2nd Call for Papers: Artificial Life XII - August 19-23, 2010, Odense, Denmark

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     2nd CALL FOR PAPERS: Artificial Life XII

      The Twelfth International Conference
on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems

    19th - 23rd August 2010, Odense, Denmark
            http://www.alifexii.org


You are invited to submit papers to the upcoming Twelfth
International  Conference on Artificial Life. Please forward
this call responsibly.

Important Dates

    PLEASE NOTE THE EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS

    * March 31, 2010: Full paper/abstract submission deadline
    * May 7, 2010: Notice of acceptance for full papers
    * May 31, 2010: Camera ready deadline
    * 19-23 August 2010: Conference dates

Overview
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It is a great pleasure for the Center for Fundamental Living
Technology (FLinT) at University of Southern Denmark (SDU) to host
the 12th International Conference on Artificial Life.

The conference will be organized around the theme of identifying and
synthesizing the critical properties of living and life-like systems
(e.g., self-replication, self-assembly, self-organization, metabolism,
adaptation, evolution). The meeting will reflect all of the main areas
of artificial life research, including "wet" systems based on carbon
chemistry, "soft" systems realized just in software, and "hard"
systems consisting of autonomous robotic agents, as well as a variety
of social and technical systems that embody the critical properties
of
living systems. The conference will have broad interdisciplinary
interest, because "living" processes are found virtually everywhere.

It has been a decade since the last organized effort to identify the
key open problems in artificial life. So, another important goal of
the workshop is to review progress on the open problems and
re-evaluate what are the key open problems today.

Some sessions in the conference will be devoted to detailed discussion
of specific subjects. We envision a variety of smaller forums, which
will address such topics as the chemistry of assembling protocells,
the energetics and mechanical implementation of robots, or software
and social issues for collective intelligence platforms. In addition,
a poster session will give the opportunity to discuss selected works
peer-to-peer. In this manner, we hope the conference can increase both
the depth and breath of the scientific work presented.

The conference will be held in Odense, one of the oldest cities of
Denmark. As Denmark's third-largest city, it offers a mixture of
night-life, beautiful street-scapes, great shopping opportunities and
a rich cultural heritage.

Prospective participants will have two tracks for participating in
the conference:

   1. submitting a paper to be presented at the conference and
      published in the conference proceedings (tentatively to be
      published by MIT Press),
   2. submitting an abstract for a presentation or poster at the
      conference,

All submissions will be subject to peer review, and submissions to
tracks 1 and 2 have an equal chance of being accepted as
presentations.
Revised and expanded versions of excellent presentations at the
conference will be placed on a fast-track for submission to the
Artificial Life journal.


Paper/Abstract Format
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There are two options for submission: either full paper format or
abstract format.  Full papers have an 8 page maximum length, while
abstracts are limited to 500 words.  Every submission will be subject
to full peer review.  All accepted submissions will be allocated an
oral presentation slot with no distinction being made between the two
submission formats.  All formatting guidelines (including word and
latex style files) and submission instructions are available on the
conference submission page.


Publication
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Every accepted full-paper and abstract submission will be published
by MIT Press in a single online open-access proceedings volume.
The best 15-20 papers will have the opportunity to be published in
special issues of the MIT Press journal Artificial Life.


Organization
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Steen Rasmussen (chair),
Lone Ladegaard (administrative chair),
Martin Hanczyc,
Pierre-Alain Monnard,
Kasper Støy,
Daniel Merkle,
Harold Fellermann,
Mark Dörr,
Sarah Maurer

Host Institution:
FLinT Center for Fundamental Living Technology,
Department of Physics and Chemistry
University of Southern Denmark


Contact
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For further information about the conference program, travel,
accommodation, and local arrangements, please see the conference
website http://www.alifexii.org.  For questions about the submission
and reviewing process, please email submissions at alifexii.org.
For all other questions, contact questions at alifexii.org.