University of Leeds School of Computing
Informatics Network
BioSystems Reading Group
Date Title Author Year Link/Ref

John Bryden 
Chris Buckley 
Seth Bullock 
John Cartlidge 
Netta Cohen 
Simon Davy 
Dan Franks 
Dave Harris 
Dan Ladley 
Jason Noble 
Olivier Rochel 
Eric Silverman 
Hywel Williams 

22/9/4
Public talks: 4pm, venue TBA

Speaker: Elio Tuci
The Swarm-Bot project and time-dependent decision-making mechanisms

Speaker: Roderich Gross
Cooperative transport by swarm-bots
     
15/9/4
From Bat Pinnae to Sonar Antennae: Augmented Obliquely Truncated Horns as a Novel Parametric Shape Model Rolf Muller and John Hallam 2004 Link
 
Summer Break      
23/6/4
Talk: Reconstructing phylogenies and character evolution: an example from sedges of how computer modelling is needed to address questions in biosystematics Andrew Hipp 4pm IN Conference Room (EC Stoner 6.08)  
16/6/4
System-dependent selection, ecological feedback and the emergence of functional structure in ecosystems Lansing, Kremer and Smuts 1998 Journal of Theoretical Biology 192 377-391
9/6/4
Talk: ODE and agent-based modelling of cancer progression Matt Berryman    
2/6/4
No meeting      
26/5/4
Digital Angels Luc Steels 1999 Link
19/5/4
The evolution of language Martin A. Nowak and David C. Krakauer 1999 PNAS Vol 96 pp. 8028-8033
4/5/4
Public Seminar:
"Open Challenges in Complex Networks Science"
2.30-3.30pm Tuesday 4th May
Park Plaza Hotel, Boar Lane, City Square, Leeds LS1 5NS
Mark Newman    
28/4/4
No meeting      
21/4/4
Analysing Spider Web-building Behaviour with Rule-based Simulations and Genetic Algorithms Thiemo Krink and Fritz Vollrath 1997  
14/4/4
Easter Break - No meeting      
7/4/4
Mechanistic and ecological explanations in agent-based models of cognition Jason Noble and Manueal de Pinedo 2004 (submitted to ALife IX) No link (unpublished)
31/03/04
Empiricism in Artificial Life Eric Silverman and Seth Bullock 2004 (submitted to ALife IX) No link (unpublished)
24/03/04
Talk: Explanations for Cooperation: A Tale of Two Theories
Venue: tba
James Marshall   Abstract
17/03/04
POSTPONED - Empiricism in Artificial Life Eric Silverman and Seth Bullock 2004 (submitted to ALife IX) No link (unpublished)
10/03/04
Toward a Dynamical Systems Analysis of Neuromodulation Chris Buckley, Seth Bullock and Netta Cohen 2004 (in press) No link (in press)
03/03/04
No meeting    
25/02/04
Talk: The future of bioinformatics with examples drawn from structural bioinformatics
Venue: RS LT25
5pm
Professor Phil Bourne, University of California at San Diego   Abstract
18/02/04
Talk: Michael Sadler G17
Dr Pangloss and the Selfish Gene: Time for a divorce?
Brian Garvey   No link
11/02/04
Homeostatic Plasticity in Recurrent Neural Networks Hywel Williams 2004 (in press) No link (in press)
04/02/04
A simulation model of the locomotion controllers for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans John Bryden and Netta Cohen 2004 (submitted) No link (unpublished)
28/01/04
Effects of the topology of social networks on information transmission Jason Noble, Simon Davy and Dan Franks 2004 (submitted) No link (unpublished)
13/08/03
Three-dimensional architectures grown by simple 'stigmergic' agents Bonabeau, E., Guerin, S., Snyers, D., Kuntz, P., Theraulaz, G. 2000 pdf (may only be available from campus)
30/07/03
Talk: 2-4pm, ALL
Spontaneous activity in the developing nervous system: form and function (Abstract)
Stephen Eglen   Review Paper
23/07/03
Talk: 4pm, IRI Conference Room (6.08)
Slow And Fast Inhibition And H-Current Interact To Create A Theta Rhythm In CA1 In Vitro (Abstract)
Horacio Rotstein   Related Paper
09/07/03 The Building Behavior of Lattice Swarms E W Bonabeau, G Theraulaz, E Arpin and E Sardet 1994 Best Link
21/05/03
Talk: 4pm Active Learning Lab (Abstracts) Paul Vogt and Kenny Smith    
14/05/03
CogSci
What Is It Like to Be a Bat? Thomas Nagel 1981  
07/05/03 Algorithms for Self-Organization and Adaptive Service Placement in Dynamic Distributed Systems A Andrzejak, S Graupner, V Kotov and H Trinks 2002 pdf
09/04/03
Truth Rules, Hoverflies, and the Kripke-Wittgenstein Paradox | (Discuss) R G Millikan 1993 Book Details
02/04/03 Non-published work  Withheld    
24-25th March BioSystems Workshop
Coniston Hall Lodge
     
