====== CS491.2/CS591.2 Living Computation Class Notes ======

===== 20170821 =====

First day.

First day handout.

Introductions.  

Course mechanics.  Content.

Partial eclipse surprisingly visible through Joby's obsidian.

**ulam** first demos - go west, go east and west, fork bomb.

===== 20170828 =====

Blue sky ideas.

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Mon Aug 28 11:17:17 2017

Mon Aug 28 11:17:29 2017 Demitri: Neurons that mimic the brain.
Neurons that grow.

Mon Aug 28 11:19:06 2017 Joby: Checkerboard A vs B.  How to build
consensus, from local to global.

Mon Aug 28 11:20:57 2017 David: 2D pong.  0 player, maybe 1 player.

Mon Aug 28 11:21:46 2017 Phil: Economics simulation.  Lots of
individual actors.  Individuals form firms.

Mon Aug 28 11:23:05 2017 Joaquin: Game.

Mon Aug 28 11:24:13 2017 Nicole:

Mon Aug 28 11:24:26 2017 Jojo: Economics/architecture.  Smart cities.
Transportation systems.  Rerouting to accommodate fluctuations.
Another idea: Inhabiting a space, machine getting information about

Mon Aug 28 11:28:13 2017 Ben: Evolution and emergent behaviors.
Breeding agents and evolving in the environments.

Mon Aug 28 11:30:08 2017 Josh: Also evolution with genetic algorithm.
Or: Image processing ideas.  Image recognition or image segmentation.

Mon Aug 28 11:32:56 2017 Divya: Doodlegod-esque game.  Artificial
chemistry.

Mon Aug 28 11:34:57 2017 James: Transmitting data between structures. 

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