Amoeba-based nonequilibrium neurocomputer utilizing fluctuations and instability

Masashi Aono; Masahiko Hara

Amoeba-based nonequilibrium neurocomputer utilizing fluctuations and instability

Masashi Aono, Masahiko Hara

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies

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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
Title of host publication	Unconventional Computation - 6th International Conference, UC 2007, Proceedings
Pages	41-54
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 2007 Dec 1
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)
Volume	4618 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	6th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, UC 2007
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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Aono, M., & Hara, M. (2007). Amoeba-based nonequilibrium neurocomputer utilizing fluctuations and instability. In Unconventional Computation - 6th International Conference, UC 2007, Proceedings (pp. 41-54). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4618 LNCS).

Amoeba-based nonequilibrium neurocomputer utilizing fluctuations and instability. / Aono, Masashi; Hara, Masahiko.

Unconventional Computation - 6th International Conference, UC 2007, Proceedings. 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

Aono, M & Hara, M 2007, Amoeba-based nonequilibrium neurocomputer utilizing fluctuations and instability. in Unconventional Computation - 6th International Conference, UC 2007, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 4618 LNCS, pp. 41-54, 6th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, UC 2007, Kingston, ON, Canada, 07/8/13.

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