Wednesday April 13
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Tutorial 1: |
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Cellular Automata: Theory and Applications |
Terry Bossomaier (Charles Sturt University) |
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| 14:00-16:00 |
Session 1: Methodologies and Applications (Chair: Chrystopher Nehaniv) |
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Computation of Population Spatial Distribution in Individual-Based Ecosystem Simulation |
Md Ibne Sina (University of Ottawa, Canada); Robin Gras (University of Windsor, Canada) |
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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) |
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Power-Aware Computing for Multi-Agent Systems |
Vaenthan Thiruvarudchelvan (Charles Sturt University, Australia); Terry Bossomaier (Charles Sturt University, Australia) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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| 16:30-18:30 |
Tutorial 2: |
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Information: Currency of Life? |
Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire) |
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Thursday April 14
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| 8:50-10:30 |
Session 2: Information Theoretic Perspectives (Chair: Hiroki Sayama) |
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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) |
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An Informational Perspective on How the Embodiment Can Relieve Cognitive Burden |
Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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| 11:00-12:00 |
Keynote 1: (Chair: Chrystopher Nehaniv) |
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Self-Organization and Multilevel Evolution |
Paulien Hogeweg (Utrecht University) |
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| 14:00-16:00 |
Session 3: Cognition and Behavior (Chair: Terry Bossomaier) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Neuro-cognitive organization as a side-effect of the evolution of learning ability |
Solvi Arnold (Graduate School for Information Science, Nagoya University, Japan) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Evolving Robot Controllers in PDL using Genetic Programming |
Peter Shannon (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom); Chrystopher L. Nehaniv (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) |
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| 16:30-17:30 |
Keynote 2: (Chair: Terry Bossomaier) |
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Mechanisms and Constraints for Open-Ended Learning in Developmental Robotics |
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest) |
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Friday April 15
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| 8:30-10:30 |
Session 4: Sociocultural Dynamics and Creativity (Chair: Pierre-Yves Oudeyer) |
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Cultural Diversity Dynamics |
Elpida Tzafestas (University of Athens, Greece) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Ecosystemic methods for creative domains: niche construction and boundary formation |
Jon McCormack (Monash University, Australia); Oliver Bown (Monash University, Australia) |
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| 11:00-11:40 |
Session 5: Collective Dynamics and Morphogenesis (Chair: René Doursat) |
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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) |
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Seeking Open-Ended Evolution in Swarm Chemistry |
Hiroki Sayama (Binghamton University, USA) |
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| 14:00-16:00 |
Session 5: Collective Dynamics and Morphogenesis (continued) (Chair: René Doursat) |
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Network Representation of Cellular Automata |
Yoshihiko Kayama (BAIKA Women's University, Japan) |
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Schema Redescription in Cellular Automata: Revisiting Emergence in Complex Systems |
Manuel Marques-Pita (Indiana University (USA), Portugal); Luis Rocha (Indiana University, USA) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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| 16:30-17:30 |
Keynote 3: (Chair: Hiroki Sayama) |
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The Myriads of Alife: Importing Complex Systems and Self-Organization into Engineering |
René Doursat (Complex Systems Institute, Paris) |
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IEEE ALIFE 2011