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Subject: [CFP] International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
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             Conference Announcement and Call For Papers

                      FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS

 Fourth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB96)

          Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, September 9-13, 1996

The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers in
ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial
life, robotics, and related fields so as to further our understanding
of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow natural and
artificial animals to adapt and survive in uncertain environments.

The conference will focus particularly on well-defined models,
computer simulations, and robotics demonstrations, in order to help
characterize and compare various organizational principles or
architectures capable of inducing adaptive behavior in real animals or
synthetic agents.

Contributions treating any of the following topics from the
perspective of adaptive behavior will receive special emphasis:


   Action selection                     Learning and development
   Perception and motor control         Evolutionary computation
   Neural correlates of behavior        Coevolutionary models
   Emergent structures and behaviors    Parallel and distributed models
   Motivation and emotion               Collective and social behavior
   Internal world models                Autonomous robots
   Characterization of environments     Applied adaptive behavior


Authors should make every effort to suggest implications of their work
for both natural and artificial animals.  Papers which do not deal
explicitly with adaptive behavior will be rejected.


Submission Instructions

Authors are requested to send six copies (hard copy only) of a full
paper to the Program Chair (Prof. Pattie Maes, Media Lab, MIT, 20 Ames
St., Cambridge MA 02139, USA) arriving no later than Feb 9th, 1996.
Late submissions will not be considered. Papers should not exceed 10
pages (excluding the title page), with 1 inch margins all around, and
no smaller than 10 pt (12 pitch) type (Times Roman preferred). Each
paper must include a title page containing the following: (1) Full
names, postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (if
available), and fax numbers for each author, (2) A 100-200 word
abstract, (3) The topic area(s) in which the paper could be reviewed
(see list above).  Camera ready versions of the papers, in two-column
format, will be required by May 10th. Computer, video, and robotic
demonstrations are also invited for submission.  Submit a 2-page
proposal plus a title page as above to the program chair. Indicate
equipment requirements and relevance to the themes of the conference.


Conference Chairs:

  Pattie Maes (MIT Media Lab; pattie@media.mit.edu)
  Maja Mataric (Brandeis University; maja@cs.brandeis.edu)
  Jean-Arcady Meyer (Ecole Normale Superieure; meyer@wotan.ens.fr)
  Jordan Pollack (Brandeis University; pollack@cs.brandeis.edu)
  Herbert Roitblat (University of Hawaii; roitblat@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu)
  Stewart Wilson (The Rowland Institute for Science; wilson@smith.rowland.org).

Official Language: English         Publisher: MIT Press/Bradford Books

Important Dates:

         FEB 9, 1996:    Submissions must be received
         APR 12:         Notification of acceptance or rejection (via email)
         MAY 10:         Camera ready revised versions due
         JUN 10:         Early registration deadline
         AUG 8:          Hotel reservations and regular registration deadline
         SEP 9-13:       Conference dates

General queries to: sab96@cs.brandeis.edu
WWW Page: http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/conferences/sab96


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