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Alife Digest Number 067
Alife Digest, Number 067
Wednesday, December 4th 1991
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Today's Topics:
Calendar of Alife-related Events
Cellular Automata Meeting in London
L-systems Software on Macintoshes?
Supercomputing Conference
Journal of Ideas - Cummulative Table of Contents
Special Issue on Emergence
ALife Course Syllabus Search
Cognitive Science at Birmingham
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 91 18:47:30 -0800
From: liane@cs.ucla.edu (Liane Gabora)
Subject: Calendar of Alife-related Events
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CALENDAR OF ALIFE-RELATED ACTIVITIES:
First European Conference on Artificial Life Dec 11-13, 1991
ECAI 92, 10th European Conference on AI Aug 3-7, 1992
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Brussels Sep 28-30, 1992
10th National Conference on AI, San Jose Jul 12-17, 1992
Canadian AI Conference, Vancouver May 11-15, 1992
Artificial Life III, Santa Fe June 15-19, 1992
(Send announcements of other activities to alife@cognet.ucla.edu)
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From: Ashok Gupta <gupta@prl.philips.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 91 09:12:36 GMT
Subject: Cellular Automata Meeting in London
The British Computer Society
Parallel Processing Specialist Group
Second
Call For Papers
One day Meeting
On
CELLULAR AUTOMATA
Feb 12 1992
Imperial College
London, U.K.
o Special Purpose Hardware for Cellular Automata
o Cellular Automata Simulation on other architectures
o Software Systems for Cellular Automata
o Use of Cellular Automata models to simulate systems in the physical
and biological sciences
o Visualisation of Cellular Models
Provisional List Of Speakers :-
G.S. Pawley Univ of Edinburgh
R. Taylor Univ of York
F. George Univ of Edinburgh
B. Martin Univ of Lyon, France
A. Broggi Parma, Italy
If you wish to contribute please send a brief abstract to :-
Prof. Dennis Parkinson
A.M.T.
65 Suttons Park Avenue
Reading
U.K.
RG6 1AZ
Telephone: +44 734 661111 Electronic Mail :- dp@amthq.co.uk
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 91 01:49:59 MST
From: cgl@t13.lanl.gov (Chris Langton)
Subject: L-systems software on Macintoshes?
Does anyone have code for running and rendering L-systems on
Apple Macintosh computers (Mac II's in particular...)?
Cheers!
Chris Langton
Complex Systems Group
MS B213, Theoretical Division Phone: (505) 667-9471
Los Alamos National Laboratory Email: cgl@t13.lanl.gov
Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA FAX: (505) 665-3003
87545
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Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1991 11:41:35 GMT-0600
From: "PBACAD::M_PAPRZYCKI"@utpb.pb.utexas.edu
Subject: Supercomputing Conference
Call for Papers
PERMIAN BASIN SUPERCOMPUTING CONFERENCE 1992
March 13-15
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Odessa, Texas
Organized by: Marcin Paprzycki
Advisors: Firooz Khosraviyani, Mogens Melander
In cooperation with: SIAM Supercomputing Group
The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers in
all fields of supercomputing, high performance computing and
parallel computing for an effective exchange of ideas and
discussion of recent developments and future directions of
research.
Tutorial: "Large-scale and Parallel Computations in System Control
Theory" will be presented by Prof. Biswa Datta
Sponsored by:
Center for High Performance Computing, Austin
Cray Research Inc.
DECmpp 12000 Group
Intel Corporation
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Invited Speakers:
Chris Bischof, Julio Diaz, Ian Gladwell, David Kincaid,
Robert Plemmons, Danny Sorensen, Robert van de Geijn.
Submit three copies of detailed abstract (not to exceed 1000 words) by
December 20, 1991
to:
Marcin Paprzycki, Conference Chairman
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Odessa, TX 79762
Phone: (915) 367-2244
Fax: (915) 367-2115
E-mail: m_paprzycki@utpb.pb.utexas.edu
m_paprzycki@utpb.bitnet
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Date: Sun, 24 Nov 91 17:03:31 pst
From: well!moritz@apple.com (Elan Moritz)
Subject: Journal of Ideas - Cummulative Table of Contents
Journal of Ideas
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Tables of Contents
ISSN 1049-6335, [(c)] The Institute for Memetic Research, Inc.
