (2006)
Applied Intelligence, 25(1), pp. 7–21.

The Self-Organization of Speech Sounds
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2005)
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 233(3), pp. 435–449, Bibtex pdf or html

The self-organization of combinatoriality and phonotactics in vocalization systems,
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2005)
Connection Science, 17(3-4), pp. 325–341. bibtex reference.

How phonological structures can be culturally selected for learnability
Oudeyer, P-Y (2005)
Adaptive Behavior, 13(4), pp. 269–280. Bibtex

Aux sources du langage : l’auto-organisation de la parole
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2005)
Cahiers Romans de Sciences Cognitives, Cuadernos Romances de Ciencias Cognitivas, Cadernos Românicos em Ciências Cognitivas, Quaderni Romanzi di Scienze Cognitive, In Cognito, 2 (2), pp. 1–24.

The production and recognition of emotions in speech: features and algorithms
Oudeyer P-Y. (2003)
International Journal in Human-Computer Studies, 59(1-2), pp. 157–183, special issue on Affective Computing.bibtex reference

Formalization, implementation and validation of conversation policies using a protocol operational semantics
Koning J-L., Oudeyer P-Y. (2003)
Cognitive Systems Research, 4(3), pp. 223–242.

Robotic clicker training
Kaplan, F., Oudeyer, P-Y., Kubinyi, E. and Miklosi, A. (2002)
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 38(3-4), pp. 197–206. Bibtex

Introduction to POS: A Protocol Operational Semantics
Koning, J-L. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2001)
International Journal of Cooperative Information System – Special Issue on Information Agents: Theory and Applications, 2.

Clicker training sessions with an animal-like robot
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. and Kubinyi, E. and Miklosi, A.(2001)
Advances in Ethology (Supplements to Ethology), 36, 2001.

Newsletters

List of the scientific dialogs I have organized as editor of the IEEE CIS Newsletter in Cognitive and Developmental Systems:

Oudeyer, P-Y. (2018) The Mysteries of Human Curiosity-Driven Learning and the Challenges of Translational Educational Sciences, Editorial of IEEE Cognitive and Developmental Systems Newsletter, 15(1).

Oudeyer, P-Y. (2017) The Development of Human General Intelligence and Extreme Specialization, Editorial of IEEE Cognitive and Developmental Systems Newsletter, 14(2).

Oudeyer, P-Y. (2017) Hierarchical Predictive Coding in Autonomous AI and Development, Editorial of IEEE Cognitive and Developmental Systems Newsletter, 14(2).

Oudeyer, P-Y. (2017) Computational Modelling Across Disciplines, Editorial of IEEE Cognitive and Developmental Systems Newsletter, 14(2).

We Need New Scientific Languages to Harness the Complexity of Cognitive Development (Editorial)
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2016)
IEEE CIS Newsletter on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 13(1)
Dialog topic: “Moving Beyond Nature-Nurture: a Problem of Science or Communication?”

Explaining and Communicating About Developmental Systems: How To Change Representations (Editorial)
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2015)
IEEE CIS Newsletter on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 12(2)
Dialog topic: “Representational redescription: the next challenge?”

Building Up the Community: Interdisciplinary Bridges and Open Science (Editorial)
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2015)
IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 12(1)
Dialog title: “Will social robots need to be consciously aware?”

Learning New Scientific Languages: A Need for Training in Developmental Sciences (Editorial)
IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 11(2)
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2014)
Dialog title: “Trained for everything? The challenges of interdisciplinary education“

