The 2020 International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics

(ICAROB2020)

25th AROB Anniversary

Call for Papers

Advisory Committee Chairs Moshe Kam (Former IEEE President) Kensuke Harada (Prof. Osaka Univ., Japan)

General Chair Masanori Sugisaka

Co-General Chairs Usa Shrine (Before BC era three goddesses “Shikitusima-himemikoto, Hasizu-himemikoto, Tag Yingmin Jia iri-himemikoto descended on the earth of Usa from heaven.) The shrine is called Total Motomiya Takao Ito Hachiman Shrine Usa located in Oita Prefecture. Ju-Jang Lee

Vice General Chairs John L. Casti The 2020 International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics Mohd Rizon Juhari Ang, Chun Kit Jangmyung Lee January 13((ICAROB) to 16, 2020 , B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, JAPAN Henrik Hautop Lund Luigi Pagliarini The 2020 International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB2020) will be held at B-Con

Plaza, Beppu, Oita, JAPAN, from January 13 to 16, 2020. A series of Proceedings of ICAROB are included in both Program Chair CPCIe-Web of Scienc and Scopus. This Conference will provide new development of modern technologies Makoto Sakamoto 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 Co-Program Chair Marion Oswald on how advancements in robotics, networking, complexity and artificial life technologies that relate to inter- disciplinary approach to the field such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and computer science are creating the

basis for exciting new research and applications in various fields listed in the following topics. Please submit Conference Site papers to ICAROB2020 Web Site from http://alife-robotics.co.jp/.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

 Artificial sciences  Intelligence in biological systems  Analysis of randomized algorithms  Artificial mind research  Agent-based software  Artificial nervous systems for robots  Brain science and computing  Chaos  Artificial living  Artificial intelligence & complexity  Computer graphics  Bipedal robot  adaptive behavior and metabolism  DNA computing  Bio-inspired immune system  Data mining  Genetic algorithms  Cognitive science  Fuzzy control  Image processing http://www.b-conplaza.jp/  Evolutionary computations  Human-welfare robotics  Management of technology  Intelligent control  Micro-machines  Insect-like aero vehicles  Medical surgical robot  Multi-agent systems  Nano-biology  Computational Molecular biology ICAROB Office  Networking  Neural circuits  Nano-robotics  Pattern recognition  Unmanned underwater vehicles Mobile: +81-80-8565-8256  Neuroscience  Virtual reality  Quantum computing  Neuro-computer  Environment navigation and localization  Robotics email:  Neuromorphic systems  Facial expression analysis, music recommendation  Visualization  Reinforcement learning system & genetic programing [email protected] and augmented reality  Disasters robotics  Software development support method  Applications in Kansei engineering  Empirical research on network and MOT web:  System cybernetics  Unmanned aero vehicles  (Others etc.)  Foundation of computation and its application  Unmanned aerial systems designing, controls and http://alife-robotics.co.jp/  Unmanned aerial systems technologies navigation

 Important Dates

 November 10, 2019 OS,GS,PS,IS,TS abstract proposal submission deadline

Fukuoka Section (Japan)  November 10, 2019 Final early bird registration deadline

 November 13, 2019 Letter of acceptance deadline  December 15, 2019 (we don’t accept papers after due date) Final paper submission deadline OS: Organized Session, GS: General Session, PS: Poster Session, IS: Invited Session, TS: Tutorial Session

CAAI (Chnia) Publication

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 the international journal：Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life (JRNAL became ESCI journal) published

http://www.japan- by Atlantis Press. guide.com/e/e4700.html

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 by International Steering Committee of International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (ICAROB) Technical co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (USA) (Pending) IEEE Fukuoka Section (Japan) Co-Organized by Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI, P. R. China) Sponsored by ALife Robotics Corporation Ltd. 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, XEvent Dynamics-Co-founder, Austria) Jangmyung Lee (Pusan National University, Korea) Mohd Rizon Juhari (UCSI University, Malaysia) Henrik Hautop Lund (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

Ang, Chun Kit (UCSI University, Malaysia) Luigi Pagliarini (Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata, Italy)

