DT8114 - PhD Seminar in Computer Science

this document represents the final essay for the PhD course DT8114 – PhD Seminar in Computer Science, which is part of my doctoral study program. This report aims to give an overview of the main topics in the course syllabus, which is composed by the following papers and books: • Langton C. Artificial Life, pag. 1-48 Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE '87), Los Alamos, NM, USA, September 1987. Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity 6 Addison-Wesley 1989, ISBN 0-201-09346-4 • Lindenmayer A. Developmental Models of Multicellular Organisms: A Computer Graphics Perspective, pag. 221-250 Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE '87), Los Alamos, NM, USA, September 1987. Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity 6 Addison-Wesley 1989, ISBN 0-201-09346-4 • Langton C. Computation at the Edge of Chaos: phase transition and emergent computation, pag. 12-37 Physica D 42 1990 –– Elsevier Science Publisher B.V. (North-Holland) • Kumar S. and Bentley P. On Growth, Form and Computers Elsevier Academic Press, Year 2003 – 444 pages – ISBN 0-12-428765-4 • Mainzer K. Thinking in Complexity – Springer, Year 1994 – 482 pages – ISBN 9783-540-72227-4