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ALIFE 2024: Proceedings of the 2024 Artificial Life Conference

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ALIFE ISAL 2024 Complete Proceedings PDF

Andrés Faíña, Sebastian Risi, Eric Medvet, Kasper Stoy, Bert Chan, Karine Miras, Payam Zahadat, Djordje Grbic, Giorgia Nadizar

isal 2024; 1https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00834

View Articletitled, ALIFE ISAL 2024 Complete Proceedings PDF

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General Conference: Accepted oral presentations

A Computational Model of Developmental Exaptations

Alexa Renner, Émile Marois, Julian Fiorito, Jacob Ashworth, Jason A. Yoder

isal 2024; 2https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00708

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View Articletitled, A Computational Model of Developmental Exaptations

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A Macrophage-Inspired Approach To Fault Reaction In The Collective Perception Problem

Patrick Shortall, Chanelle Lee, Jonathan Lawry

isal 2024; 3https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00711

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View Articletitled, A Macrophage-Inspired Approach To Fault Reaction In The Collective Perception Problem

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A Saucerful of Secrets: Open-Ended Organizational Closure in the Game of Life

Fernando Rodriguez, Phil Husbands

isal 2024; 4https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00712

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View Articletitled, A Saucerful of Secrets: Open-Ended Organizational Closure in the Game of Life

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A Swarm Control by Distributed Attractant and Repellent, and its Application for a Stage Effect in Contemporary Ballet

Tatsuo Unemi, Daniel Bisig

isal 2024; 5https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00714

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View Articletitled, A Swarm Control by Distributed Attractant and Repellent, and its Application for a Stage Effect in Contemporary Ballet

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Aevol_4b: Bridging the gap between artificial life and bioinformatics

Hugo Daudey, David P. Parsons, Eric Tannier, Vincent Daubin, Bastien Boussau, Vincent Liard, Romain Gallé, Jonathan Rouzaud-Cornabas, Guillaume Beslon

isal 2024; 6https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00716

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View Articletitled, Aevol_4b: Bridging the gap between artificial life and bioinformatics

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An Agent-based, Interactive Simulation Model of Root Growth

Marc Mußmann, Daniel Nicolas Hofstadler, Sebastian von Mammen

isal 2024; 7https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00718

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View Articletitled, An Agent-based, Interactive Simulation Model of Root Growth

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Analyzing the Sensibility of Visual Language Models Using an Evolving Image Generation System: Focusing on Color Impressions and Sound Symbolism

Ryoma Shinto, Hiroyuki Iizuka

isal 2024; 8https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00719

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View Articletitled, Analyzing the Sensibility of Visual Language Models Using an Evolving Image Generation System: Focusing on Color Impressions and Sound Symbolism

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Artificial Minimal Self on Free Energy Principle for Autonomous Cooperative Behavior

Kanako Esaki, Tadayuki Matsumura, Takeshi Kato, Shunsuke Minusa, Yang Shao, Hiroyuki Mizuno

isal 2024; 9https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00720

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View Articletitled, Artificial Minimal Self on Free Energy Principle for Autonomous Cooperative Behavior

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Assessing the ability of the MODES toolbox to detect hallmarks of open-endedness

Clifford Bohm, Ivy Zhang, Emily Dolson

isal 2024; 10https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00721

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View Articletitled, Assessing the ability of the MODES toolbox to detect hallmarks of open-endedness

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Best Practices for Differentiable Soft Robot Modeling and Optimization with the Material Point Method

Kam Bielawski, Jakub Rozlivek, Matej Hoffmann, Josh Bongard

isal 2024; 11https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00724

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View Articletitled, Best Practices for Differentiable Soft Robot Modeling and Optimization with the Material Point Method

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Breaching the Bottleneck: Evolutionary Transition from Reward-Driven Learning to Reward-Agnostic Domain-Adapted Learning in Neuromodulated Neural Nets

Solvi Arnold, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita, Kimitoshi Yamazaki

isal 2024; 12https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00725

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View Articletitled, Breaching the Bottleneck: Evolutionary Transition from Reward-Driven Learning to Reward-Agnostic Domain-Adapted Learning in Neuromodulated Neural Nets

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Capital as Artificial Intelligence

Cesare Carissimo, Marcin Korecki

isal 2024; 13https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00727

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View Articletitled, Capital as Artificial Intelligence

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Classifying the fractal parameter space of the Lenia Orbium

Ivan Yevenko

isal 2024; 14https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00728

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View Articletitled, Classifying the fractal parameter space of the Lenia Orbium

