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ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 6d

Remember the ERA lighting talks workshop on Monday!

Join us with your talk, faster than the blink of an eye, quicker than lighting!

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

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 6d

This year ERA collaborates with KOIN (Kyoto Open Innovation Network)!

We will deliver to you 6 short lectures during lunches on Monday, Thursday, Friday (2 each day - one from ERA, and one from local startup).

So stay tuned!

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 7d

Hello science enthusiasts, techies and artsy folks! 👋

We have science talks, introduce key people in ALIFE with an industry expo & for art lovers we display community art & demo show 🤩🎊To attend the events and the conference sessions get your in-person public tickets now! 🎟

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Harald M. Ludwig @haraldludwig.bsky.social · 8d

We put a lot of effort into creating this year’s MiniCon with lots of exciting talks! The best of it - it is free for everyone! So if you are in Kyoto this Sunday please sign up and join 🙂‍↕️
#ALIFE2025 #ERA

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 9d

Not sure if you should join ERA MiniCon 5th October opening Alife 2025, now you can decide! Check out our schedule and sign up here: forms.gle/wbJpThRnjXmZ...

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Harald M. Ludwig @haraldludwig.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 13d

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

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

FIll if you will be joining ERA MiniCon 2025 in person! Where? Room 4-A in Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall - Kyoto, Japan When? 5th October (between 9:00 and 17:00), we will send time slots before event!

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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 9d

Not sure if you should join ERA MiniCon 5th October opening Alife 2025, now you can decide! Check out our schedule and sign up here: forms.gle/wbJpThRnjXmZ...

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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 10d

ERA MiniCon gets closer!

Join us: Sunday 5th October in Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall Room 4-A!

There will be a lot about, what to expect from academia and industry, how to survive, how to win grants, and finally how to sell your niche!

Sign up: forms.gle/wbJpThRnjXmZ...

ERA MiniCon 2025

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 13d

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

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

MiniCon 2025 Academic Rehearsal

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 17d

#research #science #rehearsal #alife #simulations

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 17d

ERA MiniCon Academic Rehearsal

Come join us and let's practice together to boost your skills and deliver a rockstar talk :metal: on the big day!

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Also check rest of our events: 2025.alife.org/program#ERA-...

ERA MiniCon Academic Rehearsal – 5th October Join Academic Rehearsal during ERA MiniCon on October 5th! It is a fantastic opportunity to practice your talk in a supportive and stress-free environment...

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 19d

Don't forget about us on 5th!

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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 26d

Hey all!

Getting ready for Alife 2025 conf in Kyoto?

Don't forget about ERA MiniCon 5th October (same venue) and our ERA workshops on Monday!

FIll if you will be joining ERA MiniCon 2025 in person! Where? Room 4-A in Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall - Kyoto, Japan When? 5th October (between 9:00 and 17:00), we will send time slots before event!

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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 21d

ERA MiniCon is back this year (JOIN FREE OF CHARGE)!

Join us and soft-start your ALife conference!

5th October - full day packed with inspiring keynotes, tips how to survive in academia, and thrive in industry.

Where: Room 4-A in Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall

Sign up here: forms.gle/wbJpThRnjXmZ...

ERA MiniCon 2025

Experience the full ALife 2025 Program: Special Sessions, Workshops, Tutorials, Art & Demos, an Industry Expo and more.

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 19d

Join us during Alife this year!
2025.alife.org/program#ERA-...

ALife 2025 Program

2025.alife.org

FIll if you will be joining ERA MiniCon 2025 in person! Where? Room 4-A in Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall - Kyoto, Japan When? 5th October (between 9:00 and 17:00), we will send time slots before event!

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 21d

ERA MiniCon is back this year (JOIN FREE OF CHARGE)!

Join us and soft-start your ALife conference!

5th October - full day packed with inspiring keynotes, tips how to survive in academia, and thrive in industry.

Where: Room 4-A in Kyoto Sangyo-Kaikan Hall

Sign up here: forms.gle/wbJpThRnjXmZ...

ERA MiniCon 2025

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 26d

Hey all!

Getting ready for Alife 2025 conf in Kyoto?

Don't forget about ERA MiniCon 5th October (same venue) and our ERA workshops on Monday!

Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of ‘Game of Life’ | Quanta Magazine

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 26d

In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers are working backward — starting with the result to learn the rules behind it. @georgemusser.com, SFI’s 2025 Journalism Fellow, explores how this could reshape computation and self-organization in Quanta:

In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 27d

Preprints:
arxiv.org/abs/2406.15016
arxiv.org/abs/2507.09992

Evolution of Rewards for Food and Motor Action by Simulating Birth and Death

The reward system is one of the fundamental drivers of animal behaviors and is critical for survival and reproduction. Despite its importance, the problem of how the reward system has evolved is under...

arxiv.org

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · 27d

Join us today at 15:00 CET (10:00 AM JST or 9:00 AM EDT) for townhall to hear about "Evolution of Rewards by Simulating Birth and Death" a.k.a evolutionary simulation where reinforcement learning agents evolve their reward functions.

Townhall: discord.gg/qkX4h8aY?eve...

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

Hey everyone, for today's townhall, we're happy to have Tom Willkens sharing about his work! Hope to see you there!

15:00 CET / 6AM PST / 10PM JST

discord.gg/fJc6tYMd?eve...

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Join the Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life (ERA) Members Discord Server!

Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life @eralife.bsky.social · Jul 21

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