Lecture
Using Math to Understand and Define Life
A 23-minute introduction to open-ended evolution and the mathematical models behind how living systems keep innovating in a changing world.
Visions — Talks & Lectures
Invited Talk
The Role of Emergence in Open-Ended Systems
Invited talk at the International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems.
Speaker Series
Emergence: The Force Behind Open-Endedness
Featured speaker on emergent constraints and where open-endedness comes from.
Invited Talk
What Cellular Automata Tell Us About Life
Morning session, day three. What the simplest rule-based universes reveal about the living kind.
Lecture
Open-Ended Evolution: League of Legends as a Strategy Generator
Why a competitive video game is one of the best real-world laboratories for open-ended evolution.
Conference Talk
A Graph-Theoretic Approach to Emergent Behavior in Physical Systems
Recorded talk from the Conference on Artificial Life.
Art Track
Ghosts in a Shell: An Immersive Art Experience
Presenting the VR and transformer-model installation created with Oneris Rico, Nicholas Guttenberg, and Olaf Witkowski.
Film
Ghosts in a Shell
Short documentation film of the installation itself.
Poster Talk
Interpretability of Network Measures in Host–Virus Protein Interactions
Recorded poster talk from the Morgridge Institute postdoc years.
Poster Talk
Possible Open-Ended Strategy Selection in League of Legends
Short poster presentation at the Third Workshop on Open-Ended Evolution.
Conference Talk
AbGradCon 2016
An early-level appearance at the Astrobiology Graduate Conference, from the ASU years.
