From Utopian to Genuine Unconventional Computers


		From Utopian to Genuine Unconventional Computers Splendeurs et misères du calcul peu usuel Part of the 5th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, UC 2006 September 4-8, 2006, University of York, UK http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/nature/uc06


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		Workshop description The field of unconventional computing became somewhat populated with fanciful theoretical constructions erected, in many instances, for the sake of pure formalisation. These children of mental synthesis, despite their elegance and beauty, bring little, if any contribution towards future development of the discipline. The goal of the workshop is to focus on experimental prototypes and genuine implementations of non-classical computing devices, review existing approaches in unconventional computation, and to provide scientists and engineers with blue-prints of realisable computing devices. In additional to papers presenting experimental work, we are particularly keen to get submissions with a critical view on unconventional computing, pointing out failures and shortcomings of theoretical and experimental approaches in designing novel and emergent computing systems. Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to: reaction-diffusion computers polymer computers optical computing devices cellular-automaton models of computation hardware architectures based on spatially extended non-linear systems non-silicon robots mechanical computers chemical processors molecular and nano-scale machines The one-day workshop will consist in a series of 12-15 presentations, followed by a general discussion at the end. Compared to the main track of Unconventional Computing, this workshop is intended to be more focused and interactive. Accepted papers S. Akl Conventional or Unconventional: Is Any Computer Universal? Rigueurs et revers du calcul universel A. De Vos and Y. Van Rentergem From group theory to reversible computers K. Wiesner and J. P. Crutchfield Language Diversity of Measured Quantum Systems K. Yamada, I. N. Motoike, and T. Asai Collision-based reaction-diffusion computing for digital VLSIs J. Greenman, I. A. Ieropoulos, and C. Melhuish Perfusion anodophile biofilm electrodes (PABE) and their potential for computing N. Murphy, T. J. Naughton, D. Woods, B. Henley, K. McDermott, E. Duffy, P. J. M. van der Burgt, and N. Woods Implementations of a model of physical sorting A. Budd, C. Stone, J. Masere, A. Adamatzky, B. de Lacy Costello, and L. Bull Towards Machine Learning Control of Chemical Computers N. Glade Existence and Persistence of Microtubule Chemical Trails---A Step Towards Microtubule Collision-Based Computing W. Stevens Logic circuits in a system of repelling particles Publications Long versions of the accepted papers will be published as a standalone volume of `pre-proceedings': Revised with results of the workshop discussions, and significantly shortened selected papers will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Unconventional Computing. Prepare your manuscript according to the official UC2006 submission guidelines using the Springer LNCS style Page limit for this workshop: 30 pages Accepted file formats: PDF only Only complete submissions will be considered (no abstracts) Send your submission to andrew.adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk and christof@teuscher.ch We encourage people to prepare their manuscripts in LaTeX. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit their source files. Important dates
		Notification of acceptance	June 1, 2006
		Camera-ready copy due	June 15, 2006
		Workshop	September 5, 2006
		Organizers Andy Adamatzky University of the West of England Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK Contact Christof Teuscher Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced Computing Laboratory CCS-1, MS-B287 Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA Contact Contact and inquiries Please send inquiries to either andrew.adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk or christof@teuscher.ch Registration Registration for the workshop will be available on the official UC2006 website. Participation is open to any UC2006 participant who registered for the workshop. Program committee Tetsuya Asai, Hokkaido University, Japan Ben de Lacy Costello, University of the West of England, UK Peter Dittrich, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany Jerzy Gorecki, Polish Academy of Science & Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Poland Norman Margolus, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, USA (tbc) Genaro Martinez, National University of Mexico, Mexico Julian F. Miller, University of York, UK Jonathan W. Mills, Indiana University, USA Kenichi Morita, Hiroshima University, Japan Ikuko Motoike, Future University Hakodate, Japan Ferdinand Peper, Kansai Advanced Research Center, Japan Ken Steiglitz, Princeton University, USA Susan Stepney, University of York, UK Tommaso Toffoli, Boston University, USA (tbc) Hiroshi Umeo, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan Damien Woods, University College Cork, Ireland Thomas Worsch, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany Kenichi Yoshikawa, Kyoto University, Japan Klaus-Peter Zauner, University of Southampton, UK

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