Heiko Hamann

Dr. Heiko Hamann

e-mail: heiko.hamann [at] uni-graz.at
Artificial Life Lab
Department of Zoology
University of Graz
Universitätsplatz 2/I
8010 Graz
Austria

Last update: 2012/05/11

Research

swarm robotics, distributed robotics, multi-modular robotics
(semi-)automatic synthesis of robot controllers/agent behavior
modeling complex systems (mathematical analysis of large-scale multi-agent systems)
understanding emergence and the emergence of complexity in evolutionary processes

Selected Invited Talks

2011/03/25 "A bio-inspired approach for high adaptivity in modular robotics", 9th International Congress of Mechatronics Engineering "Automation and Technology", Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Monterrey, Mexico
2008/12/08 "Space-Time-Continuous Models of Swarm Robotics Systems", Monash University, Clayton, Australia

Publications

In preparation/submitted

Nikolaus Correll and Heiko Hamann
Probabilistic Models in Swarm Robotics

Heiko Hamann et al.
Perils of Macro-Metaphors for Evolutionary Controller Synthesis

Jürgen Stradner, Heiko Hamann, Christopher Schwarzer et al.
Evolving Controllers Based on Cellular Compartments and Voronoi Diagrams

Heiko Hamann et al.
Parrondo's Paradox is Relevant to Evolution

Heiko Hamann et al.
Understanding Collective Behavior by the Metaphor of Distributed Maxwell's Demons

Authored Books, Guest-edited Special Issues

[B2]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl
Special Issue: Modelling the Swarm in Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems 18(1), Taylor & Francis, 2012

[B1]
Heiko Hamann
Space-Time Continuous Models of Swarm Robotic Systems: Supporting Global-to-Local Programming
Cognitive Systems Monographs, Vol. 9, ISBN: 978-3-642-13376-3, Springer-Verlag, 2010

International Journals

[J10]
Heiko Hamann, Istvan Karsai, Thomas Schmickl
Time Delay Implies Cost on Task Switching: A Model to Investigate the Efficiency of Task Partitioning
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, conditionally accepted

[J9]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
Analysis of Swarm Behaviors Based on an Inversion of the Fluctuation Theorem
Artificial Life, conditionally accepted

[J8][.pdf .bib]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, and Karl Crailsheim
A Hormone-Based Controller for Evaluation-Minimal Evolution in Decentrally Controlled Systems
Artificial Life, 18(2): 165-198, 2012

[J7][.pdf .bib]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, and Karl Crailsheim
Self-Organized Pattern Formation in a Swarm System as a Transient Phenomenon of Non-Linear Dynamics
Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems 18(1): 39-50, 2012

[J6][.pdf .bib]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Heinz Wörn, and Karl Crailsheim
Analysis of Emergent Symmetry Breaking in Collective Decision Making
Neural Computing & Applications, Special Issue: Swarm Intelligence and Swarm Robotics. Guest Editors: Nikolaus Correll, Zhihua Cui, Xiao-Zhi Gao, Roderich Gross, 21(2): 207-218, 2012

[J5][.pdf .bib]
Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann, and Karl Crailsheim
Modelling a Hormone-Inspired Controller for Individual- and Multi-Modular Robotic Systems
Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 17(3): 221-242, 2011

[J4][.pdf .bib cited by]
Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann, Heinz Wörn, and Karl Crailsheim
Two Different Approaches to a Macroscopic Model of a Bio-Inspired Robotic Swarm
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 57(9): 913-921, September 2009

[J3][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann and Heinz Wörn
A Framework of Space-Time Continuous Models for Algorithm Design in Swarm Robotics
Swarm Intelligence, Special Issue: Swarm Robotics. Guest Editors: Erol Sahin and Alan Winfield, 2(2-4): 209-239, October 2008

[J2][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann and Heinz Wörn
Embodied Computation
Parallel Processing Letters, Marius Nagy and Naya Nagy (editors), 17(3): 287-298, September 2007

[J1][.bib cited by supplement]
Heiko Hamann
Definition and Behavior of Langton's Ant in Three Dimensions
Complex Systems, 14(3): 263-268, 2003

Book Chapters

[BC2]
Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann
BEECLUST: A Swarm Algorithm Derived from Honeybees. Derivation of the Algorithm, Analysis by Mathematical Models and Implementation on a Robot Swarm
Bio-inspired Computing and Networking, Yang Xiao (editor), pp. 95-137, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), ISBN: 9781420080322, 2011