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Coevolutionary Heuristics for Maximization of Expected Utility

Thomas Willkens, Jordan Pollack

isal 2024; 15https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00729

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View Articletitled, Coevolutionary Heuristics for Maximization of Expected Utility

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Collective Innovation in Groups of Large Language Models

Eleni Nisioti, Sebastian Risi, Ida Momennejad, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Clément Moulin-Frier

isal 2024; 16https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00730

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View Articletitled, Collective Innovation in Groups of Large Language Models

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Commingling Artificial Life and Interactive Machine Learning in Diffractive Artistic Research Practice

Jack Armitage, Victor Shepardson, Miguel Crozzoli, Thor Magnusson

isal 2024; 17https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00731

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View Articletitled, Commingling Artificial Life and Interactive Machine Learning in Diffractive Artistic Research Practice

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Comparative Analysis of Heteroclinic Network Construction Algorithms for Simulating C. elegans Behavioral and Neural Data

Denizhan Pak, Randall D. Beer

isal 2024; 18https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00732

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View Articletitled, Comparative Analysis of Heteroclinic Network Construction Algorithms for Simulating C. elegans Behavioral and Neural Data

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Deriving Community Models with Evolutionary Robotics: A Case Study of Sensory Pollution

Eden Forbes, Randall Beer

isal 2024; 22https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00738

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View Articletitled, Deriving Community Models with Evolutionary Robotics: A Case Study of Sensory Pollution

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Deriving The Intrinsic Viability Constraint of an Emergent Individual from First Principles

Randall D. Beer, Connor McShaffrey, Thomas M. Gaul

isal 2024; 23https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00739

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View Articletitled, Deriving The Intrinsic Viability Constraint of an Emergent Individual from First Principles

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Dissecting Viability in Multi-Agent Systems

Connor McShaffrey, Randall D. Beer

isal 2024; 24https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00740

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View Articletitled, Dissecting Viability in Multi-Agent Systems

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Dynamics of human exploration of novel sensorimotor contingencies

Natasha Skuljan, Chris Erb, Matthew Egbert

isal 2024; 25https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00741

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View Articletitled, Dynamics of human exploration of novel sensorimotor contingencies

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Effective Design and Interpretation in Voxel-Based Soft Robotics: A Part Assembly Approach with Bayesian Optimization

Takumi Saito, Mizuki Oka

isal 2024; 26https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00742

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View Articletitled, Effective Design and Interpretation in Voxel-Based Soft Robotics: A Part Assembly Approach with Bayesian Optimization

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Emergence of autopoietic vesicles able to grow, repair and reproduce in a minimalist particle system

Thomas Cabaret

isal 2024; 27https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00743

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View Articletitled, Emergence of autopoietic vesicles able to grow, repair and reproduce in a minimalist particle system

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Emergent Multiscale Structures and Generative Potential of Isotropic Neural Cellular Automata

Alexander Mordvintsev, Eyvind Niklasson

isal 2024; 28https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00745

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View Articletitled, Emergent Multiscale Structures and Generative Potential of Isotropic Neural Cellular Automata

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Emergent Orchestras: A Modular Framework for Musical Robot Swarms

Lluc Bono Rosselló, Muhanad Alkilabi, Elio Tuci, Hugues Bersini, Andreagiovanni Reina

isal 2024; 29https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00746

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View Articletitled, Emergent Orchestras: A Modular Framework for Musical Robot Swarms

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Energy-Based Models for Virtual Creatures

Junior Rojas

isal 2024; 30https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00748

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View Articletitled, Energy-Based Models for Virtual Creatures

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Environmental connectivity influences the origination of adaptive processes

John Shea, Sydney Leither, Max Foreback, Emily Dolson, Alexander Lalejini

isal 2024; 31https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00749

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View Articletitled, Environmental connectivity influences the origination of adaptive processes

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Evolution of Embodied Agents on a Numerical Cognition Task: Sequential Counting

Eduardo J. Izquierdo

isal 2024; 32https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00750

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View Articletitled, Evolution of Embodied Agents on a Numerical Cognition Task: Sequential Counting

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Evolution and Analysis of Respiratory Odor Navigation in Embodied Agents

Gabriel J. Severino, Ann-Sophie Barwich

isal 2024; 33https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00751

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View Articletitled, Evolution and Analysis of Respiratory Odor Navigation in Embodied Agents

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Evolution of Cooperation via Joint Commitments and Reputation

Marcus Krellner, The Anh Han

isal 2024; 34https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00752

View Articletitled, Evolution of Cooperation via Joint Commitments and Reputation

