TY - JOUR
T1 - East-West paths to unconventional computing
AU - Adamatzky, Andrew
AU - Akl, Selim
AU - Burgin, Mark
AU - Calude, Cristian S.
AU - Costa, José Félix
AU - Dehshibi, Mohammad Mahdi
AU - Gunji, Yukio Pegio
AU - Konkoli, Zoran
AU - MacLennan, Bruce
AU - Marchal, Bruno
AU - Margenstern, Maurice
AU - Martínez, Genaro J.
AU - Mayne, Richard
AU - Morita, Kenichi
AU - Schumann, Andrew
AU - Sergeyev, Yaroslav D.
AU - Sirakoulis, Georgios Ch
AU - Stepney, Susan
AU - Svozil, Karl
AU - Zenil, Hector
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Unconventional computing is about breaking boundaries in thinking, acting and computing. Typical topics of this non-typical field include, but are not limited to physics of computation, non-classical logics, new complexity measures, novel hardware, mechanical, chemical and quantum computing. Unconventional computing encourages a new style of thinking while practical applications are obtained from uncovering and exploiting principles and mechanisms of information processing in and functional properties of, physical, chemical and living systems; in particular, efficient algorithms are developed, (almost) optimal architectures are designed and working prototypes of future computing devices are manufactured. This article includes idiosyncratic accounts of ‘unconventional computing’ scientists reflecting on their personal experiences, what attracted them to the field, their inspirations and discoveries.
AB - Unconventional computing is about breaking boundaries in thinking, acting and computing. Typical topics of this non-typical field include, but are not limited to physics of computation, non-classical logics, new complexity measures, novel hardware, mechanical, chemical and quantum computing. Unconventional computing encourages a new style of thinking while practical applications are obtained from uncovering and exploiting principles and mechanisms of information processing in and functional properties of, physical, chemical and living systems; in particular, efficient algorithms are developed, (almost) optimal architectures are designed and working prototypes of future computing devices are manufactured. This article includes idiosyncratic accounts of ‘unconventional computing’ scientists reflecting on their personal experiences, what attracted them to the field, their inspirations and discoveries.
KW - East
KW - Spirituality
KW - Unconventional computing
KW - West
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.08.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28818636
AN - SCOPUS:85028323278
SN - 0079-6107
VL - 131
SP - 469
EP - 493
JO - Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
JF - Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
ER -