no code implementations • 16 Apr 2024 • Trym A. E. Lindell, Ola H. Ramstad, Ionna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
A primary challenge in utilizing in-vitro biological neural networks for computations is finding good encoding and decoding schemes for inputting and decoding data to and from the networks.
1 code implementation • 16 May 2023 • Sanyam Jain, Aarati Shrestha, Stefano Nichele
The platform is important as a tool for studying artificial life and evolution, as it provides a scalable and flexible environment for creating a diverse range of organisms with varying abilities and behaviors.
1 code implementation • 20 Apr 2023 • Alessandro Pierro, Kristine Heiney, Shamit Shrivastava, Giulia Marcucci, Stefano Nichele
In this study, we interface with a model of a hydrodynamic system, under development by a startup, as a computational reservoir and optimize its properties using an evolution in materio approach.
no code implementations • 27 Oct 2022 • Jørgen Jensen Farner, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
We propose a novel local learning rule for spiking neural networks in which spike propagation times undergo activity-dependent plasticity.
no code implementations • 1 Aug 2022 • Sidney Pontes-Filho, Pedro Lind, Stefano Nichele
We systematically perturb the probabilities of an optimal stochastic CA known to produce critical behavior, and we report that such a CA is able to remain in a critical regime up to a certain degree of noise.
1 code implementation • 27 Jul 2022 • Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kristoffer Olsen, Anis Yazidi, Michael A. Riegler, Pål Halvorsen, Stefano Nichele
We evaluate a method to evolve a biologically-inspired artificial neural network that learns from environment reactions named Neuroevolution of Artificial General Intelligence (NAGI), a framework for low-level AGI.
1 code implementation • 5 Apr 2022 • Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Stefano Nichele, Sidney Pontes-Filho
Voxel-based Soft Robots (VSRs) are a form of modular soft robots, composed of several deformable cubes, i. e., voxels.
1 code implementation • 22 Mar 2022 • Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kathryn Walker, Elias Najarro, Stefano Nichele, Sebastian Risi
The genome of such a multicellular organism guides the development of its body from a single cell, including its control system.
1 code implementation • 7 Feb 2022 • Piera Riccio, Kristin Bergaust, Boel Christensen-Scheel, Juan-Carlos De Martin, Maria A. Zuluaga, Stefano Nichele
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are being progressively developed, artists and researchers are investigating their role in artistic practices.
1 code implementation • 15 Oct 2021 • Jørgen Jensen Farner, Håkon Weydahl, Ruben Jahren, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
Neuro-inspired models and systems have great potential for applications in unconventional computing.
1 code implementation • 29 Jun 2021 • Alexandre Variengien, Stefano Nichele, Tom Glover, Sidney Pontes-Filho
The observations of the environment are transmitted in input cells, while the values of output cells are used as a readout of the system.
no code implementations • 9 Sep 2020 • Kristine Heiney, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
We conclude with a philosophical discussion on what we can learn from approaching computation with the curiosity inherent to the study of artificial life.
1 code implementation • 3 Dec 2019 • Sidney Pontes-Filho, Annelene Gulden Dahl, Stefano Nichele, Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello
In this study, we address this problem by implementing a neural network based method that uses a U-Net architecture to segment the brain area into a mask and removing the skull and other tissues from the image.
1 code implementation • 3 Jul 2019 • Sidney Pontes-Filho, Anis Yazidi, Jianhua Zhang, Hugo Hammer, Gustavo B. M. Mello, Ioanna Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
The advantages of such implementation are its usage on specialized and optimized deep learning libraries, the capabilities to generalize it to other types of networks and the possibility to evolve cellular automata and other dynamical systems in terms of connectivity, update and learning rules.
no code implementations • 1 Jul 2019 • Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Sidney Pontes-Filho, Evi Zouganeli, Ioanna Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
The goals are to simplify the training and usage of deep learning methods for computer vision and facilitate its integration into graph extraction pipelines.
no code implementations • 23 Apr 2019 • Anders Braarud Hanssen, Stefano Nichele
In this paper we present a set of key demarcations, particularly important when discussing ethical and societal issues of current AI research and applications.
1 code implementation • 12 Apr 2019 • Joachim Berg, Nils Gustav Andreas Berggren, Sivert Allergodt Borgeteien, Christian Ruben Alexander Jahren, Arqam Sajid, Stefano Nichele
In this work, an evolutionary art project is presented where images are approximated by transparent, overlapping and geometric shapes of different types, e. g., polygons, circles, lines.
1 code implementation • 25 Mar 2019 • Sidney Pontes-Filho, Stefano Nichele
In this work, a conceptual bio-inspired parallel and distributed learning framework for the emergence of general intelligence is proposed, where agents evolve through environmental rewards and learn throughout their lifetime without supervision, i. e., self-learning through embodiment.
no code implementations • 31 Aug 2018 • Bartosz Gembala, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Stefano Nichele
By default, the Linux network stack is not configured for highspeed large file transfer.
no code implementations • 12 Jul 2018 • Erik Aaron Hansen, Stefano Nichele, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Asieh Abolpour Mofrad, Alex Alcocer
Abruptions to the communication infrastructure happens occasionally, where manual dedicated personnel will go out to fix the interruptions, restoring communication abilities.
no code implementations • 8 Mar 2017 • Stefano Nichele, Andreas Molund
The system comprised of two layered reservoirs do show a noticeable improvement compared to a single CA reservoir.
1 code implementation • 13 Feb 2017 • Stefano Nichele, Magnus S. Gundersen
In this paper, selected state-of-the-art experiments are reproduced.