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SUMMARY:Liquid Brains: searching the cognition space - Ricard Solé (Unive
 rsitat Pompeu Fabra)
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CONTACT:Dr Emily Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Collective computations take place in nature in two major clas
 ses of architecture\, which we can roughly classify as "solid" (the standa
 rd\, synaptic connectivity picture) versus those that are performed by "li
 quid" networks\, such as the Immune system or ant colonies. Additionally\,
  other solutions (or constraints) associated with plant and fungal communi
 cation\, or the potential of unicellular systems such as Physarum emerged 
 as relevant actors. Finally\, synthetic systems such as robot swarms and e
 ngineered communicating cells offer additional avenues for inquiry.There a
 re many questions that we need to address\, in particular: What are the co
 mputational limits associated with the physical state displayed by the col
 lective? Are there a limited number of possibilities (as those already obs
 erved) or many others? What can or cannot be computed? How do we define a 
 proper evolutionary framework to understand the origins of different solut
 ions? What are the trade-offs involved here? Can we evolve other solutions
  using artificial life models? Can a statistical physics approach to compu
 ta8on including physical phases help finding universality classes? What is
  the impact of fluid versus solid on the values and meaning of integrated 
 information theory? Answering these questions will help to define a theore
 tical framework for the emergence and design of cognitive networks.
LOCATION:Zoom
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