FUZZ-IEEE 2008 Special Session on "Human Symbiotic System"

ORGANISER:

Professor Yoichiro Maeda
Department of Human and Artificial Intelligent Systems
Graduate School of Engineering
University of Fukui
3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui 910-8507 Japan
Phone&Fax: +81-776-27-8050
Email: maeda@ir.his.fukui-u.ac.jp

THEME AND SCOPE:

This special session aims at discussing the basic principles and methods of designing intelligent interaction systems with the bidirectional communication based on the effective collaboration and symbiosis between the human and the artifact, i.e. robots, agents, computer and so on.

The research society "Human Symbiotic System (HSS)" was established in the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics on August in 2007 by the session organizer. This society aims at encouraging the academic and industrial discussion about the research on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI), Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and so on.

Reflecting the fact that this society covers a wide range of topics, in this session we invite the related researchers from a variety of fields including intelligent robotics, human-machine interface, Kansei engineering and so on. In addition, at this session some research results will be also presented by the core members of our research society.

The aim of this special session is to present top quality research in the area of theory and applications of Human Symbiotic System (HSS). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to theory and  application of :

 


Papers are invited from prospective authors with interest on the related areas.           

 IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission: December 1, 2007
Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2008
Camera ready copy due: March 1, 2008
Conference: June 1-6, 2008

About ORGANISER:

Prof. Yoichiro Maeda is a Professor of Department of Human and Artificial Intelligent Systems, Graduate School of Engineering in the University of Fukui. He graduated the master
course of the Graduate School of Engineering in Osaka University in 1983. Then he entered to the Central Research Laboratory in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Next, he acted the senior
researcher of Laboratory for International Fuzzy Engineering Research (LIFE) in 1989 to 1992. And he arrived at the associate professor of Osaka Electro-Communication University in 1995.
After working as the visiting researcher of University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada in 1999 to 2000, he arrived at the associate professor of Faculty of Engineering in University of Fukui in
2002 and then the professor of Graduate School of Engineering in 2007.


His major research interests are in intelligent robotics based on soft computing methods, e.g. fuzzy logic, genetic algorithm, chaotic theory and so on. Originally, his speciality is intelligent
robotics and soft computing, but his recent research interests also include human interaction, emotion expression, Kansei engineering. He is also interested in RoboCup soccer robot and he is
the owner of a robot team of RoboCup middle-size league. He has authored more than 60 papers in international journals, conferences, and books.


Prof. Maeda is a director of the Japan Society of Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT). He is a member of the Robotics Society of Japan, the Society of Instrument and Control
Engineers, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Japan Society of Kansei Engineering and so on. He is also the official reviewer of IEEE Transaction of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
Japanese Transactions of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Journal of the Japan Society of Fuzzy Theory, and Intelligent Informatics and many other journals.