Panama City, Florida, 32406-1327
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Volume 1 #1 September 1990
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Moritz, E. [Institute for Memetic Research, Panama City, Fl.], MEMETIC
SCIENCE: I - GENERAL INTRODUCTION, pp. 3-23.
Bonner, J. T. [Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton
University, N.J.], CULTURAL EVOLUTION: A Biologist's View, pp. 24-34.
Brooks, D. R. and D. A. McLennan [Department of Zoology, University of
Toronto], SEARCHING FOR A GENERAL THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, pp.
35-46.
Wiley, R. A. [Biobalance Services, Panama City, Fl.], THE METABOLIC ROOTS
OF CONSCIOUSNESS, pp. 47-53.
Salthe, S. N. [Biology Department, Brooklyn College, CUNY, N.Y.], SKETCH
OF A LOGICAL DEMONSTRATION THAT THE GLOBAL INFORMATION CAPACITY OF A
MACROSCOPIC SYSTEM MUST BEHAVE ENTROPICALLY WHEN VIEWED INTERNALLY, pp.
54-59.
Henson, H. K. and A. Lucas [San Jose, Ca.], MEMES AND CREATIONISM, pp.
60-63.
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Volume 2 #1 January 1991
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EDITORIAL: NEWS, VIEWS, STATUS & PLANS, pp. 1-2.
Lynch, A. [Warrenville, Il.], THOUGHT CONTAGION AS ABSTRACT EVOLUTION,
pp. 3-10.
Lumsden, C. [Department of Medicine, University of Toronto], CULTURE AS A
SEMANTIC FRACTAL: SOCIOBIOLOGY AND THICK DESCRIPTION, pp. 11-18.
Witten, M. [Center for High Performance Computing, University of Texas
System, Austin], MODELING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A "MEME" IN A SIMPLE AGE
DISTRIBUTION POPULATION: I . A KINETICS APPROACH AND SOME ALTERNATIVE
MODELS, pp. 19-25.
Heylighen, F. [Free University of Brussels], C. Josslyn [Systems Science
Dept. SUNY Binghamton], and V. Turchin [Computer Science Dept., City
University of New York], A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPIA
CYBERNETICA PROJECT, pp. 26-29.
Moritz, E. [Institute for Memetic Research, Panama City, Fl.], BRAIN AND
MIND: THE ULTIMATE GRAND CHALLENGE, pp. 30-32.
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Volume 2 #2/3 April/July 1991
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Locke, J. [United Kingdom], OF IDEAS, pp. 33-47.
Maurer, B. A. [Zoology Dept., Brigham Young University] and D. R.
Brooks, D. [Zoology Dept., University of Toronto], ENERGY FLOW AND
ENTROPY PRODUCTION IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, pp. 48-53.
Moritz, E. [Institute for Memetic Research, Panama City, Fl.], ON THE
ROAD TO CYBERNETIC IMMORTALITY: A Report on the First Principia
Cybernetica Workshop, pp. 54-58.
Barkow, J. H. [Sociology and Social Anthropology Dept., Dalhousie
University], THE ORIGINS OF THE CAPACITY FOR CULTURE, pp. 59-62.
Barkow, J. H. [Sociology and Social Anthropology Dept., Dalhousie
University], FOLK PSYCHOLOGY, FREE WILL AND EVOLUTION, pp. 63-66.
_________________________________________________________________________
JOURNAL of IDEAS
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Editors Editorial Advisory Board
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Elan Moritz R. W. Clouse, Vanderbilt U.
Patricia S. Smith
The Institute for Memetic Research Peter Kiss, Sentar Corp.,
Huntsville
Terry M. Mikiten, U. Texas
Health Science Center, San
Antonio
Matthew Witten, Center for
High Performance Computing,
U. Texas System, Austin
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manuscripts and information requests should be directed to
Dr. Elan Moritz (E-mail: moritz@well.sf.ca.us)
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** AIMS & SCOPE ** The Journal of Ideas is an archival (print)
forum dedicated to the dissemination of research results and
discussion relating to the formation and spread of ideas in human and
machine systems. Areas covered include: 1) dynamical and structural
theories of idea and meme generation, mutation, combination, spread
and dissolution, 2) knowledge generation, representation, and storage
in living and artificial systems, 3) cognition and self-awareness in
living and artificial systems 4) generalized theories of life,
evolution, and ecology in biological, mechanical and electronic
systems, 5) classical and quantum mechanical theories of brain/mind
interactions, 6) human and machine creativity and, 7) results of
experiments in the preceding areas. The Journal publishes research
communications, critical reviews, short notes, book reviews, and
relevant historical material. The Journal is geared to a diverse
audience coming from classical disciplines such as physics, biology,
evolutionary and ecological studies, psychology, anthropology,
computer science, mathematics, and philosophy.
