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| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 26/5/2009 |
Bruce Damer |
The
EvoGrid, Building a Precursor Origin of Life Simulator
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Time: 5:00PM
Venue: UCL, Malet Place Engineering Building, Room 6.12
Abstract: The
Evolution Grid, or "EvoGrid" project is currently being designed and
prototyped to utilize a large interconnected grid of computers which
could plausibly model the pre-biotic chemical environment which was the
precursor stage to evolution and life arising on Earth. The key
innovation over previous efforts will be the use of a level testing
function that searches for emergent complex self-organization within
the simulation, focusing computing resources and tuning parameters in
order to permit the system to drive itself towards ever more complex
emergent structures and processes. Research outcomes from the EvoGrid
project may shed light on the origins of life on Earth and in the
universe, and provide new tools for evolutionary biology, biochemistry,
and complexity studies.
For more information see:
http://www.evogrid.org
Bruce
Damer is a researcher and company director from Silicon Valley in the
USA. He is a pioneer in virtual worlds and avatars and over the past
decade has led a team working with NASA on 3D mission simulation. In
1996 Bruce founded Biota.org which organized multi-disciplinary
conferences on biology and artificial life and is now home to the
EvoGrid project. Additional advisors and participants are being sought
for the effort. Find out more about Bruce and contact him through his
personal site at:
http://www.damer.com
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