Chrystopher L. Nehaniv

Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
Professor and Associate Director, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI)
Location: E7 6322
Phone: 519-888-4567 x40168

Biography

Chrystopher Nehaniv is a full professor in the departments of Systems Design Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo (since August 2018). He is a Mathematician, Computer Scientist, Complex Adaptive Systems Researcher. He is also affiliated with the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, where he served as Director of the Centre for Computer Science & Informatics Research prior to coming to Canada, leading research in the Algorithms, Adaptive Systems, and Wolfson Royal Society Biocomputation Research Groups there as Professor of Mathematical and Evolutionary Computer Sciences. Previously, he held positions as full professor at the University of Aizu in Japan, and visiting professor in Mathematics at Ibaraki National University, Japan, and at the Institute for Mathematics & Informatics at the University of Debrecen in Hungary, as well as post-doctoral research fellow and lecturer in Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is founder of the Waterloo Algebraic Intelligence & Computation Laboratory (WAICL), and with Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn, a co-founder of the University of Waterloo's Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory (SIRRL). Professor Nehaniv is also a member of the Waterloo AI Institute and the steering committee of the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI). He serves as Associate Editor for the journals BioSystems, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Interaction Studies, and Complexity, and previously as Topic Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems for the topics of AI Robotics and Human-Machine/Robot Interaction, and has served on the IEEE Task Force for Artificial Life and Complex Adaptive Systems since its founding in 2003, as Chair (2012-2018), Vice Chair (2018-), and on the IEEE Cognitive and Developmental Systems Technical Committee (2019-) of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.

Courses:

SYDE 710 - Topics in Mathematics: Algebraic Structure of Discrete Dynamical Systems (Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2023)

SYDE/ECE 750: Artificial Life: Biology & Computation (Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)

SYDE/ECE 750: Artificial Life: Embodied Intelligence (Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022)

SYDE 113: Matrices and Linear Systems / Fundamental Engineering Mathematics (Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)

ECE 108: Discrete Mathematics & Logic 1 (Winter 2021)

NE 112: Linear Algebra for Nanotechnology Engineering (Fall 2023)

Research Interests

  • Algebraic Methods in Algorithms & Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Life & Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Algebra & Discrete-Event Dynamical Systems:
  • Automata, Permutation Groups, Transformation Semigroups, Interaction Machines, Models of Time
  • Systems Biology & Neuroscience: Mathematical & Computational Methods
  • Gene-Regulatory Networks & Differentiated Multicellularity
  • Interactive Systems Design
  • Cognitive Architectures for AI Robotics
  • Enactive Experiential & Temporally Extended Intelligence
  • Evolvability
  • Cognitive\/Social\/ Skill & Linguistic Development in Animals & Artifacts
  • Dynamic Networks
  • Whole-Part Relations\/Natural Subsystems
  • Global Hierarchical Coordinate Systems for Understanding\/Prediction\/Manipulation in STEM

Education

  • 1992, Doctorate Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • 1987, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics (with studies in Psychology, Biology, Linguistics, Computer Science), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Teaching*

  • ECE 108 - Discrete Mathematics and Logic 1
    • Taught in 2021
  • ECE 750 - Special Topics in Computer Software
    • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • NE 112 - Linear Algebra for Nanotechnology Engineers
    • Taught in 2023
  • SYDE 113 - Elementary Engineering Mathematics
    • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • SYDE 532 - Introduction to Complex Systems
    • Taught in 2024
  • SYDE 599 - Special Topics in Systems Design Engineering
    • Taught in 2021

