L. TESFATSION/ECON
FALL ALIFE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE                 TESFATSI@IASTATE.EDU
LAST REVISED: 9 SEPTEMBER 1994
(Held Friday, 3:10-4:30, in Room 468D, Heady Hall)

September 9    "Criticality, Universality, and the Game of Life," Moderated
                by Jamie Morris (Physics), Readings from _Nature_ and
                _Scientific American_.

September 16   Continuation of Previous Session (Moderated by Jamie Morris)

September 23   "Modelling Decision Processes in Higher-Level Organisms via
               Genetic Algorithms and Classifiers," Moderated by Ann Stanley
               (Math), Readings TBA from the Spring 1994 Special Issue of
               _Evolutionary Computation_.

September 30   Continuation of Previous Session (Moderated by Ann Stanley)

October 7      "Meaning and Measurement of Complexity," Moderated by Dan
               Ashlock (Math), Readings TBA.

October 14     "Mathematical Modelling of Parasitical Relations," Moderated
               by Jim Cornette (Math), Readings TBA.

October 21     "An Evolutionary Approach to Synthetic Biology: Zen and the
               Art of Creating Life," Moderated by Steve Willson (Math),
               Article by Tom Ray in the first issue of _Artificial Life_.

October 28     "An Evolutionary Approach to Synthetic Biology...A Philosophical
               View," Moderated by Bill Robinson (Philosophy), Article by Tom
               Ray, Continuation Session.

November 4     "The Evolution of Neural Architectures," Moderated by Vasant
               Honavar (Comp Sci), Readings TBA.

November 11    Contination of Previous Session (Moderated by Vasant Honavar).

November 18 -  NO ALIFE WORKSHOP---THANKSGIVING BREAK (A BIT EXTENDED!)
November 25 /

December 2     "The Meaning of Rationality in Evolutionary Game Contexts,"
               Moderated by Leigh Tesfatsion (Econ/Math), Articles by Binmore.

December 9     "An Evolutionary Interpretation of Experimental Game Outcomes,"
               Moderated by Jay Shogren (Econ), Articles by Van Huyck, Crawford.

Dec 16  NO WORKSHOP---FINAL EXAM PERIOD