Development as a Complex Adaptive Field of Research (Editorial)
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2014)
IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 11(1)
Dialog title: “Autonomous Acquisition of Sensorimotor Experiences: Any Role for Language?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 10(2)
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2013)
Dialog title: “How are Grammatical Constructions Linked to Embodied Meaning Representations?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 10(1)
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2013)
Dialog title: “Modeling AMD and its Application to Assistive Robotics: Closed Skull or Not?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 9(2)
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
Dialog title: “Children’s Natural Learning: Why Development Really Does Matter!”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 9(1)
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
Dialog title: “What Novel Scientific and Technological Questions Does Developmental Robotics Bring to HRI? Are we Ready for a Loop?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 8(2).
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
Dialog title: “Evolutionary Developmental Robotics – The Next Step to Go?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 8(1).
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
Dialog title: “Are natural languages symbolic in the brain?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 7(2).
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
Dialog title: “What are the key open challenges for understanding autonomous cumulative learning of skills?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 7(1).
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
Dialog title:  “The Symbol Grounding Problem Has Been Solved: Or Maybe Not?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 6(2).
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
Dialog title: “Developmental Robotics: From Black Art to Discipline Guided by Principles?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 6(1).
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
Dialog title: “Are robots Beneficial to Children with Autism?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 5(2).
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2008)
Dialog title:  “Which skills most need development?”

IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 5(1)
(as editor) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2008)
Dialog title: “How the Mind Works and How the Brain Develops”

From proximal to distal assessment methods in developmental robotics : routes and prospects
Oudeyer, P-Y., and Kaplan, F. (2007)
IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 4(1).

How can we assess open-ended development?
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Kaplan, F. (2006)
IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 3(2).

Adaptive internal value systems for developmental robots
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Kaplan, F. (2005) IEEE CIS Newsletter on Autonomous Mental Development, 2(1).

Book Chapters

Oudeyer, P-Y., Kachergis, G., Schueller, W. (2019) Computational and Robotic Models of Early Language Development: a Review, to appear in Handbook on Language Development, ed. Horst, J. and von Koss Torkildsen, J.. Routledge.

Oudeyer, P-Y. (2018) Computational Theories of Curiosity-driven Learning, in “The New Science of Curiosity”, ed. G. Gordon, NOVA.

Motivated Cognition: Neural and Computational Mechanisms of Curiosity, Attention, and Intrinsic Motivation
Gottlieb J., Lopes M. and Oudeyer P-Y. (2016)
In Recent Developments in Neuroscience Research on Human Motivation Advances in Motivation and Achievement, Volume 19, pp. 129-152.

Acting up: An approach to the study of cognitive development
Giovanni Pezzulo, Gottfried Vosgerau, Uta Frith, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton, Cecilia Heyes, Atsushi Iriki, Henrik Jörntell, Peter König, Saskia K. Nagel, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Robert D. Rupert, and Antonella Tramacere
In: The Pragmatic Turn: Toward Action-Oriented Views in Cognitive Science, ed. A. K. Engel, K. J. Friston, and D. Kragic. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 18, J. Lupp, series editor. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, in press. Links: ESF Forum, MIT Press Book 

Motivated cognition: Neural and computational mechanisms of curiosity, attention and intrinsic motivation
Gottlieb J,, Lopes, M. and Oudeyer, P.Y (2016)
in ‘Recent Developments in Neuroscience Research on Human Motivation’, Sung-il Kim, Johnmarshall Reeve, and Mimi Bong, editors.

Intrinsically Motivated Learning of Real-World Sensorimotor Skills with Developmental Constraints
Oudeyer P-Y., Baranes A., Kaplan F. (2013)
in Intrinsically Motivated Learning in Natural and Artificial Systems, eds. Baldassarre G. and Mirolli M., Springer.Bibtex

Human-Behavior Understanding for Robotics
Salah, A. Ruiz-del-Solar, J., Mericli, C., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
in Human Behavior Understanding, LNCS 7559, Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34014-7_1

Developmental Robotics, Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
N.M. Seel ed., Springer Reference Series, Springer.

From Hardware and Software to Kernels and Envelopes: A Concept Shift for Robotics
Kaplan, F., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
Developmental Psychology and Brain Sciences, in Krichmar, J.L., Wagatsuma, eds., Neuromorphic and Brain-Based Robots: Trends and Perspectives, Cambridge University Press.