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Evolution of Rewards for Food and Motor Action by Simulating Birth and Death

Yuji Kanagawa, Kenji Doya

isal 2024; 35https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00753

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View Articletitled, Evolution of Rewards for Food and Motor Action by Simulating Birth and Death

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Evolving Collective Behavior in Self-Organizing Particle Systems

Devendra Parkar, Kirtus G. Leyba, Raylene A. Faerber, Joshua J. Daymude

isal 2024; 36https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00754

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View Articletitled, Evolving Collective Behavior in Self-Organizing Particle Systems

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Evolving Self-Assembling Neural Networks: From Spontaneous Activity to Experience-Dependent Learning

Erwan Plantec, Joachim W. Pedersen, Milton L. Montero, Eleni Nisioti, Sebastian Risi

isal 2024; 37https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00755

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View Articletitled, Evolving Self-Assembling Neural Networks: From Spontaneous Activity to Experience-Dependent Learning

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Exploring Affordances in Open-Ended Online Collective Robotics

Amine Boumaza

isal 2024; 38https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00756

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View Articletitled, Exploring Affordances in Open-Ended Online Collective Robotics

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From Text to Life: On the Reciprocal Relationship between Artificial Life and Large Language Models

Eleni Nisioti, Claire Glanois, Elias Najarro, Andrew Dai, Elliot Meyerson, Joachim Winther Pedersen, Laetitia Teodorescu, Conor F. Hayes, Shyam Sudhakaran, Sebastian Risi

isal 2024; 39https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00759

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View Articletitled, From Text to Life: On the Reciprocal Relationship between Artificial Life and Large Language Models

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Fundamental Vision-Based Navigation Algorithms: Local Sequential, Global Diffusive, and Direct Pathing

Patrick Govoni, Pawel Romanczuk

isal 2024; 40https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00760

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View Articletitled, Fundamental Vision-Based Navigation Algorithms: Local Sequential, Global Diffusive, and Direct Pathing

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Hybrid Modelling of Stimuli-Based and Density-Induced Aggregation in C. elegans

Aymeric Vellinger, Nemanja Antonic, Elio Tuci

isal 2024; 41https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00763

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View Articletitled, Hybrid Modelling of Stimuli-Based and Density-Induced Aggregation in <em>C. elegans</em>

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I Like to Move It: Using Information Theory to Measure Sensorimotor Coupling in Cells

Sebastian Dohnány, Harriet A. Smith, Josh Bourne, Kelvin Van-Vuuren, Gina Gilpin, Irene M. Aspalter, Pedro A.M. Mediano, Katie Bentley

isal 2024; 42https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00764

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View Articletitled, I Like to Move It: Using Information Theory to Measure Sensorimotor Coupling in Cells

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Indirect reciprocity with stochastic and dual reputation updates

Yohsuke Murase, Christian Hilbe

isal 2024; 43https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00766

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View Articletitled, Indirect reciprocity with stochastic and dual reputation updates

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Institutional Incentives for promoting Evolution of Commitment Compliance and Cooperation in Spatial Public Goods Games

Lucas Flores, The Anh Han

isal 2024; 44https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00767

View Articletitled, Institutional Incentives for promoting Evolution of Commitment Compliance and Cooperation in Spatial Public Goods Games

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Interactive Experiences with a Web-based Drummer Bot for Finger-Tapping

Çağrı Erdem, Carsten Griwodz

isal 2024; 45https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00768

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View Articletitled, Interactive Experiences with a Web-based Drummer Bot for Finger-Tapping

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ISiCell: A Participatory Methodology and Platform for Collaborative Agent-Based Modeling in Cell Biology

Florian Cogoni, David Bernard, Roxana Kazhen, Salvatore Valitutti, Valérie Lobjois, Sylvain Cussat-Blanc

isal 2024; 46https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00769

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View Articletitled, ISiCell: A Participatory Methodology and Platform for Collaborative Agent-Based Modeling in Cell Biology

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JaxLife: An Open-Ended Agentic Simulator

Chris Lu, Michael Beukman, Michael Matthews, Jakob Foerster

isal 2024; 47https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00770

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View Articletitled, JaxLife: An Open-Ended Agentic Simulator

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Large Language Models as In-context AI Generators for Quality-Diversity

Bryan Lim, Manon Flageat, Antoine Cully

isal 2024; 48https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00771

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View Articletitled, Large Language Models as In-context AI Generators for Quality-Diversity

