AROB 12th 2007 (January 25 - 27, 2007, B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan)

Organized By

• Organizing Committee of International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Oita University, Japan)

Operated By

• Santa Fe Institute (SFI, USA)
• The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ, Japan)
• The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ, Japan)
• Institute of Control, Automation and Systems Engineers (ICASE, Korea)
• Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI, P.R. China)

Co-Operated By

• The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE)
• The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.(IEEE Japan Council)
• Japan Robot Association (JARA)
• The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE, Japan)

Sponsored By

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Advanced Technology R&D Center
• Oita Gas Co., Ltd.
• ME System Co., Ltd.
• Sanwa Shurui Co., Ltd.

Supported By

• Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Oita Prefecture
• Oita City
• Beppu City
• The Federation of Oita Prefecture Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• The Oita Prefectural Organization of the Industrial Groups
• Kyodo News
• JIJI PRESS
• Oita Godo Shimbunsya
• The Asahi shimbun Co.
• The Mainichi Newspapers Co.
• The Yomiuri Shimbun Seibuhonsya
• The Nishinippon Newspaper Co.
• The NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUM. LTD.
• NHK Oita Station
• Oita Broadcasting System
• Television Oita System corporation
• Oita Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Advisory Committee Chairman

• F. Harashima (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)

General Chairman

Co-General Chairman (Program)

• H. Tanaka (Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan)

Vice-Chairman

• J.J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
• J.L. Casti (Technical University of Vienna, Austria)
• Y.G. Zhang (Academia Sinica, P.R. China)

Advisory Committee

• T. Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
• F. Harashima (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)
• H. Kimura (RIKEN, Japan)
• M. Tomizuka (University of California Berkeley, USA)

International Organizing Committee

• K. Aihara (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• C. Barrett (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
• M. Bedau (Reed College, USA)
• J.L. Casti (Technical University of Vienna, Austria)
• M. Eaton (University of Limerick, Ireland)
• J.M. Epstein (The Brookings Institution, USA)
• T. Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
• H. Hashimoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• D.J.G. James (Coventry University, UK)
• K. Kyuma (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Advanced Technology R&D Center, Japan)
• C.G. Langton (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• M.H. Lee (Pusan National University, Korea)
• J.J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
• S. Rasmussen (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
• T.S. Ray (University of Oklahoma, USA)
• C. Taylor (University of California-Los Angeles, USA)
• W.R. Wells (University of Nevada-Las Vegas, USA)
• Y.G. Zhang (Academia Sinica, P.R. China)

International Program Committee

• K. Abe (Nihon University, Japan)
• K. Aihara (The University of Tokyo, Japan) (Co-chairman)
• T. Arita (Nagoya University, Japan)
• M. Bedau (Reed College, USA)
• R. Belew (University of California-San Diego, USA)
• S-M. Chen (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
• Y.Y. Fan (University of California-Davis, USA)
• S.H. Han (Kyungnam University, Korea)
• H. Hashimoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)(Co-chairman)
• N. Homma (Tohoku University, Japan)
• H. Inooka (Tohoku University, Japan)
• S. Ishikawa (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
• T. Ishimatsu (Nagasaki University, Japan)
• T. Iwamoto (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Advanced TechnologyR&D Center, Japan)
• J. Johnson (The Open University, UK)
• O. Katai (Kyoto University, Japan)
• M. Kono (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
• H. Kawamura (Hokkaido University, Japan)
• S. Kumagai (Osaka University, Japan)
• J.M. Lee (Pusan National University, Korea)
• H.H. Lund (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
• M. Minami (Fukui University, Japan)
• T. Nagashima (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
• M. Nakamura (Saga University, Japan)
• K. Nakano (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
• K. Naitoh (Wasada University, Japan)
• J. Nishii (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
• W. Nistico (University of Dortmund, Germany)
• S. Omatu (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
• K. Onishi (Niigata University, Japan)
• M. Okamoto (Kyushu University, Japan)
• M. Osano (Aizu University, Japan)
• M. Oswald (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
• R. Pfeifer (University of Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland)
• T.S. Ray (University of Oklahoma, USA) (Co-chairman)
• S. Sagara (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
• P. Sapaty (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine)
• T. Sawaragi (Kyoto University, Japan)
• T. Shibata (AIST, Japan)
• K. Shimohara (Doshisha University, Japan)
• K-B. Sim (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
• K. Sugawara (Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan)
• H. Suzuki (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
• H. Tanaka (Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan) - Chairman
• M. Tanaka-Yamawaki (Tottori University, Japan)
• K. Tsuchiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
• K. Uosaki (Osaka University, Japan)
• H. Umeo (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan)
• K. Watanabe (Saga University, Japan)
• T. Yamamoto (University of Ryukyus, Japan)
• H. Yanagimoto (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
• M. Yano (Tohoku University, Japan)
• Y. Yin (The Beijing University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
• M. Yokota (Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan)

Local Arrangement Committee

• S. Sagara (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
• M. Rizon (Northern Malaysia University College of Engineering, Malaysia)
• J. Wang (Oita University, Japan)
• X. Wang (Niihama National College of Technology Japan)
• F. Dai (Matsue National College of Technology, Japan)
• M. Ito (Konan University, Japan)
• R. Mamat (Terengganu Advanced Technical Institute, Malaysia)

History

This symposium was founded in 1996 by the support of Science and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japanese Government. Since then, this symposium has been held every year at B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan except in Oita, Japan (AROB 5th '00) and in Tokyo, Japan (AROB 6th '01). The twelfths symposium was held on 25-27 January, 2007, at B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan. This symposium invites you all to discuss development of new technologies concerning Artificial Life and Robotics based on simulation and hardware in the twenty first century.

Objective

The objective of this symposium is the development of new technologies for artificial life and robotics which have been recently born in Japan and are expected to be applied in various fields. This symposium will discuss new results in the field of artificial life and robotics.

Topics

• Artificial brain research
• Artificial intelligence
• Artificial life
• Artificial living
• Artificial mind research
• Bioinformatics
• Brain science
• Chaos
• Cognitive science
• Complexity
• Computer graphics
• Evolutionary computations
• DNA computing
• Fuzzy control
• Genetic algorithms
• Human-machine cooperative systems
• Human-welfare robotics
• Innovative computations
• Intelligent control and modeling
• Micromachines
• Micro-robot world cup soccer tournament
• Mobile vehicles
• Molecular biology
• Multi-agent systems
• Nano-biology
• Nano-robotics
• Neural networks
• Neurocomputers
• Neurocomputing technologies and its application for hardware
• Pattern recognition
• Robotics
• Robust virtual engineering
• Virtual reality
• Others