L’auto-organisation dans l’évolution de la parole
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
in Dehaene, S., and Petit, C., Parole et Musique: Aux origines du dialogue humain, Colloque annuel du Collège de France, pp. 83-112, Odile Jacob.

Self-Organization and Complex Dynamical Systems in the Evolution of Speech
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2013)
in Smith, K. and Binder, P. eds., The Language Phenomenon, Springer. Bibtex

Intrinsically Motivated Exploration for Developmental and Active Sensorimotor Learning
Oudeyer, P-Y., Baranes, A. and Kaplan, F. (2010)
in Sigaud, O. and Peters, J. eds., From Motor Learning to Interaction Learning in Robots, pp. 107-146, Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol. 264/2010, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg.

Sur les interactions entre la robotique et les sciences de l’esprit et du comportement
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
in Informatique et Sciences Cognitives: influences ou confluences?, eds. C. Garbay et D. Kaiser, série Cogniprisme, Presses Universitaires de France.

Intrinsically Motivated Machines
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2008)
in M. Lungarella and Iida, F, Bongard, J,. and Pfeifer, R. (Eds.): 50 Years of AI, Festschrift, LNAI 4850, pp. 304–315, 2007.

The progress-drive hypothesis: an interpretation of early imitation
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2007b)
In Dautenhahn, K. and Nehaniv, C., editor, Models and mechanisms of imitation and social learning: Behavioural, social and communication dimensions, pp.361–377, Cambridge University Press. 2005. Bibtex

From vocal replication to shared combinatorial speech codes: a small step for evolution, a big step for language
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2007)
In Lyon, C., Nehaniv L. and A. Cangelosi, editor, Emergence of Communication and Language, pp. 207–222, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag. Berlin. bibtex reference

Des robots aux sources du langage
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006)
Sur les chemins de la découverte, coord. par Farouki, N., Presses Universitaires de France.

From Holistic to Discrete Speech Sounds: The Blind Snow-Flake Maker Hypothesis
Oudeyer P-Y. (2005)
in Tallerman, M., editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution, Oxford University Press, pp. 68-99. bibtex reference

Maximizing learning progress: an internal reward system for development
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y (2004)
In Iida, F. and Pfeifer, R. and Steels, L. and Kuniyoshi, Y., editor, Embodied Artificial Intelligence,pp. 259–270, LNAI 3139, Springer-Verlag.

Origins and Learnability of Syllable Systems, a Cultural Evolutionary
Oudeyer, P-Y.
Model, in Artificial Evolution, pp. 143-155, eds. P. Collet, C. Fonlupt, J.K. Hao, E. Lutton, M. Schonenauer, LNCS 2310, Springer Verlag.

Modeling soccer-robots strategies through conversation policies
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Koning, J-L. (2000) Agent systems, Mobile Agents and Applications, Lectures Notes in Computer Science, 1882, Springer., pages 249-261, 2000.

International Conferences

Laversanne-Finot, A., Péré, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2018) Curiosity Driven Exploration of Learned Disentangled Goal Spaces, In Proceedings of Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2018).

Colas, C., Sigaud, O., Oudeyer, P. Y. (2018). GEP-PG: Decoupling Exploration and Exploitation in Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms. In Proceedings of International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2018), arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.05054. Other links: code and blog post.

Péré, A., Forestier, S., Sigaud, O., & Oudeyer, P. Y. (2018). Unsupervised Learning of Goal Spaces for Intrinsically Motivated Goal Exploration. In Proceedings of International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2018), arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.00781. Other links: code.

A Unified Model of Speech and Tool Use Early Development
Forestier S, Oudeyer P-Y. (2017)
Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [bibtex]

Overlapping Waves in Tool Use Development: a Curiosity-Driven Computational Model
Sebastien Forestier and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2016)
Proceedings of IEEE ICDL-Epirob 2016, Cergy-Pontoise, France.

