Stefano Nichele
@stenichele.bsky.social
Full Prof. Østfold University College, Lab http://nichele.eu/lab.html. I study bio-inspired AI with ALife & Complex Systems #CA #evo. Proud father of 2.
What a great week at the @aliceworkshop.org (Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution) in Copenhagen.
Our multidisciplinary group worked intensely for the whole week and we got the 2nd prize!!
Thanks to the amazing organizers from the REAL lab and the jury.
Our multidisciplinary group worked intensely for the whole week and we got the 2nd prize!!
Thanks to the amazing organizers from the REAL lab and the jury.
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
What a great week at the @aliceworkshop.org (Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution) in Copenhagen.
Our multidisciplinary group worked intensely for the whole week and we got the 2nd prize!!
Thanks to the amazing organizers from the REAL lab and the jury.
Our multidisciplinary group worked intensely for the whole week and we got the 2nd prize!!
Thanks to the amazing organizers from the REAL lab and the jury.
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Projects time 👨💻👩💻🧑💻
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Projects time 👨💻👩💻🧑💻
Reposted by Stefano Nichele
The panel discussion with all the guests speakers and moderated by Milton Montero & @elisecutts.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The panel discussion with all the guests speakers and moderated by Milton Montero & @elisecutts.bsky.social
Reposted by Stefano Nichele
Day two: tutorials, more discussion groups with @angelgm.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social and Alexander Mordvintsev
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Day two: tutorials, more discussion groups with @angelgm.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social and Alexander Mordvintsev
Reposted by Stefano Nichele
Discussion groups with @stenichele.bsky.social, @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social, Susan Stepney & @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Discussion groups with @stenichele.bsky.social, @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social, Susan Stepney & @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
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Project pitch time 💡
Great project ideas by attendees and guest speakers @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social, @angelgm.bsky.social, @stenichele.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social, @ericmedvetts.bsky.social, Susan Stepney & Alexander Mordvintsev
#ALICEinCopenhagen #ALICE26
Great project ideas by attendees and guest speakers @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social, @angelgm.bsky.social, @stenichele.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social, @ericmedvetts.bsky.social, Susan Stepney & Alexander Mordvintsev
#ALICEinCopenhagen #ALICE26
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Project pitch time 💡
Great project ideas by attendees and guest speakers @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social, @angelgm.bsky.social, @stenichele.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social, @ericmedvetts.bsky.social, Susan Stepney & Alexander Mordvintsev
#ALICEinCopenhagen #ALICE26
Great project ideas by attendees and guest speakers @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social, @angelgm.bsky.social, @stenichele.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social, @ericmedvetts.bsky.social, Susan Stepney & Alexander Mordvintsev
#ALICEinCopenhagen #ALICE26
Reposted by Stefano Nichele
Less than a week for ALICE—we are looking forward welcome you all in Copenhagen! ⛄
You can find the updated program here: aliceworkshop.org/program/
You can find the updated program here: aliceworkshop.org/program/
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Less than a week for ALICE—we are looking forward welcome you all in Copenhagen! ⛄
You can find the updated program here: aliceworkshop.org/program/
You can find the updated program here: aliceworkshop.org/program/
Reposted by Stefano Nichele
Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2026 will take place in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 17-21 August 2026. More details coming soon!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2026 will take place in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 17-21 August 2026. More details coming soon!
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2026 will take place in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 17-21 August 2026. More details coming soon!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2026 will take place in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 17-21 August 2026. More details coming soon!
Check out our new preprint (work led by Andreas Massey) on "Sleep-Based Homeostatic Regularization for Stabilizing Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Recurrent Spiking Neural Networks".
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08447
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08447
Sleep-Based Homeostatic Regularization for Stabilizing Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Recurrent Spiking Neural Networks
Spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) provides a biologically-plausible learning mechanism for spiking neural networks (SNNs); however, Hebbian weight updates in architectures with recurrent connec...
arxiv.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Check out our new preprint (work led by Andreas Massey) on "Sleep-Based Homeostatic Regularization for Stabilizing Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Recurrent Spiking Neural Networks".
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08447
arxiv.org/abs/2601.08447
Congrats Dr. Tom Glover for a successful PhD defence at OsloMet
As a supervisor, it has been a pleasure working with you and learning from you.
Thanks to the evaluation committee Kamalika Bhattacharjee, Michele Braccini, and Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon
As a supervisor, it has been a pleasure working with you and learning from you.
Thanks to the evaluation committee Kamalika Bhattacharjee, Michele Braccini, and Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Congrats Dr. Tom Glover for a successful PhD defence at OsloMet
As a supervisor, it has been a pleasure working with you and learning from you.
