Abstract
We employ a photosensitive amoeboid cell known as a model organism for studying cellular information processing, and construct an experimental system for exploring the amoeba's processing ability of information on environmental light stimuli. The system enables to examine the amoeba's solvability of various problems imposed by an optical feedback, as the feedback is implemented with a neural network algorithm. We discovered that the amoeba solves the problems by positively exploiting fluctuations and instability of its components. Thus, our system works as a neurocomputer having flexible properties. The elucidation of the amoeba's dynamics may lead to the development of unconventional computing devices based on nonequilibrium media to utilize fluctuations and instability.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Unconventional Computation - 6th International Conference, UC 2007, Proceedings |
| Pages | 41-54 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Volume | 4618 LNCS |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 6th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, UC 2007 - Kingston, ON, Canada Duration: 2007 Aug 13 → 2007 Aug 17 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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| Volume | 4618 LNCS |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Other
| Other | 6th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, UC 2007 |
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| Country | Canada |
| City | Kingston, ON |
| Period | 07/8/13 → 07/8/17 |
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Keywords
- Bottom-up technology
- Chaos
- Optimization
- Physarum
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Computer Science(all)
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Amoeba-based nonequilibrium neurocomputer utilizing fluctuations and instability. / Aono, Masashi; Hara, Masahiko.
Unconventional Computation - 6th International Conference, UC 2007, Proceedings. Vol. 4618 LNCS 2007. p. 41-54 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4618 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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