The 2019 International Conference on

Artificial Life and Robotics(ICAROB2019)24th AROB Anniversary
Call for Papers
Advisory Committee Chair
Moshe Kam
(Former IEEE President)
General Chair
Masanori Sugisaka
Co-General Chairs
Yingmin Jia
Takao Ito
Ju-Jang Lee
Vice General Chairs
John L. Casti
Jangmyung Lee
Henrik Hautop Lund
Luigi Pagliarini

Usa Shrine (Before BC era three goddesses “Shikitusima-himemikoto, Hasizu-himemikoto, Tag
iri-himemikoto descended on the earth of Usa from heaven.) The shrine is called Total Motomiya
Hachiman Shrine Usa located in Oita Prefecture.

The 2019 International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics
January 10((ICAROB)
to 13, 2019, B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, JAPAN

Program Chair
Makoto Sakamoto

The 2019 International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB2019) will be held at B-Con

Sub Program Chair
Marion Oswald

Plaza, Beppu, Oita, JAPAN, from January 10 to 13, 2019. A series of Proceedings of ICAROB are included in both
CPCI-Web of Science and Scopus. This Conference will provide new development of modern technologies
concerning Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life (this journal is included in ESCI) associated with computer
simulations, hardware designs, and networking of state-of-the-art technologies to researchers, and to share findings
on how advancements in robotics, networking, complexity and artificial life technologies that relate to interdisciplinary approach to the field such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and computer science are creating thebasis for exciting new research and applications in various fields listed in the following topics. Please submit

Conference Site

papers to ICAROB2019 Web Site from http://alife-robotics.co.jp/.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited tohttp://www.b-conplaza.jp/

ICAROB Office
Mobile: +81-80-8565-8256
email:
icarob@alife-robotics.co.jp
web:
http://alife-robotics.co.jp/

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Analysis of randomized algorithms
Artificial nervous systems for robots
Artificial living
Bipedal robot
Bio-inspired immune system
Cognitive science
Evolutionary computations
Intelligent control
Medical surgical robot
Computational Molecular biology
Nano-robotics
Neuroscience
Neuro-computer
Neuromorphic systems
Reinforcement learning system & genetic programing
Software development support method
System cybernetics
Foundation of computation and its application
Unmanned aerial systems technologies

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Artificial sciences
Artificial mind research
Brain science and computing
Artificial intelligence & complexity
adaptive behavior and metabolism
Data mining
Fuzzy control
Human-welfare robotics
Micro-machines
Multi-agent systems
Networking
Pattern recognition
Virtual reality
Environment navigation and localization
Facial expression analysis, music recommendation
and augmented reality
Applications in Kansei engineering
Unmanned aero vehicles
Unmanned aerial systems designing, controls andnavigation

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Intelligence in biological systems
Agent-based software
Chaos
Computer graphics
DNA computing
Genetic algorithms
Image processing
Management of technology
Insect-like aero vehicles
Nano-biology
Neural circuits
Unmanned underwater vehicles
Quantum computing
Robotics
Visualization
Disasters robotics
Empirical research on network and MOT(Others etc.)

Important Dates
Fukuoka Section

 October 22 (extended to Nov. 10) , 2018
OS,GS,PS,IS,TS abstract proposal submission due date October 25 (extended to Nov. 10) , 2018
Final early bird registration due date October 25, 2018 (extended to Nov. 13)
Letter of acceptance due date
 November 20, 2018 (we don’t accept papers after due date) Final paper submission due date
OS: Organized Session, GS: General Session, PS: Poster Session, IS: Invited Session, TS: Tutorial Session

Publication
http://www.japanguide.com/e/e4700.html

Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the ICAROB Series that was included in
Scopus and CPCI-Web of Science. Extended versions of the selected papers will be published in theinternational journal：Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life (JRNAL became ESCI journal) publishedby Atlantis Press.

Banquet fee is FREE because ALife Robotics Co. Ltd., will defray the expenses. Welcome to Banquet!
Registration Fee
Registration fee ¥55,000 (¥50,000 for early birds) and ¥30,000 for Students (¥25,000 for early birds) :Organized byInternational Steering Committee of International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB)
Supported byIEEE Fukuoka Section (Japan)

Co-Organized by
Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI, P. R. China)

Sponsored by
Robot Artificial Life Society (Approved number 6-3200-0500-9552 by Japanese Government)

Advisory Committee Chair
Moshe Kam (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Former IEEE President, USA)

General Chair
Masanori Sugisaka (ALife Robotics Co., Ltd., Japan)

Co- General Chairs
Yingmin Jia (Beihang University, P.R.China)
Takao Ito (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Ju-Jang Lee (KAIST, Korea)

Vice General Chairs
John L. Casti (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria)(The company X-Event Dynamics - (Co-founder), Austria)
Jangmyung Lee (Pusan National University, Korea)

Henrik Hautop Lund (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)Luigi Pagliarini (Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata, Italy)

Advisory Committee
Bruce Eisenstein (Drexel University, Former IEEE President, USA)
Hidenori Kimura (RIKEN, Japan)
Jeffrey Johnson (The Open University, UK)
Jerzy Świątek (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
Joshua M. Epstein (The Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Ken-ichi Tanaka (Executive Fellow, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)

