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Welcome
Welcome to the four evolution of the Biota Podcast.
Three kinds of people listening;
(A) People listening to me for the first time via BlogTalkRadio,
(B) Folks who have been following the Biota podcast and are tuning in live, and,
(C) People who are listening to this as a podcast.
Historically Biota is about conferences - bringing a diverse group of intellectual leaders to talk on artificial life
Due to the cost and time associated with organizing the conferences, the Biota communicative vision was refloated in podcast format about two years ago.
(1) This started in a series of interviews - introducing contemporary artificial life developers, academics and theorists,
(2) Then a series of conversations between artificial life developers and a scientist,
(3) Then a series of chats between me (Tom Barbalet) and a particular artificial life developer or theorist.
The audience of these podcasts grew and I needed a format where the audience could participate too.
(4) Hence Biota LIVE, an internet radio show dedicated to bring people together to discuss artificial life and related issues.
Call-In Number
(646) 200-0640
Thanks to...
David Van Nuys of ShrinkRapRadio who both provided inspiration for LIVE and also invited me on one of his live shows, to outline how artificial life is applicable to a general audience.
Introduction
What is artificial life?
Artificial life is divergent but self referential. It typically applies to computer simulations but now has a term division in terms of wet artificial life or synthetic biology.
What is the history of artificial life? (This again is divergent. From Plato to Langton to today.)
Do I need to know how to program to contribute to artificial life projects?
I thought artificial life was just;
- Genetic algorithms?
- Cellular automata?
- A branch of artificial intelligence?
- Something from sci-fi/horror films?
- Something from the 1980s?
Is artificial life, a science?
What is art's role in artificial life?
"Artificial life" or "Simulated life"?
What is Biota?
Who is Tom Barbalet?
This could be summarised with;
http://www.lmsvsd.k12.ca.us/itms/nobleapes/egame.htm
Remember Call-In Number
(646) 200-0640
What to expect in this show?
Guests
Different perspectives
Discussion on news articles relating to artificial life
What's New?
Greythumb
No January meeting
International Society of Artificial Life
Conferences
http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/alife-announce
First International Workshop on nonlinear dynamics and synchronization
(INDS’08) July18-19, 2008 (Klagenfurt, Austria)
The First International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization (INDS’08) is a two-day international workshop bringing together international researchers, developers and practitioners from different horizons to discuss the latest advances in nonlinear dynamics and synchronization. INDS’08 will serve as a forum to present current and future works as well as to exchange research ideas pertaining to various aspects in this field of nonlinear dynamic systems and synchronization. INDS’08 will feature contributed as well as invited papers and will include poster and demo sessions.
Keynote Speakers:
G. Chen, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
L.O. Chua, University of California, USA
D. Helbing, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
J. Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
W. Mathis, University of Hannover, Germany
D. Ruan, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Belgium
The major focus of this inter-disciplinary workshop lies on the following areas
* Theoretical fundamentals of synchronization * Nonlinear systems and synchronization * Experiments of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization * Simulation of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization * Applications of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization: * Self-organized traffic management systems * Self-organized intelligent supply chains and logistics systems * Cybernetics * Systems control * Robotics * Cooperative advanced driver assistance systems * Pattern recognition * Computational intelligence models (soft computing and machine learning) * Cellular neural networks and applications * Image processing (incl. scene analysis) * Signal processing (incl. speech processing and recognition) * Self-reconfigurable systems * Self-healing systems * Self-testing systems * Coupled oscillatory systems * Bio-computing, neuro-computing, biology, bio-chemistry * Chaos control * Communication (wired and wireless), networking and sensor networks * Cryptography and security * Social sciences, psychology, business and management
Important dates:
Extended abstract submission: 28.02.2008
Acceptance notification: 15.04.2008
Full paper submission: 30.04.2008
Early registration deadline: 25.05.2008
Submission of papers:
Researchers are invited to submit an extended abstract (min. 3-4 pages)
before 28.02.2008. After review and acceptance of the extended abstracts
authors will be invited to submit a 6-8 page full paper version. For
submission please follow the link: http://edas.info/6155.
Camera-ready full papers will be included in the workshop proceedings,
which will be published by “Shaker Verlag” (Germany) and distributed to
the participants at the workshop.
