Lecture Notes

The Project's aim is the computer-supported collaborative development of an evolutionary-systemic philosophy. Put more simply, PCP tries to tackle age-old philosophical questions with the help of the most recent cybernetic theories and technologies. Check out its collection of links on related issues

by Martin Ryder.

at State University of New York at Binghamton. There you can find Howard Pattee's Homepage and George Klir's Homepage.

An interview with one of the founding fathers of cybernetics and such topics as self-organization.

List or resources and tributes to one the founding fathers of cybernetics. Check out also Paul Pangaro's Pask Archive

by Roland Somogyi of the Molecular Physiology of the Central Nervous System Development Group at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Check out also his research in Reverse Engineering of Genetic Networks with Manor Askenazi at the Santa Fe Institute.

an interactive graphics program for research into the dynamics of finite discrete variable networks (such as Cellular Automata and Random Boolean Networks), relevant to the study of complexity, emergent phenomena, neural networks, and aspects of theoretical biology such as gene regulatory networks. You can also check out the abstract of his PhD dissertation Attractor Basins of Discrete Networks: Implications on self-organisation and memory

A guided lecture from the Neural Network Gallery offered by the Artificial Neural Networks Laboratory of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (Snezhinsk)

How does evolution produce sophisticated emergent computation in systems composed of simple components limited to local interactions? This SFI Project aims at the construction of models of such processes, using genetic algorithms to evolve cellular automata to perform computational tasks requiring globally-coordinated information processing.

Working Papers in evolutionary and adaptive systems produced by students and staff at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex At Brighton, a reputed centre for multi-disciplinary research and teaching in artificial intelligence, computer science, linguistics, philosophy and psychology. Check out an overview of their research in this area.

by Moshe Sipper

an interdisciplinary science that studies communication and signification in living systems.

Evolutionary Computation is the general term for several computational techniques which are based to some degree on the evolution of biological life in the natural world.

List of resources by Una-May O'Reilly

A very complete overview with many references by Brendan Kitts.

a multi-disciplinary unit interested in the application of Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming to real-world problems, as well as fundamental research on GA and GP.

is a repository for information related to research in genetic algorithms. Available from this site are past issues of the GA-List digest, source code for many GA implementations, and announcements about GA-related conferences. Also, links are given to many interesting sites around the World with material related to evolutionary computation. This archive is maintained by Alan C. Schultz at The Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence.

Mostly useful compedium of 656 files on the art of evolutionary computation suitable for all ages, particularly, beginners in the field, (although it has been reported to us that even some old-timers enjoyed reading it).

Provides information about Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD), also known as Knowledge Acquisition from Databases and Knowledge Discovery.

The practice of data mining or knowledge discovery, despite highly intricate procedures and applications, is based on a very simple concept. Collecting information from a breadth of sources for the purpose of analysis. Generally, data mining or hard drive recovery is done in order to glean information which can then be utilized to improve a process or technique. From business to science data mining has become essential to standard operations. For am ore in depth view of data mining and knowledge discovery and the variety of way in which it is used, visit the listings below for a full tour of this multi-faceted science.

Interact with the Artificial Life Community

at the Santa Fe Institute

by Ezequiel A. Di Paolo

by David M. Koelle. Includes overviews of models with decentralized organizations, intelligent agents, etc.

by J.J. Merelo

by Patrick Tufts. Includes papers on genetic programming, learning, autonomous agents, robotics, and evolution.

Logic, Philosophy, and Artificial Life Resources

by Brian Keeley

Guide to Internet Resources on Autopoiesis compiled by Randall Whitaker

The research at LCA, aims at promoting debate on what artificial objects are, in whatever areas they are generated. Directed by Prof. Massimo Negrotti, at the University of Urbino, Italy.

has many articles on the "New Computer Science" which is theorized as being a possible breakthrough to creating Artificial Life.

by Hans-Cees A.M. Speel

brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, including the life sciences as well as history, philosophy, and social studies of science.

by Gary A. Cziko and Donald T. Campbell