[alife] FoCAS Summer School registration now open!

Evert Haasdijk e.haasdijk at vu.nl
Mon Jun 2 04:53:15 PDT 2014


                            FoCAS Summer School
                             Call for participation

Registration now open at http://focas.eu/summer-school-2014/

The FoCAS Summer School is aimed at students and researchers who share
interest in the theoretical, practical, and technological issues related to
collective adaptive systems. It will be an active and participative summer
school with great social events and networking opportunities, and it
requires attendance for the full summer school week. The main focus will be
the case studies, designed to deepen students understanding on relevant
aspects of collective adaptive systems, as well as stimulating a maximum
interaction with exchange of knowledge and experiences.

Summer school activities will include:

** Keynote **

Title: The Consequences of Living and Breathing with Hyperconnectedness

Katina Michael (University of Wollongong, Australia)


** Case Studies **

1. Lifelong learning and adaptation in collective robotics. Nicolas
Bredeche.
2. Mapping the future of games in a Smart Society. Lucia Pannese and
Dimitra Pappa.
3. Algorithmic Self-Governance for Socio-Technical Systems. Jeremy Pitt.

** Lectures **

1. Evolutionary robotics as a tool for evolutionary biology. Nicolas
Bredeche
2. Serious Games and Smart Societies. Lucia Pannese
3. Ostromopolis: Smart(er) Cities Founded on Design Principles for
Successful Collective Action. Jeremy Pitt
4. Why is embodied evolution interesting? Gusz Eiben


** Contact details **

More information at: http://focas.eu/summer-school-2014/

For all Summer School inquiries please contact:

Nivea Ferreira: niveaferreira at gmail.com
Evert Haasdijk: e.haasdijk at vu.nl

- See more at: http://focas.eu/summer-school-2014/#sthash.eOzTL3sB.dpuf

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