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Norbert Michael Mayer, Dr. rer. nat.

Email: michael at jeap dot org
Tel: +81-6-6876-8884
Fax: +81-6-6876-8994

Asada Synergistic Intelligence Project,
Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO),
Japan Science and Technology Agency,
Frontier Research Center - 1,
Graduate School of Engineering,
Osaka University,
2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka,
565-0871 Japan

Biography

1991 - 1996 Studies of Physics at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
1996 - 2000 PhD-student at the University of Göttingen and the Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany
2001 Software developer and researcher at Dimension 3D Systems GmbH, Germany
2002 - 2004 Researcher and project leader at the GMD - Japan Research Laboratory, Kitakyushu, Japan
2004 Post-doc at the University of Freiburg, Germany
2004 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
since 2006 Researcher at the JST ERATO Asada Synergistic Intelligence Project

Selected Publications

[1] Norbert Michael Mayer, Matthew Browne, J. Michael Herrmann, and Minoru Asada. Symmetries, Non-Euclidean Metrics and Patterns in a Swift-Hohenberg Model of the Visual Cortex. Biological Cybernetics, 99:63-78, 2008. (SCI: 2007 Impact Factor 1.694 ).

[2] Norbert Michael Mayer and Minoru Asada. RoboCup Humanoid Challenge. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 2008. (accepted, journal is listed in SCI Expanded).

[3] Cornelius Weber, Kazuhiro Masui, Norbert Michael Mayer, Jochen Triesch, and Minoru Asada. Reservoir Computing for Sensory Prediction and Classification in Adaptive Agents. In Machine Learning Research Progress. NOVA publishers, 2008. (to appear autumn 2008).

[4] Norbert Michael Mayer, Sawa Fuke, T. S. Mai Nguyen, Takanori Nagura, and Minoru Asada. JEAP Team Description. In RoboCup Symposium, 2008. CD-Rom, (to appear).

[5] Matthew Browne, Norbert Mayer, and T.R.H. Cutmore. A multiscale polynomial filter for adaptive smoothing. Digital Signal Processing, 18(17):69-75, 2007. (SCI: Impact factor 0.6).

[6] Matthew Browne, Saeed Shiry Ghidary, and Norbert Mayer. Convolutional neural networks for image processing with applications in mobile robotics. volume 83 of Studies in Computational Intelligence, pages 327 - 350. Springer, 2007. ISBN: 978-3-540-75397-1.

[7] Norbert Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Oliver Obst, , and Minoru Asada. 3D2Real: Simulation League Finals in Real Robots. In Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G. Sorrenti, and Tomoichi Takahashi, editors, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, volume 4434 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 25 - 34. Springer, 2007. ISBN: 978-3-540-74023-0.

[8] N. Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, and Minoru Asada. On Standardization of in the RoboCup Soccer Humanoid Leagues. In 2nd Workshop on Humanid Soccer Robots, Humanoids Conference, 2007. Available online http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws07/program.html.

[9] Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Joschka Boedecker, Norbert Michael Mayer, Hiroschi Ishiguro, and Minoru Asada. Teaching and Researching Agent-based Programming. In Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE), 2007.

[10] Masaki Ogino, Hiroyuki Toyama, Sawa Fuke, Ayako Watanabe Norbert Mayer, and Minoru Asada. Stabilizing biped walking on rough terrain based on the compliance control. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.

[11] Rodrigo Guerra, Joschka Boedecker, N. Michael Mayer, Shinzo Yanagimachi, Yasuji Hirosawa, Kazuhiko Yoshikawaka, Masaaki Namekawa, and Minoru Asada. Introducing the Physical Visualization Sub-League. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.

[12] Norbert Michael Mayer, Masaki Ogino, Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Joschka Boedecker, Sawa Fuke, Ayako Watanabe, Kazuhiro Masui, Takanori Nagura, Tomomi Ooide, and Minoru Asada. JEAP Team Description. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.

[13] N. Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, Kazuhiro Masui, Masaki Ogino, and Minoru Asada. HMDP: A new protocol for motion pattern generation towards behavior abstraction. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.

[14] N. Michael Mayer, Kazuhiro Masui, Minoru Asada, Matthew Browne, and Masaki Ogino. Using a Gyro as a tool for the continuously variable lateral stabilization of dynamic bipeds. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 3(3):237-244, 2006.

[15] Minoru Asada, N. Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, Sawa Fuke, and Masaki Ogino. The robocup soccer humanoid league: Overview and outlook. In Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS'06), 2006. invited contribution.

[16] Kazuhiro Masui, N. Michael Mayer, and Minoru Asada. Stabilization of a 3D Simplest Walker by Using a Gyro. In Workshop of Dynamic Walking, Ann Arbor, 2006.

[17] N. Michael Mayer, Kazuhiro Masui, Matthew Browne, and Minoru Asada. Gyro stabilized biped walking. In Proceedings of the Intl. Conf. on Intelligent and Robotics Systems (IROS), Beijing, 2006. (CDROM).

[18] Norbert Mayer and Matthew Browne. Echo state networks and self-prediction. In Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology, volume 3141 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 40 - 47. Springer, 2004. ISBN: 978-3-540-23339-8.

[19] Norbert Mayer, J. Michael Herrmann, and Theo Geisel. Shaping of receptive fields in visual cortex during retinal maturation. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 15(3):307 - 320, 2003. (SCI: Impact factor 1.855 (2002)).

[20] Norbert Mayer, J. Michael Herrmann, and Theo Geisel. Curved feature metrices in models of visual cortex. Neurocomputing, 44-46 (C):533 - 539, 2002. (SCI: Impact Factor 0.86).

