第7回人工生命研究会

The 7th Workshop of Artificial Life Japan (JSAI SIG-ALIFE)

We are happy to announce the Alife-Japan Workshop #7, on Saturday, September 30, 2023 (Sat).

Outline

The main goal of this workshop is to provide to discuss, collaborate, and get feedback on recent Artificial Life research. We especially welcome and encourage submissions you plan to submit to ALIFE24 in Copenhagen. We hope this will be a chance to strengthen your research and papers before submission!

The workshop will be hybrid, with both on-site and online participation possible. On-site participation will be in Kyoto at Cross Labs (follow the on-site signs for the room).

Since it is a hybrid workshop, we welcome submissions and participation from ALifers from anywhere in the world!

By the end of the workshop, you will have:

• A list of actionable items for your research
• Potential new collaborators
• Feedback on your submission poster and/or research project

Important Dates

• Application for participation, with or without poster abstract: September 27 (Wed)
• Notification of acceptance with Zoom link: September 28 (Thu)
• Workshop: September 30 (Sat)

All deadlines are 23:59 JST (GMT+9).

The number of on-site participants is limited to 25 people. Applications will be evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Application with Poster Abstract

Submit a 1-page abstract in the ALIFE format (found here for Word and here for .tex), including title, authors, text, and one key figure, to alyssa.adams@cross-compass.com. Please indicate in-person or online participation.

Application without Poster Abstract

Submit a paragraph or two [about your interests in ALIFE research + what you hope to gain from this workshop] to alyssa.adams@cross-compass.com. Please indicate in-person or online participation.

Schedule (all times are in JST)

• 10:00 – 10:30 : Welcome + Exploratorium
• 10:30 – 11:00 : Introduction
• 11:00 – 12:00 : Lightning presentations
• 12:00 – 14:00 : Lunch & Chat
• 14:00 – 15:00 : Open feedback in small groups
• 15:00 – 16:00 : Fishbowl discussion
• 16:00 – 16:30 : Coffee break
• 16:30 – 17:00 : “Supercharge the impact of your research!” Reflections and hands-on strategy session
• 17:00 – 17:15 : Wrap-up and takeaways
• 17:30 ~ : Group dinner

Talks can be given in Japanese or in English, but we encourage slides to be written in English.

List of accepted posters

• Automatic generation of various congestion control algorithms in a simulation environment
• Chiharu Yanai, Hirotake Abe, Mizuki Oka, Junya Okabe (University of Tsukuba)
• Controlling Opinion Polarization in Social Networks Using Adversarial Attacks
• Michinori Ninomiya, Genki Ichinose (Department of Mathematical and Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University)
• Exploration of congestion control algorithms by genetic algorithm
• Junya Okabe, Chiharu Yanai, Mizuki Oka, Hirotake Abe (University of Tsukuba)
• Optimising Innovation in Social Networks
• Ciaran Regan, Mizuki Oka (University of Tsukuba)
• Generative Agents with Image-Based Memory
• Nanami Iwahashi, Ciaran Regan, Mizuki Oka (University of Tsukuba)
• Introduction of Mass Conservation to Asymptotic Lenia
• Yuki Shirosaki, Reiji Suzuki, Takaya Arita (Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Japan)
• Toward understanding the eco-evo-devo of artificial creatures with excessive elitism in a 3D physical simulation
• Siti Aisyah Binti Jaafar, Reiji Suzuki, Satoru Komori, Takaya Arita (Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University)

Supercharge the impact of your research!

You’re writing a paper and aren’t sure which audience to address. Who do you want to read your work? What context should you frame it in?

Or maybe you have an idea but aren’t sure what you could do that would be the most beneficial to the field. How can you approach this problem?

In this session, we will develop a strategy plan tailored to your project and goals. We will identify your target audience, people to ask questions to, and the next steps you’ll need to make to reach your goals.

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