East-West paths to unconventional computing

Andrew Adamatzky¹, Selim Akl², Mark Burgin³, Cristian S Calude⁴, José Félix Costa⁵, Mohammad Mahdi Dehshibi⁶, Yukio-Pegio Gunji⁷, Zoran Konkoli⁸, Bruce MacLennan⁹, Bruno Marchal¹⁰, Maurice Margenstern¹¹, Genaro J Martínez¹², Richard Mayne¹³, Kenichi Morita¹⁴, Andrew Schumann¹⁵, Yaroslav D Sergeyev¹⁶, Georgios Ch Sirakoulis¹⁷, Susan Stepney¹⁸, Karl Svozil¹⁹, Hector Zenil²⁰

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¹ Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Unconventional Computing Ltd, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: andrew.adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk.
² School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
³ University of California at Los Angelos, USA.
⁴ Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁵ Departamento de Matemática, Instituto Superior Técnico, Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
⁶ Pattern Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
⁷ Department of Intermedia Art and Science, Waseda University, Japan.
⁸ Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience - MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
¹⁰ IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
¹¹ Laboratoire d'Informatique Théorique et Appliquée, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France.
¹² Escuela Superior de Cómputo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico; Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
¹³ Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
¹⁴ Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
¹⁵ University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
¹⁶ University of Calabria, Rende, Italy and Lobachevsky State University, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia.
¹⁷ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece.
¹⁸ Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK.
¹⁹ Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
²⁰ Algorithmic Dynamics Lab, Unit of Computational Medicine SciLifeLab and Center of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 28818636
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.08.004

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East-West paths to unconventional computing

Andrew Adamatzky et al. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec:131:469-493.

doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Unconventional Computing Ltd, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: andrew.adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk.
² School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
³ University of California at Los Angelos, USA.
⁴ Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁵ Departamento de Matemática, Instituto Superior Técnico, Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
⁶ Pattern Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
⁷ Department of Intermedia Art and Science, Waseda University, Japan.
⁸ Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience - MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
¹⁰ IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
¹¹ Laboratoire d'Informatique Théorique et Appliquée, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France.
¹² Escuela Superior de Cómputo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico; Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
¹³ Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
¹⁴ Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
¹⁵ University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
¹⁶ University of Calabria, Rende, Italy and Lobachevsky State University, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia.
¹⁷ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece.
¹⁸ Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK.
¹⁹ Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
²⁰ Algorithmic Dynamics Lab, Unit of Computational Medicine SciLifeLab and Center of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 28818636
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.08.004

Abstract

Unconventional computing is about breaking boundaries in thinking, acting and computing. Typical topics of this non-typical field include, but are not limited to physics of computation, non-classical logics, new complexity measures, novel hardware, mechanical, chemical and quantum computing. Unconventional computing encourages a new style of thinking while practical applications are obtained from uncovering and exploiting principles and mechanisms of information processing in and functional properties of, physical, chemical and living systems; in particular, efficient algorithms are developed, (almost) optimal architectures are designed and working prototypes of future computing devices are manufactured. This article includes idiosyncratic accounts of 'unconventional computing' scientists reflecting on their personal experiences, what attracted them to the field, their inspirations and discoveries.

Keywords: East; Spirituality; Unconventional computing; West.

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