Masato Nakagawa (Executive Fellow, DENSO CORPORATION, Visiting Professor of Hiroshima
University, Japan)
Moshe Kam (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Former IEEE President, USA)Paul Kalata (Drexel University, USA)Paul Oh (Drexel University, USA)Peter Herczfeld (Drexel University, USA)

Program Chair
Makoto Sakamoto (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)

Co-Program Chair
Marion Oswald (The Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

International Organizing Committee
Akira Fukuda (Kyushu University, Japan)
Akira Nakamura (AIST, Japan)
Andrew Gadsden (University of Guelph, Canada)
Caoli Wang (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Chan Gook Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
Eiji Hayashi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Evgeni Magid (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Fengzhi Dai ((Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Fuzhong Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China)
Hazry Desa (University of Malaysia, Perlis, Malaysia)
Hidehiko Yamamoto (Gifu University, Japan)
Hiroki Tamura (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Hiroshi Kage (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)
Hiroshi Matsuno (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Jiwu Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China)
Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China)
Katsunori Shimohara (Doshisha University, Japan)
Kazuo Ishii (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kevin Voges (Canterbury University, New Zealand)
Kuo-Hsien Hsia (Far East University, Taiwan)
Kuo-Lan Su (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
Kyungho Park (U.S. ARMY, Japan and USA)

Masao Kubo (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Masanao Obayashi (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Maxim Sokolov (Innopolis University, Russia)
Mehta Rajiv (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)Peter Sapaty (Ukrainian Academy of Science, Ukraine)
Pierre Parrend (University of Strasbourg, France)
Qiang Cai (Beijing Technology and Business University, P. R. China)
Shin Jisun (Pusan National University, Korea)
Takashi Kohno (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Takashi Ogata (Iwate Prefectural University)
Teruhisa Hochin (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Tetsuro Hattori (Kagawa University, Japan)
Thi Thi Zin (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Thomas S. Ray (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Toru Yamamoto (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Victor Berdonosov (Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University ofTechnology, Russia)
Yasunari Yoshitomi (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Yi Chai (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Yoshifumi Morita (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yoshiro Imai (Kagawa University, Japan)
Zengqiang Chen (Nankai University, P. R. China)

International Program Committee
Abdul Rahman bin Dullah (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Akinori Abe (Chiba University, Japan)
Akira Utsumi (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Akihiro Yamaguchi (Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan)
Akihito Kanai (Hosei University, Japan)
Ali Selamat (University of Technology of Malaysia, Malaysia)
Aminurafiuddin bin Zulkifli (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Amornphun Phunopas (King Mongkut’s University of Technology, North Bankok, Thailand)
Andre Rosendo (ShanghaiTech University, P. R. China)
Anne Jeannin-Girardon (University of Strasbourg, France)
Anton Shiriaev (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Artur Sagitov (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Ashi Gautam (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Atsuya Tange (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Ayumu Tominaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Barlian Henryranu Prasetio (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Bin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China)
Cecilia Zanni-Merk (INSA-Rouen, France)
Chaoli Wang (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Chia-Nan Ko (Nan kai University of Technology, Taiwan)
Chung-Wen Hung (National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan)
Congdao Han (Shanghai Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Cui Zhang (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Cynthia Matuszek (University of Maryland, USA)
Donglian Qi (Zhejiang University, P. R. China)
Dongmei Ai (Universty of Science and Technology Beijing, P. R. China)
Duangiai Jitkongchuen (Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand)
Dunwei Gong (China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. China)
Jiao Jia (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China)
Endra Joelianto (Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia)
Fabio Guigou (University of Strasbourg, France)
Fei Hao (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Fenghua Shan (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
Fuzhong Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China)
Haibo Li (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Haisheng Li (Beijing Technology and Business University, P. R. China)
Haruhisa Okuda (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)
Haruka Tsuboi (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Haruna Matsushita (Kagawa University, Japan)
Heeje Kim (Pusan National University, Korea)

Stephen Wilkerson (York College of Pennsylvania, USA)
Masayoshi Tabuse (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Masaomi Hatakeyama (university of Zurich, Switzerland)
Max Talanov (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Meng Duan (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Moeko Tominaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Mohammad Al-Shabi (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Mohammad Biglarbegian (University of Guelph, Canada)
Mou Chen (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, P. R. China)
Nan Xiao (Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, P. R. China)
Nicolas Monmarché (university of Tours, France)
Noriaki Kuwahara (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Noritaka Sato (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Norrima Mokhtar (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Palakorn Tantrakool (King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, North Bankok, Thailand)
Ping Wang (North China Electric Power University, P. R. China)
Pierre David (University of Strasbourg, France)
Pierre Willaume (University of Strasbourg, France)
Rizauddin bin Ramli (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Roman Lavrenov (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Ruztamreen bin Jenal (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Ryohei Anshi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
R.K.P.S. Ranaweera (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
R.P.C. Janaka Rajapakse (Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan)
Satoshi Ikeda (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Sanjay S. Joshi (University of California, USA)
Seong-Ik Han (Dongguk University, Korea)
Shahriman Abu Bakar (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)
Shanbi Wei (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Shihao Sun (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Singo Mabu (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Shin-ichi Asakawa (Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Japan)
Shin Wakitani (Hiroshima University)
Shumin Fei (Southeast University, P. R. China)
Takashi Kuremoto (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Takayoshi Yamada (Gifu University, Japan)
Takuya Fuginaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takuya Nanami (The University of Tokyo. Japan)
Taishiro Kishimoto (Keio University, Japan)
Taisuke Akimoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takashi Iwamoto (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan)

