ACSOS 2024
Mon 16 - Fri 20 September 2024 Aarhus, Denmark
Wed 18 Sep 2024 13:20 - 13:30 at Stakladen - Emergence and Self-Organization

In this work, we propose FieldVMC: a generalisation of Vascular Morphogenesis Controller (VMC) built on the field-based paradigm of aggregate computing, supporting arbitrary network topologies and dynamics and streamlining principled engineering of self-organising structures. At the core, we redesign the VMC model as a field-based computation, enabling the emergence of organisational hierarchies in a decentralised and asynchronous way. By inheriting key properties of aggregate computing, like scalability, asynchronicity, modularity, and reusability, FieldVMC extends the potential domains of application of the original VMC approach. We show by simulation that FieldVMC enables new novel sorts of phenomena to be captured, studied, and engineered, including: self-construction of tree structures from a single node (germination), self-healing of damaged structures (cutting), self-integration of disjoint structures (grafting), self-segmentation in autonomous sub-structures (budding), and self-optimisation of existing structures (abscission and regrowth).

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Wed 18 Sep

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13:00 - 14:00
Emergence and Self-OrganizationMain Track at Stakladen
13:00
20m
Research paper
An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Emergence and Leadership in Self-Organised Collective Action
Main Track
Matthew Scott , Madalina Sas , Jeremy Pitt Imperial College London
13:20
10m
Short-paper
An Aggregate Vascular Morphogenesis Controller for Engineered Self-Organising Spatial Structures
Main Track
Angela Cortecchia Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna & Consortium GARR, Danilo Pianini University of Bologna, Giovanni Ciatto Alma Mater Studiorum---Università di Bologna, Roberto Casadei University of Bologna, Italy
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13:30
10m
Short-paper
Opportunistic Fully-Distributed Federated Learning
Main Track
Davide Domini Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Gianluca Aguzzi Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Nicolas Farabegoli , Mirko Viroli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Lukas Esterle Aarhus University
13:40
20m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track