ALifeVIII: Call for Papers

ALife VIII Proceedings ALife VIII Workshops Proceedings Call for Papers Topics Open Problems Instructions for Authors Paper Submission Critical Dates Exchange Rates Registration Programme Plenary Speakers Abstracts Oral Guidelines Poster Guidelines Workshops/Tutorials Social Programme Accomodation Sydney Buses and Ferries Venue Staying in touch Contact Information Organising Committee Programme Committee Artificial Life Links AI02 affiliated conference Restricted area Organizer's Corner Collar Admin

PDF version for printing Artificial life is an interdisciplinary scientific and engineering enterprise investigating the fundamental properties of living systems through the simulation and synthesis of life-like processes in artificial media. The Artificial Life VIII conference will showcase the best current work in this area of research and highlight promising new avenues of investigation. It continues a successful series of international conferences started in 1987 by Chris Langton. All authors of contributed papers are strongly encouraged to explain how their work sheds light on the fundamental properties of living systems. In addition, authors should take note of the list of fundamental open problems in artificial generated after a special roundtable discussion at the previous Artificial Life conference (Bedau et al., Open problems in artificial life, Artificial Life 6 (2000): 363-376). Authors are encouraged either to link their work to one of the problems listed there, or to identify another important open problem that their work addresses. Papers are welcome in (but not limited to) the following topic areas: Origin of life, self-organization, self-replication Development and differentiation Evolutionary and adaptive dynamics Robots and autonomous agents Communication, cooperation and collective behavior ALife simulation and synthesis tools and methodologies Applications of ALife technologies Philosophical, ethical, social, and cultural implications Full information about conference paper format and submission procedures is available through the conference web site. In addition to a variety of social and cultural events taking advantage of the venue in Sydney, the Conference will include a series of workshops and tutorials for special interest groups. An Artificial Life VIII Workshop Proceedings will be published at the Conference. Anyone interested in organizing or participating in a workshop or tutorial should contact the Workshops and Tutorials Chair: Dr. Hussein Abbass (abbass@cs.adfa.edu.au).