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01/03/2023
Detecting Information Relays in Deep Neural Networks
Deep learning of artificial neural networks (ANNs) is creating highly fu...
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09/16/2021
Emergence of functional information from multivariate correlations
The information content of symbolic sequences (such as nucleic- or amino...
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07/07/2021
Information-theoretic characterization of the complete genotype-phenotype map of a complex pre-biotic world
How information is encoded in bio-molecular sequences is difficult to qu...
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01/22/2019
Can Transfer Entropy Infer Causality in Neuronal Circuits for Cognitive Processing?
Finding the causes to observed effects and establishing causal relations...
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04/07/2018
Evolution leads to a diversity of motion-detection neuronal circuits
A central goal of evolutionary biology is to explain the origins and dis...
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04/05/2018
The structure of evolved representations across different substrates for artificial intelligence
Artificial neural networks (ANNs), while exceptionally useful for classi...
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03/09/2018
The Surprising Creativity of Digital Evolution: A Collection of Anecdotes from the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life Research Communities
Biological evolution provides a creative fount of complex and subtle ada...
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12/01/2017
The mind as a computational system
The present document is an excerpt of an essay that I wrote as part of m...
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09/17/2017
Markov Brains: A Technical Introduction
Markov Brains are a class of evolvable artificial neural networks (ANN)....
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03/27/2016
Evolution of active categorical image classification via saccadic eye movement
Pattern recognition and classification is a central concern for modern i...
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03/02/2016
Flies as Ship Captains? Digital Evolution Unravels Selective Pressures to Avoid Collision in Drosophila
Flies that walk in a covered planar arena on straight paths avoid collid...
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02/29/2016
Exploring the coevolution of predator and prey morphology and behavior
A common idiom in biology education states, "Eyes in the front, the anim...
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08/08/2014
Exploring the evolution of a trade-off between vigilance and foraging in group-living organisms
Despite the fact that grouping behavior has been actively studied for ov...
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06/02/2014
More Bang For Your Buck: Quorum-Sensing Capabilities Improve the Efficacy of Suicidal Altruism
Within the context of evolution, an altruistic act that benefits the rec...
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05/16/2014
Leveraging Evolutionary Search to Discover Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Cellular Automata
Building self-adaptive and self-organizing (SASO) systems is a challengi...
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10/23/2013
Risk aversion as an evolutionary adaptation
Risk aversion is a common behavior universal to humans and animals alike...
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10/22/2013
Evolution of swarming behavior is shaped by how predators attack
Animal grouping behaviors have been widely studied due to their implicat...
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09/14/2012
Predator confusion is sufficient to evolve swarming behavior
Swarming behaviors in animals have been extensively studied due to their...
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06/25/2012
The evolution of representation in simple cognitive networks
Representations are internal models of the environment that can provide ...
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12/21/2011
Evolution of sustained foraging in 3D environments with physics
Artificially evolving foraging behavior in simulated legged animals has ...
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03/09/2011
Integrated information increases with fitness in the evolution of animats
One of the hallmarks of biological organisms is their ability to integra...
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01/15/2003
Selective pressures on genomes in molecular evolution
We describe the evolution of macromolecules as an information transmissi...
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02/29/2000
Evolution of differentiated expression patterns in digital organisms
We investigate the evolutionary processes behind the development and opt...
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03/06/1999
Evolution of genetic organization in digital organisms
We examine the evolution of expression patterns and the organization of ...
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07/17/1998