Invitation to a Hackademia retreat. Snowdonia, 11-17th Nov 2013. Free.

Dear All,

PLEASE KINDLY DISTRIBUTE

As the 'champion' for bio-inspired computing as part of the TRUCE project

http://www.truce-project.eu/

I am organising a "hackademia" retreat in Bio-inspired Computing. The venue is the "Agatha Christiesque" Llanfendiagaid estate by the sea in Snowdonia this winter from 11th to 16th November.

http://www.llanfendigaid.co.uk/gallery.htm

All accommodation and food for self-catering is kindly provided by TRUCE, along with a Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer and a generous equipment fund. There is space for about 12 people. I strongly encourage people not traditionally involved in academia to also apply to form mixed groups of hackademics.

Topics include, but are not exclusively

- Evolutionary computation and evolutionary robotics
- Artificial creativity and curiosity
- Artificial Life

The idea is that we will work in 3 groups of 4, building real physical systems, analysing them, with each group writing a scientific paper describing the results, taking turns to do unconventional cooking, going on walks, etc… Theoretical projects are also equally encouraged of-course.

Right now I invite people to submit project proposals that include the following information. Please send the following proposals to me by 1st June.

Name:
Affiliation/Organization:
Contact Details:
Proposed project addressing open question in bio-inspired computing:
Equipment required with costing( < £1000 total):
Suggested group members and locations:

Once I have a set of proposals, if there are more than we can accommodate, I will choose the most exciting, realistic and achievable projects.

Look forwards to hearing from you
Dr. Chrisantha Fernando
Lecturer in Cognitive Robotics
EECS, Queen Mary University of London