Modular Active Curiosity-Driven Discovery of Tool Use
Sebastien Forestier and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2016)
Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016), Daejon, Korea. [bibtex]

A Comparison of Automatic Teaching Strategies for Heterogeneous Student Populations
Benjamin Clément, P-Y. Oudeyer and M. Lopes (2016)
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Raleigh, USA.

Curiosity-driven Development of Tool-Use Precursors: a Computational Model
Sebastien Forestier and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2016)
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Philadelphia, USA: Cognitive Science Society.

An Iterative Algorithm for Forward-Parameterized Skill Discovery
Adrien Matricon, David Filliat and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Proceedings of ICDL-Epirob 2016, Paris, France.

Active Control of Complexity Growth in Naming Games: Hearer’s Choice
William Schueller and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2016)
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference (EVOLANG11).

Diversity-Driven Selection of Exploration Strategies in Multi-Armed Bandits
F. Benureau, P-Y. Oudeyer (2015)
5th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, Providence, USA. [code][interactive graphs]

Active Learning and Active Control of Growth Complexity in Naming Games
William Schueller and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2015)
5th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, Providence, USA. [code][Jupyter notebooks for reproducing the graphs]

Towards Hierarchical Curiosity-Driven Exploration of Sensorimotor Models
Sébastien Forestier and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2015)
5th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, Providence, USA.

IniRobot: a pedagogical kit to initiate children to concepts of robotics and computer science
Didier Roy, Gordana Gerber, Stéphane Magnenat, Fanny Riedo, Morgane Chevalier, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Francesco Mondada (2015)
6th International Conference on Robotics in Education.

Poppy Project: Open-Source Fabrication of 3D Printed Humanoid Robot for Science, Education and Art
Matthieu Lapeyre, Pierre Rouanet, Jonathan Grizou, Steve Nguyen, Fabien Depraetre, Alexandre Le Falher, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2014)
Digital Intelligence 2014, Sep 2014, Nantes, France. pp.6 [pdf] [Bib]

Studying the Co-Construction of Interaction Protocols in Collaborative Tasks with Humans
Anna-Lisa Vollmer, Jonathan Grizou, Manuel Lopes, Katharina Rohlfing and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
IEEE ICDL-Epirob – The Fourth Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 2014, Genoa, Italy. [Bib]

Explauto: an open-source Python library to study autonomous exploration in developmental robotics
Clément Moulin-Frier; Pierre Rouanet; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
ICDL-Epirob – International Conference on Development and Learning, Epirob, Oct 2014, Genoa, Italy. GitHub repository. [Bib]

Reusing Motor Commands to Learn Object Interaction
Fabien Benureau, Paul Fudal, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2014)
ICDL-EPIROB 2014, Oct 2014, Genoa, Italy. [pdf] [Bib][code]

Rapid morphological exploration with the Poppy humanoid platform
Matthieu Lapeyre, Steve N’Guyen, Alexandre Le Falher, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2014)
IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Nov 2014, Madrid, Spain. pp.8 [pdf] [Bib]

Developmental Learning for Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Benjamin Clement; Didier Roy; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer; Manuel Lopes
IEEE ICDL-Epirob – The Fourth Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, 2014, Genoa, Italy. [Bib]

Online Optimization and Personalization of Teaching Sequences
Benjamin Clement; Didier Roy; Manuel Lopes; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
DI : Digital Intelligence – 1st International conference on digital cultures, 2014, Nantes, France.

A new experimental setup to study the structure of curiosity-driven exploration in humans
Brice Miard; Pierre Rouanet; Jonathan Grizou; Manuel Lopes; Jacqueline Gottlieb; Adrien Baranes; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
ICDL-EPIROB 2014, Oct 2014, Genoa, Italy.

