Methods and Models in Artificial and Natural Computation. A Homage to Professor Mira’s Scientific Legacy: Third International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2009, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 22-

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by  J. Mira

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Methods and Models
in Artificial
and Natural Computation
A Homage to Professor Mira’s Scientific Legacy
Third InternationalWork-Conference on the Interplay
Between Natural andArtificial Computation, IWINAC 2009
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 22-26, 2009
Proceedings, Part I
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JoséMira
JoséR.Álvarez
FélixdelaPaz
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JuandelRosal,16,28040Madrid,Spain
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Preface
Continuing Professor Mira’s Scientific Navigation
Professor Jos´e Mira passed away during the preparation of this edition of the
International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial
Computation. As a pioneer in the field of cybernetics, he enthusiastically pro-
moted interdisciplinary research. The term cybernetics stems from the Greek
Kυβ(cid:4)ρνη´της (kybernetes),whichmeanssteersman,governor,orpilot,thesame
root as government.Cybernetics is a broad field of study, but the essential goal
ofcyberneticsistounderstandanddefinethefunctionsandprocessesofsystems
that have goals, and promote circular, causal chains that move from action to
sensing to comparison with a desired goal, and again to action. These defini-
tions can be applied to Prof. Mira. He was a leader, a pilot, with a visionary
and extraordinary capacity to guide his students and colleagues to the desired
objective. In this way he promoted the study and understanding of biological
functions for creating new computational paradigms able to solve known prob-
lems in a more efficient way than classical approaches. But he also impressed
his magnificent and generous character on all the researchers and friends that
workedwithhim,imprintinginallofushighrequirementsofexcellencenotonly
as scientists, but also as human beings.
Weallrememberhisenthusiasticexplanationaboutthedomainsandlevelsin
thecomputationalparadigm(CP).Inhisownwords,thisparadigmincludesnot
only the physicallevel,but alsothe meaningofcalculus passingoverasymbolic
level (SL) and a knowledge level (KL), where percepts, objectives, intentions,
plans, and goals reside. In addition, in each level it is necessary to distinguish
between the semantics and the causality inherent to that level phenomenology
(owndomain,OD)andthesemanticsassociatedtophenomenologiesintheexter-
nal observersdomain (EOD). It is also important to note that own experiences,
whichemergefromneuralcomputationinaconsciousreflexivelevel,onlymatch
partially with what is communicable by natural language.We want to continue
Prof. Mira’s scientific navigation by attaining a deeper understanding of the
relations between the observable, and hence measurable, and the semantics as-
sociated to the physical signals world, i.e., between physiology and cognition,
between natural language and computer hardware.
This is the theme of the IWINAC meetings the “interplay” movement be-
tween the natural and artificial, addressing this problem every two years. We
want to know how to model biological processes that are associated with mea-
surablephysicalmagnitudesand,consequently,wealsowanttodesignandbuild
robots that imitate the corresponding behaviors based on that knowledge. This
synergisticapproachwillpermitusnotonlytobuildnewcomputationalsystems
VI Preface
based on the natural measurable phenomena, but also to understand many of
the observable behaviors inherent to natural systems.
The difficultyofbuilding bridgesovernaturalandartificialcomputationwas
one of the main motivations for the organization of IWINAC 2009. These two
books of proceedings contain the works of the invited speakers, Profs. Maravall
and Ferna´ndez, and the 108 works selected by the Scientific Committee, after
a refereeing process. In the first volume, entitled Methods and Models in Artifi-
cial and Natural Computation: A Homage to Professor Mira’s Scientific Legacy,
we include some articles by Prof. Mira’s former disciples, who relate the rele-
vance of their work with him from a scientific and personal point of view, the
most recent collaborationswith his colleagues,and the rest of the contributions
that are closer to the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological aspects link-
ing AI and knowledge engineering with neurophysiology, clinics, and cognition.
The second volume entitled Bioinspired Applications in Artificial and Natural
Computation contains all the contributions connected with biologically inspired
methods and techniques for solving AI and knowledge engineering problems in
different application domains.
