AROB 3rd 1998 (January 19 - 21, 1998, B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan)
Organized By
- Oita University
- Under The Sponsorship of Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japanese Government
Co-Sponsored By
- Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ, Japan)
- Santa Fe Institute (SFI, USA)
- The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ, 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 Systems, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE, Japan)
Supported By
- Asahi Shimbun
- Beppu Municipal Government
- Kyushu Bureau of International Trade and Industry, MITI
- NHK Oita Station
- Nihonkeizai Shimbun
- Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
- Oita Asahi Broadcasting
- OBS Broadcast Company
- Oita Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Oitagodo Shinbunsya
- Oita Industrial Group Society
- Oita Municipal Government
- Oita Prefectural Government
- Oita System Control Society
- Science and Technology Agency
- TOS Broadcast Company
Honorary President
- M. Hiramatsu (Governor, Oita Prefecture)
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) - Vice Chairman
- 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 (Sanyodenki Co. Ltd., Japan)
- J. Johnson (The Open University, UK)
- 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)
- 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 Sciences, Russia)
- K. Matsuno (MITI, AIST, Japan)
- H. Miura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
- T. Mushya (Brain Function Laboratory, Inc., 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 (ATR, Japan)
- 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 (MITI, AIST, Japan)
- H. Tanaka (Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan)
- Y. Tokura (ATR, Japan)
- N. Tosa (ATR, Japan)
- K. Tsuchiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
- S. Ueno (Kyoto school of Computer Science, Japan)
- Y. Ueno (Professor emeritus of Kyoto University, 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)
- J.L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
- S. Fujimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
- T. Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
- H. Kashiwagi (Kumamoto University, Japan)
- J.J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
- M. Nakamura (Saga University, Japan)
- T.S. Ray (ATR, Japan)
- K. Shimohara (ATR, Japan)
- H. Tanaka (Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan)
- K. Ueda (Kobe University, Japan)
- S. Ueno (Kyoto School of Computer Science, Japan)
- Y.G. Zhang (Academia Sinica, China)
Program Committee
- K. Aihara (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
- S. Arimoto (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
- J.L. Casti (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
- T. Fujii (RIKEN, Japan)
- S. Fujimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan) - Chairman
- T. Fukuda (Nagoya University, Japan)
- M. Gen (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan)
- I. Harvey (University of Sussex, UK)
- T. Hasegawa (Kyushu University, Japan)
- Y. Hori (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
- P. Husbands (University of Sussex, UK)
- H. Inooka (Tohoku University, Japan)
- Y. Kakazu (Hokkaido University, Japan)
- J.H. Kim (KAIST, Korea)
- S. Kitamura (Kobe University, Japan)
- H. Kitano (Sony Computer Science Laboratory Inc., Japan)
- H. Kobatake (Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, 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)
- 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)
- 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 & Dental University, Japan)
- N. Tosa (ATR, Japan)
- K. Tsuchiya (Kyoto University, Japan)
- K. Ueda (Kobe University, Japan)
- S. Ueno (Kyoto School of Computer Science, 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. Endo (Oita University, Japan)
- T. Ezaki (Research and Development Center, Oita University, Japan)
- T. Hano (Oita University, Japan)
- T. Hikawa (Oita University, Japan)
- H. Ikeuchi (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)
- T. Nakano (Oita University, Japan) - Chairman
- K. Ohta (Oita-Aist Joint Research Center, Japan)
- A. Tominaga (Oita University, Japan)
- K. Yoshida (Oita University, Japan)
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Topics
- Hardware Oriented Topics are welcome in the fields given by
- Artificial Brain
- Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Life
- Artificial Livings
- Artificial Mind
- Brain Science
- Chaos
- Cognitive Science
- Complexities
- Computer Graphics
- Evolutionary Computations
- Fuzzy Control
- Genetic Algorithms
- Human Care Robotics
- Innovative Computations
- Intelligent Control and Modeling
- Micro Machine
- Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
- Neural Networks
- Neurocomputers
- Neuro Computing Technologies and Its Application for Hardware
- Robotics
- Robust Virtual Engineering
- Virtual Reality
- Related Fields
AROB 3rd '98 was supported financially by the following Companies
- All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
- Japan Air System
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- NEC Corporation
- Nishi Nippon Electric Wire Cable Co., Ltd.
- Oita Gas Co., Ltd.
- Sanwa Shurui Co., Ltd.
- Shintsurukai Kosan Co., Ltd.
- Sony Oita Corporation
- Sugahara Industry Co., Ltd.
- Yanai Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Yasukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
- Yatsushika Sake-Brewing Co., Ltd.