Advisory Committee Adam Grzech (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Masato Nakagawa (Executive Fellow, DENSO CORPORATION, Visiting Professor of Hiroshima Bruce Eisenstein (Drexel University, Former IEEE President, USA) University, Japan) Hidenori Kimura (RIKEN, Japan) Masayoshi Tomizuka (University of California Berkeley, USA) Jeffrey Johnson (The Open University, UK) Moshe Kam (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Former IEEE President, USA) Jerzy Świątek (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Paul Kalata (Drexel University, USA) Joshua M. Epstein (The Johns Hopkins University, USA) Paul Oh (Drexel University, USA)

Kai-Tai Song (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) Peter Herczfeld (Drexel University, USA) Ken-ichi Tanaka (Executive Fellow, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan) Steen Rasmussen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Zengqi Sun (Tsighua Univesity, P. R. China) 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) Masao Kubo (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan) Akira Nakamura (AIST, Japan) Masanao Obayashi (Yamaguchi University, Japan) Akinori Abe (Chiba University, Japan) Maxim Sokolov (Innopolis University, Russia) Andrew Gadsden (University of Guelph, Canada) Mehta Rajiv (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Caoli Wang (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China) Minoru Kumano (University of Miyazaki, Japan) Chan Gook Park (Seoul National University, Korea) Minsoo Kim (Pusan National University, Korea) Eiji Hayashi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Peter Sapaty (Ukrainian Academy of Science, Ukraine)

Evgeni Magid (Kazan Federal University, Russia) Pierre Parrend (University of Strasbourg, France) Fengzhi Dai ((Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Qiang Cai (Beijing Technology and Business University, P. R. China) Fuzhong Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China) Qu Yanbin (Harbin Institute of Technology, P. R. China) Hazry Desa (University of Malaysia, Perlis, Malaysia) Shin Jisun (Pusan National University, Korea) Hidehiko Yamamoto (Gifu University, Japan) Singo Mabu (Yamaguchi University, Japan) Hideyuki Suzuki (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Takashi Kohno (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Hiroki Tamura (The University of Miyazaki, Japan) Takashi Ogata (Iwate Prefectural University) Hiroshi Kage (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan) Teruhisa Hochin (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan) Hiroshi Matsuno (Yamaguchi University, Japan) Tetsuro Hattori (Kagawa University, Japan) Jiwu Wang (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China) Thi Thi Zin (University of Miyazaki, Japan) Jovana Jovic (CNRS-AIST JRL, Japan, France) Thomas S. Ray (University of Oklahoma, USA) Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China) Toru Yamamoto (Hiroshima University, Japan) Katsunori Shimohara (Doshisha University, Japan) Toshihro Inukai (DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, Japan) Kazuo Ishii (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Victor Berdonosov (Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University of Kenichi Tanaka (Meii University, Japan) Technology, Russia) Kenji Hashimoto (Waseda University, Japan) Yasunari Yoshitomi (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan) Kevin Voges (Canterbury University, New Zealand) Yi Chai (Chongqing University, P. R. China) Kunikazu Kobayashi (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan) Yoshifumi Morita (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan) Kuo-Hsien Hsia (Far East University, Taiwan) Yoshiro Imai (Kagawa University, Japan) Kuo-Lan Su (National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan) Yuji Shinano (Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany) Kyungho Park (U.S. ARMY, Japan and USA) Zengqiang Chen (Nankai University, P. R. China)

International Program Committee Abdul Rahman bin Dullah (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia) Masayoshi Tabuse (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan) Akane Onishi (Doshisha University, Japan) Masaomi Hatakeyama (university of Zurich, Switzerland) Akinori Abe (Chiba University, Japan) Max Talanov (Kazan Federal University, Russia) Akira Utsumi (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Meng Duan (Beihang University, P. R. China) Akihiro Yamaguchi (Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan) Minoru Kumano (University of Miyazaki, Japan) Akihito Kanai (Hosei University, Japan) Moeko Tominaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Ali Selamat (University of Technology of Malaysia, Malaysia) Mohammad Al-Shabi (University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) Aminurafiuddin bin Zulkifli (Multimedia University, Malaysia) Mohammad Biglarbegian (University of Guelph, Canada) Amornphun Phunopas (King Mongkut’s University of Technology, North Bankok, Thailand) Mou Chen (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, P. R. China) Andre Rosendo (ShanghaiTech University, P. R. China) Nan Xiao (Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, P. R. China) Anne Jeannin-Girardon (University of Strasbourg, France) Naoki Toyoshima (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Anton Shiriaev (Nowegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) Nicolas Monmarché (university of Tours, France) Artur Sagitov (Kazan Federal University, Russia) Noriaki Kuwahara (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)

