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This book is concerned with computing in materio: that is,
unconventional computing performed by directly harnessing the
physical properties of materials. It offers an overview of the
field, covering four main areas of interest: theory, practice,
applications and implications. Each chapter synthesizes current
understanding by deliberately bringing together researchers across
a collection of related research projects. The book is useful for
graduate students, researchers in the field, and the general
scientific reader who is interested in inherently interdisciplinary
research at the intersections of computer science, biology,
chemistry, physics, engineering and mathematics.
This book is concerned with computing in materio: that is,
unconventional computing performed by directly harnessing the
physical properties of materials. It offers an overview of the
field, covering four main areas of interest: theory, practice,
applications and implications. Each chapter synthesizes current
understanding by deliberately bringing together researchers across
a collection of related research projects. The book is useful for
graduate students, researchers in the field, and the general
scientific reader who is interested in inherently interdisciplinary
research at the intersections of computer science, biology,
chemistry, physics, engineering and mathematics.
The term "artificial life" describes research into synthetic
systems that possess some of the essential properties of life. This
interdisciplinary field includes biologists, computer scientists,
physicists, chemists, geneticists, and others. Artificial life may
be viewed as an attempt to understand high-level behavior from
low-level rules -- for example, how the simple interactions between
ants and their environment lead to complex trail-following
behavior. An understanding of such relationships in particular
systems can suggest novel solutions to complex real-world problems
such as disease prevention, stock-market prediction, and data
mining on the Internet.Since their inception in 1987, the
Artificial Life meetings have grown from small workshops to truly
international conferences, reflecting the field's increasing appeal
to researchers in all areas of science.
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