__________________________________________________________________________
The Journal of Ideas appears quarterly.
Ordering information for US and Canada: personal subscriptions are
$46/year, institutional subscriptions are $138/year. Back issues are
available [while supply lasts] at $26/issue. Make checks [drawn on US
banks] payable to the Institute for Memetic Research, PO Box 16327,
Panama City, Florida 32406-1327. Credit card subscriptions are available
through EBSCO Subscription Services, (201)-387-2660. Foreign
subscriptions are available at higher rates.
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 21:02:09 +0100
From: ctika01@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (George Kampis)
Subject: Special Issue on Emergence
There have been numerous requests on the exact co-ordinates of a journal
Special Issue I announced on some lists a time ago.
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SPECIAL ISSUE ON EMERGENCE of World Futures: the Journal of General Evolution
contains papers from I Tsuda, F Heylighen, EO Rustler, V Csanyi, M Requardt,
P Cariani, S Salthe, Fernandez-Moreno-Etxeberria, and G Kampis
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The WF Spec Issue can be bought for USD 38 as a book, it's
ISBN 2-88124-526-9, order from Gordon and Breach, POBox 786 Cooper Station
New York, NY 10276 USA
phone (212) 206 8900 FAX (212) 645 2459
George Kampis kampis@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 91 16:12:08 +0100
From: JANSSEN Jacques <CADEPS%BBRNSF11.BITNET@mvs.oac.ucla.edu>
Subject: ALife course syllabus search
Dear ALifers,
I am considering initiating an undergraduate and graduate
course in ALife at my university, and would like to exchange
ideas for a syllabus at the two levels. If you are already giving, or are
considering such a course, could you please email me or broadcast to this
net, your syllabus, reading list etc. I will report back to this net, with
the most interesting suggestions.
Cheers,
Hugo de Garis
Brussels University, Belgium, Europe.
George Mason University, VA, USA.
ElectroTechnical Lab, Tsukuba, Japan.
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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 91 15:10:30 GMT
From: D.M.Peterson@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk
Subject: Cognitive Science at Birmingham
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University of Birmingham
Graduate Studies in COGNITIVE SCIENCE
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The Cognitive Science Research Centre at the University of Birmingham
comprises staff from the Departments/Schools of Psychology, Computer
Science, Philosophy and English, and supports teaching and research in
the inter-disciplinary investigation of mind and cognition. The Centre
offers both MSc and PhD programmes.
MSc in Cognitive Science
The MSc programme is a 12 month conversion course, including a 4 month
supervised project. The course places a particular stress on the
relation between biological and computational architectures.
Compulsory courses: AI Programming, Overview of Cognitive
Science, Knowledge Representation Inference and Expert Systems,
General Linguistics, Human Information Processing, Structures for Data
and Knowledge, Philosophical Questions in Cognitive Science,
Human-Computer Interaction, Biological and Computational
Architectures, The Computer and the Mind, Current Issues in Cognitive
Science.
Option courses: Artificial and Natural Perceptual Systems,
Speech and Natural Language, Parallel Distributed Processing.
It is expected that students will have a good first degree ---
psychology, computing, philosophy or linguistics being especially
relevant.
Funding is available through SERC and HTNT.
PhD in Cognitive Science
For 1992 studentships are expected for PhD level research into a range
of topics including:
o computational modelling of emotion
o computational modelling of cognition
o interface design
o computational and psychophysical approaches to vision
Computing Facilities
Students have access to ample computing facilities, including networks
of Hewlett-Packard, Sun and Sparc workstations in the Schools of Computer
Science and Psychology.
Contact
For further details, contact: The Admissions Tutor, Cognitive Science,
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, PO Box 363, Edgbaston,
Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Phone: (021) 414 3683
Email: cogsci@bham.ac.uk
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