Ashi Gautam (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Noritaka Sato (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan) Atsuya Tange (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Norrima Mokhtar (University of Malaya, Malaysia) Ayumu Tominaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Palakorn Tantrakool (King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, North Bankok, Thailand) Bin Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China) Ping Wang (North China Electric Power University, P. R. China) Cecilia Zanni-Merk (INSA-Rouen, France) Pierre David (University of Strasbourg, France) Chaoli Wang (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China) Pierre Willaume (University of Strasbourg, France) Chenyang Li (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China) Ricardo Q. Figueroa (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico) Chen Zhu (Waseda University, Japan) Rizauddin bin Ramli (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia) Chia-Nan Ko (Nan kai University of Technology, Taiwan) Roman Lavrenov (Kazan Federal University, Russia) Chung-Wen Hung (National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan) Ruztamreen bin Jenal (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia) Congdao Han (Shanghai Institute of Technology, P. R. China) Ryohei Anshi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Cui Zhang (Beihang University, P. R. China) R.K.P.S. Ranaweera (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka) Cynthia Matuszek (University of Maryland, USA) R.P.C. Janaka Rajapakse (Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan) Donglian Qi (Zhejiang University, P. R. China) Satoshi Ikeda (The University of Miyazaki, Japan) Dongmei Ai (Universty of Science and Technology Beijing, P. R. China) Sanjay S. Joshi (University of California, USA) Duangiai Jitkongchuen (Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand) Seong-Ik Han (Pusan National University, Korea) Dunwei Gong (China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. China) Shahriman Abu Bakar (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia) Jiao Jia (Beihang University, P. R. China) Shanbi Wei (Chongqing University, P. R. China) Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China) Shihao Sun (Beihang University, P. R. China) Endra Joelianto (Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia) Shin-ichi Asakawa (Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Japan) Enrico Di Mari (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Shin Wakitani (Hiroshima University) Fabio Guigou (University of Strasbourg, France) Shumin Fei (Southeast University, P. R. China) Fei Hao (Beihang University, P. R. China) Stephany Mai Nishikawa (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Fenghua Shan (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Takashi Kuremoto (Yamaguchi University, Japan) Fuzhong Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China) Takayoshi Yamada (Gifu University, Japan) Haibo Li (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Takuya Fuginaga (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Haisheng Li (Beijing Technology and Business University, P. R. China) Takuya Nanami (The University of Tokyo. Japan) Haruhisa Okuda (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan) Taishiro Kishimoto (Keio University, Japan) Haruka Tsuboi (The University of Miyazaki, Japan) Taisuke Akimoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Haruna Matsushita (Kagawa University, Japan) Takashi Iwamoto (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan) Heeje Kim (Pusan National University, Korea) Tarik bin Abd Latef (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia) Hidetsugu Suto (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan) Taro Shibanoki (Ibaraki University, Japan) Hiroki Fukushima (Kyusyu Women’s University, Japan) Taro Takagi (National Institute of Technology, Maizuru College, Japan) Hiroyuki Iizuka (Osaka University, Japan) Teruhisa Hochin (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan) Hong Niu (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Tetsuro Katayama (The University of Miyazaki, Japan) Hongbo Li (Tsinghua University, P. R. China) Thomas Noel (University of Strasbourg, France) Hongji Ma (Shandong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China) Thunyaseth Sethaput (Thammasat University, Thailand) Hongjiu Yang (Yanshan University, P. R. China) Tianping Zhang (Yangzhou University, P. R. China)

Hongpeng Yin (Chongqing University, P. R. China) Tomohiko Takagi (Kagawa University, Japan)