[BC1]
Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner, Karl Crailsheim
Hormone-based Control for Multi-modular Robotics
Symbiotic Multi-Robot Organisms: Reliability, Adaptability, Evolution, Paul Levi and Serge Kernbach (editors), pp. 240-263, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 9783642116919, 2010

International Conferences (peer-reviewed)

[C26]
Heiko Hamann
Towards Swarm Calculus: Universal Properties of Swarm Performance and Collective Decisions
ANTS 2012, Brussels, Belgium, 2012

[C25]
Jürgen Stradner, Heiko Hamann, Payam Zahadat, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
On-line, On-board Evolution of Reaction-Diffusion Control for Self-Adaptation
Alife XIII, East Lansing, MI, USA, 2012

[C24][.pdf .bib]
Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner, Thomas Schmickl
Towards Morphological Flexibility: Modular Robotics and Bio-inspired Control
Austrian Robotics Workshop (Operational Programme Slovenia-Austria), Graz, Austria, 2012

[C23]
Leo Cazenille, Nicolas Bredeche, Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner
Impact of Neuron Models and Network Structure on Evolving Robot Neural Network Controllers
14th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO 2012, Philadelphia, USA, 2012

[C22][.pdf .bib]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
Explaining Emergent Behavior in a Swarm System Based on an Inversion of the Fluctuation Theorem
Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2011, Paris, France, Tom Lenaerts, Mario Giacobini, Hugues Bersini, Paul Bourgine, Marco Dorigo and Rene Doursat (eds.), pp. 302-309, MIT Press, ISBN: 978-0-262-29714-1 (open access), 2011 [selected as top 10 paper]

[C21][.pdf .bib supplement]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
Coupled Inverted Pendulums: A Benchmark for Evolving Decentral Controllers in Modular Robotics
13th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO 2011, Dublin, Ireland, Natalio Krasnogor and Pier Luca Lanzi (eds.), pp. 195-202, ACM, 2011

[C20][.pdf .bib cited by]
Thomas Schmickl, Jürgen Stradner, Heiko Hamann, Lutz Winkler, Karl Crailsheim
Major Feedbacks Supporting Artificial Evolution in Multi-Modular Robotics
New Horizons in Evolutionary Robotics (Studies in Computational Intelligence Vol. 341), Stephane Doncieux, Nicolas Bredeche, Jean-Baptiste Mouret (editors), p. 195-209, Springer-Verlag, 2011

[C19][.pdf .bib]
Jürgen Stradner, Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Ronald Thenius, Karl Crailsheim
Evolving a Novel Bio-Inspired Controller in Reconfigurable Robots
10th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'09), Budapest, Hungary, LNCS 5777, pp. 132-139, Springer-Verlag, 2011

[C18][.pdf .bib]
Daniela Kengyel, Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann, Ronald Thenius, Karl Crailsheim
Embodiment of Honeybee's Thermotaxis in a Mobile Robot Swarm
10th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'09), Budapest, Hungary, LNCS 5778, pp. 69-76, Springer-Verlag, 2011

[C17][.pdf .bib]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
Evolving for Creativity: Maximizing Complexity in a Self-Organized Multi-Particle System
10th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'09), Budapest, Hungary, LNCS 5777, pp. 442-449, Springer-Verlag, 2011

[C16][.pdf .bib supplement]
Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
Thermodynamics of Emergence: Langton's Ant Meets Boltzmann
IEEE ALIFE - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, Paris, France, pp. 62-69, IEEE, 2011

[C15][.pdf .bib]
Thomas Schmickl, Ronald Thenius, Jürgen Stradner, Heiko Hamann, Karl Crailsheim
Robotic Organisms: Artificial Homeostatic Hormone System and Virtual Embryogenesis as Examples for Adaptive Reaction-Diffusion Controllers
Reconfigurable Modular Robotics: Challenges of Mechatronic and Bio-Chemo-Hybrid Systems (IROS 2011 Workshop), Serge Kernbach and Robert Fitch (eds.), 2011

[C14][.pdf .bib supplement]
Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
Artificial Hormone Reaction Networks: Towards Higher Evolvability in Evolutionary Multi-Modular Robotics
Artificial Life XII (ALife XII), Odense, Denmark, pp. 773-780, MIT Press (open access), 2010

