wilson@THINK.COM (Stewart Wilson) (01/03/90)
Dear colleagues, Dr. Meyer and I would be very grateful if you would distribute the following call for papers on your email list. Sincerely, Stewart Wilson ============================================================================== ============================================================================== Call for Papers SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR: FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS An International Conference to be held in Paris September 24-28, 1990 The object of the conference is to bring together researchers in ethology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The conference will focus particularly on simulation models in order to help characterize and compare various organizational principles or architectures capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real or artificial animals. Contact among scientists from diverse disciplines should contribute to better appreciation of each other's approaches and vocabularies, to cross-fertilization of fundamental and applied research, and to defining objectives, constraints, and challenges for future work. Contributions treating any of the following topics from the perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis. Individual and collective behaviors Autonomous robots Action selection and behavioral Hierarchical and parallel organizations sequences Self organization of behavioral Conditioning, learning and induction modules Neural correlates of behavior Problem solving and planning Perception and motor control Goal directed behavior Motivation and emotion Neural networks and classifier Behavioral ontogeny systems Cognitive maps and internal Emergent structures and behaviors world models Authors are requested to send two copies (hard copy only) of a full paper to each of the Conference chairmen: Jean-Arcady MEYER Stewart WILSON Groupe de Bioinformatique The Rowland Institute for Science URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure 100 Cambridge Parkway 46 rue d'Ulm Cambridge, MA 02142 75230 Paris Cedex 05 USA France e-mail: meyer%FRULM63.bitnet@ e-mail: wilson@think.com cunyvm.cuny.edu A brief preliminary letter to one chairman indicating the intention to participate--with the tentative title of the intended paper and a list of the topics addressed--would be appreciated for planning purposes. For conference information, please also contact one of the chairmen. Conference committee: Conference Chair J.A. Meyer, S. Wilson Organizing Committee Groupe de BioInformatique.ENS.France. and local arrangements A. Guillot, J.A. Meyer, P. Tarroux, P. Vincens Program Committee L. Booker, USA R. Brooks, USA P. Colgan, Canada P. Greussay, France D. McFarland, UK L. Steels, Belgium R. Sutton, USA F. Toates, UK D. Waltz, USA Official Language: English Important Dates 31 May 90 Submissions must be received by the chairmen 30 June 90 Notification of acceptance or rejection 31 August 90 Camera ready revised versions due 24-28 September 90 Conference dates =============================================================================== ===============================================================================
wilson@THINK.COM (Stewart Wilson) (02/02/90)
============================================================================== ============================================================================== Call for Papers SIMULATION OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR: FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS An International Conference to be held in Paris September 24-28, 1990 The object of the conference is to bring together researchers in ethology, ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain environments. The conference will focus particularly on simulation models in order to help characterize and compare various organizational principles or architectures capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real or artificial animals. Contact among scientists from diverse disciplines should contribute to better appreciation of each other's approaches and vocabularies, to cross-fertilization of fundamental and applied research, and to defining objectives, constraints, and challenges for future work. Contributions treating any of the following topics from the perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis. Individual and collective behaviors Autonomous robots Action selection and behavioral Hierarchical and parallel organizations sequences Self organization of behavioral Conditioning, learning and induction modules Neural correlates of behavior Problem solving and planning Perception and motor control Goal directed behavior Motivation and emotion Neural networks and classifier Behavioral ontogeny systems Cognitive maps and internal Emergent structures and behaviors world models Authors are requested to send two copies (hard copy only) of a full paper to each of the Conference chairmen: Jean-Arcady MEYER Stewart WILSON Groupe de Bioinformatique The Rowland Institute for Science URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure 100 Cambridge Parkway 46 rue d'Ulm Cambridge, MA 02142 75230 Paris Cedex 05 USA France e-mail: meyer%FRULM63.bitnet@ e-mail: wilson@think.com cunyvm.cuny.edu A brief preliminary letter to one chairman indicating the intention to participate--with the tentative title of the intended paper and a list of the topics addressed--would be appreciated for planning purposes. For conference information, please also contact one of the chairmen. Conference committee: Conference Chair J.A. Meyer, S. Wilson Organizing Committee Groupe de BioInformatique.ENS.France. and local arrangements A. Guillot, J.A. Meyer, P. Tarroux, P. Vincens Program Committee L. Booker, USA R. Brooks, USA P. Colgan, Canada P. Greussay, France D. McFarland, UK L. Steels, Belgium R. Sutton, USA F. Toates, UK D. Waltz, USA Official Language: English Important Dates 31 May 90 Submissions must be received by the chairmen 30 June 90 Notification of acceptance or rejection 31 August 90 Camera ready revised versions due 24-28 September 90 Conference dates =============================================================================== ===============================================================================