The Thirteenth International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics 2008(AROB 13th ’08),
B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan, January 31- February 2, 2008

THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ONARTIFICIAL LIFE AND ROBOTICS(AROB 13th '08)
ORGANIZED BY
Organizing Committee of International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics(Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Oita University, Japan)

CO-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, Robotics and Systems (ICROS, Korea)
Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI, P. R. China)
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
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 IndustryThe Oita Prefectural Organization of the Industrial Groups
Kyodo News
JIJI PRESS OITA
Oita Godo Shimbunsya
The Asahi shimbun
The Mainichi Newspapers
THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN, SEIBUHONSHAThe Nishinippon Shimbun
The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Oita Station
Oita Broadcasting System
Television Oita System Corporation
Oita Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

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ADVISORY COMMITTE CHAIRMAN
F. Harashima (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)

GENERAL CHAIRMAN
M. Sugisaka (Oita University, Japan)

PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
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)
J. J. Lee (KAIST, Korea)
S. Rasmussen (Santa Fe Institute, USA)T. S. Ray (University of Oklahoma, USA)
M. Sugisaka (Oita University, Japan) (Chairman)
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)©ISAROB 2008

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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. I. Cho (The University of Suwon, Korea)
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 Technology R&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)T. Nagashima (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
M. Nakamura (Saga University, Japan)
K. Nakano (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
K. Naitoh (Waseda University, Japan)
J. Nishii (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
W. Nistico (University of Dortmund, Germany)
S. Omatu (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
K. Ohnishi (Niigata University, Japan)
M. Okamoto (Kyushu University, Japan)
M. Osano (Aizu University, Japan)
M. Oswald (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
L. Pagliarini (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)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)
M. Sugisaka (Oita 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)©ISAROB 2008

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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)
C. S. Zhang (Tsinghua University, P. R. China)

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT COMMITTEE
S. Sagara (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
M. Rizon (Northern Malaysia University College of Engineering, Malaysia)
M. Sugisaka (Oita University, Japan) (Chairman)
J. Wang (Oita University, Japan)
X. Wang (Niihama National College of Technology Japan)
F. Dai (Matsue National College of Technology, Japan)
M. Ito (Maizuru National College of Technology, Japan)
R. Mamat (TATI University Colledge, 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
thirteenth symposium will be held on 31 January – 2 February, 2008, 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 firstcentury.

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

GENERAL SESSION TOPICS
Artificial intelligence
Artificial living
Bioinformatics
Complexity
DNA computing
Fuzzy control
Human-machine cooperative systems
Mobile vehicles
Neural networks
Robotics
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Artificial life
Artificial mind research
Chaos
Computer graphics
Evolutionary computations
Genetic algorithms
Micromachines
Multi-agent systems
Pattern recognition
Virtual reality

The Thirteenth International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics 2008(AROB 13th ’08),
B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan, January 31- February 2, 2008

ORGANIZED SESSION TOPICS
Automata and Picture LanguagesBio-inspired Theory and Application
Biomimetic Machines and Robots
Control and measurement
Embracing Complexity in Natural Intelligence Image Processing and Control for RobotIntelligent Classification
Intelligent Control and Sensing for RobotIntelligent System for Bioinformation
Intuitive Human-System Interaction
Membrane Computing – Hardware Aspects
Modelling and Analysis on Complex Systems
Robotics and Learning Control
Robot-oriented & human-machine cooperative systems
Simplicity and Complexity
Soft Robotics
Ubiquitous Intelligent Control
Unconventional Computing

COPYRIGHTS
Accepted papers will be published in the proceeding of AROB and some of high quality
papers in the proceeding will be requested to re-submit their papers for the consideration ofpublication in an international journal ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND ROBOTICS and APPLIED
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION. All correspondence related to the symposium
should be addressed to AROB Secretariat.

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Oita University
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