Thanks to the evaluation committee Kamalika Bhattacharjee, Michele Braccini, and Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon
As a supervisor, it has been a pleasure working with you and learning from you.
Thanks to the evaluation committee Kamalika Bhattacharjee, Michele Braccini, and Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon
Our paper "ARC-NCA: Towards Developmental Solutions to the Abstraction & Reasoning Corpus" has been awarded a Runner-Up #ARCprize
Congrats team: E. Guichard, F. Reimers, M. Kvalsund, M. Lepperød, & me
Thanks F. Chollet, G. Kamradt, M. Knoop!
Paper: etimush.github.io/ARC_NCA/
Congrats team: E. Guichard, F. Reimers, M. Kvalsund, M. Lepperød, & me
Thanks F. Chollet, G. Kamradt, M. Knoop!
Paper: etimush.github.io/ARC_NCA/
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Our paper "ARC-NCA: Towards Developmental Solutions to the Abstraction & Reasoning Corpus" has been awarded a Runner-Up #ARCprize
Congrats team: E. Guichard, F. Reimers, M. Kvalsund, M. Lepperød, & me
Thanks F. Chollet, G. Kamradt, M. Knoop!
Paper: etimush.github.io/ARC_NCA/
Congrats team: E. Guichard, F. Reimers, M. Kvalsund, M. Lepperød, & me
Thanks F. Chollet, G. Kamradt, M. Knoop!
Paper: etimush.github.io/ARC_NCA/
Proud supervisor announcement:
Tom will be defending his PhD on December 17th.
Title: “Harvesting the computation of Elementary Cellular Automata with Reservoir Computing”
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
Tom will be defending his PhD on December 17th.
Title: “Harvesting the computation of Elementary Cellular Automata with Reservoir Computing”
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
Public defence: Tom Eivind Harlem Glover
Tom Eivind Harlem Glover will defend his thesis “Harvesting the computation of Elementary Cellular Automata with Reservoir Computing” for the PhD in Engineering Science.
www.oslomet.no
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Proud supervisor announcement:
Tom will be defending his PhD on December 17th.
Title: “Harvesting the computation of Elementary Cellular Automata with Reservoir Computing”
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
Tom will be defending his PhD on December 17th.
Title: “Harvesting the computation of Elementary Cellular Automata with Reservoir Computing”
www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...
I am delighted to have been elected to the Board of Directors of The International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL), together with talented colleagues from around the world. I look forward to serving such a wonderful & diverse community where disciplinary boundaries disappear!
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I am delighted to have been elected to the Board of Directors of The International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL), together with talented colleagues from around the world. I look forward to serving such a wonderful & diverse community where disciplinary boundaries disappear!
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@alife2025.bsky.social was such a blast! Met lots of old and new faces and had very good conversations. Already looking forward to next year in Canada 🍁
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@alife2025.bsky.social was such a blast! Met lots of old and new faces and had very good conversations. Already looking forward to next year in Canada 🍁
Reposted by Stefano Nichele
This year's ALICE guest speakers 🧑🔬
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
October 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This year's ALICE guest speakers 🧑🔬
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
great opening keynote by Hector Zenil at @alife2025.bsky.social 🇯🇵
the purpose of science (and ALife) is to make sense of patterns in the world
the purpose of science (and ALife) is to make sense of patterns in the world
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
great opening keynote by Hector Zenil at @alife2025.bsky.social 🇯🇵
the purpose of science (and ALife) is to make sense of patterns in the world
the purpose of science (and ALife) is to make sense of patterns in the world
Ready for @alife2025.bsky.social 🇯🇵
Østfold University College is well represented with F. Reimers, C. Vibe, E. Guichard, and me.
Check out our 3 presentations at the Distributed Ciphers special session (EngramNCA, ARC-NCA & critical NCA) on Tue & poster session (RBNs for reservoir computing)!
Østfold University College is well represented with F. Reimers, C. Vibe, E. Guichard, and me.
Check out our 3 presentations at the Distributed Ciphers special session (EngramNCA, ARC-NCA & critical NCA) on Tue & poster session (RBNs for reservoir computing)!
October 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ready for @alife2025.bsky.social 🇯🇵
Østfold University College is well represented with F. Reimers, C. Vibe, E. Guichard, and me.
Check out our 3 presentations at the Distributed Ciphers special session (EngramNCA, ARC-NCA & critical NCA) on Tue & poster session (RBNs for reservoir computing)!
Østfold University College is well represented with F. Reimers, C. Vibe, E. Guichard, and me.
Check out our 3 presentations at the Distributed Ciphers special session (EngramNCA, ARC-NCA & critical NCA) on Tue & poster session (RBNs for reservoir computing)!