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Lattice reservoirs: symmetry breaking and information flow in physical reservoir computing

Thomas Aven, Johannes H. Jensen, Gunnar Tufte

isal 2024; 49https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00773

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View Articletitled, Lattice reservoirs: symmetry breaking and information flow in physical reservoir computing

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Meta-Learning an Evolvable Developmental Encoding

Milton L. Montero, Erwan Plantec, Eleni Nisioti, Joachim W. Pedersen, Sebastian Risi

isal 2024; 50https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00775

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View Articletitled, Meta-Learning an Evolvable Developmental Encoding

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Methods to Estimate Cryptic Sequence Complexity

Matthew Andres Moreno

isal 2024; 51https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00776

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View Articletitled, Methods to Estimate Cryptic Sequence Complexity

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Mimicry and the Emergence of Cooperative Communication

Dylan Cope, Peter McBurney

isal 2024; 52https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00777

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View Articletitled, Mimicry and the Emergence of Cooperative Communication

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Minimal Self in Humanoid Robot “Alter3” Driven by Large Language Model

Takahide Yoshida, Suzune Baba, Atsushi Masumori, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2024; 53https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00778

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View Articletitled, Minimal Self in Humanoid Robot “Alter3” Driven by Large Language Model

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Modeling language contact with the Iterated Learning Model

Seth Bullock, Conor Houghton

isal 2024; 54https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00779

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View Articletitled, Modeling language contact with the Iterated Learning Model

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Modular Growth of Hierarchical Networks: Efficient, General, and Robust Curriculum Learning

Mani Hamidi, Sina Khajehabdollahi, Emmanouil Giannakakis, Tim J. Schäfer, Anna Levina, Charley M. Wu

isal 2024; 55https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00780

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View Articletitled, Modular Growth of Hierarchical Networks: Efficient, General, and Robust Curriculum Learning

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Neural Lindenmayer Systems

Christoph W. Senn, Carmen Mei-Ling Frischknecht-Gruber, Mathias Weyland, Rudolf M. Füchslin

isal 2024; 56https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00784

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View Articletitled, Neural Lindenmayer Systems

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NoiseNCA: Noisy Seed Improves Spatio-Temporal Continuity of Neural Cellular Automata

Ehsan Pajouheshgar, Yitao Xu, Sabine Süsstrunk

isal 2024; 57https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00785

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View Articletitled, NoiseNCA: Noisy Seed Improves Spatio-Temporal Continuity of Neural Cellular Automata

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Non-Spatial Hash Chemistry

Hiroki Sayama

isal 2024; 58https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00787

View Articletitled, Non-Spatial Hash Chemistry

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On All Fours: A 3D Framework to Study Closed-loop Control of Quadrupedal Mouse Locomotion

Shravan Tata Ramalingasetty, Sergey N. Markin, Andrew B. Lockhart, Jonathan Arreguit, Natalia A. Shevtsova, Auke J. Ijspeert, Ilya A. Rybak, Simon M. Danner

isal 2024; 59https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00788

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View Articletitled, On All Fours: A 3D Framework to Study Closed-loop Control of Quadrupedal Mouse Locomotion

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On Creativity and Open-Endedness

L. B. Soros, Alyssa M. Adams, Stefano Kalonaris, Olaf Witkowski, Christian Guckelsberger

isal 2024; 60https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00789

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View Articletitled, On Creativity and Open-Endedness

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On the de novo Evolution of Mutualism in Symbulation

Connor Croft, Kiara Johnson, Anya Vostinar, Emily Dolson

isal 2024; 61https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00790

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View Articletitled, On the <em>de novo</em> Evolution of Mutualism in Symbulation

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On the Emergence of Enzymes in an Artificial Chemistry

Giampaolo Folena, Germán Kruszewski

isal 2024; 62https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00791

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View Articletitled, On the Emergence of Enzymes in an Artificial Chemistry

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Ouroborotic Swarm Control: Collective Dynamics as a Reservoir

Koh Uehara, Katsuma Inoue, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kohei Nakajima

isal 2024; 63https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00793

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View Articletitled, Ouroborotic Swarm Control: Collective Dynamics as a Reservoir

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Parameterising a Computational model of Supercoiling in Plasmid DNA with Biophysics modeling

Penn Faulkner Rainford, Victor Velasco-Berrelleza, Aalap Mogre, Charles J. Dorman, Sarah Harris, Carsten Kröger, Susan Stepney

isal 2024; 64https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00794

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View Articletitled, Parameterising a Computational model of Supercoiling in Plasmid DNA with Biophysics modeling