Online Optimization of Teaching Sequences with Multi-Armed Bandits
Benjamin Clement; Didier Roy; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer; Manuel Lopes
7th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 2014, London, United Kingdom. [Bib]

Interactive Learning from Unlabeled Instructions
Grizou J., Iturrate I., Montesano L., Oudeyer P-Y., Lopes M. (2014)
International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2014). [talks] [bib]

Calibration-Free BCI Based Control
Grizou J., Iturrate I., Montesano L., Oudeyer P-Y., Lopes M. (2014)
Proceedings of AAAI 2014. [bib]

Robot Learning from Unlabelled Teaching Signals
Grizou J., Lopes M., Oudeyer P-Y. (2014)
HRI Pioneers Workshop, 2014. [poster] [bib]

Robot Learning Simultaneously a Task and How to Interpret Human Instructions
Grizou J., Lopes M., Oudeyer P-Y. (2013)
Proceedings of ICDL-Epirob 2014. [bib] [slides]

Robot Learning from Unlabelled Teaching Signals
Jonathan Grizou, Manuel Lopes, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2014)
HRI 2014 Pioneers Workshop, Mar 2014, Bielefeld, Germany. [pdf] [Bib]

Learning how to reach various goals by autonomous interaction with the environment: unification and comparison of exploration strategies
Clément Moulin-Frier, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2013)
1st Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM2013), Princeton University, New Jersey, Oct 2013, Princeton, United States. [pdf] [Bib]

Zero-calibration BMIs for sequential tasks using error-related potentials
Grizou J., Iturrate I., Montesano L., Lopes M., Oudeyer P-Y., (2013)
IROS Workshop on Neuroscience and Robotics, 2013. [pdf] [bib] [slides]

Interactive Task Estimation from Unlabeled Teaching Signals
Grizou J., Iturrate I., Montesano L., Lopes M., Oudeyer P-Y., (2013)
Humascend Workshop, 2013. [pdf] [bib]

Active discovery and learning of semantic components in multimodal perceptual flow
Oudeyer, P-Y.
International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), Berlin, Germany.

Poppy Humanoid Platform: Experimental Evaluation of the Role of a Bio-inspired Thigh Shape
Matthieu Lapeyre ; Pierre Rouanet; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Humanoids 2013, Oct 2013, Atlanta, United States.

The Poppy Humanoid Robot: Leg Design for Biped Locomotion
Matthieu Lapeyre ; Pierre Rouanet; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Nov 2013, Tokyo, Japan.

Physical Human-like Interaction with the Acroban and Poppy Humanoid Platforms.
Matthieu Lapeyre; Pierre Rouanet; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
IROS Workshop, Nov 2013, Tokyo, Japan.

Exploration strategies in developmental robotics: a unified probabilistic framework
Clément Moulin-Frier; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
ICDL-Epirob – International Conference on Development and Learning, Epirob, Aug 2013, Osaka, Japan.
[GitHub repository of Explauto library]

Autonomous Reuse of Motor Exploration Trajectories
Fabien Benureau ; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, Aug 2013, Osaka, Japan. International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, pp. [code]

Learning Semantic Components from Subsymbolic Multimodal Perception
Olivier Mangin ; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning an on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob), Aug 2013, Osaka, Japan. IEEE
[bibtex] [poster][code] [details]

Robot Learning Simultanously a Task and How to Interpret Human Instructions
Grizou, J., Lopes, M. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2013)
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, IEEE ICDL-Epirob, Osaka, Japan. [videos of talk]

Learning to recognize objects through curiosity-driven manipulation with the iCub humanoid robot 
Sao Mai Nguyen, Serena Ivaldi, Natalia Lyubova, Alain Droniou, Damien Gerardeaux-Viret, David Filliat, Vincent Padois, Olivier Sigaud and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (2013)
Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, IEEE ICDL-Epirob, Osaka, Japan. [video][Bibtex]

Poppy: a New Bio-Inspired Humanoid Robot Platform for Biped Locomotion and Physical Human-Robot Interaction
Matthieu Lapeyre ; Pierre Rouanet; Pierre-Yves Oudeyer
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion in Animals and Machines (AMAM), Mar 2013, Darmstadt, Germany.

