Collaborative Bio-Inspired Algorithms

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Collaborative Bio-Inspired Algorithms

• Jon Timmis

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What will we do?

• Explore the computational abilities of
• The Immune system
• Ants
• Swarms
• The Endocrine system

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How will we do this?

• Examine the biological system at a high level
• Explore the mapping between each biological
  system and artificial system
• Use case studies where appropriate

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What to expect

• Learn about some neat biology
• Learn how such biosystems can be exploited in an
  artificial context
• Read research papers
• Come up with some of your own ideas!

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How we will do this?

• 3 lectures a week
• Outline the basic concepts
• 3 seminars during the course
• Based around an essential reading
• Other reading material
• Essential and suggested reading