The 3rd International Workshop on Active Inference wants to bring together researchers on active inference as well as related research fields in order to discuss current trends, novel results and real-world applications. We have an interest in exploring the extent to which active inference can be used in modern machine learning settings, such as in hybrid setups combining it with deep learning, as well as to unify the latest psychological and neurological insights, and to determine how it can best be used to understand action, optimization and decision making. This workshop is held in conjunction with ECML PKDD 2022 in Grenoble, France.

Papers on all subjects and applications of active inference and related research areas are welcome. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Active inference
• (Bayesian) surprise
• Cognitive robotics
• Computational neuroscience
• (Deep) generative models
• State space models
• Intelligent systems
• Intrinsic motivation
• Decision making in economics
• Neuroeconomics
• ...

Submission guidelines

We welcome submissions of papers with up to 8 printed pages (excluding references) in LNCS format (click here for details). Submissions will be evaluated according to their originality and relevance to the workshop, and should have an abstract of 60-100 words. Contributions should be in PDF format and submitted via Easychair. In accordance with the main conference, we will apply a double-blind review process. All papers need to be anonymized in the best of efforts. It is allowed to have a (non-anonymous) online pre-print. Reviewers will be asked not to search for them.

Important dates

• Abstract Submission Deadline: June 3th, 2022
• Paper Submission Deadline: June 10th, 2022
• Acceptance Notification: July 13th, 2022