Cellular Automata 'Game of Life', edge of chaos

Cellular Automata - 'Game of Life', edge of chaos

• Cellular Automata - 'Game of Life', edge of chaos

• Autocatalytic sets - origin of life

• Search spaces - Genetic Algorithms

• Game theory - Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma

• Evolution of communication

• Gaia theory - the Earth as an organism?

Digital organisms - Tierra and Avida

• Digital organisms - Tierra and Avida

• Developmental models - morphogenesis

• Evolutionary Robotics

• Evolvable Hardware

• Evolutionary dynamics - Neutral Networks

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The Alife course also includes sessions building robots

• The Alife course also includes sessions building robots

• Everybody gets some hands-on experience

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• Some may choose to take further with projects