{"id":20,"date":"2012-12-07T17:35:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.221.32.54\/about-isal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T06:01:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:01:10","slug":"about-isal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/","title":{"rendered":"About ISAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/#Mission\" title=\"Mission\">Mission<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/#Publications\" title=\"Publications\">Publications<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/#Awards\" title=\"Awards\">Awards<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/#Membership\" title=\"Membership\">Membership<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/#Bylaws_and_Policies\" title=\"Bylaws and Policies\">Bylaws and Policies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mission\"><\/span>Mission<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) is a democratic, international, professional society dedicated to promoting research and education in Artificial Life<\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our <strong>mission<\/strong> is to 1) create a supportive and inclusive community focused on ethical and effective scholarship in Artificial Life and 2) increase the external impact, accessibility, and relevance of scholarship in Artificial Life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>vision<\/strong> of the International Society for Artificial Life is for the field of Artificial Life to be widely known and valued as a highly interdisciplinary, impactful, and welcoming area of scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following <strong>core values<\/strong> guide us:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public good\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to contribute to the good of human society and the biosphere<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we try to understand life as it could be, we aim to minimize harm to life as we know it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We aim to support others in using Artificial Life to contribute to the betterment of the world<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that visibility and public awareness and understanding of the field will improve our scholarship and the world<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inclusive and supportive community<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe our community is strongest when it includes people with wide breadth of experiences and backgrounds\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want all members to feel welcome and included in our scholarly community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe our <a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/code-of-conduct\/\">Code of Conduct<\/a> improves our community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe that you shouldn&#8217;t need thick skin to be in this field<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong community<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We support excellent communication among researchers, including very diverse fields\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We value interdisciplinary research, evaluated in both disciplinary and transdisciplinary research (research that requires collaboration and transfer between fields to succeed)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We prioritize making this a field that is viable for junior and early career scholars to succeed and thrive in<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong scholarship<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We value scientific rigor and high ethical standards in scientific work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We aim to guide and support scholars in the conduct of strong, ethical Artificial Life research\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Publications\"><\/span>Publications<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><em>Artificial Life<\/em> (published by MIT Press) is the official journal of ISAL, and the annual <em>Conference on Artificial Life<\/em>\u00a0is the society&#8217;s official scientific gathering. The annual conference series arose from the merger (in 2018) of the former biannual\u00a0<em>International Conference on Artificial Life<\/em>\u00a0(ALIFE) and\u00a0<em>European Conference on Artificial Life<\/em>\u00a0(ECAL) series. Further information on these activities can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/conferences\/\">Conferences<\/a> sections of this website.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Awards\"><\/span>Awards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The society&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/isal-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annual awards<\/a> recognize outstanding contributions to the field. Recipients are chosen by an open nomination process open to all members of the broader Artificial Life community, which are then reviewed by three committees, who make recommendations for final approval by the ISAL board of directors.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Membership\"><\/span>Membership<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>ISAL was established in May 2001 as a non-profit organization. It is governed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/board-of-directors\/\">Board of Directors<\/a> that consists of elected ISAL members as well as individuals specially appointed by the Board. For information on how to join ISAL, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/membership\/\">Membership<\/a> section of this website.<\/p>\n<p>We also have an active ISAL Student and Postdoc Group named <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISALstudents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ERA &#8211; Emerging Researchers in Alife<\/a> for students and postdocs working in Artificial Life and related areas.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bylaws_and_Policies\"><\/span>Bylaws and Policies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Further information about the structure, bylaws and policies of the society is available in the following documents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ISAL-articles-010509.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISAL Articles of Association<\/a> [date: 9 May 2001] (.pdf file)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ISAL-bylaws-110913.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISAL Bylaws<\/a> [last updated: 11 September 2013] (.pdf file)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/isal-conference-anti-harrassment-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISAL Conference Anti-Harrassment Policy<\/a> [last updated: 23 March 2021]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission The International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) is a democratic, international, professional society dedicated to promoting research and education in Artificial Life. 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