Computational Matter

As the silicon chip approaches its eighth decade, researchers are actively seeking alternative substrates on which to implement computations

Each chapter synthesizes current understanding, bringing together researchers from related research projects

Useful for graduate students, researchers in the field, and the general scientific reader

Inhalt

Encoding and Representation.- Formalisms.- Mathematical Aspects of Evolvability.- Autonomy, Programming and Programmability.- Non-Boolean Algebras.- Complexity Issues.- Amorphous Substrates.- Material Simulation/Systems-Scale Simulation/Multiscale Modelling.- Nanoscale Automata.- Electronic Chemical Interaction and Digital Computation.- Molecular and Device Self-assembly and Self-organization.- Interfacing and Architectures: Board and Chip Builders.- Evolution, Coevolution, Evolvable Hardware and Embedded in Materio Evolution.- Reservoir Computing.- Swarm Chemistry.- Molecular/DNA Computing.- Dynamical Stability and Intelligence.- Unconventional Computation and Life.- Unconventional Computing in Society.- Philosophy of Computation.