19/03/03 The Content of Perceptual Experience
Presented by Manuel de Pinedo Garcia
John McDowell 1998 book info
12/03/03
CogSci
The Extended Mind A Clark and D J Chalmers 1998 link
05/03/03 Form and Order in Evolutionary Biology R M Burian and R C Richardson 1996 No Link
19/02/03 Homeostatic adaptation to inversion of the visual field and other sensorimotor disruptions E A Di Paolo 2000 ps
12/02/03 Presentation: I Cyborg
2pm. Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre
K Warwick 2003 Book Cover
05/02/03 Modeling the Process of Rate Selection in Neuronal Activity L M Manevitz and S Marom 2002 pdf
29/01/03 Arms Races between and within Species R Dawkins and J R Krebs 1979 None
22/01/03 Evolutionary consequences of niche construction and their implications for ecology K N Laland, J Olding-Smee and M W Feldman 1999 pdf
13/11/02 Designing and Understanding Adaptive Group Behavior M J Mataric 1995 ps
04/09/02 Long Term Behavior of Lithographically Prepared In Vitro Neuronal Network R Segev, M Benveniste, E Hulata, N Cohen, A Palevski, E Kapon, Y Shapira and E Ben-Jacob 2002 Link
04/09/02 Emergence of Spontaneous Rhythm Disorders in Self-Assembled Networks of Heart Cells Y Soen, N Cohen, D Lipson and E Braun 1999 pdf
28/08/02 Darwinian adaptation, population genetics and the streetcar theory of evolution P Hammerstein 1996 Link
21/08/02 The Spandrels of San Marcos and the Panglossian Paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist program R C Lewontin and S J Gould 1979 None
31/07/02 Introduction to general discussion A J Cain 1979 None
03/07/02 Demarcations of design H Cronin 1992 Book Details
26/06/02 Darwinism old and new H Cronin 1992 Book Details
19/06/02 The View from Elsewhere: Perspectives on ALife Modelling Wheeler, Bullock, Di Paolo, Noble, Bedau, Husbands, Kirby, Seth 2002 Doc
12/06/02 Social Learning Mechanisms Compared in a Simple Environment J Noble and D W Franks 2002 ps.gz
08/05/02 How...will things that think be developed? N Gershenfeld 1999 Book Details
Thur. 02/05/02 Field Trip:
Magna Exhibition, Rotherham.
Leave 12pm. Price 8/6 UKP.
     