Exploration in Model-based Reinforcement Learning by Empirically Estimating Learning Progress
Lopes M., Lang T., Toussaint M. and Oudeyer P-Y. (2012)
Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS 2012), Tahoe, USA.Bibtex

Learning to recognize parallel combinations of human motion primitives with linguistic descriptions using non-negative matrix factorization
Mangin O., Oudeyer P.Y. (2012)
in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Algarve (Portugal). [data] [slides of presentation at IROS 2012][video of presentation] Bibtex

The Strategic Student Approach for Life-Long Exploration and Learning
Lopes M., Oudeyer P-Y. (2012)
in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-Epirob), San Diego, USA. Bibtex

Emergent Proximo-Distal Maturation with Adaptive Exploration
Stulp, F., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-Epirob), San Diego, USA. [slides]

Towards Robots with Teleological Action and Language Understanding
Stulp, F., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
in Workshop on Developmental Robotics of IEEE RAS Conference on Humanoid Robotics, Osaka, Japan.

Curiosity Driven Phonetic Learning
Moulin-Frier, C. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2012)
in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robot (ICDL-Epirob), San Diego, USA. Bibtex (Best Paper Award, category “Models of Cognitive Development”).

Learning the combinatorial structure of demonstrated behaviors with inverse feedback control
Mangin O., Oudeyer P.Y. (2012)
in Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Human Behavior Unterstanding (HBU 2012), pp. 134-147, Springer, LNCS 7559. [slides] Bibtex (This article is about Factorial Inverse Feedback Learning).

Exploring robust, intuitive and emergent physical human-robot interaction with the humanoid Acroban
Oudeyer, P-Y., Ly, O., Rouanet, P. (2011)
in the Proceedings of IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Bled, Slovenia. Bibtex

Maturational constraints for motor learning in high-dimensions : the case of biped walking
Lapeyre, M., Ly, O., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
Proceedings of IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2011), Bled, Slovenia.

Imitating Operations on Internal Cognitive Structures for Language Acquisition
Lapeyre, M., Ly, O., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
Proceedings of IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2011), Bled, Slovenia.

Simultaneous Acquisition of Task and Feedback Models
Lopes, M., Cederborg, M., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
in proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL-Epirob), Frankfurt, Germany. Bibtex

Bootstrapping Intrinsically Motivated Learning with Human Demonstrations
Nguyen, M., Baranes, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
in proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL-Epirob), Frankfurt, Germany. Bibtex

The Interaction of Maturational Constraints and Intrinsic Motivations in Active Motor Development
Baranes, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
in proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL-Epirob) , Frankfurt, Germany. Bibtex

Bio-inspired vertebral column, compliance and semi-passive dynamics in a lightweight robot
Ly, O., Lapeyre, M., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
in Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), San Francisco, US.

Exploring robust, intuitive and emergent physical human-robot interaction with the humanoid Acroban
Oudeyer, P-Y., Ly, O., Rouanet, P. (2011)
in the Proceedings of IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Bled, Slovenia. Bibtex

A robotic game to evaluate interfaces used to show and teach visual objects to a robot in real world condition
Rouanet, P., Danieau, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2011)
In Proceedings of 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2011), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Intrinsically Motivated Goal Exploration for Active Motor Learning in Robots: a Case Study
Baranes, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
in Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010), Taipei, Taiwan. Bibtex

Maturationally-Constrained Competence-Based Intrinsically Motivated Learning
Baranes, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2010), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Incremental Local Online Gaussian Mixture Regression for Imitation Learning of Multiple Tasks
Cederborg, T., Ming, L., Baranes, A., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
in Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010), Taipei, Taiwan.

