[reload for updates, version of 6 October 2003]
12:00 Registration Open
12:00-14:00 Welcome Lunch in the Balme Room
14:00-14:10 Opening and Introduction
14:10-15:00 Keynote:
Evolvability and Interaction in Biological and Artificial Systems
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of
Hertfordshire, UK)
15:00-15:30
Evolving Interaction in Artificial Systems: An historical
overview and future directions
Tim Taylor (Institute of Perception, Action, & Behaviour,
University of Edinburgh)
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-17:00 Keynote:
The Dynamics of Social Complexity and the Evolution of Individuality
Richard E. Michod (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Arizona, USA)
17:00-18:00 Keynote: Evolutionary and Physical Properties of Cooperation
Dario Floreano (Autonomous Systems Lab, EPFL, Switzerland)
18:00-18:40 Poster Presentations (3 minutes and 3 OHP slides each)
18:40-19:15 Poster Session (with refreshments) in Coffee Area and the Balme Room
19:15-22:00 Hot Buffet (while Poster Session continues) in the Balme Room
8:45 Coffee on Arrival
9:00-10:00 Keynote:
Embodied Interaction and Communication Technology Through the
Development of E-COSMIC: Embodied Communication System for Mind Connection
Tomio Watanabe (Faculty of Computer Science and System Engineering,
Okayama Prefectural University, Japan)
10:00-10:30 Motion Camouflage Team Tactics
Andrew J. Anderson and Peter McOwan (Queen Mary, University
of London)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Keynote:
Artificial Social Intelligence: The Case of Robot-Human Interaction
Dynamics
Kerstin Dautenhahn (Adaptive Systems Research Group, University of
Hertfordshire, UK)
12:00-14:00 Lunch in the Balme Room
14:00-15:0 Keynote:
Cultural Evolution in a Structured Population
Robin I. M. Dunbar (Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioural Ecology Research
Group, University of Liverpool, UK)
15:00-15:30
Rules of Decsion Making: Trade-offs in Collective House Hunting
Anna Dornhaus and Nigel R. Franks (Biological Sciences,
University of Bristol)
15:30-16:00 Comparing Communication Protocols in Evolving Agent Societies:
Cell phone versus Shouting
A. E. Eiben, M. C. Schut, and T. Toma (Dept. Artificial
Intelligence, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:3 Keynote: Evolvability and Evolution of Interaction
Takashi Ikegami (Department of General Systems Sciences, University of
Tokyo, Japan)
17:30-18:00
Simultaneous Learning of Basic and Compound Actions
by Imitating Compound Action
Bart Jansen (AI Laboratory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
18:00-19:00 Discussion
19:30 Conference Dinner at Carluccios (5 minute walk away)
8:45 Coffee on Arrival
9:00-10:00 Keynote:
Simultaneous Development of Vocal and Physical Object Combinations
by a Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus): An Evolutionary Comparison
with Primates
Irene Pepperberg (MIT & Brandeis University, USA)
10:00-10:30
Will Humans and Robots Ever Coordinate Each Other via
Behavioral Communication?
Cristiano Castelfranchi (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technology,
National Research Council, Italy) and Francesca Giardini (University
of Siena, Italy)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Keynote:
Co-creation Process in Embodied Interaction
Yoshihiro Miyake (Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems
Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
12:00-14:00 Lunch in the Balme Room
14:00-15:00 Keynote:
Computational Models of Movement Control in Lampreys, Salamanders,
and Humanoid Robots
Auke Jan Ijspeert (Biologically-Inspired Robotics Group, EPFL,
Switzerland)
15:00-16:0 Keynote:
Behind the Spirit of the Hive: Complex Interaction Dynamics in
Social Insects
Lars Chittka (School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, UK,
joint work with Anna Dornhahus, University of Bristol)
16:00-16:30 Coffee
16:30-17:30
Keynote:
Complex Networks and Evolution
Pau Fernández (with Ricard V. Solé,
ICREA - Complex Systems Lab,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
17:30-18:30 Panel & Discussion