Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

I am Yusuke Notomi from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo.
We are pleased to announce the 1st System Behavioral Science Special Seminar, which will be held in a hybrid format on Saturday, November 9, 2024.
https://sites.google.com/site/komabaecoevo/

Recently, out of concern that young researchers interested in behavioral ecology, neurophysiology, and related fields lack opportunities for discussions dedicated to elucidating behavioral mechanisms, I have started proposing a new academic discipline called "Systems Ethology."
the session at the international conference SWARM held last month in September
“Systems Ethology: Toward Elucidating the Design Principles of Animal Behavior”
Starting with this, we are currently planning various events.

This time, we have decided to invite professors (Dr. Taku Nishimori, Dr. Tomoko Sakiyama, and Dr. Toru Moriyama) who are already conducting cutting-edge research in ”System Behavioral Biology” at the traditional Komaba Classroom for Behavioral Evolution and Ecology, to provide an opportunity to deepen our understanding of ”behavioral systems” through their respective methods and findings.
This will be held as a public seminar, so please feel free to join us.

Registration Deadline: November 8, 2024
https://forms.gle/CgziZPvYGG5FcSoi6
The streaming URL will be sent at a later date.
We would appreciate it if you could also share this information with those around you.
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49th Behavioral Evolutionary Ecology Komaba Seminar: The 1st Systems Behavioral Biology Special Seminar
Saturday, November 9, 2024, 12:30 – 16:00, University of Tokyo, Komaba I Campus, Building 15, Room 409
Hybrid event (in-person & online)

Project Professor Taku Nishimori (Meiji University)
Non-uniformity in Ant Organizational Dynamics: Experimental and Theoretical Considerations
Associate Professor Tomoko Sakiyama (Soka University)
Spatial cognition and navigation abilities of ants
Associate Professor Toru Moriyama (Shinshu University)
The Enigma of Animals and the Action Inhibition Network

Purpose of the event: Providing an opportunity for discussion specialized in "elucidating behavioral mechanisms (systems)" through proactive behavioral interventions and stimulus presentation, as well as describing and reproducing behavior using mathematical models.
https://sites.google.com/site/komabaecoevo/

Registration (Deadline: November 8, 2024)
https://forms.gle/CgziZPvYGG5FcSoi6

Please note that a seminar by Assistant Professor Haruna Fujioka from Okayama University will also be held on the preceding Friday, November 1st. We hope you will consider attending both.
https://forms.gle/jxnimMBAzRu3597V9

Organizers: Yusuke Notomi D2 (The University of Tokyo), Shota Murakami D3 (The University of Tokyo), Po-Wei Hsu D3 (The University of Tokyo), Tatsumi Kudo D2 (The University of Tokyo)

Inquiry: Yusuke Notomi
Department of General Systems Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Room 314, Building 3, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902
Email: notomiant[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Furthermore, we have recently launched a new Slack community for the "Systems Ethology Research Group" to provide a space for peers with shared interests to connect and converse.
If you are interested, please feel free to contact us.

Yusuke Notomi, The University of Tokyo