Post-workshop publications: The best contributions, based upon the quality, novelty and relevancy, will be invited to submit a longer paper (10-14 pages). After undergoing a thorough review process selected papers will be published in two books (one with Springer and the second with World Scientific Publisher). Moreover two special issues of journals are also planned: one with “The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal” published by Bentham publishing, and the second with the “International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems”, published by Atlantis Press. The first special issue will be on “Nonlinear Dynamics, Synchronization, and Applications”. The second special issue will select 7 papers related to soft computing issues/applications in the context of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization.
General Chair:
K. Kyamakya (Austria)
Program Co-Chairs:
G. Chen (Hongkong)
W. Halang (Germany)
D. Ruan (Belgium)
Organization Chairs:
A. Bouchachia (Austria)
J. C. Chedjou (Austria)
Z. Li (Germany)
Technical Program Committee (to be extended):
G. Auer (Germany)
A. Bagula (South Africa)
C. Bettstetter (Austria)
C. Bobda (Germany)
A. Bouchachia (Austria)
G. Casati (Italy)
J. C. Chedjou (Austria)
G. Chen (Hong Kong)
D. Cheng (China)
L.O. Chua (USA)
M. Ding (USA)
S. Elaydi (USA)
J. Gallas (Germany)
J.E. Garcia (Spain)
C. Gershenson (USA)
W. Halang (Germany)
M. Hofbaur (Austria)
Y. Hong (China)
M. Huemer (Austria)
H. Hwarng (Singapore)
J. Kacprzyk (Poland)
K. Kyamakya (Austria)
H. Leung (Canada)
W. Mathis (Germany)
P. McClintock (UK)
J. T. Mendon (Portugal)
V. Nguyen (Vietnam)
J. Pilz (Austria)
V.Romanovski (Slovenia)
D. Ruan (Belgium)
P. Siarry (France)
R. Stoop (Switzerland)
K. Takatsuka (Japan)
C. M. Takenga (Germany)
K.S. Tang (Hong Kong)
K. Umeno (Japan)
Erice2008
From: luigi luisi
dear friends
you will find here the web address of a meeting on Emergence, that we are organizing in Erice next April. I hope you will find it of interest. this is the link:
http://www.plluisi.org/Erice2008/origin.htm
The notion of emergence is widespread in several fields of the natural and human sciences, and, due to such a large variety of applications and aims, tends to become slurry and even confuse. Plausible examples of emergence are now discussed in diverse scientific fields, including the study of complex systems, solid state physics, elementary particle physics, artificial life, sociology, evolutionary biology, among others. We thought that it would be important to organize a meeting aimed at identifying the basic epistemological ingredients of emergence, so as to agree on a common denominator and possibly identify a common language across the various disciplines.
The meeting will be three days long, and will consist in six sessions, one in each morning and one in each afternoon. Each session will focus, rather freely, on a particular aspect of emergence. There will be three speakers in each session (max. allotted time, with discussion, 45 min.), and ample time will be devoted to panel discussions. Detail will follow, but we foresee sessions on the epistemology of emergence, e.g., on emergence and reductionism; on predictability of emergent properties; on downward causality, and then illustrations of emergent properties in sciences, in human enterprise, in evolution, economy.
Poetic touch.
According to legend, Erice, son of Venus and Neptune, founded a small town on top of a mountain (750 metres above sea level) more than three thousand years ago. The founder of modern history - i.e. the recording of events in a methodic and chronological sequence as they really happened without reference to mythical causes - the great Thucydides (~500 B.C.), writing about events connected with the conquest of Troy (1183 B.C.) said: "After the fall of Troy some Trojans on their escape from the Achaei arrived in Sicily by boat and as they settled near the border with the Sicanians all together they were named Elymi: their towns were Segesta and Erice." This inspired Virgil to describe the arrival of the Trojan royal family in Erice and the burial of Anchise, by his son Enea, on the coast below Erice. Homer (~1000 B.C.), Theocritus (~300 B.C.), Polybius (~200 B.C.), Virgil (~50 B.C.), Horace (~20 B.C.), and others have celebrated this magnificent spot in Sicily in their poems. During seven centuries (XIII-XIX) the town of Erice was under the leadership of a local oligarchy, whose wisdom assured a long period of cultural development and economic prosperity which in turn gave rise to the many churches, monasteries and private palaces which you see today. In Erice you can admire the Castle of Venus, the Cyclopean Walls (~800 B.C.) and the Gothic Cathedral (~1300 A.D.). Erice is at present a mixture of ancient and medieval architecture. Other masterpieces of ancient civilization are to be found in the neighbourhood: at Motya (Phoenician), Segesta (Elymian), and Selinunte (Greek). On the Aegadian Islands - theatre of the decisive naval battle of the first Punic War (264-241 B.C.) - suggestive neolithic and paleolithic vestiges are still visible: the grottoes of Favignana, the carvings and murals of Levanzo. Splendid beaches are to be found at San Vito Lo Capo, Scopello, and Cornino, and a wild and rocky coast around Monte Cofano: all at less than one hour's drive from Erice.