[C13][.pdf .bib cited by]
Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner, Ralf Mayet, Karl Crailsheim
Complex Taxis-Behaviour in a Novel Bio-Inspired Robot Controller
Artificial Life XII (ALife XII), Odense, Denmark, pp. 648-655, MIT Press (open access), 2010

[C12][.pdf .bib]
Serge Kernbach, Thomas Schmickl, Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner, Christopher Schwarzer, Florian Schlachter, Alan F.T. Winfield, Rene Matthias
Adaptive Action Selection Mechanisms for Evolutionary Multimodular Robotics
Artificial Life XII (ALife XII), Odense, Denmark, pp. 781-788, MIT Press (open access), 2010

[C11][.pdf .bib]
Heiko Hamann, Bernd Meyer, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
A Model of Symmetry Breaking in Collective Decision-Making
Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB'10), Paris, France, LNAI 6226, pp. 639-648, Springer-Verlag, 2010

[C10][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
A Hormone-Based Controller for Evolutionary Multi-Modular Robotics: From Single Modules to Gait Learning
Proc. of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'10), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 244-251, IEEE Press, 2010

[C9][.pdf .bib]
Serge Kernbach, Heiko Hamann, Jürgen Stradner, Ronald Thenius, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim, A.C. van Rossum, Michele Sebag, Nicolas Bredeche, Yao Yao, Guy Baele, Yves Van de Peer, Jon Timmis, Maizura Mohktar, Andy Tyrrell, A.E. Eiben, S.P. McKibbin, Wenguo Liu, Alan F.T. Winfield
On Adaptive Self-Organization in Artificial Robot Organisms
The First International Conference on Adaptive and Self-adaptive Systems and Applications (ADAPTIVE'09), Athens, Greece, November 15-20, IEEE Press, 2009

[C8][.pdf .bib cited by]
Jürgen Stradner, Heiko Hamann, Thomas Schmickl, Karl Crailsheim
Analysis and Implementation of an Artificial Homeostatic Hormone System: A First Case Study in Robotic Hardware
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS'09), St. Louis, MO, USA, October 11-15, IEEE Press, 2009

[C7][.pdf .bib supplement]
Heiko Hamann
Pattern Formation as a Transient Phenomenon in the Nonlinear Dynamics of a Multi-Agent System
MATHMOD 2009 - 6th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Vienna, Austria, February 11-13, 2009

[C6][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann, Heinz Wörn, Karl Crailsheim, and Thomas Schmickl
Spatial Macroscopic Models of a Bio-Inspired Robotic Swarm Algorithm
IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS'08), Nice, France, September 22-26, pp. 1415-1420, IEEE Press, 2008

[C5][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann and Heinz Wörn
Aggregating Robots Compute: An Adaptive Heuristic for the Euclidean Steiner Tree Problem
The tenth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB'08), Osaka, Japan, July 7-12, LNAI 5040, pp. 447-456, Springer-Verlag, 2008

[C4][.pdf .bib]
Heinz Wörn, Ramon Estana, Heiko Hamann, and Marc Szymanski
From Micro to Nano and Swarm Robotics
Advances in Climbing and Walking Robots. Proceedings of 10th International Conference (CLAWAR'07), Singapore, July 16-18, World Scientific Pub., 2007

[C3][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann and Heinz Wörn
A Space- and Time-Continuous Model of Self-Organizing Robot Swarms for Design Support
First IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO'07), Boston, USA, July 9-11, pp. 23-31, IEEE Press, 2007

[C2][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann, Marc Szymanski, and Heinz Wörn
Orientation in a Trail Network by Exploiting its Geometry for Swarm Robotics
IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, Honolulu, USA, April 1-5, pp. 310-315, IEEE Press, 2007

[C1][.pdf .bib cited by]
Heiko Hamann and Heinz Wörn
An Analytical and Spatial Model of Foraging in a Swarm of Robots
Swarm Robotics - Second SAB 2006 International Workshop, Rome, Italy, LNCS 4433, pp. 43-55, Springer-Verlag, 2007

Theses

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Heiko Hamann
Space-Time Continuous Models of Swarm Robotic Systems: Supporting Global-to-Local Programming
PhD Thesis, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2008

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Heiko Hamann
Modeling and Investigation of Robot Swarms
Diploma (Master) Thesis, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2006

[.pdf]
Heiko Hamann
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Coupled Map Lattices
Student research project, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2004