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications

  • Shah J., Ayub A., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Where is My Phone? Towards Developing an Episodic Memory Model for Companion Robots to Track Users' Salient Objects, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 621-624, Canada, 2023.
  • Aliasghari P., Ghafurian M., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., How Do We Perceive Our Trainee Robots? Exploring the Impact of Robot Errors and Appearance When Performing Domestic Physical Tas, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, Volume 12, Canada, 2023.
  • Ayub A., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Don't Forget to Buy Milk: Contextually Aware Grocery Reminder Household Robot, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL 2022, 299-306, Canada, 2022.
  • Aliasghari P., Ghafurian M., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Kinesthetic Teaching of a Robot over Multiple Sessions: Impacts on Speed and Success, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 160-170, Canada, 2022.
  • Fan K., Jouaiti M., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C.L., Fuzzy Object Ambiguity Determination and Human Attention Assessment for Domestic Service Robots, 2022 9th International Conference on Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence, ISCMI 2022, 140-145, Canada, 2022.
  • Antonova E., Holding M., Suen H.C., Sumich A., Maex R., and Nehaniv C., EEG microstates: Functional significance and short-term test-retest reliability, Neuroimage: Reports, Volume 2, United Kingdom, 2022.
  • Aliasghari P., Ghafurian M., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Efects of gaze and arm motion kinesics on a humanoid's perceived confidence, eagerness to learn, and atention to the task in a t, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 197-206, Canada, 2021.
  • Aliasghari P., Ghafurian M., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Effect of domestic trainee robots' errors on human teachers' trust, 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2021, 81-88, Canada, 2021.
  • Shannon P.D., Nehaniv C.L., and Phon-Amnuaisuk S., Cartpole Problem with PDL and GP Using Multi-objective Fitness Functions Differing in a Priori Knowledge, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 106-117, United Kingdom, 2021.
  • Jentsch P.C., and Nehaniv C.L., Exploring Tetris as a Transformation Semigroup, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, Volume 127, 71-80, Canada, 2021.
  • Egri-Nagy A., and Nehaniv C.L., A Bestiary of Transformation Semigroups for the Holonomy Decomposition, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, Volume 127, 37-46, Japan, 2021.
  • Farahbakhsh I., and Nehaniv C.L., Spatial Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma as a Transformation Semigroup, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, Volume 127, 47-57, Canada, 2021.
  • Pal S., and Nehaniv C.L., Algebraic Structure and Complexity of Bootstrap Percolation with External Inputs, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, Volume 127, 411-421, Canada, 2021.
  • d'Eon J., and Nehaniv C.L., Algebraic Structure of the Varikon Box, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, Volume 127, 27-36, Canada, 2021.
  • Shaghaghi S., Hamid O., and Nehaniv C.L., Valentino Braitenberg’s Table: Downhill Innovation of Vehicles via Darwinian Evolution, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Volume 127, 57-72, Canada, 2021.
  • Aliasghari P., Ghafurian M., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., How do different modes of verbal expressiveness of a student robot making errors impact human teachers’ intention to use the R, HAI 2021 - Proceedings of the 9th International User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Human-Agent Interaction, 21-30, Canada, 2021.
  • Aliasghari P., Ghafurian M., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Impact of nonverbal robot behaviour on human teachers' perceptions of a learner robot, Interaction Studies, Volume 22, 141-176, Canada, 2021.
  • Hamid O., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C.L., Engineering Social Learning Mechanisms for Minimalistic Multi-Agent Robots, 2020 3rd International Conference on Control and Robots, ICCR 2020, 90-99, Canada, 2020.
  • Antonova E., and Nehaniv C.L., Towards the mind of a humanoid: Does a cognitive robot need a self? - Lessons from neuroscience, ALIFE 2018 - 2018 Conference on Artificial Life: Beyond AI, 412-419, United Kingdom, 2020.
  • Robu A.D., Salge C., Nehaniv C.L., and Polani D., Measuring time with minimal clocks, Artificial Life, Volume 25, 383-409, United Kingdom, 2019.
  • Broz F., Nehaniv C.L., Kose H., and Dautenhahn K., Interaction histories and short-term memory: Enactive development of turn-taking behaviours in a childlike humanoid robot, Philosophies, Volume 4, United Kingdom, 2019.
  • Forster F., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C.L., Motor resonance as indicator for quality of interaction - Does it scale to natural movements?, Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS, Volume 3, 2227-2229, United Kingdom, 2018.
