BICAS 2019 - Second Special Session on Biologically Inspired Parallel and Distributed Computing, Algorithms and Solutions (BICAS 2019)

Biology has served as inspiration for Computer Science in recent years, given that biological systems tend to be adaptive, reactive, and distributed. Thus, bio-inspired computing is a multi-disciplinary field devoted to studying complex problems using computational methods modeled after design principles encountered in nature. This way, novel and unconventional solutions are accomplished to tackle current challenges in science.
This session aims at examining different solutions to complex problems using nature inspired approaches, and their interplay with cutting-edge technology in High Performance Computing. We invite researchers and scientists in this area to participate and contribute to this event and we welcome their works.
The BICAS Session topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
Biological systems, computing and informatics
Bio-inspired Hardware, Software and Design
Bio-inspired Parallel and distributed algorithms
Artificial life/intelligence, complex systems and complex networks
Self-Organization, Evolution and Adaptation
Natural parallelism and concurrency in computing
Biologically inspired distributed systems and networks
Bio-inspired modeling of real-life phenomena and its simulation
Swarm Intelligence
Cellular Automata
Genetic programming and evolutionary algorithms
Neurocomputing, artificial intelligence and machine learning
Artificial Neural Networks and Systems, Deep Learning
Collective behavior and swarm intelligence
Communication and multi-agent simulation
Membrane Computing
DNA Computation
Quantum Computation
Immunocomputing and Computing Inoculation
Amorphous Computing
Biological Fault Tolerance
Bio-inspired applications and case studies