An event of the nature of IWINAC 2009 cannot be organized without the
collaborationofagroupofinstitutionsandpeople,whomwewouldliketothank,
starting with UNED and Universidad Polit´ecnica de Cartagena. The collabora-
tion of the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and especially its rector
Senen Barro, has been crucial, as has the efficient work of Roberto Iglesias and
the rest of the Local Committee. In addition to our universities, we received
financialsupportfromthe Spanish Ministerio de Educacio´n y Ciencia, the Pro-
grama de Tecnolog´ıas Futuras y Emergentes (FET) de la Comisio´n Europea,
the Xunta de Galicia, APLIQUEM s.l., I.B.M., Fundaci´on Pedro Barri´e de la
Maza and the Concello de Santiago de Compostela. Finally, we would also like
to thank the authorsfor their interest inour calland the effort inpreparingthe
papers, a condition sine qua non for these proceedings, and to all the Scientific
andOrganizingCommittees,particularlythemembersofthesecommittees that
have acted as effective and efficient referees and as promoters and managers of
pre-organized sessions on autonomous and relevant topics under the IWINAC
global scope.
Our deep gratitude goes to Springer and Alfred Hofmann, along with Anna
KramerandErikaSiebert-Cole,forthecontinuousreceptivityandcollaboration
in all our editorial joint ventures on the interplay between neuroscience and
computation.
All the authors of papers in this volume as well as the IWINAC Program
andOrganizingCommitteesdedicatethisspecialvolumetothememoryofProf.
Mira as a person, scientist and friend. We will greatly miss him.
June 2009 Organizing Committee
Organization
General Chairman
Jos´e Mira, Spain
Honorary Committee
Roberto Moreno D´ıaz, Spain
Sen´en Barro Ameneiro, Spain
Roque Mar´ın Morales, Spain
Ramon Ruiz Merino, Spain
Emilio Lo´pez Zapata, Spain
Diego Cabello Ferrer, Spain
Francisco J. R´ıos Go´mez, Spain
Jos´e Manuel Ferra´ndez Vicente, Spain
Organizing Committee
Jos´e Manuel Ferra´ndez Vicente, Spain
Jos´e Ram´on A´lvarez Sa´nchez, Spain
F´elix de la Paz L´opez, Spain
Fco. Javier Toledo Moreo, Spain
Local Organizing Committee
Sen´en Barro Ameneiro, Spain
Roberto Iglesias Rodr´ıguez, Spain
Manuel Ferna´ndez Delgado, Spain
Eduardo Sa´nchez Vila, Spain
Paulo F´elix Lamas, Spain
Mar´ıa Jesu´s Taboada Iglesias, Spain
Purificacio´n Carin˜ena Amigo, Spain
Miguel A. Rodr´ıguez Gonza´lez, Spain
Jesu´s Mar´ıa Rodr´ıguez Presedo, Spain
Pablo Quint´ıa Vidal, Spain
Cristina Gamallo Solo´rzano, Spain
VIII Organization
Invited Speakers
Dario Maravall,Spain
Javier de Lope Asia´ın, Spain
Eduardo Fernandez, Spain
Jose del R. Millan, Switzerland
Tom Heskes, The Netherlands
Field Editors
Dario Maravall,Spain
Rafael Martinez Tomas, Spain
Maria Jesus Taboada Iglesias, Spain
Juan Antonio Botia Blaya, Spain
Javier de Lope Asia´ın, Spain
M. Dolores Jimenez Lopez, Spain
Mariano Rincon Zamorano, Spain
Jorge Larrey Ruiz, Spain
Eris Chinellato, Spain
Miguel Angel Patricio, Spain
Scientific Committee (Referees)
Andy Adamatzky, UK
Michael Affenzeller, Austria
Igor Aleksander, UK
Amparo Alonso Betanzos, Spain
Jose Ramon Alvarez-Sanchez, Spain
Shun-ichi Amari, Japan
Razvan Andonie, USA
Davide Anguita, Italy
Margarita Bachiller Mayoral, Spain
Antonio Bahamonde, Spain
Alvaro Barreiro,Spain
Juan Botia, Spain
Giorgio Cannata, Italy
Enrique J. Carmona Suarez, Spain
Joaquin Cerda Boluda, Spain
Enric Cervera Mateu, Spain
Antonio Chella, Italy
Eris Chinellato, Spain
Erzsebet Csuhaj-Varju, Hungary
Jose Manuel Cuadra Troncoso, Spain
Felix de la Paz Lopez, Spain
Javier de Lope, Spain
Organization IX
Gines Domenech, Spain
Jose Dorronsoro,Spain
Richard Duro, Spain