for more information, write to Bersini (bersini@ulb.ac.be), or Stano (stano@uniroma3.it), or to me (luisi@mat.ethz.ch)
all the best for the new year
luigi luisi
Epigenetic Robotics 2008
31 July - 2 August, 2008, Brighton, UK
Eighth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems
http://www.epigenetic-robotics.org Email: epirob08@epigenetic-robotics.org
2008 Conference Theme Evolution and Development: Related Processes of Change
Location: University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Important Dates:
1 April 2008: Deadline for submission of papers & posters 31 May 2008: Notification of acceptance of papers & posters 30 June 2008: Deadline for camera ready papers 31 July - 2 August 2008: EpiRob08 @ Brighton
Keynote Speakers:
Eva Jablonka (to be confirmed) Susan Oyama Domenico Parisi more TBA
Conference Theme:
In the past 7 years, the Epigenetic Robotics annual conference has established itself as a unique place where original interdisciplinary research from developmental sciences, neuroscience, biology, cognitive robotics, and artificial intelligence is being presented.
Psychological theory and empirical evidence is being used to inform epigenetic robotic models, and these models can be used as theoretical tools to make experimental predictions in developmental psychology.
As in previous years, we encourage submissions from researchers whose work broadly intersects the fields (and subdisciplines) of developmental science, robotics, and neuroscience. As a special feature, this year we are also highlighting a specific organizational theme: evolution and development as related processes of change.
The particular focus of this theme is on the dynamic interplay between ontogeny and phylogeny. In other words, how do new abilities and skills that emerge during development influence the path of evolution, and how do subsequent evolutionary changes help to create new developmental trajectories? This is a question that fits well within the mission of epigenetic robotics, as it spans not only a wide range of research areas and academic disciplines (e.g., biology, psychology, AI and machine learning, linguistics, anthropology, etc.) but also a broad spectrum of spatial and temporal scales (e.g., neurons, brains, social communities, cultures, etc.).
We are especially interested in submissions that will enhance the emerging dialog between evolutionary and developmental perspectives. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial embryology - Morphogenesis, differentiation, and regulation - Behavioral inheritance and social learning - The evolution of language acquisition - Phylogenetic constraints on perceptual processing (e.g., face perception) - Neuroplasticity and the evolution of cognition - Evolutionary influences on mother-infant bonding - Modularity of mind (evolutionary constraints on neural processing) - Tool-use and problem-solving in humans, non-human primates, and machines
Modes of Submission:
(1) Regular Submission (8-page max). After review, regular submissions will either be accepted or rejected (no revision as short papers or posters). Regular submissions will be allocated 8 pages in the Proceedings.
(2) Abstract Submission (1-page max). After review, selected authors will be invited to present a poster. Abstract submissions will be allocated 2 pages in the Proceedings.
Submission instructions will be available from the EpiRob website: http://www.epigenetic-robotics.org. Email submissions and/or questions regarding the submission process to epirob08-PC@epigenetic-robotics.org.
Organizing Committee:
Christian Balkenius (Lund University, Sweden) Luc Berthouze (University of Sussex, UK) Lola Cañamero (University of Hertfordshire, UK) Matthew Schlesinger (Southern Illinois University, USA)
Related Events:
Note that "Artificial Life XI" (http://www.alifexi.org/) will be hosted in Winchester, UK (5-8 August 2008), and that we encourage participants to attend both meetings.
