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ISAL is electing six new members to its board of directors, to replace the current directors whose terms are expiring. 12 society members are standing for election, as listed below. All society members will shortly be contacted with further information regarding the election date and voting procedure. ISAL Board Elections 2025: Candidate Statements ISAL is […]

The International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) is seeking proposals to host the Conference on Artificial Life in 2028 and 2029. We will select two teams, one to organize ALIFE 2028 and one for ALIFE 2029. Proposals for both years are being solicited at once to allow maximum flexibility. ALIFE conferences are expected to have […]

Since this year’s ALIFE conference is a little later in the year than usual (October), we would like to share at this stage — about one year in advance — the preliminary details of next year’s ALIFE 2026! We are happy to announce – drumroll please – that the premiere International Conference on Artificial Life […]

One of the most beautiful examples of emergence in nature is the graceful but disciplined flocking of birds. This behavior can be simulated in an artificial life system. Boids (online implementation), short for bird-oids, simulates flocking, schooling, and herding behaviors in birds, fish, and other animals. This distributed behavior program was independently discovered by Aoki […]