  • Forster F., Saunders J., and Nehaniv C.L., Robots That Say 'No' Affective Symbol Grounding and the Case of Intent Interpretations, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Volume 10, 530-544, United Kingdom, 2018.
  • Nehaniv C.L., and Antonova E., Simulating and reconstructing neurodynamics with Epsilon-automata applied to electroencephalography (EEG) Microstate Sequences, 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2017 - Proceedings, Volume 127, 1-9, United Kingdom, 2018.
  • Dini P., Nehaniv C.L., Rothstein E., Schreckling D., and Horvath G., BIOMICS: A theory of interaction computing, Natural Computing Series, 249-268, United Kingdom, 2018.
  • Konkoli Z., Stepney S., Broersma H., Dini P., Nehaniv C.L., and Nichele S., Philosophy of computation, Natural Computing Series, 153-184, Sweden, 2018.
  • Horvath G., Nehaniv C.L., and Podoski K., The maximal subgroups and the complexity of the flow semigroup of finite (di)graphs, International Journal of Algebra and Computation, Volume 27, 863-886, Hungary, 2017.
  • Shannon P.D., Nehaniv C.L., and Phon-Amnuaisuk S., Enhancing exploration and exploitation of NSGA-II with GP and PDL, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 349-361, Brunei Darussalam, 2017.
  • Robu A.D., Salge C., Nehaniv C.L., and Polani D., Time as It Could Be Measured in Artificial Living Systems, Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL 2017, 360-367, United Kingdom, 2017.
  • Lyon C., Nehaniv C.L., Saunders J., Belpaeme T., Bisio A., Fischer K., Forster F., Lehmann H., Metta G., Mohan V., Morse A., Nolfi S., Nori F., Rohlfing K., Sciutti A., Tani J., Tuci E., Wrede B., Zeschel A., and Cangelosi A., Embodied Language Learning and Cognitive Bootstrapping: Methods and Design Principles, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Volume 13, United Kingdom, 2016.
  • Theofilis K., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Goal recognition using temporal emphasis, Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Volume 127, 161-166, United Kingdom, 2015.
  • Burke N., Saunders J., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C., Limits and potential of an experience metric space in a mobile domestic robot, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 94-99, United Kingdom, 2015.
  • Nehaniv C.L., Rhodes J., Egri-Nagy A., Dini P., Morris E.R., Horvath G., Karimi F., Schreckling D., and Schilstra M.J., Symmetry structure in discrete models of biochemical systems: Natural subsystems and the weak control hierarchy in a new model o, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 127, United Kingdom, 2015.
  • Horvath G., and Nehaniv C.L., Length of polynomials over finite groups, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, Volume 81, 1614-1622, Hungary, 2015.
  • Egri-Nagy A., and Nehaniv C.L., Symmetries of automata, Algebra and Discrete Mathematics, Volume 19, 48-57, Australia, 2015.
  • Egri-Nagy A., Egri-Nagy A., and Nehaniv C.L., Computational understanding and manipulation of symmetries, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 17-30, United Kingdom, 2015.
  • Burke N., Saunders J., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C., Analysis of the limitations of an experience metric space when used in a mobile domestic robot, AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report, 54-56, United Kingdom, 2014.
  • Theofilis K., Nehaniv C., and Dautenhahn K., Adaptive gesture extraction and imitation for human-robot interaction, AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report, 153-155, United Kingdom, 2014.
  • Broz F., Nehaniv C.L., Belpaeme T., Bisio A., Dautenhahn K., Fadiga L., Ferrauto T., Fischer K., Forster F., Gigliotta O., Griffiths S., Lehmann H., Lohan K.S., Lyon C., Marocco D., Massera G., Metta G., Mohan V., Morse A., Nolfi S., Nori F., Peniak M., Pitsch K., Rohlfing K.J., Sagerer G., Sato Y., Saunders J., Schillingmann L., Sciutti A., Tikhanoff V., Wrede B., Zeschel A., and Cangelosi A., The ITALK project: A developmental robotics approach to the study of individual, social, and linguistic learning, Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 6, 534-544, United Kingdom, 2014.
  • Egri-Nagy A., Mitchell J.D., and Nehaniv C.L., SgpDec: Cascade (de)compositions of finite transformation semigroups and permutation groups, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 75-82, United Kingdom, 2014.
  • Anthony T., Polani D., and Nehaniv C.L., General self-motivation and strategy identification: Case studies based on Sokoban and Pac-Man, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Volume 6, 1-17, United Kingdom, 2014.
  • Theofilis K., Lohan K.S., Nehaniv C.L., Dautenhahn K., and Werde B., Temporal emphasis for goal extraction in task demonstration to a humanoid robot by naive users, 2013 IEEE 3rd Joint International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL 2013 - Electronic Conference Proceedings, United Kingdom, 2013.
