ABSTRACT

Embodiment and emergence - attaining autonomy and adaptation in software the natural way.

Tom Quick, UCL

Advances in related disciplines such as biomathematics and complexity are bringing about a shift in our understanding of biological phenomena. Behavioural and morphological phenomena, even the very notion of 'life', are increasingly understood in terms of dynamics and patterns whose significance does not depend on any particular medium, opening intriguing possibilities for software as a medium for such dynamics and patterns.

This talk will present work examining the possibility of using cellular automata (CA), a popular tool in Artificial Life research, to generate emergent behavioural strategies in software, via coupling to operational environments.

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