Hussein Abbass (University of New South Wales, and ADFA, Australia) Toshihiro Inukai (DENSO Wave Incorporated, Japan) I-Hsien Liu (National Cheng Kung Univrsiity, Taiwan) Toshinori Nawata (Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan) Ilya Afanasyev (Innopolis University, Russia) Tsunehiro Yoshinaga (Tokuyama National College of Technology, Japan) Istvan Harmati (Budapest Institute of Technology and Economics, Hungary) Ussath Martin (The University of Potsdam, Germany) Ivan Tanev (Doshisha University, Japan) Wan Khairunizam Wan Ahmad (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia) Jiandong Zhao (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China) Weicun Zhang (University of Science and Technology Beijing, P. R. China) JJ Merelo (University of Granada, Spain) Weiwei Yu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P.R. China) Joono Cheong (Korea University, Korea) Weixin Zeng (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China) Julio Navarro Lara (University of Strasbourg, France) Wenhao Zheng (Beihang University, P. R. China) Jun Kobayashi (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Wenlin Li (Beihang University, P. R. China) Jumpei Ono (Digital Arts Sendai, Japan) Wisanu Jiviriya (King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bankok, Thailand) Jung-Shian Li (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) Wang Jie (Pusan National University, South Korea) Junping Du (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P. R. China) Xiaocan Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China) Kazuo Kawada (Hiroshima University, Japan) Xiaofeng Su (Beijing Institute of Astronautical Systems Engineering, P. R. China) Kei Sahara (Doshisha University Japan) Xiaoyan Chen (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P. R. China) Keiji Kamei (Nishinippon Institute of Technology, Japan) Xiaoyan Fu (Capital Normal University, P. R. China) Keisuke Watanabe (Tokai University, Japan) Xuemei Ren (Beijing Institute of Technology, P. R. China) Keita Honda (Gifu university, Japan) Xuhui Lu (Beihang University, P. R. China) Ke Zhang (Chongqing University, P. R. China) Yafan Liu (Beijing Jiaotong University, P. R. China) Ken-ichi Tanaka (Meiji University, Japan) Yan Cui (Shanxi Normal University, P. R. China) Kensuke Ogata (Osaka City University Japan) Yasunori Takemura (Nishinippon Institute of Technology, Japan) Khairul Salleh bin Mohamed Sahari (Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia) Yo Horikawa (Kagawa University, Japan) Khoyratee Farad (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Yongqiang Qi (China University of Mining and Technology, P. R. China) Kouichi Takeuchi (Okayama University, Japan) Yoshihiro Kita (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Konstantin Yakovlev (Russian Academy of Sciences, Higher School of Economics, Russia) Youji Kawamura (Kindai University, Japan) Kui Xiang (Wuhan University of Technology, P. R. China) Yu-an Zhang (Qinghai University, P. R. China) Leonid Freidovich (Umea University, Sweden) Yuanlin Wang (Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China) Levi Timothéeé (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Yue Lin (Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, P.R. China) Liming Chen (Beihang University, P. R. China) Yueqian Liang (China Academy of Elecronics and Information Technology, P. R. China) Lin Li (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, P. R. China) Yuji Minami (National Institute of Technology, Ube College, Japan) Lin Zhao (Qingdao University, P. R. China) Yujie Yan (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, P.R. China) Mamoru Yoshimura (The University of Miyazaki, Japan) Yuki Hayashi (Chiba University, Japan) Manabu Yamada (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan) Yunju Chen (Shiga University, Japan) Masahide Ito (Aichi Prefectural University, Japan) Yunzhong Song (Henan Polytechnic University, P. R. China) Masahiro Ushio (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Yuya Nishida (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan) Masahiro Yokomichi (The University of Miyazaki, Japan) Zakri bin Ghazali (Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia) Masamichi Hori (The University of Miyazaki, Japan) Zengqiang Chen (Nankai University, P. R. China) Masanori Takahashi (Tokai University, Japan) Zhao Peng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China) Masayoshi Kano (Chukyou University, Japan) Zhengquan Yang (Civil Aviation University of China, P. R. China) Shyi-Ming Chen (National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan) Zhongxin Liu (Nankai University, P. R. China) Stephen Wilkerson (York College of Pennsylvania, USA) Zuradzman bin Mohamad Razlan (Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)

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