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<font size="3">Call for Abstracts and Participation: AMAM08<br>
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AMAM: Adaptive Motion in Animals and Machines<br>
June 1-6, 2008, Cleveland, OH, USA<br>
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AMAM 2008 is the fourth international symposium dedicated to
the neuromechanics, sensory perception, and intelligence
behind adaptive movement in animals, and the modeling,
analysis, and technical development of adaptive movement
in animals and machines. Previous symposia were held in
<a href="http://www.kimura.is.uec.ac.jp/amam/amam2000/index.html">Montreal,
Canada</a> (2000); <a
href="http://www.kimura.is.uec.ac.jp/amam/amam2003/amam2003.html">Kyoto,
Japan</a> (2003); and
<a href="http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/fakmb/index.php?id=1893">Ilmenau,
Germany</a> (2005).
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The symposium will include a single track of keynote (evening),
plenary, and invited seminar speakers, plus contributed oral
presentations and poster sessions.
We will also continue the tradition of a "Robot Zoo," where
researchers may demonstrate their latest machines.
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Contributed oral presentation and poster abstracts are invited in all
areas pertaining to adaptive
motion in animals and machines. We especially encourage
submission in the three main focus areas for AMAM 2008:<br>
<ul>
<li>Robotics and Intelligent Mechanics</li>
<li>Neurobiology and Biomechanics of Movement Behavior</li>
<li>Functional Electrical Stimulation</li>
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Confirmed speakers include: <br>
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<td align="center"><b><a
href="http://amam.case.edu/keynotespeakers.htm">Keynote</a>/<a
href="http://amam.case.edu/speakers.htm">Plenary</a></b></td>
<td align="center"><b><a
href="http://amam.case.edu/seminarspeakers.htm">Seminar</a></b></td>
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<li>Hajime Asama</li>
<li>Ansgar Buschges</li>
<li>Paolo Dario</li>
<li>Michael Dickinson</li>
<li>Ryohei Kanzaki</li>
<li>Hiroshi Kimura</li>
<li>Kiisa Nishikawa</li>
<li>Kier Pearson</li>
<li>Hunter Peckham</li>
<li>Marc Raibert</li>
<li>Barry Trimmer</li>
<li>Barbara Webb </li>
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<li>Holk Cruse</li>
<li>Martin S. Fischer</li>
<li>Mitra Hartman</li>
<li>Auke Ijspeert</li>
<li>Akio Ishiguro</li>
<li>Malcolm MacIver</li>
<li>Naomichi Ogihara</li>
<li>Sanjay Sane</li>
<li>Metin Setti</li>
<li>Dirk Spenneberg</li>
<li>Dawn Taylor</li>
<li>Lena Ting</li>
<li>Robert Wood</li>
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Contributed two-page oral presentation abstracts, poster abstracts, and
Robot Zoo submissions are due by
January 21, 2008. Notification of final acceptance will occur by
March 17, 2008.
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<font size="3">Detailed submission instructions are available at the
meeting<br>
website,
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Sincerely,<br>
AMAM 2008 Program Committee<br>
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