Using mediator objects to easily and robustly teach visual objects to a robot
Rouanet, P., Oudeyer, P-Y., and Filliat, D. (2010)
in ACM SIGGRAPH Posters, 2010.

Acroban the humanoid: Playful and compliant physical child-robot interaction
Ly, O., Oudeyer, P-Y. (2010)
in ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 Emerging Technologies. (more videos here). Bibtex

An integrated system for teaching new visually grounded words to a robot for non-expert users using a mobile device
Rouanet, P., Oudeyer, P-Y. and Filliat, D. (2009)
in the Proceedings of IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2009).

A Comparison of Interfaces using Handheld Devices to Intuitively Drive and Show Objects to a Social Robot
Rouanet, P., Bechu, J. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Roman’09).

Proximo-Distal Competence Based Curiosity-Driven Exploration and Learning
Baranes, A. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (Epirob 2009), Venice, Italy.

Learning motor dependent Crutchfield’s information distance to anticipate changes in the topology of sensori body maps
Schatz, T. and Oudeyer P-Y. (2009)
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Learning and Development (ICDL 2009), Shangaï, China. (Best student paper award)

R-IAC: Robust Intrinsically Motivated Active Learning
Baranes, A. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
Proceedings of theIEEE International Conference on Learning and Development (ICDL 2009), Shangaï, China.

Exploring the use of a handheld device in language teaching human-robot interaction
Rouanet, P. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2009)
Proceedings of AISB 2009, symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction, Edinburgh, Scotland.

How can we define intrinsic motivation?
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Kaplan, F. (2008)
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (Epirob 2008), Lund University Cognitive Studies, Lund:LUCS, Brighton.

Intrinsically motivated exploration as efficient active learning in unknown and unprepared spaces
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Baranes, A. (2008)
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, Lund University Cognitive Studies, Lund:LUCS, Brighton.

Developmental exploration in the cultural evolution of lexical conventions
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Delaunay, F. (2008)
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, Lund University Cognitive Studies, Lund:LUCS, Brighton.

Self-Organization in the Evolution of Shared Systems of Speech Sounds: a Computational Study
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2007)
in the Proceedings of Interspeech 2007, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Curiosity-driven development
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006)
in the proceedings of the International Workshop on Synergistic Intelligence Dynamics, Genova, Italy.

Trends in Epigenetic Robotics: Atlas 2006
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006)
in Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. and Revel, A. and Gaussier, P. and Nadel, J. and Berthouze, L. and Kozima, H. and Prince, C. and Balkenius, C., Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (Epirob 2006), LUCS 128.

Boostrapping shared combinatorial speech codes from basic imitation: the role of self-organization
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006)
 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolan 2006), Roma, Italy.

The self-organization of combinatorial vocalization systems
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2005)
in the proceedings of theEuropean Conference on Complex Systems, Paris.

The bootstrapping of combinatorial speech codes
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2005)
First Scottish-Dutch workshop onLanguage Evolution: Formal Modelling Meets Empirical Data, Amsterdam.

The self-organized origins of phonotactics
Oudeyer P-Y. (2005)
in the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication, EELC’05, AISB 2005, Hatfield, UK.

The Playground Experiment: Task-Independent Development of a Curious Robot
Oudeyer P-Y., Kaplan F., Hafner, V., Whyte A. (2005)
in the proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium Workshop on Developmental Robotics.

Neuromodulation and open-ended development
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2004)
Third International Conference on Development and Learning: Developing social brains (ICDL 2004), Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA.

Intelligent adaptive curiosity: a source of self-development
Oudeyer, P-Y. and Kaplan F. (2004)
In Luc Berthouze and Hideki Kozima and Christopher G. Prince and Giulio Sandini and Georgi Stojanov and G. Metta and C. Balkenius, editor, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics (Epirob 2004), vol. 117, pages 127-130, 2004. Lund University Cognitive Studies. bibtex reference

The self-organization of phonological patterns
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2004)
in the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, Leipzig.

