Professor
Cognitive Science Program Computer Science Program School of Informatics and Computing Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research Indiana University Address: |
Research Interests
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.