Research Areas:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Complex Networks and Systems
- Intelligent Interactive Systems
My primary research interest is in understanding how coordinated behavior arises from the dynamical interaction of an animal’s nervous system, its body and its environment. Toward this end, I work on the evolution and analysis of dynamical “nervous systems” for model agents, neuromechanical modeling of animals, biologically-inspired robotics, and dynamical systems approaches to behavior and cognition. More generally, I am interested in computational and theoretical biology, including models of metabolism, gene regulation and development. I also have a longstanding interest in the design and implementation of dynamic programming languages and their programming environments.
Research Interests: Embodied, situated and dynamical approaches to behavior and cognition, evolutionary robotics, computational neuroscience, theoretical biology
Broadly speaking, my research concerns how organisms operate as integrated wholes, with a particular focus on how behavior arises from the interaction between brains, bodies and environments. Toward this end, I work on the evolution and analysis of dynamical "nervous systems" for model agents, neuromechanical modeling of animals, biologically-inspired robotics, and dynamical systems and information theoretic approaches to behavior and cognition. More generally, I am interested in computational and theoretical biology, including models of metabolism, gene regulation and development. Most recently, my work has focused on developing a rigorous theoretical characterization of the key ideas underlying Maturana and Varela's biology of cognition and enaction frameworks. I also have a longstanding interest in the design and implementation of dynamic programming languages and their programming environments.
Keywords: Complex Systems, Artificial Life, Embodied Cognition, Computational Neuroscience
Subject Area: Animal Cognition
Subject Areas
- Cognitive Science
- Informatics and Computing
