W elcome to the research group web site for NASA Grant NCC-2-1244.
    The SODAS project is a 3 year grant for the exploration and development of models of self-organizing representations and behavior in biological and artificial organisms. Our work combines insights from neuroethology, artificial intelligence and cognitive science. In particular, we are interested in how the organization of structure and behavior in biological organisms can be viewed as a self-organizing dynamical system. We are actively exploring the role that chaotic modes of dynamics may play in this self-organization of behavior.
    The SODAS project is funded by the NASA group for Research in Intelligent Systems. The period of this grant is from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2003. These web pages will contain a complete and ongoing record of the artifacts, publications and other products that result from the research supported by this grant.

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