Hidetsugu Suto (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hiroyuki Iizuka (Osaka University, Japan)
Hong Niu (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Hongbo Li (Tsinghua University, P. R. China)
Hongji Ma (Shandong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Hongjiu Yang (Yanshan University, P. R. China)
Hongpeng Yin (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Hussein Abbass (University of New South Wales, and ADFA, Australia)
I-Hsien Liu (National Cheng Kung Univrsiity, Taiwan)
Ilya Afanasyev (Innopolis University, Russia)
Istvan Harmati (Budapest Institute of Technology and Economics, Hungary)
Ivan Tanev (Doshisha University, Japan)
Jiandong Zhao (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China)
JJ Merelo (University of Granada, Spain)
Joono Cheong (Korea University, Korea)
Julio Navarro Lara (University of Strasbourg, France)
Jun Kobayashi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Jung-Shian Li (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China)
Keiji Kamei (Nishinippon Institute of Technology, Japan)
Keiko Sakurai (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Keisuke Watanabe (Tokai University, Japan)
Keita Honda (Gifu university, Japan)
Ke Zhang (Chongqing University, P. R. China)
Ken-ichi Tanaka (Meiji University, Japan)
Kensuke Ogata (Osaka City University Japan)
Khairul Salleh bin Mohamed Sahari (Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia)
Khoyratee Farad (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Kouichi Takeuchi (Okayama University, Japan)
Konstantin Yakovlev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Kui Xiang (Wuhan University of Technology, P. R. China)
Kunikazu Kobayashi (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)
Leonid Freidovich (Umea University, Sweden)
Levi Timothéeé (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Liming Chen (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Lin Li (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Lin Zhao (Qingdao University, P. R. China)
Mamoru Yoshimura (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Manabu Yamada (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Masahide Ito (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan)
Masahiro Ushio (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Masahiro Yokomichi (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Masamichi Hori (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Masanori Takahashi (Tokai University, Japan)
Masayoshi Kano (Chukyou University, Japan)
Shyi-Ming Chen (National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan)

Local Arrangement Committee
Makoto Sakamoto (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Masanori Sugisaka (Open University, UK, ALife Robotics Corporation Ltd., Japan)
Takao Ito (Hiroshima University, Japan)

Tarik bin Abd Latef (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia)
Taro Shibanoki (Ibaraki University, Japan)
Taro Takagi (National Institute of Technology, Maizuru College, Japan)
Teruhisa Hochin (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Tetsuro Katayama (The University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Thomas Noel (University of Strasbourg, France)
Thunyaseth Sethaput (Thammasat University, Thailand)
Tianping Zhang (Yangzhou University, P. R. China)
Tomohiko Takagi (Kagawa University, Japan)
Toshihiro Inukai (DENSO Wave Incorporated, Japan)
Toshinori Nawata (Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan)
Tsunehiro Yoshinaga (Tokuyama National College of Technology, Japan)
Ussath Martin (The University of Potsdam, Germany)
Wan Khairunizam Wan Ahmad (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)
Weicun Zhang (University of Science and Technology Beijing, P. R. China)
Weiwei Yu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China)
Wenhao Zheng (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Wenlin Li (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Wisanu Jiviriya (King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bankok, Thailand)
Xiaocan Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China)
Xiaofeng Su (Beijing Institute of Astronautical Systems Engineering, P. R. China)
Xiaoyan Chen (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Xiaoyan Fu (Capital Normal University, P. R. China)
Xuemei Ren (Beijing Institute of Technology, P. R. China)
Xuhui Lu (Beihang University, P. R. China)
Yan Cui (Shanxi Normal University, P. R. China)
Yasunori Takemura (Nishinippon Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yongqiang Qi (China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. China)
Yoshihiro Kita (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Youji Kawamura (Kindai University, Japan)
Yu-an Zhang (Qinghai University, P. R. China)
Yuanlin Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China)
Yue Lin (Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, P.R. China)
Yueqian Liang (China Academy of Elecronics and Information Technology, P. R. China)
Yuji Minami (National Institute of Technology, Ube College, Japan)
Yujie Yan (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Yunju Chen ((Shiga University, Japan)
Yuxing Quyang ((Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China)
Yunzhong Song (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China)
Zacharie Mbaitiga (National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College, Japan)
Zakri bin Ghazali (Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia)
Zengqiang Chen (Nankai University, P. R. China)
Zhao Peng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China)
Zhengquan Yang (Civil Aviation University of China, P. R. China)
Zhongxin Liu (Nankai University, P. R. China)
Zuradzman bin Mohamad Razlan (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)