Special Sessions
Special Sessions
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Organizers: Lana Sinapayen, Sofian Audry and Eiji Watanabe
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Organizers: Manuel Baltieri, Keisuke Suzuki and Olaf Witkowski
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Organizers: Peter Lewis, Imran Khan and Alex Penn
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Organizers: Alan Dorin and Susan Stepney
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Artificial Perception II
Organizers:​ Lana Sinapayen, Sofian Audry and Eiji Watanabe
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Description:
​The easiest way to investigate a complex system is to study its failures. Perception can fail in spectacular ways: auditory, tactile, or visual illusions. What can we learn from machines that fail like humans do?
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Hybrid life: Approaches to integrate biological, artificial and cognitive systems
Organizers:​ Manuel Baltieri, Keisuke Suzuki and Olaf Witkowski
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Description:
The session focuses on hybrid methods studying artificial, living and cognitive systems, looking in particular at 1) theoretical contributions across fields (agency, adaptation, etc.), 2) systems augmentation and enhancement, and 3) interactive heterogeneous systems.
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ALIFE and Society
Organizers:​ Peter Lewis, Imran Khan and Alex Penn
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Description:
The ALife and Society Special Session is a meeting point for all in our community developing ALife’s potential to contribute to real world societal and ecological challenges. Showcasing and discussing real world ALife applications & learning, emerging ideas & new disciplinary connections with short talks & lively discussion.
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Artificial Life Journal Session
Organizers:​ Alan Dorin and Susan Stepney
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Description:
During this session a selected number of Authors will present their recent work published in the Artificial Life Journal.
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