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The 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life

April 13 – 15, 2011
Paris, France

at the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2011

(IEEE SSCI starts on April 11)

 

Symposium Program

Wednesday April 13

     
11:00-13:00 Tutorial 1:  
  Cellular Automata: Theory and Applications Terry Bossomaier (Charles Sturt University)
     
14:00-16:00 Session 1: Methodologies and Applications (Chair: Chrystopher Nehaniv)  
  Computation of Population Spatial Distribution in Individual-Based Ecosystem Simulation Md Ibne Sina (University of Ottawa, Canada); Robin Gras (University of Windsor, Canada)
  Creating adaptive sequences with genetic algorithms to reach a certain state in a non-deterministic FSM Carlos Molinero (Universidad Complutense, Spain); Manuel Nunez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain); Rob M. Hierons (Brunel University, United Kingdom)
  Power-Aware Computing for Multi-Agent Systems Vaenthan Thiruvarudchelvan (Charles Sturt University, Australia); Terry Bossomaier (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
  Towards Imitation-enhanced Reinforcement Learning in Multi-Agent Systems Mehmet Erbas (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Alan Winfield (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Larry Bull (Prof, United Kingdom)
  Towards Evolving Spiking Networks with Memristive Synapses Gerard Howard (University of the West of England, United Kingdom); Ella Gale (Universitry of the West of England, United Kingdom); Larry Bull (Prof, United Kingdom); Benjamin de Lacy Costello (University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom); Andy Adamatzky (University of the West of England, United Kingdom)
  Biologically Inspired Design Principles for Scalable, Robust, Adaptive, Decentralized Search and Automated Response (RADAR) Melanie Moses (University of New Mexico, USA); Soumya Banerjee (University of New Mexico, USA)
     
16:30-18:30 Tutorial 2:  
  Information: Currency of Life? Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire)
     
     

Thursday April 14

     
8:50-10:30 Session 2: Information Theoretic Perspectives (Chair: Hiroki Sayama)  
  Look-Ahead Relevant Information: Reducing Cognitive Burden over Prolonged Tasks Sander van Dijk (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
  An Informational Perspective on How the Embodiment Can Relieve Cognitive Burden Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
  Information storage and transfer in the synchronization process in locally-connected networks Rommel Ceguerra (University of Sydney, Australia); Joseph T Lizier (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Germany); Albert Zomaya (The University of Sydney, Australia)
  Thermodynamics of Emergence: Langton's Ant Meets Boltzmann Heiko Hamann (Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria); Thomas Schmickl (Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria); Karl Crailsheim (Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria)
  Think Globally, Sense Locally: From Local Information to Global Features Malte Harder (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
     
11:00-12:00 Keynote 1: (Chair: Chrystopher Nehaniv)  
  Self-Organization and Multilevel Evolution Paulien Hogeweg (Utrecht University)
     
14:00-16:00 Session 3: Cognition and Behavior (Chair: Terry Bossomaier)  
  From Babbling towards First Words: The Emergence of Speech in a Robot in Real-time Interaction Anton Rothwell (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Caroline Lyon (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Joe Saunders (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
  The adjustment-deployment dilemma in organism's behaviour: theoretical characterization and minimal model M. Bedia (University of Zaragoza, Spain); Xabier Barandiaran (Centre de Recherche en Épistémologie Appliquée, France); M. Aguilera (University of Zaragoza, Spain); F. Seron (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
  Neuro-cognitive organization as a side-effect of the evolution of learning ability Solvi Arnold (Graduate School for Information Science, Nagoya University, Japan)
  Metastable dynamical regimes in oscillatory network modulated by the agent's sensorimotor loop Bruno Santos (University of Sussex, United Kingdom); Xabier Barandiaran (Centre de Recherche en Épistémologie Appliquée, France); Phil Husbands (University of Sussex, United Kingdom)
  An artificial life approach for investigating the emergence of a Theory of Mind based on a functional model of the brain Kenichi Minoya (Nagoya University, Japan), Takaya Arita (Nagoya University, Japan), Takashi Omori (Tamagawa University, Japan)
  Evolving Robot Controllers in PDL using Genetic Programming Peter Shannon (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
     
16:30-17:30 Keynote 2: (Chair: Terry Bossomaier)  
  Mechanisms and Constraints for Open-Ended Learning in Developmental Robotics Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest)
     
     

Friday April 15

     
8:30-10:30 Session 4: Sociocultural Dynamics and Creativity (Chair: Pierre-Yves Oudeyer)  
  Cultural Diversity Dynamics Elpida Tzafestas (University of Athens, Greece)
  Indirect Reciprocity Through Gossiping Can Lead to Cooperative Clusters Vincent Traag (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Paul Van Dooren (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Yurii Nesterov (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
  Paradoxical Dynamics of Population Opinion in Response to Influence of Moderate Leader Sergey Malinchik (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, USA); David Rosenbluth (Advanced Technologies Laboratory, USA)
  SimUse: Simulation of Recreational Poly-drug Use Francois Lamy (Charles Sturt University, Australia); Terry Bossomaier (Charles Sturt University, Australia); Pascal Perez (Australian National University, Australia)
  An Interactive Electronic Art System Based on Artificial Ecosystemics Taras Kowaliw (Institut des Systèmes Complexes - Paris Île-de-France, France); Jon McCormack (Monash University, Australia); Alan Dorin (Monash University, Australia)
  Ecosystemic methods for creative domains: niche construction and boundary formation Jon McCormack (Monash University, Australia); Oliver Bown (Monash University, Australia)
     
11:00-11:40 Session 5: Collective  Dynamics and Morphogenesis (Chair: René Doursat)  
  How ants turn information into food Tatiana Flanagan (University of New Mexico, USA); Kenneth Letendre (University of New Mexico, USA); William Burnside (University of New Mexico, USA); G. Matthew Fricke (University of New Mexico, USA); Melanie Moses (University of New Mexico, USA)
  Seeking Open-Ended Evolution in Swarm Chemistry Hiroki Sayama (Binghamton University, USA)
     
14:00-16:00 Session 5: Collective  Dynamics and Morphogenesis (continued) (Chair: René Doursat)  
  Network Representation of Cellular Automata Yoshihiko Kayama (BAIKA Women's University, Japan)
  Schema Redescription in Cellular Automata: Revisiting Emergence in Complex Systems Manuel Marques-Pita (Indiana University (USA), Portugal); Luis Rocha (Indiana University, USA)
  Study of Inheritable Mutations in the Von Neumann Self-Replicator using the GOLLY Simulator Ayoola R Yinusa (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
  A Proposition for a Unified Artificial Ontogeny Model Nedjma Djezzar (Mouhamed Kheider University, Algeria); Noureddine Djedi (Mouhamed Kheider University, Algeria); Sylvain Cussat-Blanc (University of Toulouse 1 Capitole- Irit, France); Hervé Luga (University of Toulouse 1 Capitole- Irit, France); Yves Duthen (University of Toulouse 1 Capitole- Irit, France)
  Redundancy Creates Opportunity in Developmental Representations Lisa Schramm (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany); Yaochu Jin (University of Surrey, United Kingdom); Bernhard Sendhoff (Honda Research Institute Europe, Germany)
  Evolving Sims's Creatures for Bipedal Gait Amin Azarbadegan (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Frank Broz (School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
     
16:30-17:30 Keynote 3: (Chair: Hiroki Sayama)  
  The Myriads of Alife: Importing Complex Systems and Self-Organization into Engineering René Doursat (Complex Systems Institute, Paris)