====== Xinyu Chen ======


===== About Me =====


I'm Xinyu Chen, a new graduate student here. I like logic and rule-processing so I think maybe these things are about artificial intelligence. Alife is a interesting area because 'life' is so abundant and everything seems to be 'alive'. No matter what it is, a particle, a molecule, a people or a society, etc. Even some non-material phenomena are like living things: a language, a custom, a trend of fashion, a religion.... Let's try to understand some of them and find out their U-curves.   


===== What's New =====
=== 12/08 ===
  * This is my [[people: project wrap up|final deliverables]] page.
  * Thanks for Professor Ackley and all my wonderful classmates! 

=== 12/03 ===
  * Draft {{:people:xinyu_chen:paper_cxy.pdf}}
=== 11/24 ===
  * Crit3 {{:people:xinyu_chen:finalcritpdf_2.pdf|presentation}} 
  * Model description graph{{:people:xinyu_chen:model-descript.png?200|}}
=== 11/17 ===
  * Change my Story. Can I get more STRONG? {{:people:xinyu_chen:a_stochastic_gradient_path_v2.pdf|Model Description}}
=== 11/09 ===
  * Change my Story. Use Perfume instead of Stench. First try on {{:people:xinyu_chen:p1.pdf|Model Description}}. 
  * Thanks for Taylor's help! I took his Algorithm office hour for ALife!
  * Professor 's paper is really a challenge.
=== 11/01 ===
  * Talked with professor. I knew how incoherent my idea was. OH, Weak Claim is so difficult to implement! 
  * Get focused on Aura. Fix the [[people:xinyu_chen:abstractV4|abstract]]. 
  * Thanks for Trent helped me out with the MFM2.0.10 and the swap thing!
  * Hutton's paper is really relevant with my cells. This paper exactly let me know how naive my idea is!   
=== 10/26 ===
  * Made a {{:people:xinyu_chen:researcher_talk_wgw.pdf|ppt}} version of William Grey Walter.
  * Prepare for the {{:people:xinyu_chen:attack_c_3.pdf|paper-attack}}. Thanks a lot to Lucas!
=== 10/23 ===
  * Add some materials to [[people:xinyu_chen:wgw|William Grey Walter]]
=== 10/19 ===
  * Fix the [[people:xinyu_chen:abstractV3|abstract]].
  *  {{ :people:xinyu_chen:screenshot_from_2014-10-20_13_40_14.png?200|}}
  * Leave reproduction problem aside for a while. Let Bad Cell emits Aura first.
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=== 10/12 ===
  * Fix the [[people:xinyu_chen:abstractV2|abstract]].
  * Try a lot on reproduce. Still didn't work well.
=== 10/11 ===
  * Let the outmost layer of cell reproduce. But they will not stop. Maybe this can be useful for emiting Aura.
=== 10/10 ===
  * Give colors to different layer of Cell. Now they looks like tree rings
=== 10/9 ===
  * Ｍerge Cell-Core and Cell-Wall into one element:Cell
  * Make an element Jumper. It will jump away from each other. Maybe useful for cell division behavior. 
=== 10/05 ===
  * Add Cell Wall boundary-test, LOG and debug helps!
  * Make a little {{:people:xinyu_chen:abstract_of_guided_drugs.pdf|abstract}}of my project. Thanks for Chris and Lucas. I learned a lot from you guys! 
=== 9/20 ===
  * A Pioneer of Robotics and Artificial Life: [[people:xinyu_chen:wgw|William Grey Walter]]
=== 9/14 ===

  * 1T challenge: 
      * 1st attempt is a box-with holes. The box provide some shelter for fish. It works up to 40+K.
      * {{:people:1t-try03.png?200 |}} There are two big opens easy for fish/shark to enter the box;
      * Also two opens make it easy to come out of the box. 
      * I hope this can create some pattern of rotation but it didn't.
      * More boxes can work better. They can separate the fish/shark, which will give the system more 
      * robustness.
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      *     
      * 2nd attempt is a mixture of Dregs, sorters, fish and shark. 
      * {{:people:1t_dr-sr_01.png?200 |}}Dregs will try to keep the Occupied Site Density to about 35%. But fish/shark
      * outgrow Dreg's control  
      * Sorters can separate fish/shark more randomly.
      * the 2nd method works better but it didn't survive more than 80K. 
      * 




=== 9/11 ===

  * Project idea:[[people:xinyu_chen:drugmissile|Dymanic Medicine Molecue Router]]

=== 9/03 ===

  * tried the shark game by add some walls and mazes. Thanks James!
  * Tried to leave tiny crevices on the walls so some luck fishes can escape.
  * Did not survive more than 12-13 K. 
  * I wish I could manipulate the maze when sharks were surrounding fishes!
  * I need walking-walls! Someone talked about Movers but I can't remember who. Did Prof A mention it?
  * tried to put some Movers. They break down Walls and scatter them into many tiny walls. Chaos!
  * the ocean is filled with sh, fi, mv, and 'bricks'. It goes well to 120K.
  * When I tried to put these words here, sharks died out around between 130-140K. What happened to them? 

=== 9/01 ===

  * struggling with MATLAB and math homeworks
  * got the notification from Dave
  * rushed here to fill up a slot

=== 8/22 ===


  * Trying to make a page here.   
  * Trying to install an Ubuntu into my PC.