Welcome to the International Society for Artificial Life

Dear Members of the Artificial Life Community, The International Society for Artificial Life is seeking nominations for our annual awards. These awards recognize the efforts of our community. Click here for the nomination form! We have also added an optional field on the nomination form to indicate if you are willing to serve on one of the Awards selection committees. […]

A big thank you to all society members who voted in the recent election for the ISAL board of directors. We are very pleased to confirm that the following candidates received the most votes and have therefore been elected (or re-elected) to the board, listed in alphabetical order: – Chrystopher L. Nehaniv – Stefano Nichele […]

The International Society for Artificial Life is pleased to confirm the winners of the 2025 ISAL Awards. The awards were presented to recipients during the 2025 Conference on Artificial Life in Tokyo, Japan. After a nomination process open to all members of the broader Artificial Life community, sub-committees reviewed the nominations and made recommendations that were then […]

Neural networks, also known as artificial neural networks (ANNs), are a relatively new technology that has affected many fields including engineering, mathematics, and natural language processing . Their design is inspired by the brain, which, at the cellular level, is a network of neurons that communicate with one another through electrical signals. Likewise, a neural […]