Monday 29 Jul, 11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.

The workshop “CHEMALIFORMS: Chemistry and artificial life forms” will focus on the life-like forms created in laboratory using chemical and biochemical materials. The speakers will not only present the state-of-the-art of wet artificial life, but the questions related to future challenges such as “How can Wet Artificial Life help to solve Societal Challenges” will be discussed. Read more

How can artificial life help solve societal challenges? A part of the answer lies into understanding human behavior at the root of these challenges and society’s responses when faced to them. A large body of work investigates the causes and solutions of such challenges but their results often remain in the realm of theory. This workshop proposes to explore how research on the evolution of human behavior can be moved beyond theoretical realm to address societal challenges. Read more

We will discuss why and how process-based frameworks can be used to represent different kinds of interactions and the emergence of structures from such basic interactions in different domains. On the one hand, we will present lectures of foundational kind, i.e. explaining the basics of these frameworks as well as some relevant mathematical and algorithmic issues, and on the other hand we will present novel applications related to areas such as ecology, evolution, sustainability, and others. Read more