Check out our new paper which expands NCA with active sensing!
Work led by @mia-katrin.bsky.social, with co-authors @sidneypontesfilho.bsky.social, @kaiolae.bsky.social, @mikkellepperod.bsky.social.
#ALife

Jobs! The Autotelic Interaction Research Group is looking for (1) creative practitioners and (2) theory researchers to work on "Autotelic Creative Artificial Intelligence" (ACAI):

(1) PhD in Creative Practices (2+2 years): lnkd.in/dPBG47rM

(2) Postdoctoral Researcher (2 years): lnkd.in/dMisM_bf

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in AI Methods for Creative Applications (291829) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in AI Methods for Creative Applications (291829), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026

Still some time to apply for our MishMash postdoc position "AI Methods for Creative Applications" with deadline 1 March.

Also check out the 13 other postings for PhD / postdoc at mishmash.no !

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

The panel discussion with all the guests speakers and moderated by Milton Montero & @elisecutts.bsky.social

Projects time 👨‍💻👩‍💻🧑‍💻

Day two: tutorials, more discussion groups with @angelgm.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social and Alexander Mordvintsev

Project pitch time 💡

Great project ideas by attendees and guest speakers @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social, @angelgm.bsky.social, @stenichele.bsky.social, @kyrre2000.bsky.social, @ericmedvetts.bsky.social, Susan Stepney & Alexander Mordvintsev

#ALICEinCopenhagen #ALICE26

How To Solve The Rubik's Cube The easiest way to solve the cube using the beginner's method. Divide the Rubik's Cube into layers and solve each layer applying the given algorithm not...

I _think_ this is the one I used a couple of years ago - down to earth and breaks it down in stages : ruwix.com/the-rubiks-c...

Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2026 will take place in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 17-21 August 2026. More details coming soon!

Doctoral research fellowship in the psychology of music, AI and creativity (290355) | University of Oslo Job title: Doctoral research fellowship in the psychology of music, AI and creativity (290355), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026

Come work with us in Oslo! We are hiring a PhD fellow in the psychology of music, AI, and creativity, affiliated with the newly established @mishmashcentre.bsky.social
Details: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

During the Siggraph Asia committee dinner last night, celebrating the successful conclusion of this year's event, I met a lot of people who asked about the #demoscene and for some reason; about making music on old systems. There are plenty of good videos on this, but here are a few I can recommend:

ALICE workshop guest speakers

This year's ALICE guest speakers 🧑‍🔬

- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney

Check out our poster in the poster session at #ALIFE2025, starting soon!
Ege de Bruin presents results on inheritance in an evolutionary robotics context. Can learned behaviour be inherited when using bayesian optimization as a lifetime learning method?
@kaiolae.bsky.social #alife

Niks. Kun beundring i Roland store!

🤩 #tr1000 #roland

Frontiers | How can we make robot dance expressive and responsive? A survey of methods and future directions The development of robots that can dance like humans presents a complex challenge due to the disparate abilities involved and various aesthetic qualities tha...

Check out our new mini review on making robotic dance expressive & responsive! 🕺🕺🕺🤖🤖🤖 Expressiveness: conveying thoughts & feelings through varied, flexible movements. Responsiveness: reacting to stimuli in real-time. With @benediwa.bsky.social and Alex Szorkovszky
@unioslo-ritmo.bsky.social

Our new neuroscience paper - hot off the press! Check it out! 🧠🧠🧠💻💻💻

Can relate to that! Powerful rediscovery effect.

Self-Organising Neural Intelligence(s) Important dates: Submission Deadline: May 4th, 2025 Author Notification: TBA

Announcing SONI: Self-Organising Neural Intelligence(s) 🧠

An #ALife2025 special session to bring together AI & ALife communities to explore how self-organisation can contribute to neural paradigms of intelligence.

Call for papers sites.google.com/view/soni-al... |Submission deadline: May 4th

Presenting the Active Neural Cellular Automata (ANCA) YouTube video by Mikkel Lepperød

🔬 Excited to share our new paper: "Sensor Movement Drives Emergent Attention and Scalability in Active Neural Cellular Automata"

We found that when neural systems can move their sensors (like animals do!), they develop attention-like behaviors without being explicitly programmed to do so. Post 1/6

Events - RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

If you're ever curious what's going on at RITMO, you can have a look at our events page:

The "Distributed" special session is coming again!
The Distributed Ciphers:
Cellular Automata, Distributed Dynamical Systems, and Their Applications to Intelligence
www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri...

Ege de Bruin explores generational updating and learning mechanisms to improve performance of evolved robots
#IEEEALIFECIS2025
#IEEESSCI2025

Engaged audience at our #IEEESSCI2025 tutorial on Co - optimization of Robot bodies and brains - together with Frank Veenstra, Ege de Bruin and Kai Olav Ellefsen. Framework at github.com/FrankVeenstr...

My #IEEESSCI2025 experience starts with the brain-body co-optimization tutorial

Five G looks like a cool shop! 🎚️💸

How to survive as an interdisciplinary being How to survive as an interdisciplinary being - Download as a PDF or view online for free

For those interdisciplinary students/scholars who are having identity crisis, this is for you (from 2018):
"How to survive as an interdisciplinary being"
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ho...
#NetSciX2025

Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2025 will take place in the heart of Kyoto, Japan, from 6-10 October 2025. The conference logo, official website launch, and more details coming soon!

Polar stratospheric clouds seen from the UiO campus this morning.