Had a great time attending online, and it was amazing to see our cultural evolution workshop come alive with so much in-person energyβ¨ Grateful to everyone who made it such a vibrant, inspiring experienceπ Talks, flash talks & a generative game, plus shared insight from @alan-winfield.bsky.socialπ‘
               
            
            
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            And - super interesting flash talks by Eleni Nisoti on evolving interaction protocols, Till Aust on perceiving the culture of machines, and @cnimasato.bsky.social on the sociality of artificial creativity!
               
            
            
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            Massive effort by the organising team, many who couldn't attend in person but who joined online (despite timezone differences): @khuludalharthi.bsky.social @dgarzonramos.com @sabinehauert.bsky.social @swarmdynamics.bsky.social @mchimento.bsky.social.
               
            
            
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            Special mention to @alan-winfield.bsky.social who couldn't be there in person, but shared some recorded thoughts with us on artificial creativity.
More thanks: to @ai4cihub.bsky.social for sponsoring the workshop and to @cbehav.bsky.social for their generous support.
               
            
            
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            Last week was Alife in Kyoto - feeling enriched and inspired :) Some of the highlights: keynotes, workshops, Alife art and Japanese sweets making. Dinner table chat about embodiment and time. Thanks to the hard work of the organisers for putting together an awesome conference πΎπ #alife2025
               
            
            
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            Today is #alife2025 day 1!  Workshops under way... We have our own workshop tmw on Cultural Evolution of Planet X, 13.30-16.30, room 4F. Exciting keynotes from James Borg and @uchiyama.bsky.social. Join us!
               
            
            
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            π¨ Last days to submit! π¨
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems.  Work presented elsewhere too!
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 Deadline: Sept 20
π sites.google.com/view/planetx...
               
            
            
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            π£ Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... π§ͺ
               
            
            
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            Join us at the Cultural Evolution of Planet X: Emergent Creativity and Wisdom of the Crowds workshop at #ALIFE2025!
Explore how we design and imagine cultural evolution on an artificial planet X, drawing inspiration from cultural evolution in animals on Earth. ππΎ
π Details: lnkd.in/eg32maqs
               
            
            
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                                            Getting a PhD in humanities+data. Evolutionary perspectives on language, culture, sign systems.
+ http://mastodon.green/@ptinits
+ twitter handle @yrgsupp
https://peetertinits.github.io/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Looking for a PhD position!
Former Research Engineer @csh.ac.at 
MSc in AI from @jku.at 
Into AI, ALife, Biology, AI4Science , and more
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                                            π https://ryu.sg πAsst Prof @Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) γHuman cognitive ecology; Human-Centered AI; Cultural evolution γ Previously π©πͺ βπ¬π§ βπ¨π¦ βπΊπΈ βπ―π΅γ
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Postdoc @liu.se in @liucvl.bsky.social working on CV methods to study animal collective behaviour, previously PhD and Postdoc @uni-konstanz.de and @cbehav.bsky.social | Profile pic by Ole Johannsen
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            PhD@UniKonstanz@SwarmIntelligence
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Associate professor @ULPGC. Researcher @ROC_SIANI. AI for sports, affective computing, art and biometrics. Opinions are my own. https://davidfreire.github.io
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Deputy Director @ Cross Labs | Secretly 50 rats in a coat | https://www.alyssa-m-adams.com/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Unaffiliated researcher, retired software guy. Interested in computational models of natural complexity, especially collective motion and camouflage coevolution. Graphics, animation, evolutionary computation.
https://www.red3d.com/cwr/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Communication Γ Animal collectives
Masters Project student, Active Sensing Collectives @cbehav.bsky.social
(any pronouns~)
Personal website: mogeraditya.github.io
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Mexican Historian & Philosopher of Biology β’ Postdoctoral Fellow at @theramseylab.bsky.social (@clpskuleuven.bsky.socialβ¬) β’ Book Reviews Editor for @jgps.bsky.social β’ #PhilSci #HistSci #philsky β’ Escribo y edito β’ https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Physicist of complex systems π§ Brain π©Topology π³Animal Communication| PhD student @UMK_Torun @nplab.bsky.socialβ¬
@CentaiInstitute
βͺβͺ@projectceti.bsky.socialβ¬
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Mercenary Researcher For Hire.
ALIFE β Embodied/Affective/Social Cognition β AI β HRI β CogSci
http://imytk.co.uk
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            PhD candidate in The University of Osaka
Mom of 3 beautiful cats
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                                            PhD student in Philosophy of Mind at LMU Munich. 
Working on nonhuman cognition and consciousnessπ€π¦ ππ¦ 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            PhD candidate in complex network dynamics at Leiden U and U of Amsterdam. Open Knowledge Foundation Network member.
gamaladel.com
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            Ph.D. student Cognitive Science / Bioengineering at @IUBloomington using neuroethology and whole animal models to study biological/artificial systems. Κβ’α΄₯β’Κ
I also like to draw various critters.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Official profile of Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life. Join our community: https://discord.gg/fCEH95RU8c
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The official BlueSky account for the International Society of Artificial Life (ISAL). www.alife.org.