PhD Thesis

An Artificial Life Perspective on Olfactory Systems: Evolving Neural Coding, Developmental Symmetry and Odour Recognition in Agents. [pdf]


Selected Journals

Oros, N., Chiba, A.A., Nitz, D.A., Krichmar, J.L. (2014). "Learning to ignore - A modeling study of the decremental cholinergic pathway and its influence on attention and learning". Learning and Memory, 21: 105-118. [link]

Craig, A. B., Asher, D. E., Oros, N., Brewer, A. A., Krichmar, J. L. (2013). "Social contracts and human-computer interaction with simulated adapting agents". Adaptive Behavior, vol. 21 no. 5 371-387 [link]


Selected Conferences

Oros, N., Krichmar, J.L. (2012). "Neuromodulation, Attention and Localization Using a Novel Android™ Robotic Platform". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (IEEE ICDL-EpiRob 2012) [pdf]

Chelian, S.E., Oros, N., Zaldivar, A., Krichmar, J., and Bhattacharyya, R. (2012). "Model of the interactions between neuromodulators and prefrontal cortex during a resource allocation task". Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (IEEE ICDL-EpiRob 2012)

Oros, N., Chiba, A.A., Nitz, D.A., Avery, M.C., Krichmar, J.L. (2011). "Simulation of the neuromodulatory pathways responsible for incrementing and decrementing attention during reversal learning and set-shifting". Program No. 197.11. 2011 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2011. Online. [abstract] [poster pdf]

Oros, N., Steuber, V., Davey, N., Cañamero, L. and Adams, R.G. (2010). "Evolution of Bistability in Agents Performing Olfactory Attraction and Aversion." BMC Neuroscience 11, P118. [CNS 2010]

Oros, N. and Nehaniv, C.L. (2009). "Dude, Where is My Sex Gene? —Persistence of Sex over Evolutionary Time in Cellular Automata." Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (CI-ALife 2009). [pdf]

Oros, N., Steuber, V., Davey, N., Cañamero, L. and Adams, R.G. (2009). "Evolution of Bilateral Symmetry in Agents Controlled by Spiking Neural Networks." Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (CI-ALife 2009). [pdf]

Oros, N., Steuber, V., Davey, N., Cañamero, L. and Adams, R.G. (2008). "Optimal noise in spiking neural networks for the detection of chemicals by simulated agents." In Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. [ALife XI]

Oros, N., Steuber, V., Davey, N., Cañamero, L. and Adams, R.G. (2008). "Adaptive Olfactory Encoding in Agents Controlled by Spiking Neural Networks." Lecture Notes in Computer Science: From Animals to Animats 10, 148-158. [SpringerLink]

Oros, N., Steuber, V., Davey, N., Cañamero, L. and Adams, R.G. (2008). "Optimal receptor response functions for the detection of pheromones by agents driven by spiking neural networks. " In R.Trappl (ed.): Cybernetics and Systems 2008. Proceedings of the 19th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna. [pdf]

Oros, N. and Nehaniv, C.L. (2007), "Sexyloop: Self-Reproduction, Evolution, and Sex in Cellular Automata", Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (CI-ALife 2007). [IEEE Xplore]