Professor
Cognitive Science Program
Computer Science Program
School of Informatics and Computing
Director, NSF/IGERT Training Program in the Dynamics of Brain-Body-Environment Systems
Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research
Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
Indiana University

Address:
Cognitive Science Program
840 Eigenmann
1910 E. 10th St.
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47406

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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.