The Computer That Started It All

Gualtiero Piccinini

The Computer That Started It All

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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<div class="line" id="line-39"> <b> How scientists are using nature as model and metaphor to reinvent computing: a survey of an emerging field. </b></div><div class="line" id="line-52"> As computers and the tasks they perform become increasingly complex, researchers are looking to nature&horbar;as model and as metaphor&horbar;for inspiration. The organization and behavior of biological organisms present scientists with an invitation to reinvent computing for the complex tasks of the future. In  <i> Imitation of Life </i> , Nancy Forbes surveys the emerging field of biologically inspired computing, looking at some of the most impressive and influential examples of this fertile synergy.</div>

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Imitation of Life : How Biology Is Inspiring Computing
State	Published - 2005

Keywords

Artificial immune systems
Artificial life
Computer Science
Molecular computers
Natural computation
Neural Nets

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

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