  • Nehaniv C.L., Forster F., Saunders J., Broz F., Antonova E., Kose H., Lyon C., Lehmann H., Sato Y., and Dautenhahn K., Interaction and experience in enactive intelligence and humanoid robotics, IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE), Volume 127, 148-155, United Kingdom, 2013.
  • Theofilis K., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Exploring music as communicative gesture: A drumming implementation for a humanoid robot, IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE), Volume 127, 98-104, United Kingdom, 2013.
  • Fischer K., Lohan K.S., Nehaniv C., and Lehmann H., Effects of different kinds of robot feedback, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 260-269, Denmark, 2013.
  • Fischer K., Lohan K., Saunders J., Nehaniv C., Wrede B., and Rohlfing K., The impact of the contingency of robot feedback on HRI, Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems, CTS 2013, 210-217, Denmark, 2013.
  • Dini P., Nehaniv C.L., Egri-Nagy A., and Schilstra M.J., Exploring the concept of interaction computing through the discrete algebraic analysis of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, BioSystems, Volume 112, 145-162, United Kingdom, 2013.
  • Broz F., Lehmann H., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Mutual gaze, personality, and familiarity: Dual eye-tracking during conversation, Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 858-864, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Dini P., Nehaniv C.L., Egri-Nagy A., Schilstra M.J., Schreckling D., Posegga J., Horvath G., and Munro A.J., BIOMICS project: Biological and mathematical basis of interaction computing, International Journal of Unconventional Computing, Volume 8, 283-287, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Pitsch K., Lohan K.S., Rohlfing K., Saunders J., Nehaniv C.L., and Wrede B., Better be reactive at the beginning. Implications of the first seconds of an encounter for the tutoring style in human-robot-int, Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 974-981, Germany, 2012.
  • Saunders J., Lehmann H., Forster F., and Nehaniv C.L., Robot acquisition of lexical meaning - Moving towards the two-word stage, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL 2012, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Capdepuy P., Polani D., and Nehaniv C.L., Perception-action loops of multiple agents: Informational aspects and the impact of coordination, Theory in Biosciences, Volume 127, 149-159, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Lyon C., Nehaniv C.L., and Saunders J., Interactive language learning by robots: The transition from Babbling to word forms, PLoS ONE, Volume 7, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Loeliger E., Nehaniv C.L., and Munro A.J., Heat-maps and visualization for heterogeneous biomedical data based on information distance geometry, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 183-187, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Dini P., Nehaniv C.L., Egri-Nagy A., and Schilstra M.J., Algebraic analysis of the computation in the Belousov-Zhabotinksy reaction, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 216-224, United Kingdom, 2012.
  • Lohan K.S., Rohlfing K., Saunders J., Nehaniv C., and Wrede B., Contingency scaffolds language learning, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics, ICDL 2012, United States, 2012.
  • Lohan K.S., Rohlfing K.J., Pitsch K., Saunders J., Lehmann H., Nehaniv C.L., Fischer K., and Wrede B., Tutor Spotter: Proposing a Feature Set and Evaluating It in a Robotic System, International Journal of Social Robotics, Volume 4, 131-146, Germany, 2012.
  • Broz F., Kose-Bagciy H., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., Towards automated human-robot mutual gaze, ACHI 2011 - 4th International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, 222-227, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Saunders J., Lehmann H., Sato Y., and Nehaniv C.L., Towards using prosody to scaffold lexical meaning in robots, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL 2011, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Lohank K.S., Pitsch K., Rohlfing K.J., Fischer K., Saunders J., Lehmann H., Nehaniv C., and Wrede B., Contingency allows the robot to spot the tutor and to learn from interaction, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL 2011, Germany, 2011.
