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WORKSHOP ON
Self-Organization and
Development in Artificial and Natural Systems (SODANS) 2004
Submission
deadline is July 2nd, 2004
Chair:
Sanjeev Kumar
PROGRAM
“The development
of multicellular organisms from a single cell - the fertilized
egg - is a brilliant triumph of evolution. During embryonic development
the egg divides to give rise to many millions of cells, which
form structures as complex and varied as eyes, arms, the heart,
and the brain. This amazing achievement raises a multitude of
questions. How do they become organized into structures such
as limbs and brains? What controls the behavior of individual
cells so that such highly organized patterns emerge? How are
the organizing principles of development embedded within the
egg and in particular within the genetic material - DNA?”
[Wolpert, 2001]
Artificial life
and developmental biology overlap on some quite important topics.
One obvious topic is that of construction. Constructing robust
complex adaptive systems in a self-organizing manner is a notoriously
difficult problem. The quote above summarizes the incredible
self-organization that occurs during biological development,
it also poses questions that could easily reflect much new research
that is emerging under the banner of artificial life.
In recent years,
researchers have been investigating methods of construction that
overcome fundamental issues of adaptation, evolvability, genotype-phenotype
mappings, scalability, modularity, self-organization, and self-repair.
One method seen as a potential solution to such problems, and
which is inspired by biological development, is computational
development. Emerging research is highlighting important benefits
of using computational models of development for building complex
systems that address these fundamental issues. This workshop
focuses on development and self-organizing principles that lead
to the emergence of complex systems. The workshop also welcomes
submissions from biologists on relevant biology that may help
shed more light on self-organizing principles for artificial
life. Real world applications of development are strongly encouraged.
Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:
Genotype-phenotype
mappings
Genetic representations for self-organization and development
Pattern formation, morphogenesis, differentiation, growth
Models of development for complex system construction
Models of genetic regulatory networks
Genetic regulatory networks for control
Models of cells, proteins, and chemistries
Modularity, segmentation and compartmentalization
Scalability & Evolvability of developmental processes
Robustness, self-repair and regeneration in developmental processes
Reaction diffusion systems
Single cell and multicellular developmental systems
Models of development and environmental interactions
Real world applications of developmental principles
Relationship between evolution and development
The evolution of development, multicellularity and segmentation
Important
Dates
Papers
Due: July 2, 2004
Acceptance notices: July 10, 2004
Camera Ready: August 1, 2004
Workshop: September 12, 2004
Workshop
Format
Invited
talks
Submitted paper presentations
Discussions
One of
the main aims of this workshop is to bring together researchers
from a wide range of disciplines in order to discuss the potential
of developmental systems as well as fundamental issues with their
design and use. It is hoped that through fruitful discussion
and debate that such workshops will help to guide the progression
of computational development.
A full
day workshop on Self-Organization and Development in Artificial
and Natural Systems is to be held on Sunday 12th September. Proceedings
will be produced with a camera-ready deadline of 1st August.
Please send electronic submissions to:
Sanjeev Kumar
kumars @ cs . gmu. edu (blanks for robots)
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virgina, 22030, USA
Review Committee
Peter Bentley
Josh Bongard
Peter Eggenberger
Ivan Garibay
Sanjeev Kumar
Bill Langdon
Julian Miller
Chrystopher Nehaniv
Tom Quick
Piet van Remortel
Gunnar Tufte
Submission Details
Submissions length 4 pages in PDF or postscript
formats, see http://www.alife9.org/
for paper formatting instructions and templates
Workshop web-page: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/S.Kumar/sodans.htm |
