CFP - Autonomous Robotics and Adaptive Behaviour at ICANN 98

[Tom Ziemke]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS and ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR
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A module of ICANN 98, the 8th International Conference on 
Artificial Neural Networks, Skoevde, Sweden, 2-4 Sept. 1998

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INVITED SPEAKERS
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Invited speakers for this module are 

	* Rodney Brooks, MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, USA
	* Phil Husbands, COGS, University of Sussex, UK

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SCOPE
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The adaptivity and flexibility of artificial neural networks (ANNs), 
as well as their capacity for learning and self-organisation, make 
them ideal candidates for the control of autonomous robots. For the 
same reasons, ANNs and ANN-controlled robots are also increasingly 
being used to model biological mechanisms underlying the adaptive 
behaviour of animals. Shared characteristics of biological and arti-
ficial autonomous agents include embodiment, situatedness, and the 
requirement to exhibit adaptive behaviour in sensorimotor interaction 
with dynamic environments. 

This module of ICANN 98 covers the use of ANN techniques for adaptive 
control of autonomous robots as well as ANN/robotic models of animal 
behaviour. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to:

* adaptive behaviour in biological and artificial autonomous agents
* ANN learning methods for adaptation, control and navigation
* communication, cooperation and collective behaviour in multi-agent 
	systems
* the role of representation in embodied/situated/autonomous systems
* dynamics of agent-environment interaction
* biologically and ethologically inspired agent modelling
* evolutionary robotics and artificial life 
* cognitive robotics and embodied cognition

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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE for this module
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* Randall Beer
* Valentino Braitenberg
* Dario Floreano
* Stefano Nolfi
* Jordan Pollack
* Noel Sharkey
* Jun Tani
* Carme Torras
* Francisco Varela
* Tom Ziemke

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SUBMISSION
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Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for oral or poster 
presentation by MARCH 25, 1998. For details please see:

	http://www.his.se/ida/icann98/submission
 
or contact the conference secretariat (see below).
 
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PUBLICATION
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All papers accepted for oral or poster presentation will appear in the 
ICANN 98 proceedings published by Springer-Verlag. 

The organizers have also arranged to edit a journal special issue which 
will include (in extended form) selected papers from this track.

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FURTHER INFORMATION
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This module is organized by Noel Sharkey, University of Sheffield, UK, 
and Tom Ziemke, Univ. of Skoevde, Sweden.

For further information concerning this module please see the web page

	http://www.ida.his.se/ida/icann98/robotics

or contact

	Tom Ziemke
	University of Skoevde
	Dept. of Computer Science
	P.O. Box 408
	S-541 28 Skoevde
	SWEDEN

	tom at ida.his.se

	fax +46 - (0)500 - 46 47 25
	tel +46 - (0)500 - 46 47 30

For further information concerning ICANN 98 please see the web site

	http://www.his.se/ida/icann98/

or contact the conference secretariat

	ICANN 98
	Leila Khammari
	University of Skoevde
	P.O. Box 408
	S-541 28 Skoevde
	SWEDEN

	icann98 at ida.his.se

	fax +46 - (0)500 - 46 47 25

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IMPORTANT DATES
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   March 25, 1998 	- submissions must be received
   May 6, 1998 		- notification of acceptance or rejection
   May 28, 1998 	- final camera-ready papers are due
   Sept. 2-4, 1998 	- ICANN 98 takes place