Patrizia Fattori, Italy
Eduardo Fernandez, Spain
Antonio Fernandez-Caballero,Spain
Jose Manuel Ferrandez, Spain
Kunihiko Fukushima, Japan
Jose A. Gamez, Spain
Vicente Garceran-Hernandez,Spain
Jesus Garcia Herrero, Spain
Juan Antonio Garcia Madruga, Spain
Francisco J. Garrigos Guerrero, Spain
Charlotte Gerritsen, The Netherlands
Marian Gheorghe, UK
Pedro Gomez Vilda, Spain
Manuel Gran˜a Romay, Spain
Francisco Guil-Reyes, Spain
Oscar Herreras,Spain
Juan Carlos Herrero, Spain
Cesar Hervas Martinez, Spain
Tom Heskes, The Netherlands
Fernando Jimenez Barrionuevo,Spain
M. Dolores Jimenez-Lopez, Spain
Jose M. Juarez, Spain
Joost N. Kok, The Netherlands
Elka Korutcheva, Spain
Markus Lappe, Germany
Jorge Larrey-Ruiz,Spain
Maria Longobardi, Italy
Maria Teresa Lopez Bonal, Spain
Ramon Lopez de Mantaras, Spain
Vincenzo Manca, Italy
Riccardo Manzotti, Italy
Dario Maravall,Spain
Roque Marin, Spain
Rafael Martinez Tomas, Spain
Jose Javier Martinez-Alvarez, Spain
Jesus Medina Moreno, Spain
Victor Mitrana, Spain
Jose Manuel Molina Lopez, Spain
Juan Morales Sanchez, Spain
Ana Belen Moreno Diaz, Spain
Arminda Moreno Diaz, Spain
X Organization
Douglas Mota, Brazil
Isabel Navarrete Sanchez, Spain
Nadia Nedjah, Brazil
Taishin Y. Nishida, Japan
Manuel Ojeda-Aciego, Spain
Jose T. Palma Mendez, Spain
Juan Pantrigo,Spain
Gheorghe Paun, Spain
Juan Pazos Sierra, Spain
Jose M. Puerta, Spain
Carlos Puntonet, Spain
Alexis Quesada Arencibia, Spain
Luigi M. Ricciardi, Italy
Mariano Rincon Zamorano, Spain
Victoria Rodellar, Spain
Camino Rodriguez Vela, Spain
Ramon Ruiz Merino, Spain
Angel Sanchez Calle, Spain
Jose Luis Sancho-Gomez, Spain
Jose Santos Reyes, Spain
Andreas Schierwagen,Germany
Jordi Sol´e i Casals, Spain
Antonio Soriano Paya,Spain
Maria Taboada, Spain
Settimo Termini, Italy
Fco. Javier Toledo Moreo, Spain
Jan Treur, Netherlands
Ramiro Varela Arias, Spain
Marley Vellasco, Brazil
Table of Contents – Part I
A Model of Low Level Co-operativity in Cerebral Dynamic............ 1
J. Mira and A.E. Delgado
On Bridging the Gap between Human Knowledge and Computers: A
PersonalTribute in Memory of Prof. J. Mira ........................ 21
R. Marin
PersonalNotes about the Figure and Legate of Professor Mira......... 31
Ram´on Ruiz-Merino
Intelligent Patient Monitoring: From Hardware to Learnware .......... 38
Sen´en Barro
A Look towardthe Past of My Work with the Professor Jos´e Mira ..... 46
Francisco Javier R´ıos Go´mez
Remembering Jos´e Mira .......................................... 53
Isabel Gonzalo-Fonrodona
Revisiting Algorithmic Lateral Inhibition and Accumulative
Computation .................................................... 57
Antonio Fern´andez-Caballero, Mar´ıa T. Lo´pez,
Miguel A. Ferna´ndez, and Jos´e M. Lo´pez-Valles
Detection of Speech Dynamics by Neuromorphic Units................ 67
Pedro Go´mez-Vilda, Jos´e Manuel Ferra´ndez-Vicente,
Victoria Rodellar-Biarge, Agust´ın A´lvarez-Marquina,
Luis Miguel Mazaira-Ferna´ndez, Rafael Mart´ınez-Olalla, and
Cristina Mun˜oz-Mulas
Spatio-temporal Computation with Neural Sensorial Maps ............ 79
J.M. Ferra´ndez-Vicente, A. Delgado, and J. Mira
Knowledge-BasedSystems: A Tool for Distance Education ............ 87
Pedro Salcedo L., M. Ang´elica Pinninghoff J., and
Ricardo Contreras A.
ANLAGIS: Adaptive Neuron-Like Network Based on Learning
Automata Theory and Granular Inference Systems with Applications
to Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning ....................... 97
Dar´ıo Maravall and Javier de Lope
Neural Prosthetic Interfaces with the Central Nervous System: Current
Status and Future Prospects ...................................... 107
E. Ferna´ndez