-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] ECAL2007 - Workshop - Machine Epigenesis 2007 Datum: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:05:11 -0800 Von: William R. Buckley wrb@wrbuckley.com Antwort an: wrb@wrbuckley.com Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.optimanumerics.com
[[[[ CALL FOR PAPERS ]]]]
ECAL 2007 Workshop on Machine Epigenesis
Lisbon, Portugal September 10, 2007
[[Motivation]]
Creating a machine that exhibits life-like behavior has been the very core motivation of Artificial Life since its onset. Self-replication has remained the prime study since von Neumann, however, biological systems show a far wider range of generative hehavior, including differentiation and morphogenesis of multicellular structures from a single zygote, and adaptive de-differentiation and regeneration of parts in case of system failure. These characters remain largely missing in manmade, engineered systems, as well indicated by the late John Maynard-Smith in his writing:
"One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop: often we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties... [and] we do not make 'embryo' machines ..." - John Maynard-Smith, The Problems of Biology (1986)
[[Workshop]]
The Workshop on Machine Epigenesis aims to address this issue -- the means, methods and models of machine epigenesis. It is expected to establish a field of research on any constructional and epigenetic processes of machines and to initiate a collective effort of formalization of models of such epigenetic machines. Here a "machine" is broadly construed to include abstract automata, electro-mechanical devices, molecular structures, and any other physical or informational instantiation. Topics to be covered in the workshop include (but are not limited to):
- Formal theories and abstract models of machine epigenesis - Theories of universal and non-universal constructors - Physical implementation of epigenetic machines - Self-replicating and self-repairing machines - Self-organization in modular and swarm robots - Biological analogs relevant to the realization of machine epigenesis - Philosophical and ethical issues in creating epigenetic machines - Extending the mechanist model of living systems - philosophy
[[Format]]
The workshop will be organized to provide an open opportunity for participation by any person engaged in relevant research, or who may have relevant opinion, all presented within the framework of an open forum discussion. During the discussion each submitted paper will be briefly presented in an informal setting (typically in 5~10 minutes) and then examined and debated. While the debate will take place between those researchers who submit papers, audience participation will be facilitated, primarily through comments and questions.
[[paper Submission]]
Readers are invited to submit a paper on original research or discussion on any aspect of machine epigenesis. Papers should be formatted following the guidelines for the ECAL 2007 proceedings (http://www.ecal2007.org/submissions.htm). Papers should not exceed 10 pages in length and must be made in PDF format.
Papers should be submitted electronically by email addressed to both the program chairs. Submitted papers will be reviewed and judged by the Programme Committee members based on their relevance to the workshop and conference, originality, clarity of the presentation, and overall quality.
[[Important Dates]]
Paper submission deadline: April 9, 2007 Notification of acceptance: May 14, 2007 Camera-ready submissions: May 31, 2007
[[Proceedings]]
Accepted papers will be included in the Workshop Proceedings CD-ROM that will be distributed to all ECAL 2007 attendees. It is also expected that workshop participants shall have the opportunity to publish a paper in a special issue of the International Journal of Unconventional Computing. Confirmation from the journal is pending.
[[Program Chairs]]
William R. Buckley (California Evolution Institute) Hiroki Sayama (Binghamton University, SUNY)
[[Program Committee]]
Andrew Adamatzky (Univertisy of the West of England, UK) William R. Buckley (California Evolution Institute, USA) Gregory Chirikjian (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Pavel O. Luksha (Mandarin-Invest / Exelance, Russia) Barry McMullin (Dublin City University, Ireland) Chrystopher Nehaniv (University of Hertfordshire, UK) Ferdinand Peper (NICT/KARC, Japan) Hiroki Sayama (Binghamton University, USA) Cosma Shalizi (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Jacqueline Signorini (Université de Paris VIII, USA) Gianluca Tempesti (University of York, UK) Wei-Min Shen (University of Southern California, USA)
[[Contacts]]
William R. Buckley, Chair California Evolution Institute Phone: +1-415-793-7102 Email: wrb AT calevinst DOT org
Hiroki Sayama, Co-Chair Department of Bioengineering Binghamton University, State University of New York Phone: +1-607-777-4439 Email: sayama AT binghamton DOT edu
[[Relevant websites]]
ECAL 2007 http://www.ecal2007.org/
Machine Epigenesis 2007 http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~sayama/ME2007/
Machine Self-Replication 2006 http://staff.bath.ac.uk/ensab/replicator/alifex/
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