ALife XI

August 9, 2008 10:53 AM

The ALife conference was amazing. Our research, though there is still a world of work to do, was very well-received by the audience, and we have many new ideas for directions to take it in. (As if we didn't have too many of those before!) We let Mark present it, because he's a lot better at working the crowd than Noah or I.

I am still completely jetlagged, but recovering slightly in a London pub. I actually did manage to get a little coding done in Winchester, so expect a blog post about that either this evening or tomorrow.

There weren't as many novel models to see as I thought. Perhaps the most exciting thing was a keynote on creating lifelike structures purely out of oil drops in suspension in a controlled-pH solution. Pretty nifty, pretty nifty.

The next one will be in 2010, apparently; I certainly plan to attend! Hopefully, CocoaBugs will assist some in the community in making some revolutionary new stuff.