The 2nd International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics 2017

KYOTO, , October 29 – November 1, 2017 http://www.ohk.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/SWARM2017/ Scope: Living things that survive natural selection have adaptive skills and intelligent behavior. A swarm can perform many functions that its component individuals cannot possibly accomplish alone. For example, in addition to the ability to adapt to the environment, a swarm can construct a suitable environment for its own advantage. The constructive understanding of intelligence of living things is a very interesting approach from the point of view of biology and engineering. The aim of this second symposium SWARM2017 is the construction of a bridge between biologists and engineers who are interested in the intelligence of living things and the creation of a new academic field by integrating biology and engineering. This symposium will focus on the biological and engineering approaches for understanding swarm behavior and biologically-inspired robotics. All aspects of swarm behavior and bio-inspired robotics are welcome, including - but not limited to - the following topics: Related Topics Important Dates (Extended) • Biology Submission of full papers June 15, 2017 Social insects, Evolution Cooperation, Notification of Acceptance August 10, 2017 Ethology, Social physiology, Camera Ready Submission September 1, 2017 Adaptation, Self-organization, Sociometry, Phase polyphenism, & fee payment deadline Quorum sensing • Engineering General Chair Swarm Intelligence, Swarm Robotics Biomimetics, Bio-inspired Robotics, Fumitoshi Matsuno () Multi-agent System, Walking robots, Vice-General Chair Modular robotics, Decentralized control, Distributed system Marco Dorigo (Université libre de Bruxelles) Yukio Gunji () Site Kazuki Tsuji (University of the Ryukyus) Kyoto University Program Chair Clock Tower Centennial Hall Kazuhiro Ohkura ( University) Vice-Program Chair Kenji Matsuura (Kyoto University) Toru Namerikawa () Florentin Wörgötter (Georg-August Universitat Gottingen) For further information, please contact us. swarm2017@ mechatronics.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp The International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics 2017

Advisory Committee Program Committee Andrew Adamatzky (University of the West England, UK) Andrew Adamatzky (University of the West England, UK) Hajime Asama (The , Japan) Hitoshi Aonuma (, Japan) Tamim Asfour (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Fumihiko Asano (JAIST, Japan) Dora Biro (University of Oxford, UK) Shunichi Azuma (, Japan) Howie Choset (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Mauro Birattari (ULB, Belgium) Jean-Louis Deneubourg (ULB, Belgium) Zlatan Car (University of Rijeka, Croatia) Magnus Egerstedt (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Shigeto Dobata (Kyoto University, Japan) Simon Garnier (Rutgers University, USA) Takahiro Endo (Kyoto University, Japan) Jan Tommy Gravdahl (NUST, Norway) Ryusuke Fujisawa (Hachinohe Institute of Technology, Japan) Yoshinori Hayakawa (, Japan) Masashi Furukawa (Hokkaido Information University, Japan) Auke Jan Ijspeert (EPFL, Switzerland) Daniel I. Goldman (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Takashi Ikegami (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Roderich Gross (The University of Sheffield, UK) Yingmin Jia (Beihang University, China) Takeshi Hatanaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Jeff Jones (University of the West England, UK) Kiyohiko Hattori (Saitama Institute of Technology, Japan) Francesco Mondada (EPFL, Switzerland) Sabine Hauert (Bristol University, UK) James Marshall (University of Sheffield, UK) Tomohisa Hayakawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Toshiya Matsushima (Hokkaido University, Japan) Hiroyuki Iizuka (Hokkaido University, Japan) Hiraku Nishimori (Hiroshima University, Japan) Takashi Ikegami (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Rolf Pfeifer (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Yusuke Ikemoto (Meijo University, Japan) Ioannis Poulakakis (University of Delaware, USA) Hideaki Ishii (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Stephen Pratt (Arizona State University, USA) Masato Ishikawa (, Japan) Jonathan Rossiter (Bristol University, UK) Kenji Iwadate (Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan) Takao Sasaki (University of Oxford, UK) Kazuyuki Ito (, Japan) Hiroshi Sato (NDAJ, Japan) Jeff Jones (University of the West England, UK) Masashi Shiraishi (Waseda University, Japan) Keitaro Naruse (, Japan) Tomohiro Shirakawa (NDAJ, Japan) Tetsushi Kamegawa (, Japan) David Sumpte (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden) Yoshiaki Katada (Setsunan University, Japan) Dimitris P. Tsakiris (University of Crete, Greece) Takashi Kawakami (Hokkaido University of Science, Japan) Kazuo Tuchiya (Kyoto University, Japan) Tae-Hyoung Kim (Chung-Ang University, Korea) Florentin Wörgötter (Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany) Masao Kubo (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan) Poramate Manoonpong (The University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) General Chair Kamilo Melo (EPFL, Switzerland) Fumitoshi Matsuno (Kyoto University, Japan) Masao Migita (Shiga University, Japan) Vice-General Chair Shuhei Miyashita (MIT, USA) Marco Dorigo (Université libre de Bruxelles , Belgium) Toru Moriyama (Shinshu University, Japan) Yukio Gunji (Waseda University, Japan) Masaaki Nagahara (The University of Kitakyushu , Japan) Kazuki Tsuji (University of the Ryukyus, Japan) Mihoko Niitsuma (Chuo University, Japan) Hiraku Nishimori (Hiroshima University, Japan) Program Chair Hemma Philamore (Kyoto University, Japan) Kazuhiro Ohkura (Hiroshima University, Japan) Stephen Pratt (Arizona State University, USA) Vice-Program Chair Jonathan Rossiter (Bristol University, UK) Kenji Matsuura (Kyoto University, Japan) Kazunori Sakurama (Tottori University, Japan) Toru Namerikawa (Keio University) Hiroshi Sato (NDAJ, Japan) Florentin Wörgötter (Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany) Hyungbo Shim (Seoul National University, Korea) Hiroyuki Shimoji (Hokkaido University, Japan) Workshop/Organized Session Chair Tomohiro Shirakawa (NDAJ, Japan) Poramate Manoonpong (The University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Masashi Shiraishi (Waseda University, Japan) Publication Chair Metin Sitti (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Keitaro Naruse (The University of Aizu, Japan) Ken Sugawara (Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan) Yasuhiro Sugimoto (Osaka University, Japan) Publicity Chair Keiji Suzuki (Future University Hakodate, Japan) Toshiyuki Yasuda (University of Toyama, Japan) Ikuo Suzuki (Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan) Registration Chair Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Tetsushi Kamegawa (Okayama University, Japan) Motoyasu Tanaka (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Vito Trianni (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italy) Finance Chair Elio Tuci (Middlesex University, London, UK) Kazuyuki Ito (Hosei University, Japan) Ali Emre Turgut (University of Leuven, Belgium) Masaki Yamakita (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Local Arrangement Chair Masahito Yamamoto (Hokkaido University, Japan) Shinya Aoi (Kyoto University, Japan) Kazuaki Yamada (, Japan) Local Arrangement Vice-Chair Toshiyuki Yasuda (University of Toyama, Japan) Shigeto Dobata (Kyoto University, Japan) Stefan John Witwicki (EPFL, Switzerland ) Daniel Zelazo (Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) Secretary Toshiyuki Yasuda (University of Toyama, Japan) Hemma Philamore (Kyoto University, Japan) ForForfurtherfurtherinformation, please contact information, please contact us.us. swarm2017@ mechatronics.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp