Ivan Tanev, PH.D.,DR.ENG.

Professor
Room KC-223
Department of Information Systems Design
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University
1-3 Miyakodani, Tatara, Kyotanabe,
Kyoto 610-0321, Japan

Tel.: (81-774) 65-6699
Fax.: (81-774) 65-6801
Professional Interests

Software Agents, Evolutionary Computations, Evolutionary Robotics, Evolutionary Psychology, Autonomous Driving and Driving Aids.

Ongoing Research

Evolving undulatory swimming gaits of fish robot,

Evolving complex behaviors of simple agents (or robots) that do not compute,

Emergent properties of complex systems,

Machine learning for driving aids,

Human factors in driving,

Epigenetic programming as an approach of introducing explicitly controlled gene expression in genetic programming,

Evolution, adaptation and robustness of locomotion gaits of snake-like robots,

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Hobbies (beyond my work:-)

Hiking, photography, chess, RC cars and planes. Interested also in racing cars (vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, and electronics) and jet fighters (design, aerodynamics, and avionics).