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From: altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu (Karl Altenburg)
Subject: CFV: comp.ai.alife
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[ Article crossposted from news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.ai.genetic,comp.theory.cell-automata,bionet.biology.computational,sci.bio,sci.bio.evolution,comp.ai,comp.theory.self-org-sys ]
[ Author was Ron "Asbestos" Dippold (rdippold@qualcomm.com) ]
[ Posted on 29 Jun 1994 13:26:23 -0400 ]

		     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
		   unmoderated group comp.ai.alife

Newsgroups line:
comp.ai.alife	Methodology and announcements for research in Artificial Life.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 20 July 1994.

After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to
the mailing lists sfi-announce@santafe.edu, alife@cognet.ucla.edu,
ep-list@magenta.me.fau.edu, genetic-programming@cs.stanford.edu.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com.  For questions about the
proposed group contact C. Titus Brown <brown@reed.edu>.


CHARTER (Proponent)

Artificial Life is the study of artificial living systems and their constituent
entities.  Topics for discussion in the newsgroup will include,
but not be limited to:

- optimization techniques (such as genetic algorithms) and modelling algorithms
- the definition of a living system and "Life"
- self-organizing systems
- the origin of life
- evolutionary learning
- the development of ecosystems
- complex system dynamics (with specific relation to living systems)
- book and software reviews (non-commercial advertisements, as well)

The need for a newsgroup devoted to the expanding field of Artificial Life
is apparent.  This newsgroup will serve to allow diverse groups of Artificial
Life researchers from around the world to make announcements and discuss
ongoing research with other researchers.  It will also help serve as a central
archive for information on FTP and WWW sites and topical e-mail lists.



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--
Karl R Altenburg				altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND  58105

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.  SIR THOMAS BROWNE
