Hello all Friammers, this is Bruce Damer finally de-lurking and
making virtual introduction. I have been tangentially working in the
A-life/complexity area since the mid 1980s and got closer when I
visited SFI in 1994 and then established the A-life community site
called Biota.org in 1996 followed by a conference series called
Digital Biota that ran from 1997-2001. I have been working in virtual
worlds (the birth phase of avatars on the net) and NASA 3D mission
simulation with the history of computing thrown in for good measure
(Digibarn project). More about me if you are interested can be found
at: http://www.damer.com
More recently I have initiated a project called the EvoGrid
(Evolution Grid) which may interest some of you, at:
http://www.evogrid.org
and a recent story at:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090702-am-evogrid-evolution.html
The EvoGrid is an audacious attempt to create a large scale gridded
particle (molecular dynamics) simulator in which pre-biotic
complexity ratcheting might be observed. The long term vision of the
EvoGrid is to create the environment for an "Artificial Origin of
Life" event (or you might prefer to call it an "Origin of Artificial
Life" event). There are two whimsical movies that our chief animator
produced for public consumption and I invite you to take a look when
you are waiting for the coffee to brew at:
http://www.evogrid.org/evogrid-movie/index.html
(they are fun!).
At any rate I am looking forward to hearing from folks and finally
engaging this well informed community and I know I can and must learn
a *lot* from you all to be able to find my way forward on this EvoGrid effort!
Thanks again for having me!
Bruce
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