Natural Computing and Beyond : : Winter School Hakodate 2011, Hakodate, Japan, March 2011 and 6th International Workshop on Natural Computing, Tokyo, Japan, March 2012, Proceedings.

• Superior document: Proceedings in Information and Communications Technology Series ; v.6
• Author: Suzuki, Yasuhiro.
• TeilnehmendeR: Nakagaki, Toshiyuki.
• Place / Publishing House: Tokyo : : Springer Japan,, 2013.; Ã2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Proceedings in Information and Communications Technology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (163 pages)

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Preface
• Organization
• Table of Contents
• Part I Natural Computing
• Ethological Response to Periodic Stimulation in Chara and Blepharisma
• Introduction
• Method
• Organism and Culture
• Observation of Swimming Behavior in Response to Periodic Stimulation in Blepharisma
• Measurement for Slowdown in Protoplasmic Flow, Induced by Periodic Stimulation in Chara
• Results
• Spontaneous Increases of Swimming Measure at an Anticipatory and a Recalling Occasions in Blepharisma
• Spontaneous Slowdown of Protoplasmic Flow at an Anticipatory Occasions in Chara
• Discussion
• References
• Adaptive Path-Finding and Transport Network Formation by the Amoeba-Like Organism Physarum
• Introduction
• Material and Methods
• Preparation of Organism and Maze
• Comparison of Network Structure between Real Transport Networks in the Hokkaido Region, Japan, and Physarum Networks Connecting FSs
• Results
• Solving a Maze with the Topological Type in Fig. 1a.
• Solving a Maze with Topological Type in Fig. 1c
• Transport Network in Hokkaido
• Path-Finding and Multi-functionally Networking Derived by Morphogenetic Dynamics of Vein
• Model Simulation
• Discussion
• References
• Aggregate "Calculation" in Economic Phenomena: Distributions and Fluctuations
• Introduction
• Distributions
• Fluctuations
• Distributions of Growth-Rates
• Relations among the Laws
• Summary
• References
• Towards Co-evolution of Information, Life and Artificial Life
• Introduction
• Spectrum of Wet Artificial Life
• Molecular Robotics
• Synthetic Biology
• Evolution and Self-organization of Information
• Amplification of Human Intelligence
• Automatic Design by Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud
• Future of Molecular Robots
• Connecting Chemical-Biological and Electronic Systems
• Dream
• References.
• Harness the Nature for Computation
• Introduction
• Abstract Rewriting System on Multisets, ARMS
• Simulation of Natural Systems
• Modeling Ecological System
• Dissipation of Information
• Harness the Nature for Computation
• Conclusion
• References
• Things Theory of Art Should Learn from Natural Computing
• Introduction
• Critical Artworks
• Critical Artworks Irritate Me
• Where Are the Fine Arts?
• A Short History of Arts
• Traditional Distribution of Arts
• Reorganization of the Distribution in the 18th Century: Machine Arts and Fine Arts
• Fine Arts as the Intersection of Nature and Arts
• Summary of This Chapter
• Important Note (1)
• "Art" Deviates from Fine Arts
• What and How Should We Evaluate? Lessons from Natural Computing
• The Idea that Computation and Algorithm Caused the Total Reorganization of Arts
• The Idea of 'Harness' in Natural Computing Imitates Nature in Its Complexity
• Important Note (2)
• Other Key Points
• What Should We Evaluate?
• Concluding Remarks: What Theory of Art Could Learn from Natural Computing
• References
• Study on the Use of Evolutionary Techniques for Inference in Gene Regulatory Networks
• Introduction
• Related Work
• GRN Modeling
• S-System as a Model for Biological Networks
• RNN as a Model for GRN
• Estimation Criteria and Regularization
• Optimization Methods
• Dissipative PSO
• PBIL and Clustering
• Algorithm to Infer the GRN
• Experiments
• Real SOS Network
• Comparative Analysis on the Population Size and Number of Clusters
• Conclusions
• References
• Reconstruction of Gene Regulatory Networks from Gene Expression Data Using Decoupled Recurrent Neural Network Model
• Introduction
• Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) Model
• Reverse Engineering Algorithm
• Fitness Evaluation Criteria
• Experimental Results
• Artificial Network Inference.
• SOS DNA Repair Network Inference
• Conclusion
• References
• Design and Control of Synthetic Biological Systems
• Introduction
• Introduction of Synthetic Circuit Design
• Switches
• Oscillators
• Population Behaviors
• Control
• Conclusion and Perspectives
• References
• Part II Satellite Symposium on Computational Aesthetics
• Preface: Natural Computing and Computational Aesthetics
• The Significance of Natural Computing for Considering Computational Aesthetics of Nature
• Introduction
• The Scope of Aesthetics Suggested by Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment
• The Principle of the Lawful Unity of Nature
• A Principle of Purposiveness and Two Kinds of Judgment
• The Status and the Role of Aesthetic Judgment
• CA Understands Kant's Aesthetics Partially, But Insufficiently
• The Essential Task of Computational Aesthetics of Nature
• Natural Computing and Its Significance for Computational Aesthetics of Nature
• Two Ideas of Computation and the Idea of "Harness"
• Human Nature and the Harness Concept in NC
• Conclusion
• References
• Perceiving the Gap: Asynchronous Coordination of Plural Algorithms and Disconnected Logical Types in Ambient Space
• A Step Up in Logical Type
• Ambient Space
• Focus on the Creation Process (Learning Process) of the Arts: Reconsideration of the Dichotomy of "Figure and Ground"
• Workshop in an Art Museum
• Time and Place
• Participants
• Target Paintings for Reproduction
• Workshop Procedure
• Criteria of Analysis
• Results and Discussion
• From the Integration of Multiple Viewpoints to the Dissection of Multi-logical Types and Asynchronous Cooperation
• References
• Aesthetic Aspects of Technology-Mediated Self-awareness Experiences
• Introduction
• See What You Throw off from Visual Perception
• Save Yourself from Constraints of Free Will.
• Real Sense of Life Generated by Touching Heartbeat
• Conclusion
• References
• Author Index.