I finally had the time to revise my website with updated descriptions of my research goals and lab activity: www.nichele.eu
Feedback is welcome 😄
PS. Is it clear enough that I *DO NOT* focus on artificial intelligence applications? 🧠
Feedback is welcome 😄
PS. Is it clear enough that I *DO NOT* focus on artificial intelligence applications? 🧠
September 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I finally had the time to revise my website with updated descriptions of my research goals and lab activity: www.nichele.eu
Feedback is welcome 😄
PS. Is it clear enough that I *DO NOT* focus on artificial intelligence applications? 🧠
Feedback is welcome 😄
PS. Is it clear enough that I *DO NOT* focus on artificial intelligence applications? 🧠
Detailed program of the Special Session "The Distributed Ciphers" @alife2025.bsky.social
Special session program also available here:
www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
The entire program of ALIFE 2025 is available on the conference website: 2025.alife.org/program
See you soon in Kyoto 🇯🇵
Special session program also available here:
www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
The entire program of ALIFE 2025 is available on the conference website: 2025.alife.org/program
See you soon in Kyoto 🇯🇵
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Detailed program of the Special Session "The Distributed Ciphers" @alife2025.bsky.social
Special session program also available here:
www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
The entire program of ALIFE 2025 is available on the conference website: 2025.alife.org/program
See you soon in Kyoto 🇯🇵
Special session program also available here:
www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
The entire program of ALIFE 2025 is available on the conference website: 2025.alife.org/program
See you soon in Kyoto 🇯🇵
🔥🔥PhD position alert 🔥🔥
I am looking for a talented PhD student at Østfold University College (Norway) to work on "Open-Ended AI: Novel Methods for Enabling Novelty and Creativity in AI Systems".
Apply here: 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
I am looking for a talented PhD student at Østfold University College (Norway) to work on "Open-Ended AI: Novel Methods for Enabling Novelty and Creativity in AI Systems".
Apply here: 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD in Open-Ended AI: Novel Methods for Enabling Novelty and Creativity in AI Systems (286193) | Østfold University College
Job title: PhD in Open-Ended AI: Novel Methods for Enabling Novelty and Creativity in AI Systems (286193), Employer: Østfold University College, Deadline: Sunday, October 12, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🔥🔥PhD position alert 🔥🔥
I am looking for a talented PhD student at Østfold University College (Norway) to work on "Open-Ended AI: Novel Methods for Enabling Novelty and Creativity in AI Systems".
Apply here: 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
I am looking for a talented PhD student at Østfold University College (Norway) to work on "Open-Ended AI: Novel Methods for Enabling Novelty and Creativity in AI Systems".
Apply here: 👇
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Nice article on Neural Cellular Automata!
It also talks about our work on ARC-NCA!
It also talks about our work on ARC-NCA!
The cells of your body follow simple rules and play off one another to form a complete organism. The researcher Alexander Mordvintsev has developed “neural cellular automata,” building blocks that can self-assemble into any form. @georgemusser.com reports: www.quantamagazine.org/self-assembl...
Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of ‘Game of Life’ | Quanta Magazine
In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Nice article on Neural Cellular Automata!
It also talks about our work on ARC-NCA!
It also talks about our work on ARC-NCA!
And here are the accepted contributions to the Special Session #TheDistributedCiphers at @alife2025.bsky.social:
Details: www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
See you in Kyoto 🇯🇵
Details: www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
See you in Kyoto 🇯🇵
August 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
And here are the accepted contributions to the Special Session #TheDistributedCiphers at @alife2025.bsky.social:
Details: www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
See you in Kyoto 🇯🇵
Details: www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...
See you in Kyoto 🇯🇵
Presentation of our work on "NCAs for memory transfer + application to ARC-AGI", given at the computational series of the #Levin Lab at Tufts & Harvard Universities.
Thanks M. Levin for the kind invitation & special thanks to Etienne for presenting our work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyc0...
Thanks M. Levin for the kind invitation & special thanks to Etienne for presenting our work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyc0...
"A Neural Cellular Automaton Model of Memory Transfer" by Etienne Guichard and Stefano Nichele.
YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content
www.youtube.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Presentation of our work on "NCAs for memory transfer + application to ARC-AGI", given at the computational series of the #Levin Lab at Tufts & Harvard Universities.
Thanks M. Levin for the kind invitation & special thanks to Etienne for presenting our work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyc0...
Thanks M. Levin for the kind invitation & special thanks to Etienne for presenting our work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyc0...
A great review on Module Repetition in Neural Networks, very relevant for NCAs
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.12473
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.12473
arxiv.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A great review on Module Repetition in Neural Networks, very relevant for NCAs
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.12473
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.12473