C A L L   F O R   A B S T R A C T S

  6th International Workshop on Natural Computing

28- 30 March 2012

Sanjo Conference Hall, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN

Organized by: SIGNAC, Japanese Society for Artificial

Intelligence (programming and organizing committees)

http://sci-lab.nsf.tc/pukiwiki/

and

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas

"Synthetic biology for the comprehension of biomolecular

networks", of The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,

Science, and Technology, Japan

http://www.syn-biol.com.

post-proceedings will be published from Springer Verlag (PICT)

Computation is an intrinsic feature of natural and artificial

systems because almost all of them can transform information

in a predictable or programmable way. We witness experimental

prototypes of natural computers: plasmodium computers,

reaction-diffusion processors, amorphous computers, DNA computers,

and theoretical paradigms: cellular automata, artificial chemistry,

P-systems, evolutionary computing, neural networks. Fine mechanics

of computation may significantly differ from system to system and

even be somewhere ambiguous. And the most important related

scientific areas of the natural computing are the synthetic

biology and computational aesthetics.

This workshop aims to bring together computer scientists,

biologists, mathematicians, electronic engineers, physicists,

designer artists philosophers and aestheticians, to critically

assess present findings in the field, and to outline future

developments in natural computing.

::Special Session of "Science of Harness"

                         - Yasuhiro Suzuki (Nagoya Univ.) Introduction

                         - Kyoko Shinya (Kobe Univ.) "Possible? Modification of severe

                           influenza diseases by harness”

::Symposium of "Computational Aesthetics meets Natural Computing"

                         - Fuminori Akiba (Nagoya Univ.) Introduction

                         - Miki Goan (ATR Labs) Perception of pictures comes from an

　　　　　　　　　understanding of the production processes of painting”　

          -Junji Watanabe (NTT), “An Interpretation of New Media Experiences

-Motiva ted by the Viewpoint of Computational Aesthetics”

Topics

(alphabetic ordered):

Aesthetics/Art/Design:

Aesthetics, Music, Art and Design: Theory and Philosophical aspects of

art and design, Computational aesthetics, Media Art

and other related topics.

Biology and its theory:

Synthetic biology, Molecular biology, Life Science, Ecology,

Systems biology, Mathematical Biology, etc.

Bio-inspired computing:

Ant Algorithm, Bees Algorithm, Swarm intelligence, etc

Computational Model and Theory:

Artificial Chemistry, Artificial Life, Cellular Automaton, DNA

computing, Evaluational Computation, Genetic Algorithm, Multi

Agent Systems, Optical computing, Reaction-Diffusion computing,

P systems, Formal Language, Multiset computing, etc.

Computing with Natural media:

Slime-mold computing, Computing with chemical reaction,

Reaction-diffusion computing, and other unconventional computing

models, etc.

Other related topics:

for example, Robotics, Psychology, Science and Technology of Tactile

Sense, Human Agent Interaction, Philosophy, Cognitive Science,

Visualization, Educational Technology, Virtual Reality, Multi media,

etc...

Submission:

Please send following information to: iwnc6@natural-computing.com

                                    To:iwnc6@natural-computing.com

                                    Subject:IWNC6 submission

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                                    Title:

                                    Author(s):

                                    Affiliation (of each author)

                                    Abstract (300-500 wds length)

*All submissions are accepted for oral presentation.

** Abstract which is suitable for the special session or symposium

would be selected for presentation in there.

Publishing:

All submitted abstracts are published in the workshop booklet

from Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence (with ISBN code)

and we will publish the post-ceedings of the workshop from the

Springer Verlag (PICT). After the workshop, we will call for papers to the

volume, all submitted papers are reviewed and selected papers

are published.

Important Date:

                                20      March 2012 Deadline of Abstract Submission

                                28-30 March 2012 Workshop

                                1        May    2012 Dead line of submitting paper for post-ceedings

                                1        June   2012 Notification

                                1        July     2012 Deadline of the Camera Ready

Registration Fee:

                               No presentation : Free (workshop booklet can buy (3,500 JPN))

                               Presentation fee: 35,000 JPN (incl. abstract booklet)

                                *we accept on-site payment, only

Contact:

iwnc6@natural-computing.com,  yasuhiro SUZUKI, Nagoya U.