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REAL @real.itu.dk · 3d

We had the chance to visit the new Artificial Life Institute in Kyoto. Beautiful & inspiring space ✨

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REAL @real.itu.dk · 4d

Hello @alife2025.bsky.social 👋⛩️

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Harald M. Ludwig @haraldludwig.bsky.social · 9d

If you are attending @alife2025.bsky.social next week you shouldn’t miss our workshop on Monday! Besides the opportunity to share an exciting idea or a (research) project you’ve been working on, we’ll have talks by @risi.bsky.social and @bhartl.bsky.social giving some career insights. 😮
#ALIFE2025

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 14d

Join ERA Workshop Lightning Talks⚡6th Oct!

Present your work!
This is your moment to shine ✨ (and maybe blow a few minds 💥).

It doesn’t have to be finished work: project, idea, early results, or just something you want to share! 🌱

👉 Sign up here and grab a slot:
🔗 forms.gle/99jR5Kazgq66...

#ERA

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Event Timing: 06.10.2025 (during the ALIFE 25 conference) Contact us at [email protected]

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ALICE Workshop @aliceworkshop.org · 18d

We are excited to announce the Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution (𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘) workshop. This first edition will be hosted in Copenhagen on the first week of February.

We will soon be announcing the guest speakers—Stay tuned!

Check our website for more information: aliceworkshop.org

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REAL @real.itu.dk · 27d

In the making! There'll be a poster at ALife

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REAL @real.itu.dk · 28d

Eleni Nisioti presenting work on evolving self-reconfiguring circuits ⚡

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Elias Najarro @najarro.science · 29d

We're excited to announce final program of the @alife2025.bsky.social SONI session
which will host a panel discussion with @blaiseaguera.bsky.social, @risi.bsky.social, @emilydolson.bsky.social & Sidney Pontes-Filho

Check out the full program: sites.google.com/view/soni-al...

See you in Kyoto ⛩️

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · Sep 3

Be part of the next generation of virtual creatures:
Enter the 2025 Virtual Creatures Competition (VCC)!

Held at #ALIFE2025, the #VCC is an annual competition to showcase recent research in the field of artificial life.

Judges and prizes to be announced soon.
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Erwan Plantec @eplantec.bsky.social · Jun 24

Synthetic ecosystems that autonomously and continuously evolve in silico 👾
An Alifer dream we pursue with Flow-Lenia, a mass-conservative continuous CA !
If you are interested in complex systems with (1) emergent creatures and (2) intrinsic evolutionary dynamics, go check our new paper !
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REAL @real.itu.dk · May 30

Decentralised robotics 🤖🕸️🤖 @bdacre.bsky.social presenting his research on tile-based manipulation system

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REAL @real.itu.dk · May 9

Manta-Ray surface robot manipulator presented by @pratiki.bsky.social

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Elias Najarro @najarro.science · May 2

Ammonite chaos #SciArt

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Elias Najarro @najarro.science · Apr 29

The @alife2025.bsky.social deadline has been extended one week—new deadline May 11th 2025 23:59 AoE

Join us in Kyoto for #ALife2025 🎏

Elias Najarro @najarro.science · Mar 31

Announcing SONI: Self-Organising Neural Intelligence(s) 🧠

An #ALife2025 special session to bring together AI & ALife communities to explore how self-organisation can contribute to neural paradigms of intelligence.

Call for papers sites.google.com/view/soni-al... |Submission deadline: May 4th

Self-Organising Neural Intelligence(s)

Important dates: Submission Deadline: May 4th, 2025 Author Notification: TBA

sites.google.com

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Rosemary Lee @machineagency.bsky.social · Apr 14

I have two upcoming talks in Denmark on digital aesthetics and algorithmic images. The first is at Aarhus University on Wednesday 23 April 2025, at 14:15 - 16:00.
More info:
cc.au.dk/en/news-and-...

Rosemary Lee guest talk: Algorithm, Image, Art

Welcome to this guest talk by artist, researcher Rosemary Lee who will address digital aesthetics and algorithmic images. The talk is organized by the Digital Aesthetics Research Centre (DARC) and the...

cc.au.dk

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REAL @real.itu.dk · Apr 15

Beautiful day at the @aicentre.dk ☀️

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REAL @real.itu.dk · Apr 11

Drop an email to @risi.bsky.social, he should know :)

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REAL @real.itu.dk · Apr 4

It's only internal unfortunately. Work should be presented on the next ALife :)

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REAL @real.itu.dk · Apr 4

Predictive coding and active inference in a multi-agent environment. @nbes.bsky.social presenting his upcoming work 🚀

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Elias Najarro @najarro.science · Mar 31

Announcing SONI: Self-Organising Neural Intelligence(s) 🧠

An #ALife2025 special session to bring together AI & ALife communities to explore how self-organisation can contribute to neural paradigms of intelligence.

Call for papers sites.google.com/view/soni-al... |Submission deadline: May 4th

Self-Organising Neural Intelligence(s)

Important dates: Submission Deadline: May 4th, 2025 Author Notification: TBA

sites.google.com

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REAL @real.itu.dk · Mar 31

REAL seminar with Nick Cheney "rambling" on learning, development and evolution 🧬

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REAL @real.itu.dk · Mar 25

Today we had @chrisadami.bsky.social presenting at @itu.dk on the relation between information theory and intelligence—and how Shannon actually didn't really understand information theory 🤯

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NERDS @nerdsitu.bsky.social · Mar 25

📢 Call for PhD and Postdocs: Using data science to improve epidemic preparedness
nerds.itu.dk/2025/03/25/c...

We are looking for Phds and Postdocs to join @jonassjuul.bsky.social at @itu.dk in Copenhagen improving inference, forecasting, and mitigation in future pandemics. Deadline May 1st.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · Feb 28

🔔 🔔 🔔
This is your 🌟 final call 🌟 to get your special session proposals in for this year's conference.

Deadline in ~24hrs.

If you're interested in curating work around an ALife(-adjacent) theme, area of research/application, then organising a special session is the way to go.
#ALIFE #ALIFE2025

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Sebastian Risi @risi.bsky.social · Feb 10

We're excited to announce the first Evolving Self-organisation workshop at GECCO 2025!

Submission deadline: March 26, 2025

More information: evolving-self-organisation-workshop.github.io

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Joachim W Pedersen @joachimwpedersen.bsky.social · Feb 10

Join us for the Evolving Self-Organisation workshop at #GECCO this year! Great chance to submit your favourite ideas concerning self-organisation processes and evolution, and how they interact.
Relevant for Alifers #ALife and anyone interested in #evolution, #self-organisation, and #ComplexSystems.

Sebastian Risi @risi.bsky.social · Feb 10

We're excited to announce the first Evolving Self-organisation workshop at GECCO 2025!

Submission deadline: March 26, 2025

More information: evolving-self-organisation-workshop.github.io

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