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Phenotypic Species Definitions for Genetic Improvement of Source Code

Zsolt Németh, Penn Faulkner Rainford, Barry Porter

isal 2024; 65https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00795

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View Articletitled, Phenotypic Species Definitions for Genetic Improvement of Source Code

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Phylogeny-Informed Interaction Estimation Accelerates Co-Evolutionary Learning

Jack Garbus, Thomas Willkens, Alexander Lalejini, Jordan Pollack

isal 2024; 66https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00796

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View Articletitled, Phylogeny-Informed Interaction Estimation Accelerates Co-Evolutionary Learning

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Planetary regulation on the test tube: a synthetic Daisyworld

Victor Maull, Jordi Pla Mauri, Nuria Conde Pueyo, Ricard Solé

isal 2024; 67https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00797

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View Articletitled, Planetary regulation on the test tube: a synthetic Daisyworld

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Planetary Scale Replication as an Agnostic Biosignature

Harrison B. Smith, Lana Sinapayen

isal 2024; 68https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00798

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View Articletitled, Planetary Scale Replication as an Agnostic Biosignature

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Predicting the Unpredictable: Using replay experiments to disentangle how evolutionary outcomes are altered by adaptive momentum

Austin J. Ferguson, Charles Ofria, Clifford Bohm

isal 2024; 69https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00801

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View Articletitled, Predicting the Unpredictable: Using replay experiments to disentangle how evolutionary outcomes are altered by adaptive momentum

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Problem-Solving in Language Model Networks

Ciaran Regan, Alexandre Gournail, Mizuki Oka

isal 2024; 70https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00802

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View Articletitled, Problem-Solving in Language Model Networks

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Reality of Affordances: A Category-Theoretic Approach

Ryuzo Hirota, Hayato Saigo, Shigeru Taguchi

isal 2024; 71https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00805

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View Articletitled, Reality of Affordances: A Category-Theoretic Approach

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Refractive Computation: parallelizing logic gates across driving frequencies in a mechanical polycomputer.

Shawn Beaulieu, Piper Welch, Atoosa Parsa, Corey O’Hern, Rebecca Kramer-Bottligio, Josh Bongard

isal 2024; 72https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00807

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View Articletitled, Refractive Computation: parallelizing logic gates across driving frequencies in a mechanical polycomputer.

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Selection Driven Scaling Regimes in Assembly Theory

Gage Siebert, Dániel Czégal, Leroy Cronin, Sara Walker

isal 2024; 73https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00810

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View Articletitled, Selection Driven Scaling Regimes in Assembly Theory

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Self-Adaptive Robustness of Applied Neural-Network-Soups

Maximilian Zorn, Philipp Altmann, Gerhard Stenzel, Michael Kölle, Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Thomas Gabor

isal 2024; 74https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00811

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View Articletitled, Self-Adaptive Robustness of Applied Neural-Network-Soups

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Self-propulsion of 3-Phenylpropionaldehyde droplets

Ayase Kawamura, Shinpei Tanaka, Muneyuki Matsuo

isal 2024; 75https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00812

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View Articletitled, Self-propulsion of 3-Phenylpropionaldehyde droplets

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Spatial Community Structure Promotes Extremism in an Adaptive Spatial Social Network Model

Seth Bullock

isal 2024; 76https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00815

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View Articletitled, Spatial Community Structure Promotes Extremism in an Adaptive Spatial Social Network Model

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Spatial sensitivity of the evolutionary swarm chemistry model

Juste Raimbault

isal 2024; 77https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00816

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View Articletitled, Spatial sensitivity of the evolutionary swarm chemistry model

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Specialization or Generalization: Investigating NeuroEvolutionary Choices via Virtual fMRI

Kevin Godin-Dubois, Sylvain Cussat-Blanc, Yves Duthen

isal 2024; 78https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00817

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View Articletitled, Specialization or Generalization: Investigating NeuroEvolutionary Choices via Virtual fMRI

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Strong leaders don’t cheat: an evolutionary appraisal of population heterogeneity and leadership

Carlo Longhi, Luis A. Martinez-Vaquero, Fernando Wario Vázquez, Vito Trianni

isal 2024; 79https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00819

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View Articletitled, Strong leaders don’t cheat: an evolutionary appraisal of population heterogeneity and leadership

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Surface directed protocell formation

Silvia Holler, Martin M. Hanczyc

isal 2024; 80https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00820

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View Articletitled, Surface directed protocell formation

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Takorobo: Towards Closed-Loop Body-Driven Locomotion Processing

