Connectionists: CFP: Neural Networks Special Issue on Neuroscience and Robotics

[Neural Networks Editorial Office]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
2007 Special Issue of Neural Networks
" Neuroscience and Robotics "
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Co-Editors
Yoshihiko Nakamura
Paolo Dario
Stefan Schaal

Submission
Deadline for submission: November 30, 2006
Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2007
Deadline for submission of revised papers: April 10, 2007
Notification of final acceptance: May 31, 2007
Deadline for submission of final papers: June 30, 2007
Format: as for normal papers in the journal

Address for Papers
Dr. Mitsuo Kawato
ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan.

Neuroscience and computational neuroscience has recently made major 
advances in systems level, more specifically in understanding the 
neural control of behaviors.

In a parallel perspective, robotics research has reached out its 
scope toward increasingly more complex systems. Full-scale humanoid 
robots and animal-like robots for human interaction set robotics 
research to face high-dimensional problems of motor control, 
perception, and decision-making, which necessitate exploring 
biological paradigms. Such advances of robotics technology have also 
opened a door for computational research on biological motor control 
to experimental study of its theories and algorithms. Moreover, 
brain-robot interfaces have been demonstrated in recent pioneering 
projects.

Since the domain of many research problems is shared between brain 
science and robotics, a natural exchange of inspirations, theories, 
and algorithms is more demanded and encouraged than ever.

The goal of this special issue is to provide an overview of 
state-of-the-art of research on projects where robotics has had a 
major impact on neuroscience, and where neuroscientific ideas have 
found successful application in the behavioral control of complex 
robots. Examples of research projects of interest include, but are 
not restricted to,

- humanoid robotics and principles of neuroscience,
- human behavioral research with innovative robotic technology,
- robotic intelligence/behavior research based on neuroscientific paradigms
- innovative robotic tools (hardware/software) for neuroscience
- technologies interfacing biological neural systems and machines


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