AROB 4th 1999 (January 19 - 22, 1999, B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan)

Organized By

• Oita University under The Sponsorship of Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japanese Government
• Organizing Committee of Artificial Life and Robotics

Co-Sponsored By

• Santa Fe Institute (SFI, USA)
• The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ, Japan)
• The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ, Japan)
• The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE, Japan)

Co-Operated By

• Japan Robot Association (JARA, Japan)
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Tokyo Section (IEEE, USA)
• The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE, Japan)
• The Institute of System, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE, Japan)

Supported By

• Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company Oita Bureau
• Beppu Municipal Government
• Jiji Press
• Kyodo News
• Kyushu Bureau of International Trade and Industry, MITI
• NHK Oita Station
• Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
• Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
• Nishinippon Simbun
• OBS Broadcast Company
• Oita Asahi Broadcasting
• Oita Industrial Group Society
• Oita Municipal Government
• Oita System Control Society
• Oita Prefectural Government
• Oitagodo Shinbunsya
• Science and Technology Agency
• TOS Broadcast Company
• The Mainichi Newspapers
• The Yomiuri Shimbun

Honorary President

• M. Hiramatsu (Governor, Oita Prefecture)

Honorary Adviser

• Y. Fujita (President, The Japan Academy)

Advisory Committee Chairman

• M. Ito (Director, RIKEN)

Organizing Committee

• K. Abe (Tohoku University, Japan)
• K. Akizuki (Waseda University, Japan)
• S. Arimoto (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
• W.B. Arthur (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• C. Barrett (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
• Z. Bubunicki (Wrocław University of Technology, Poland)
• J.L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• T. Christaller (GMD-German National Research Center for Information Technology, Germany)
• J.M. Epstein (Brookings Institution, USA)
• T. Fujii (RIKEN, Japan)
• S. Fujimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• Y. Fujita (The Japan Academy, Japan)
• T. Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
• M. Gen (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan)
• T. Gomi (AAI, Canada)
• H. Hagiwara (Kyoto School of Computer Science, Japan)
• I. Harvey (University of Sussex, UK)
• P. Husbands (University of Sussex, UK)
• M. Ito (RIKEN, Japan)
• D.J.G. James (Coventry University, UK)
• T. Jinzenji (Sanyoudenki Co. Ltd., Japan)
• J. Johnson (The Open University, UK)
• Y. Kakazu (Hokkaido University, Japan)
• R.E. Kalaba (University of Southern California, USA)
• H. Kashiwagi (Kumamoto University, Japan)
• O. Katai (Kyoto University, Japan)
• S. Kauffman (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• J.H. Kim (KAIST, Korea)
• H. Kimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• S. Kitamura (Kobe University, Japan)
• H. Kitano (Sony Computer Science Laboratory Inc., Japan)
• S. Kumagai (Osaka University, Japan)
• K. Kyuma (Mitsubishi Electric Co., Japan)
• C.G. Langton (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• J.J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
• C. Looney (University of Nevada-Reno, USA)
• G.I. Marchuk (Russian Academy of Science, Russia)
• G. Matsumoto (RIKEN, Japan)
• K. Matsuno (MITI, AIST, Japan)
• H. Miura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• T. Mushya (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• T. Nagata (Institute of Systems & Information Technologies of Kyushu, Japan)
• M. Nakamura (Saga University, Japan)
• H.H. Natsuyama (Advanced Industrial Materials, USA)
• Y. Nishikawa (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)
• R.G. Palmer (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• R. Pfeifer (University of Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland)
• M. Raibert (MIT, USA)
• S. Rasmussen (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• T.S. Ray (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• P. Schuster (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• T. Shibata (MITI, MEL, Japan)
• K. Shimohara (ATR, Japan)
• C. Sommerer (ATR, Japan)
• L. Steels (VUB AI Laboratory, Belgium)
• K. Tamura (Tyukyou University, Japan)
• S. Tamura (Osaka University, Japan)
• H. Tanaka (Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan)
• Y. Tokura (ATR, Japan)
• K. Tsuchiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
• S. Ueno (Kyoto school of Computer Science, Japan)
• A.P. Wang (Arizona State University, USA)
• W.R. Wells (University of Nevada-Las Vegas, USA)
• T. Yamakawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
• Y.G. Zhang (Academia Sinica, China)