Takehiro Hasegawa, Max Austin, Hidenobu Sumioka, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kohei Nakajima

isal 2024; 81https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00821

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View Articletitled, Takorobo: Towards Closed-Loop Body-Driven Locomotion Processing

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The Digital Gallows: Threat of Institutional Punishment Fosters the Emergence of Cooperation

Theodor Cimpeanu, The Anh Han

isal 2024; 82https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00822

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View Articletitled, The Digital Gallows: Threat of Institutional Punishment Fosters the Emergence of Cooperation

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The Effect of Noise on the Density Classification Task for Various Cellular Automata Rules

Annajirao Challa, Duxiao Hao, Jordan C Rozum, Luis M Rocha

isal 2024; 83https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00823

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View Articletitled, The Effect of Noise on the Density Classification Task for Various Cellular Automata Rules

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The Simsulator: An interactive evolved virtual creature testbed

Michael Finn, Thomas Bräunl

isal 2024; 84https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00825

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View Articletitled, The Simsulator: An interactive evolved virtual creature testbed

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Toward Artificial Open-Ended Evolution within Lenia using Quality-Diversity

Maxence Faldor, Antoine Cully

isal 2024; 85https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00827

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View Articletitled, Toward Artificial Open-Ended Evolution within Lenia using Quality-Diversity

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Towards Stepping Stones in Goal-Directed Search: Improving Image Perceptual Similarity by combining Evolution, Backpropagation, and Fourier Transforms

Jackson Dean, Nick Cheney

isal 2024; 86https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00828

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View Articletitled, Towards Stepping Stones in Goal-Directed Search: Improving Image Perceptual Similarity by combining Evolution, Backpropagation, and Fourier Transforms

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Trackable Agent-based Evolution Models at Wafer Scale

Matthew Andres Moreno, Connor Yang, Emily Dolson, Luis Zaman

isal 2024; 87https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00830

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View Articletitled, Trackable Agent-based Evolution Models at Wafer Scale

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Untangling the Effects of Down-Sampling and Selection in Genetic Programming

Ryan Boldi, Ashley Bao, Martin Briesch, Thomas Helmuth, Dominik Sobania, Lee Spector, Alexander Lalejini

isal 2024; 88https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00832

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View Articletitled, Untangling the Effects of Down-Sampling and Selection in Genetic Programming

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Zealot Detection in Probabilistic Social Learning Using Bounded Confidence

Jonathan Lawry

isal 2024; 89https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00833

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View Articletitled, Zealot Detection in Probabilistic Social Learning Using Bounded Confidence

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General Conference: Accepted poster presentations

A Deep Learning Approach to Understanding the Integration of Tools into Body Schema

Haruna Kasashima, Wataru Noguchi, Yasumasa Tamura, Masahito Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Iizuka

isal 2024; 90https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00709

View Articletitled, A Deep Learning Approach to Understanding the Integration of Tools into Body Schema

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Developmentally Morpho-Motor Coupled Systems Using Neural Cellular Automata

Hiroki Sato, Atsushi Masumori

isal 2024; 91https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00710

View Articletitled, Developmentally Morpho-Motor Coupled Systems Using Neural Cellular Automata

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A Simulation Environment for the Neuroevolution of Ant Colony Dynamics

Michael Crosscombe, Ilya Horiguchi, Norihiro Maruyama, Shigeto Dobata, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2024; 92https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00713

Abstract

View Articletitled, A Simulation Environment for the Neuroevolution of Ant Colony Dynamics

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Adapting to time: why nature chose to evolve a diverse set of neurons

Karim G. Habashy, Benjamin D. Evans, Dan F. M. Goodman, Jeffrey S. Bowers

isal 2024; 93https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00715

Abstract

View Articletitled, Adapting to time: why nature chose to evolve a diverse set of neurons

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Asymmetrical division in protocells

Marco Villani, Roberto Serra

isal 2024; 94https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00722

Abstract

View Articletitled, Asymmetrical division in protocells

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Decentralized cellular timekeeping based on entropy as a regulatory mechanism for growth and aging

Jahan C. Penny-Dimri

isal 2024; 95https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00737

Abstract

View Articletitled, Decentralized cellular timekeeping based on entropy as a regulatory mechanism for growth and aging

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Emergent Dynamics in Neural Cellular Automata

Yitao Xu, Ehsan Pajouheshgar, Sabine Süsstrunk

isal 2024; 96https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00744

Abstract

View Articletitled, Emergent Dynamics in Neural Cellular Automata

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Floatiles: Self-Assembly Based On Cheerios Effect and Aperiodic Monotiles

