Artificial Life in the ancient world

Event Details

Date:

22 August, 2012 from 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm

Venue:

Building 26, Room 135

Campus:

Clayton

Open to:

All

Cost:

Free

Website:

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~aland/HistoryOfScience/

Categories:

• Faculty of InfoTech
• Monash only
• Other events
• Seminars & Workshops

Description:

We have always employed our technology to construct replicas of life. In this presentation we look back to the technology of ancient Greece, Rome and the medieval Arab world to see how it was applied to the task of building living sculptures and decorative, animated water clocks.

Presenter biography

Alan Dorin researches artificial life, ecological modelling, biologically-inspired electronic media art and the philosophy and history of these fields. (IT, Monash University)

Event Contact

Name

Alan Dorin

E-Mail

Alan.Dorin@monash.edu

Phone

+61 3 990 53576

Organisation

Monash University