ALBR solicits papers addressing all aspects of artificial life, biologically inspired information processing paradigms that lead to theory and practice in robotics. The track will provide an arena of exchanging ideas and presenting the state-of-the-art of multiple disciplines of life science, theoretical computer science, and ICT (information and communications technology). The track encourages submissions of technical papers, survey papers, and reports on latest progresses. The specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The fundamental theory of artificial life including methodology and mathematical models
  
• Evolutionary software, simulation and programming
  
• Data structure, algorithm design and computational complexity analysis
  
• Nonlinear dynamics including chaos, fluctuation, and synchronization
  
• Cellular automata, artificial chemistry, and multi-agent systems
  
• Swarm intelligence, ant colony optimization, and applications
  
• Molecular computing
  
• Signaling pathway networks and simulation
  
• Dynamics for computer networks
  
• Self-organization for computer networks
• Computational neuroscience and brain science
• Robotics theory and applications
  
• Mechatronics and applications
  
• Perspective on nanotechnology and robotics
  

Track Co-Chairs:

• Jian-Qin Liu, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
• Haruhiko Nishimura, University of Hyogo, Japan

Advisors:

• Katsunori Shimohara, Doshisha University, Japan
• Masanori Sugisaka, ALife Robotics Co., Ltd., Japan

Program Committee Members (alphabetical order by last names)

• Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
• Dmitri Botvich, TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
• Wei Cheng, Higher Education Press, China
• Lixin Dong, Michigan State University, USA
• Katsunobu Imai, Hiroshima University, Japan
• Teijiro Isokawa, University of Hyogo, Japan
• Jia Lee, Chongqing University, China
• Peter Leupold, Universitét Kassel, Germany
• Chen Li, The University of Tokyo, Japan
• Nobuyuki Matsui, University of Hyogo, Japan
• Shuichi Matsuzaki, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
• Marion Oswald, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
• Neil Rubens, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
• Rui Teng, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
• György Vaszil, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
• Teruya Yamanishi, Fukui University of Technology, Japan

Paper Submission:

Authors are invited to submit papers in the following categories:

• Regular papers: Up to 15 pages
• Short papers: Up to 2 pages
• Work-in-progress papers: Up to 6 pages
• Demo papers: Up to 4 pages

Papers must follow the Springer LNICST format. Please visit http://www.bionetics.org/ submission.shtml for detailed submission instructions.

Important Dates:

• Regular paper submission due: July 30
• Short, work-in-progress and demo paper submission due: September 19
• Notification of acceptance for regular papers: September 12
• Notification of acceptance for short, work-in-progress and demo papers: September 30
• Camera ready due: October 10

Publication:

All accepted paper will be published by Springer. A selected number of best papers will be considered for publication in leading journals such as:

• ACM Trans. on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (http://taas.acm.org/)
• Int'l Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems (http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijaacs)
• Elsevier Nano Communication Networks Journal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/nanocomnet)
• Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652)