Georgii Karelin

isal 2024; 97https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00757

Abstract

View Articletitled, Floatiles: Self-Assembly Based On Cheerios Effect and Aperiodic Monotiles

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Flying Bit in a Model of Excitable Media on Face-centered Cubic Lattice

Shigeru Ninagawa

isal 2024; 98https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00758

Abstract

View Articletitled, Flying Bit in a Model of Excitable Media on Face-centered Cubic Lattice

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Gene-Regulated Neural Cellular Automata

Arend Hintze, Mustafa Al-Hammadi, Eric Libby

isal 2024; 99https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00761

Abstract

View Articletitled, Gene-Regulated Neural Cellular Automata

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Latent Neural Cellular Automata for Resource-Efficient Image Restoration

Andrea Menta, Alberto Archetti, Matteo Matteucci

isal 2024; 100https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00772

Abstract

View Articletitled, Latent Neural Cellular Automata for Resource-Efficient Image Restoration

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Machine-learning-based prediction of DNA structure volume for Quality-Diversity exploration

Maya Hyakuzuka, Nathanael Aubert-Kato

isal 2024; 101https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00774

Abstract

View Articletitled, Machine-learning-based prediction of DNA structure volume for Quality-Diversity exploration

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Movement of Micrometer Sized Oil Droplets in Aqueous Solutions Follows Ion Movement

Wayne Briner

isal 2024; 102https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00781

Abstract

View Articletitled, Movement of Micrometer Sized Oil Droplets in Aqueous Solutions Follows Ion Movement

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Myelin Figures Formation from Oil Droplets in Surfactants: Insights for Wet Artificial Life

Nina Nováková, Jan Macháček, Jitka Čejková

isal 2024; 103https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00782

Abstract

View Articletitled, Myelin Figures Formation from Oil Droplets in Surfactants: Insights for Wet Artificial Life

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Only ad-hoc solutions can solve the shutdown problem

Daniel Platt

isal 2024; 104https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00792

Abstract

View Articletitled, Only ad-hoc solutions can solve the shutdown problem

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Plasticity in Swarming Behavior: Introducing Social Network to Boids Model

Atsushi Masumori, Itsuki Doi, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2024; 105https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00799

View Articletitled, Plasticity in Swarming Behavior: Introducing Social Network to Boids Model

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Quantifying Autonomy in Ant Colonies Using Non-Trivial Information Closure

Ilya Horiguchi, Norihiro Maruyama, Dobata Shigeto, Michael Crosscombe, Takashi Ikegami

isal 2024; 106https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00804

Abstract

View Articletitled, Quantifying Autonomy in Ant Colonies Using Non-Trivial Information Closure

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Reconstruction and analysis of roaming termites’ dynamical networks

Louis E. Devers, Perrine Bonavita, Christian Jost

isal 2024; 107https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00806

Abstract

View Articletitled, Reconstruction and analysis of roaming termites’ dynamical networks

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Chemical autonomous agents: reverse-engineering artificial life under the free-energy principle

Johan Medrano

isal 2024; 108https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00808

Abstract

View Articletitled, Chemical autonomous agents: reverse-engineering artificial life under the free-energy principle

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Scalable and Stable Patterns Generated by Heterogeneous Boid

Mari Nakamura

isal 2024; 109https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00809

View Articletitled, Scalable and Stable Patterns Generated by Heterogeneous Boid

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Self-Replicating Prompts for Large Language Models: Towards Artificial Culture

Gerhard Stenzel, Maximilian Zorn, Philipp Altmann, Maximilian Balthasar Mansky, Michael Kölle, Thomas Gabor

isal 2024; 110https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00813

Abstract

View Articletitled, Self-Replicating Prompts for Large Language Models: Towards Artificial Culture

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The role of n in the n-mates evaluation method: a quantitative analysis

Paolo Pagliuca, Alessandra Vitanza

isal 2024; 111https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00824

Abstract

View Articletitled, The role of n in the n-mates evaluation method: a quantitative analysis

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Towards understanding the eco-evo-devo of artificial creatures in 3D physical simulation

Siti Aisyah Binti Jaafar, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita

isal 2024; 112https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00829

View Articletitled, Towards understanding the eco-evo-devo of artificial creatures in 3D physical simulation

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Special Session: The Distributed Viking: Cellular Automata, Distributed Dynamical Systems, and Their Applications to Intelligence: Accepted oral presentations

