2003 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH'03)
Developmental Processes in Silicon: An Engineering Perspective
Chicago, Illinois
July 09-July 11
ISBN: 0-7695-1977-6
Daniel Mange, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Andre Stauffer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Yann Thoma, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
In this article, we try to analyze the requirements of developmental processes from the perspective of their implementation in digital hardware. After recalling the motivations for such an implementation, we concentrate separately on the two mechanisms (cellular division and cellular differentiation) that are exploited by biological systems to realize development. We then describe some of the current and projected solutions to implement such mechanisms in hardware, and conclude by analyzing the most interesting features of developmental approaches.
Citation:
Gianluca Tempesti, Daniel Mange, Enrico Petraglio, Andre Stauffer, Yann Thoma, "Developmental Processes in Silicon: An Engineering Perspective," eh, pp.265, 2003 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH'03), 2003