The Social Formation of Acoustic Codes with Something Simpler
Oudeyer P-Y. (2003)
in the proceedings of theSecond International Conference on Imitation in Animals and Artefacts, AISB’03, eds. Dautenham K., Nehaniv C., Aberystwyth, Wales

Motivational principles for visual know-how development
Kaplan, F., Oudeyer, P-Y (2003)
In Prince, C.G. and Berthouze, L. and Kozima, H. and Bullock, D. and Stojanov, G. and Balkenius, C., editor, Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Epigenetic Robotics : Modeling cognitive development in robotic systems, no. 101, pages 73-80, 2003. Lund University Cognitive Studies.

Phonemic coding might be a result of sensory-motor coupling dynamics
Oudeyer P-Y. (2002)
in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, pp. 406-416, eds. B. Hallam, D. Floreano, J. Hallam, G. Hayes, J-A. Meyer, MIT Press. bibtex reference

Novel Useful Features and Algorithms for the Recognition of Emotions in Speech
Oudeyer P-Y. (2002)
pp. 547-550, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Prosody, Aix-en-Provence, France, eds. B. Bel, I. Marlien.

The Synthesis of Cartoon Emotional Speech
Oudeyer P-Y. (2002)
pp. 551-554, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Prosody, Aix-en-Provence, eds. B. Bel; I. Marlien.

A Unified Model for the Origins of Phonemically Coded Syllables Systems
Oudeyer P-Y. (2002)
in in Gray W., Schunn C. (eds.),  Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (COGSCI 2002), pp. 738-743, Laurence Erlbaum Associates.

Emotional Interactions with Humanoids Robots Using Speech
Oudeyer P-Y. (2001)
in Proceedings of theHumanoids Conference (HUMANOIDS 2001), Tokyo, Waseda University.

The production and recognition of emotions in speech
Oudeyer P-Y. (2001)
Proceedings of Sony Research Forum.

A method for teaching actions to an autonomous robot
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2001)
Proceedings of Sony Research Forum.

Coupled Neural Maps for the Origins of Vowel Systems
Oudeyer, P-Y. (2001)
in the Proceedings of ICANN 2001,International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, pp. 1171-1176, LNCS 2130, eds. G. Dorffner, H. Bischof, K. Hornik, Springer Verlag.

Taming robots with clicker training : a solution for teaching complex behaviors
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. and Kubinyi, E. and Miklosi, A. (2001)
In Quoy, M. and Gaussier, P. and Wyatt, J. L., editor, Proceedings of the 9th European workshop on learning robots, LNAI, 2001. Springer.

The Epigenesis of syllable Systems : a computational model
Oudeyer P-Y (2001)
Proceedings of ORAGE 2001,Orality and Gestuality conference, Aix-en-Provence, France,, 2001.

The Origins Of Syllable Systems : an Operational Model
Oudeyer P-Y (2001) 
 in the Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science society, (COGSCI’2001), pp. 744-749, eds. J. Moore, K. Stenning, Laurence Erlbaum Associates.

From Talking AIBO to Talking Head: Morphing sensory spaces between two robotic bodies
Kaplan, F. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2000)
Proceedings of Sony Research Forum.

The cultural evolution of syntactic constraints in phonology
Steels, L. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2000)
Proceedings of the VIIth Artificial life conference (Alife 7), MIT Press, 2000.

Modeling conversation policies using POS
Steels, L. and Oudeyer, P-Y. (2000)
Proceedings of theConference on Communications in Computing, (CIC’2000), Las Vegas, Nevada.

Self-organisation of a lexicon in a structured society of agents
Oudeyer, P-Y. (1999)
In Floreano, D. and Nicoud, J-D and Mondada, F., editor, Proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL’99, Advances in Artificial Life, pp. 726-729, . Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1674, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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