Autopoiesis in RealLife Euclidean Automata

Thomas M. Gaul

isal 2024; 113https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00723

Abstract

View Articletitled, Autopoiesis in RealLife Euclidean Automata

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Coralai: Intrinsic Evolution of Embodied Neural Cellular Automata Ecosystems

Aidan Barbieux, Rodrigo Canaan

isal 2024; 114https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00733

Abstract

View Articletitled, Coralai: Intrinsic Evolution of Embodied Neural Cellular Automata Ecosystems

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Enabling Evolvability with Neutral Networks in Multiscale Neural Cellular Automata

Kam Bielawski, Josh Bongard

isal 2024; 115https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00747

Abstract

View Articletitled, Enabling Evolvability with Neutral Networks in Multiscale Neural Cellular Automata

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Hash Chemistry on a Cellular Grid: An Open-Ended Artificial Chemistry System with Computational Efficiency and Nontrivial Spatio-Temporal Dynamics

Hiroki Sayama

isal 2024; 116https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00762

View Articletitled, Hash Chemistry on a Cellular Grid: An Open-Ended Artificial Chemistry System with Computational Efficiency and Nontrivial Spatio-Temporal Dynamics

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Networks of Binary Necklaces Induced by Elementary Cellular Automata Rules

Lapo Frati, Csenge Petak, Nick Cheney

isal 2024; 117https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00783

Abstract

View Articletitled, Networks of Binary Necklaces Induced by Elementary Cellular Automata Rules

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Non-Platonic Autopoiesis of a Cellular Automaton Glider in Asymptotic Lenia

Q. Tyrell Davis

isal 2024; 118https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00786

View Articletitled, Non-Platonic Autopoiesis of a Cellular Automaton Glider in Asymptotic Lenia

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Programming Weakly Connected Chemical Oscillators to Simulate Logic Gates and Cellular Automata

Juan Manuel Parrilla-Gutierrez, Abhishek Sharma, Soichiro Tsuda, Leroy Cronin

isal 2024; 119https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00803

Abstract

View Articletitled, Programming Weakly Connected Chemical Oscillators to Simulate Logic Gates and Cellular Automata

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Simulating an Artificial Biome of Plants with Biomaker CA

Ettore Randazzo, Alexander Mordvintsev

isal 2024; 120https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00814

Abstract

View Articletitled, Simulating an Artificial Biome of Plants with Biomaker CA

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Thermina: A minimal model of autonomous agency from the lens of stochastic thermodynamics

Miguel Aguilera, Xabier E. Barandiaran

isal 2024; 121https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00826

Abstract

View Articletitled, Thermina: A minimal model of autonomous agency from the lens of stochastic thermodynamics

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Unlocking Nature’s Design through Neural Cellular Automata

Frantisek Koutensky, Petr Simanek, Alexander Kovalenko

isal 2024; 122https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00831

Abstract

View Articletitled, Unlocking Nature’s Design through Neural Cellular Automata

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Special session: ALife And Society VIII: Accepted oral presentations

(Un)sustainable structural coupling – a testimony for snail intelligence

Floor Schukking, Tomas Veloz, Stefan Leijnen

isal 2024; 123https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00707

Abstract

View Articletitled, (Un)sustainable structural coupling – a testimony for snail intelligence

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Breaking Echo Chambers in Opinion Dynamics with Spatial Information

Mohsen Raoufi, Heiko Hamann, Pawel Romanczuk

isal 2024; 124https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00726

Abstract

View Articletitled, Breaking Echo Chambers in Opinion Dynamics with Spatial Information

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Incorporating Social Expectations into the Expectation Event Calculus

Nathan Lloyd, Peter R. Lewis

isal 2024; 125https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00765

Abstract

View Articletitled, Incorporating Social Expectations into the Expectation Event Calculus

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Power-Sensitive Design using Higher-Order Cybernetics Patterns

Asimina Mertzani, Jeremy Pitt

isal 2024; 126https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00800

Abstract

View Articletitled, Power-Sensitive Design using Higher-Order Cybernetics Patterns

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Speculating on Blockchain as an Unstoppable ‘Nature’ Towards the Emergence of Artificial Life

Botao Amber Hu, Fangting

isal 2024; 127https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00818

View Articletitled, Speculating on Blockchain as an Unstoppable ‘Nature’ Towards the Emergence of Artificial Life

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Special session: ALife And Society VIII: Accepted poster presentations

AI, Mortality and Existential Risk

Inman Harvey

isal 2024; 128https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00717

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View Articletitled, AI, Mortality and Existential Risk

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