Steering Committee

• M. Asada (Osaka University, Japan)
• H. Asama (RIKEN, Japan)
• Z. Bubunicki (Wrocław University of Technology, Poland)
• J.L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute, USA) - Co-Chairman
• S. Fujimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• T. Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
• D.J.G. James (Coventry University, Japan)
• H. Kashiwagi (Kumamoto University, Japan)
• H. Kimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• J.J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
• G. Matsumoto (RIKEN, Japan)
• M. Nakamura (Saga University, Japan)
• T.S. Ray (ATR, Japan)
• K. Shimohara (ATR, Japan)
• H. Tanaka (Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan)
• K. Tsuchiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
• K. Ueda (Kobe University, Japan)
• S. Ueno (Kyoto School of Computer Science, Japan)
• W.R. Wells (University of Nevada-Las Vegas, USA)
• Y.G. Zhang (Academia Sinica, China)

Program Committee

• K. Aihara (The University of Tokyo, Japan) - Co-Chairman
• S. Arimoto (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
• W. Banzhaf (University of Dortmund, Germany)
• J.L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• T. Fujii (RIKEN, Japan)
• S. Fujimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• T. Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
• M. Gen (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan)
• I. Harvey (University of Sussex, UK)
• T. Hasegawa (Kyushu University, Japan)
• H. Hashimoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan) - Co-Chairman
• K. Hirasawa (Kyushu University, Japan)
• P. Husbands (University of Sussex, UK)
• T. Ishimatsu (Nagasaki University, Japan)
• Y. Kakazu (Hokkaido University, Japan)
• S. Kawaji (Kumamoto University, Japan)
• S. Kawata (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
• J.H. Kim (KAIST, Korea)
• S. Kitamura (Kobe University, Japan)
• H. Kitano (Sony Computer Science Laboratory Inc., Japan)
• T. Kitazoe (Miyazaki University, Japan)
• H. Kobatake (Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan)
• K. Kosuge (Tohoku University, Japan)
• K. Kumamaru (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
• J.J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
• T. Nagata (Institute of Systems & Information Technologies of Kyushu, Japan)
• M. Nakamura (Saga University, Japan)
• K. Nakano (Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan)
• Y. Nishikawa (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)
• T. Omori (Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan)
• K. Okazaki (Fukui University, Japan)
• R. Pfeifer (University of Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland)
• T.S. Ray (ATR, Japan) - Co-Chairman
• T. Sawaragi (Kyoto University, Japan)
• T. Shibata (MITI, MEL, Japan)
• K. Shimohara (ATR, Japan)
• S. Shin (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• H. Tamaki (Kobe University, Japan)
• H. Tanaka (Tokyo Medical $amp; Dental University, Japan) - Chairman
• N. Tosa (ATR, Japan)
• K. Tsuchiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
• Y. Uchikawa (Nagoya University, Japan)
• K. Ueda (Kobe University, Japan)
• S. Ueno (Kyoto School of Computer Science, Japan)
• M. Wada (Hokkaido University, Japan)
• X. Wang (Oita University, Japan)
• K. Watanabe (Saga University, Japan)
• T. Yamakawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
• X. Yao (The University of New South Wales, Australia)

Local Arrangement Committee

• T. Ezaki (Director Research and Development Center, Oita University, Japan)
• Y. Fujita (Oita University, Japan)
• T. Hano (Oita University, Japan)
• H. Ikeuchi (Oita University, Japan)
• T. Ito (Oita University, Japan)
• K. Kinoshita (Oita University, Japan)
• A. Kuriyakawa (Oita University, Japan)
• E. Kusayanagi (Oita University, Japan)
• T. Matsuo (Oita University, Japan)
• Y. Morita (Oita University, Japan)
• T. Nabeshima (Oita University, Japan)
• K. Ohta (Oita-Aist Joint Research Center, Japan)
• A. Tominaga (Oita University, Japan)
• K. Yoshida (Oita University, Japan)

Topics

• Hardware based topics are welcome in the fields given by
• Artificial Brain Research
• Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Life
• Artificial Living
• Artificial Mind Research
• Brain Science
• Chaos
• Cognitive Science
• Complexity
• Computer Graphics
• Evolutionary Computations
• Fuzzy Control
• Genetic Algorithms
• Human-Machine Cooperative Systems
• Innovative Computations
• Intelligent Control and Modeling
• Micromachines
• Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
• Mobile Vehicles
• Neural Networks
• Neurocomputers
• Neuro Computing Technologies and Their Applications for Hardware
• Robotics
• Robust Virtual Engineering
• Virtual Reality
• Related Fields

AROB 4th '99 was supported financially by the following Companies

• Aioi Seiki Inc.
• All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
• Hiji High-Tech Co., Ltd.
• Isahaya Electronics Corporation
• Ishii Tool & Engineering Corporation
• Japan Air System
• Japan Airlines
• Nishi Nippon Plant Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd.
• Oita Gas Co., Ltd.
• Sanwa Shurui Co., Ltd.
• Shintsurukai Kosan Co., Ltd.
• Yanai Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
• Yatsushika Sake-Brewing Co., Ltd.