  • Harder M., Polani D., and Nehaniv C.L., Think globally, sense locally: From local information to global features, IEEE SSCI 2011 - Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - IEEE ALIFE 2011: 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, 70-77, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Shannon P., and Nehaniv C.L., Evolving robot controllers in PDL using genetic programming, IEEE SSCI 2011 - Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - IEEE ALIFE 2011: 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, 92-99, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Azarbadegan A., Broz F., and Nehaniv C.L., Evolving Sims's creatures for bipedal gait, IEEE SSCI 2011 - Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - IEEE ALIFE 2011: 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, 218-224, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Rothwell A., Lyon C., Nehaniv C.L., and Saunders J., From babbling towards first words: The emergence of speech in a robot in real-time interaction, IEEE SSCI 2011 - Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - IEEE ALIFE 2011: 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, 86-91, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Yinusa A.R., and Nehaniv C.L., Study of inheritable mutations in von Neumann self-reproducing automata using the GOLLY simulator, IEEE SSCI 2011 - Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - IEEE ALIFE 2011: 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, 211-217, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Forster F., Nehaniv C.L., and Saunders J., Robots that say 'no', Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 158-166, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Van Dijk S.G., Polani D., and Nehaniv C.L., Hierarchical behaviours: Getting the most bang for your bit, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 342-349, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Anthony T., Polani D., and Nehaniv C.L., Impoverished empowerment: 'Meaningful' action sequence generation through bandwidth limitation, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 294-301, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Egri-Nagy A., and Nehaniv C.L., On straight words and minimal permutators in finite transformation semigroups, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Volume 127, 115-124, United Kingdom, 2011.
  • Cangelosi A., Belpaeme T., Morse A., Marocco D., Peniak M., Larcombe C., Metta G., Sandini G., Fadiga L., Nori F., Natale L., Tikhanoff V., Gijsberts A., Sciutti A., Sagerer G., Wrede B., Rohlfing K., Schillingmann L., Pitsch K., Lohan K., Nolfi S., Tuci E., Massera G., Ferrauto T., Morlino G., Nehaniv C., Dautenhahn K., Lyon C., Saunders J., Foester F., Sato Y., Fischer K., Zeschel A., and Tani J., ITALK: Integration and transfer of action and language knowledge in robots, 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems, CogSys 2010, 2010.
  • Kose-Bagci H., Broz F., Shen Q., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C.L., As time goes by: Representing and reasoning about timing in human-robot interaction studies, AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report, 30-34, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Cangelosi A., Metta G., Sagerer G., Nolfi S., Nehaniv C., Fischer K., Tani J., Belpaeme T., Sandini G., Nori F., Fadiga L., Wrede B., Rohlfing K., Tuci E., Dautenhahn K., Saunders J., and Zeschel A., Integration of action and language knowledge: A roadmap for developmental robotics, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, Volume 2, 167-195, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Kose-Bagci H., Dautenhahn K., Syrdal D.S., and Nehaniv C.L., Drum-mate: Interaction dynamics and gestures in human-humanoid drumming experiments, Connection Science, Volume 22, 103-134, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Davis M., Dautenhahn K., Powell S., and Nehaniv C., Guidelines for researchers and practitioners designing software and software trials for children with autism, Journal of Assistive Technologies, Volume 4, 38-48, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Alissandrakis A., Otero N., Saunders J., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C.C.L., Helping robots imitate: Metrics and technological solutions inspired by human behaviour, Advances in Cognitive Systems, 127-168, Japan, 2010.
  • Egri-Nagy A., Dini P., Nehaniv C.L., and Schilstra M.J., Transformation semigroups as constructive dynamical spaces, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Volume 67, 245-265, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Buck M., and Nehaniv C.L., Evolution of cooperation and developmental constraints: A GA-driven approach, Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010, 437-444, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Harder M., Polani D., and Nehaniv C.L., Two agents acting as one, Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010, 599-606, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Saunders J., Nehaniv C.L., and Lyon C., Robot learning of lexical semantics from sensorimotor interaction and the unrestricted speech of human tutors, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction - A Symposium at the AISB 2010 Convention, 95-102, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Van Dijk S.G., Polani D., and Nehaniv C.L., What do you want to do today? Relevant-information bookkeeping in goal-oriented behaviour, Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010, 176-183, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Lyon C., Nehaniv C.L., and Saunders J., Preparing to talk: Interaction between a linguistically enabled agent and a human teacher, AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report, 56-61, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Egri-Nagy A., and Nehaniv C.L., On the skeleton of a finite transformation semigroup, Annales Mathematicae et Informaticae, Volume 37, 77-84, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Sato Y., Saunders J., Broz F., Lyon C., and Nehaniv C.L., An integrated three-stage model towards grammar acquisition, 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning, ICDL-2010 - Conference Program, 171-177, 2010.
