ECAL2013 will showcase a wide range of topics in Artificial Life including, but not restricted to: Evolutionary Computation, Quantum Computation, Molecular Computation, Neural Computation, Artificial Life, Swarm Intelligence, Artificial Ant Systems, Artificial Immune Systems, Self-Organizing Systems, Emergent Behaviors, and Applications to Real-World Problems.

TOPICS

Adaptation - Self-Adaptation
Adaptive Material Technologies
Ant Algorithms
Anticipatory Medical and Cellular Devices
Applications and Experiences with Self-Systems
Applications in Nanotechnology, Compilable Matter, or Medicine
Applications in Sociology, Economics and Behavioral Sciences
Applications with Memristors
Artificial Cells
Artificial Immune Systems
Assisted Ambient Intelligence
Astrobiology, Origins of Replicators and Life
Automata Networks and Cellular Automata
Automated Genomic Engineering
Autonomous Robotic Systems
Basic Working Principles for the Syntethic Life
Bio-Inspired Hardware Design and Manufacturing
Bio-Inspired Intelligent Agents
Bio-Inspired Technology
Bio-Inspired Wireless Sensor Networks
Biocomputing
Bioinspired Robotics
Biological Control
Biologically Inspired Design
Biologically Inspired engineering
Biologically, Socially, and Physically Inspired Self-Systems
Biomedical Nanotechnology
Biomimetic Microsystems
Carbon Nanostructures
Cellular Automata
Cellular Neural Networks
Classifier Systems
Co-Evolution
Co-Evolution and Symbiogenesis
Computational Synthetic Biology
Computational Systems Biology
Computational Tools for Self-assembly
Constraint Handling
Constructive Dynamical Systems and Complexity
Control of Emergent Properties in Self-Systems
Design and Engineering for Self-Systems (Self-Organization, Self-Adaptation, Self-Management, Self-Monitoring, Self-Tuning, Self-Repair, Self-Configuration, etc.)
Developmental Genetic-Regulatory Networks
DNA Computing
Drift and Shift in Data Streams
Dynamic Environments - Dynamic Optimisation
Embedded Soft Computing Diagnostics and Prognostics Algorithms
Emergence and Complexity
Emergence of Signaling and Communication
Estimation of Distribution Algorithms
Ethics and Philosophy of Artificial Life
Evolution Dynamics
Evolution Strategies
Evolutionary Algorithms Specification
Evolutionary Phase Transitions
Evolutionary Programming
Evolutionary Robotics
Evolvability, Heritability, and Multicellularity
Evolvable Hardware
Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems
Evolving Decision Systems
Evolving Fuzzy Clustering Methods
Evolving in Dynamic Environments
Evolving Intelligent Systems for Time Series Prediction
Evolving Intelligent Systems State Monitoring and Prognostics
Evolving Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
Evolving Regression-based Classifiers
Fitness Landscape
Fuzzy Systems
Games and Generalized Biology
Genetic Algorithms
Genetic Programming
Genetic Regulatory Systems
Heuristics & Metaheuristics
Human-Robot Interaction
Hybridization
Information-Theoretic Methods in Life-like Systems
Integrated Synthetic Systems
Interactive Evolution
Living Materials
Management and Control of Self-Systems
Mathematical Models
Memetic algorithms
Methods and Applications of Evolutionary Developmental Systems
Minimal Cell
Molecular Motors, Self-assembled Computer Circuit and System Architectures
Multi-Agent Systems
Multi-Objective Optimization
Multicellularity
Multiscale Robustness and Plasticity
Nature-Inspired Engineering
Nature-Inspired Machine Learning
Network Theory in Biology and Artificial Life
Neural Networks with Evolving Structure
Neural Networks
New Adaptive and Evolving Learning Methods
Non-Carbon based Life
Non-Stationary Time Series Prediction with Bio-Inspired Algorithms
Non-Traditional Computational Media
Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms
Parameter Tuning
Particle Swarms
Performance Analysis
Performance Measures Local/Global
Phenotypic Plasticity and Adaptability in Scalable, Robust Growing Systems
Philosophical Aspects
Predictive Methods for Complex Adaptive Systems
Predictive Methods for Complex Adaptive Systems and Life-like Systems
Principles and Theory of Self-Assembly
Programmable Nanomaterials
Quantum Computing
Re-Constructing and Re-Programming Life
Replicator and Interaction Dynamics
Representations
Robotic and Embodiment: Minimal, Adaptive, Ontogenetic and/or Social Robotics
Robustness and Dependability of Self-Systems
Self-Assembled DNA Nanostructures
Self-Assembled Protein Nanostructures
Self-Assembled Surface Chemistry
Self-Assembly Across Scales
Self-Monitoring Evolving Systems
Self-Organization, Swarms and Multicellular Systems
Self-Organizing Systems
Self-reproduction, Self-Repair, and Morphogenesis
Sensor and Actuator Evolution and Adaptation
Simulation and Visualization Tools for Artificial Life
Smart Evolving Sensors
Stability, Robustness, Unlearning Effects
Structure Flexibility and Robustness in Evolving Systems
Swarm Intelligence
Synchronization and Biological Clocks
Synthetic Biology
Systems Chemistry
Theories, Frameworks and Methods for Self-Systems
Theory of Evolutionary Computing
Top-down Meets Bottom-up
Wet and Dry Artificial Life