3 papers
cs.ET2026
Open Questions about Time and Self-reference in Living Systems
Samson Abramsky, Wolfgang Banzhaf, Leo S. D. Caves +5
Living systems exhibit a range of fundamental characteristics: they are active, self-referential, self-modifying systems. This paper explores how these characteristics create chall…
cs.NE2026
ECLIPSE: An Evolutionary Computation Library for Instrumentation Prototyping in Scientific Engineering
Max Foreback, Evan Imata, Vincent Ragusa +18
Designing scientific instrumentation often requires exploring large, highly constrained design spaces using computationally expensive physics simulations. These simulators pose sub…
cs.NE2025
Case Study of Novelty, Complexity, and Adaptation in a Multicellular System
Matthew Andres Moreno, Santiago Rodriguez Papa, Charles Ofria
Continuing generation of novelty, complexity, and adaptation are well-established as core aspects of open-ended evolution. However, it has yet to be firmly established to what exte…