  • Forster F., and Nehaniv C.L., Representations of time in symbol grounding systems, AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report, 13-14, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Schilstra M.J., and Nehaniv C.L., Stochastic model of template-directed elongation processes in biology, BioSystems, Volume 102, 55-60, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Egri-Nagy A., Galliot B., Naef F., and Nehaniv C.L., Information processing in cells and tissues (IPCAT'2009): From small scale dynamics to understanding systems behavior, BioSystems, Volume 102, 1-2, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Knabe J.F., Wegner K., Nehaniv C.L., and Schilstra M.J., Genetic algorithms and their application to in silico evolution of genetic regulatory networks., Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), Volume 127, 297-321, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Walters M.L., Dautenhahn K., Te Boekhorst R., Koay K.L., Syrdal D.S., and Nehaniv C.L., An empirical framework for Human-Robot proxemics, Adaptive and Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems - Proceedings of the 23rd Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, AISB 2009, 144-149, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Kose-Bagci H., Dautenhahn K., and Nehaniv C.L., Drumming with a humanoid robot: Lessons learnt from designing and analysing human-robot interaction studies, AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report, 25-32, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Kose-Bagci H., Ferrari E., Dautenhahn K., Syrdal D.S., and Nehaniv C.L., Effects of embodiment and gestures on social interaction in drumming games with a humanoid robot, Advanced Robotics, Volume 23, 1951-1996, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Saunders J., Lyon C., Forster F., Nehaniv C.L., and Dautenhahn K., A constructivist approach to robot language learning via simulated babbling and holophrase extraction, 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, ALIFE 2009 - Proceedings, 13-20, 2009.
  • Dautenhahn K., Nehaniv C.L., Walters M.L., Robins B., Kose-Bagci H., Mirza N.A., and Blow M., KASPAR - a minimally expressive humanoid robot for human-robot interaction research, Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Volume 6, 369-397, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Lyon C., Sato Y., Saunders J., and Nehaniv C.L., What is needed for a robot to acquire grammar? Some underlying primitive mechanisms for the synthesis of linguistic ability, IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, Volume 1, 187-195, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Nehaniv C., Abbass H., and Sugisaka M., Welcome message, 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, ALIFE 2009 - Proceedings, 2009.
  • Oros N., and Nehaniv C.L., Dude, where is my sex gene? - Persistence of sex over evolutionary time in cellular automata, 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, ALIFE 2009 - Proceedings, 1-8, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Rhodes J., Nehaniv C.L., and Hirsch M.W., Applications of automata theory and algebra: Via the mathematical theory of complexity to biology, physics, psychology, philosop, Applications of Automata Theory and Algebra: Via the Mathematical Theory of Complexity to Biology, Physics, Psychology, Philosophy, and Games, 1-274, United States, 2009.
  • Buck M., and Nehaniv C.L., Looking for evidence of differentiation and cooperation: Natural measures for the study of evolution of multicellularity, Advances in Complex Systems, Volume 12, 255-271, United Kingdom, 2009.
  • Mirza N.A., Nehaniv C.L., Dautenhahn K., and Boekhorst R., Anticipating future experience using grounded sensorimotor informational relationships, Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2008, 412-419, United Kingdom, 2008.
  • Otero N., Alissandrakis A., Dautenhahn K., Nehaniv C., Syrdal D.S., and Koay K.L., Human to robot demonstrations of routine home tasks: Exploring the role of the robot's feedback, HRI 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: Living with Robots, 177-184, United Kingdom, 2008.
  • Robins B., Dautenhahn K., Te Boekhorst R., and Nehaniv C.L., Behaviour delay and robot expressiveness in child-robot interactions: A user study on interaction kinesics, HRI 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: Living with Robots, 17-24, United Kingdom, 2008.
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