[info] [alife] 2007 Unconventional Computing Bristol

Thu May 10 19:46:23 UTC 2007

With the power of the new machines we might find that brute force algorithms 
will do the job of surpassing human equivalency in AI, just fine.

Imagine what would happen if the hundreds of universities now working on OCW 
with MIT were to put monologues (lectures) and Q-A sets for several thousand 
courses on a supercomputer along with a brute force search engine program.

PtP

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> UC2007 is coming to Bristol -- Deadline for submissions is approaching.
> Your contributions are welcome !!!
>
> * * *
>
> 2007 UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTING
> http://uncomp.uwe.ac.uk/uc2007
>
> July 12-14, 2007
> Bristol, United Kingdom
>
> The conference is sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences
> Research Council, the UK Government's leading funding agency for
> research and training in engineering and the physical sciences,
> http://www.epsrc.ac.uk and the University of the West of England,
> Bristol, http://www.uwe.ac.uk
>
> *** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE  12TH MAY 2007***
>
> Unconventional computing is the quest for groundbreaking new algorithms
> and physical implementations of novel and ultimately --- compared to
> classical approaches -- more powerful computing paradigms and machines.
> This event will bring together work that focuses on non-traditional
> theoretical constructions, experimental prototypes, and genuine
> implementations of non-classical computing devices. A further goal
> is to revisit existing approaches in unconventional computing, to
> provide scientists and engineers with blueprints of realisable computing
> devices, and to take a critical glance at the design of novel and
> emergent computing systems to point out failures and shortcomings of
> both theoretical and experimental approaches.
>
> We welcome submissions from computer scientists, physicists, 
> mathematicians,
> chemists, engineers, biologists and everyone who is inspired by the topic
> of the conference and by natural phenomena in non-standard computing
> schemes.
>
> AIMS and SCOPE
>
> * Physics of computation (conservative logic, thermodynamics of 
> computation,
> reversible computing, quantum computing, collision-based computing,
> optical logic)
> * Chemical computing (logical functions in chemical systems, image
> processing and
> pattern recognition in reaction-diffusion chemical systems and networks
> of chemical reactors)
> * Bio-molecular computing (conformation based, information processing in
> molecular
> arrays, molecular memory)
> * Population-based computing ( in bacterial colonies, cell cultures,
> insects)
> * Complexity (computational complexity of non-standard computer
> architectures;
> theory of amorphous computing; artificial chemistry)
> * Logics of unconventional computing (logical systems derived from
> space-time behavior
> of natural systems; non-classical logics; logical reasoning in physical,
> chemical and biological systems)
> * Smart actuators (molecular machines incorporating information
> processing, intelligent arrays of actuators)
> * Novel hardware systems (cellular automata VLSIs, functional neural 
> chips)
> * Mechanical computing (micromechanical encryption, nanomachines,
> physical limits to mechanical computation).
>
>
> LOCATION
> The conference will be held in the Watershed Media Centre in the heart of
> Bristol UK, which promotes creativity, innovation and talent,
> http://www.watershed.co.uk
>
> SUBMISSION
> The deadline for submission of papers for contributed presentations is
> 12th May 2007, and the acceptance decisions will be made by 20th May 2007.
> More information about the submission is available at
> http://uncomp.uwe.ac.uk/uc2007/submit.html
>
> REGISTRATION
> Please consult the conference registration page for registration fees and
> details: http://uncomp.uwe.ac.uk/uc2007/registration.html
>
> PUBLICATION
> Accepted papers will be published in a stand-alone volume. In addition,
> the International Journal of Unconventional Computing will publish a
> special issue after the conference with selected contributions.
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
> Paper submission: 12th May, 2007
> Notification of acceptance: 20th May, 2007
> Registration ends: 24th June, 2007
>
> LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS
> Tetsuya Asai  (Sapporo, Japan)
> Julian Miller (York, UK)
> Jonathan Mills (Indiana, USA)
> Kenichi Morita (Hiroshima, Japan)
> Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Sapporo, Japan)
> Susan Stepney (York, UK)
> Christof Teuscher (Los Alamos, USA)
> Klaus-Peter Zauner (Southampton, UK)
>
> ORGANIZERS
> Andrew Adamatzky  (Bristol, UK)
> Benjamin De Lacy Costello (Bristol, UK)
> Larry Bull (Bristol, UK)
> Susan Stepney (York, UK)
> Christof Teuscher (Los Alamos, USA)
>
> We are looking forward to seeing you in historical Bristol!
>
> Further information http://uncomp.uwe.ac.uk/uc2007
> Contact: andrew.adamatzky at uwe.ac.uk
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> Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
> University of the West of England
> Bristol BS16 1QY
> United Kingdom
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> Email: andrew.adamatzky at uwe.ac.uk
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