Thur. 25/04/02 Chapter One of Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction P Dourish 2001 Book Details
17/04/02 Networks, dynamics and the small-world phenomenon D J Watts 1999 Library
10/04/02 Is it an Agent, or just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents S Franklin, A Graesser 1996 html, link
20/03/02 A Mechanism for Passive Range Exclusion: Evidence from the European Badger (Meles meles) P D Stewart, C Anderson and D W Macdonald 1997 pdf
13/03/02 Presentation:
The History of Codebreaking
Conference Auditorium 5:30pm
S Singh 2002  
27/02/02 The Advantages of Generative Grammatical Encodings for Physical Design G S Hornby and J B Pollack 2001 ps, pdf
20/02/02 Survival of the nicest R Lewontin 2000 Book Review
13/02/02 Life, Mind and Robots: The Ins and Outs of Embodied Cognition N Sharkey and T Ziemke 2000 ps
06/02/02 Dynamics of mimicry evolution N Holmgren and M Enquist 1999 pdf
30/01/02 Conditions for the evolution of mimicry D Franks and J Noble 2002 ps
23/01/02 Artificial Evolution for Computer Graphics K Sims 1991 Link
16/01/02 The Artificial Life Roots of Artificial Intelligence L Steels 1994 Link
19/12/01 Simulation of Biological Evolution and Machine Learning: I. Selection of Self-reproducing Numeric Patterns by Data Processing Machines, Effects of Hereditary Control, Mutation Type and Crossing J Reed, R Toombs and N A Barricelli 1967 None
12/12/01 Collaborative Control of Robot Motion: Robustness to Error K Goldberg and B Chen 2001 pdf
5/12/01 Adaptation of Evolutionary Agents in Computational Ecologies P Devine, R Paton and M Amos 1997 Link
28/11/01 Enhancing game theory with coevolutionary simulation models of honest signalling D Harris and S Bullock 2002 pdf
28/11/01 Learning lessons from the common cold: How reducing parasite virulence improves coevolutionary optimization J Cartlidge and S Bullock 2002 ps, pdf
21/11/01 Collective Robotics: From Social Insects to Robots C R Kube and H Zhang 1993 Link
31/10/01 How amoeboids self-organize into a fruiting body: Multicellular coordination in Dictyostelium discoideum A F M Marée and P Hogeweg 2001 pdf
17/10/01 Communication in Discrete Action-Response Games P L Hurd 1995 pdf
26/9/01 Challenges in Coevolutionary Learning: Arms-Race Dynamics, Open-Endedness, and Mediocre Stable States S G Ficici and J B Pollack 1998 Link
12/9/01 Coevolutionary Dynamics in a Minimal Substrate R A Watson and J B Pollack 2001 Link
August '01 Integrating Reactive, Sequential, and Learning Behaviour Using Dynamical Neural Networks B M Yamauchi and R D Beer 1994 None
August '01 Sequential Behaviour and Learning in Evolved Dynamical Neural Networks B M Yamauchi and R D Beer 1994 None
July '01 Propensities, Exaptions, and the Brain R G Millikan 1993 Book Details
July '01 Biosemantics R G Millikan 1993 Book Details
July '01 Comparing True and Diffuse Coevolution in a Physics-Based World G S Hornby and B Mirtich 1999 Link
July '01 When is it Coevolution? D H Janzen 1980 None
July '01 What might cognition be, if not computation? T van Gelder 1995 None
July '01 Learning Policies with External Memory L Peshkin, N Meuleau and L P Kaelbling 1999 Link
June '01 Autonomous Concept Formation E D de Jong 1999 Link
June '01 The Building Behavior of Lattice Swarms E W Bonabeau, G Theraulaz, E Arpin and E Sardet 1994 Best Link
June '01 How learning can guide evolution G E Hinton and S J Nowlan 1987 None
June '01 Geometry for the Selfish Herd W D Hamilton 1971 None
May '01 Today the earwig, tomorrow man D Kirsh 1991 None
May '01 Competition, Coevolution and the Game of Tag C W Reynolds 1994 pdf
May '01 Intelligence without Reason R A Brooks 1991 Link
May '01 Economic Models of Animal Communication J W Bradbury and S L Vehrencamp 2000 Abstract
April '01 Modelling animal behaviour in contests: Conventions for resource allocation. J Noble and M Quinn 2001 ps
April '01 Animat Market - Trading Interactions as Collective Social Adaptive Behaviour D Cliff and J Bruten 1999 None