[21] Norbert Mayer, J. Michael Herrmann, and Theo Geisel. Signatures of Natural Image Statistics in Cortical Simple Cell Receptive Fields. Neurocomputing, 38-40(1-4):279 - 284, 2001. (SCI: Impact Factor 0.86).

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[1]	Norbert Michael Mayer, Matthew Browne, J. Michael Herrmann, and Minoru Asada. Symmetries, Non-Euclidean Metrics and Patterns in a Swift-Hohenberg Model of the Visual Cortex. Biological Cybernetics, 99:63-78, 2008. (SCI: 2007 Impact Factor 1.694 ).
[2]	Norbert Michael Mayer and Minoru Asada. RoboCup Humanoid Challenge. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 2008. (accepted, journal is listed in SCI Expanded).
[3]	Cornelius Weber, Kazuhiro Masui, Norbert Michael Mayer, Jochen Triesch, and Minoru Asada. Reservoir Computing for Sensory Prediction and Classification in Adaptive Agents. In Machine Learning Research Progress. NOVA publishers, 2008. (to appear autumn 2008).
[4]	Norbert Michael Mayer, Sawa Fuke, T. S. Mai Nguyen, Takanori Nagura, and Minoru Asada. JEAP Team Description. In RoboCup Symposium, 2008. CD-Rom, (to appear).
[5]	Matthew Browne, Norbert Mayer, and T.R.H. Cutmore. A multiscale polynomial filter for adaptive smoothing. Digital Signal Processing, 18(17):69-75, 2007. (SCI: Impact factor 0.6).
[6]	Matthew Browne, Saeed Shiry Ghidary, and Norbert Mayer. Convolutional neural networks for image processing with applications in mobile robotics. volume 83 of Studies in Computational Intelligence, pages 327 - 350. Springer, 2007. ISBN: 978-3-540-75397-1.
[7]	Norbert Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Oliver Obst, , and Minoru Asada. 3D2Real: Simulation League Finals in Real Robots. In Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G. Sorrenti, and Tomoichi Takahashi, editors, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, volume 4434 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 25 - 34. Springer, 2007. ISBN: 978-3-540-74023-0.
[8]	N. Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, and Minoru Asada. On Standardization of in the RoboCup Soccer Humanoid Leagues. In 2nd Workshop on Humanid Soccer Robots, Humanoids Conference, 2007. Available online http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws07/program.html.
[9]	Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Joschka Boedecker, Norbert Michael Mayer, Hiroschi Ishiguro, and Minoru Asada. Teaching and Researching Agent-based Programming. In Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE), 2007.
[10]	Masaki Ogino, Hiroyuki Toyama, Sawa Fuke, Ayako Watanabe Norbert Mayer, and Minoru Asada. Stabilizing biped walking on rough terrain based on the compliance control. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.
[11]	Rodrigo Guerra, Joschka Boedecker, N. Michael Mayer, Shinzo Yanagimachi, Yasuji Hirosawa, Kazuhiko Yoshikawaka, Masaaki Namekawa, and Minoru Asada. Introducing the Physical Visualization Sub-League. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.
[12]	Norbert Michael Mayer, Masaki Ogino, Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Joschka Boedecker, Sawa Fuke, Ayako Watanabe, Kazuhiro Masui, Takanori Nagura, Tomomi Ooide, and Minoru Asada. JEAP Team Description. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.
[13]	N. Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, Kazuhiro Masui, Masaki Ogino, and Minoru Asada. HMDP: A new protocol for motion pattern generation towards behavior abstraction. In Proceedings of the RoboCup Symposium, 2007. CD-Rom.
[14]	N. Michael Mayer, Kazuhiro Masui, Minoru Asada, Matthew Browne, and Masaki Ogino. Using a Gyro as a tool for the continuously variable lateral stabilization of dynamic bipeds. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 3(3):237-244, 2006.
[15]	Minoru Asada, N. Michael Mayer, Joschka Boedecker, Sawa Fuke, and Masaki Ogino. The robocup soccer humanoid league: Overview and outlook. In Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS'06), 2006. invited contribution.
[16]	Kazuhiro Masui, N. Michael Mayer, and Minoru Asada. Stabilization of a 3D Simplest Walker by Using a Gyro. In Workshop of Dynamic Walking, Ann Arbor, 2006.
[17]	N. Michael Mayer, Kazuhiro Masui, Matthew Browne, and Minoru Asada. Gyro stabilized biped walking. In Proceedings of the Intl. Conf. on Intelligent and Robotics Systems (IROS), Beijing, 2006. (CDROM).
[18]	Norbert Mayer and Matthew Browne. Echo state networks and self-prediction. In Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology, volume 3141 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 40 - 47. Springer, 2004. ISBN: 978-3-540-23339-8.
[19]	Norbert Mayer, J. Michael Herrmann, and Theo Geisel. Shaping of receptive fields in visual cortex during retinal maturation. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 15(3):307 - 320, 2003. (SCI: Impact factor 1.855 (2002)).
[20]	Norbert Mayer, J. Michael Herrmann, and Theo Geisel. Curved feature metrices in models of visual cortex. Neurocomputing, 44-46 (C):533 - 539, 2002. (SCI: Impact Factor 0.86).
[21]	Norbert Mayer, J. Michael Herrmann, and Theo Geisel. Signatures of Natural Image Statistics in Cortical Simple Cell Receptive Fields. Neurocomputing, 38-40(1-4):279 - 284, 2001. (SCI: Impact Factor 0.86).