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From Astrophysics to Unconventional Computation

Essays Presented to Susan Stepney on the Occasion of her 60th Birthday

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  • Is a tribute to Susan Stepney’s ideas and achievements in the areas of computer science, complex systems, formal programming, unconventional computing, artificial chemistry and cybernetics
  • All chapters were written by internationally recognised leaders in computer science, physics, mathematics, and engineering
  • Shares fascinating ideas, algorithms and implementations related to the formal specification of programming languages and semantics, behavioural inheritance, modelling and analysis of complex systems, growing cities, parallel computing and non-universality, evolving artificial neural networks, artificial life and unconventional computing

Part of the book series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation (ECC, volume 35)

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This Festschrift is a tribute to Susan Stepney’s ideas and achievements in the areas of computer science, formal specifications and proofs, complex systems, unconventional computing, artificial chemistry, and artificial life. All chapters were written by internationally recognised leaders in computer science, physics, mathematics, and engineering. The book shares fascinating ideas, algorithms and implementations related to the formal specification of programming languages and applications, behavioural inheritance, modelling and analysis of complex systems, parallel computing and non-universality, growing cities, artificial life, evolving artificial neural networks, and unconventional computing. Accordingly, it offers an insightful and enjoyable work for readers from all walks of life, from undergraduate students to university professors, from mathematicians, computers scientists and engineers to physicists, chemists and biologists.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Unconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    Andrew Adamatzky

  • Joint Quantum Centre, Durham University, Durham, UK

    Vivien Kendon

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