Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware: 8th International Conference, ICES 2008, Prague, Czech Republic, September 21-24, 2008. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Unconstrained Evolution of Analogue Computational “QR” Circuit with Oscillating Length Representation....Pages 1-10
ISCLEs: Importance Sampled Circuit Learning Ensembles for Trustworthy Analog Circuit Topology Synthesis....Pages 11-21
A Comparison of Evolvable Hardware Architectures for Classification Tasks....Pages 22-33
Hardware Acceleration of an Immune Network Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm for Medical Diagnosis....Pages 34-46
A Stepwise Dimension Reduction Approach to Evolutionary Design of Relative Large Combinational Logic Circuits....Pages 47-58
Evolutionary Graph Models with Dynamic Topologies on the Ubichip....Pages 59-70
A Hardware-Software Design Framework for Distributed Cellular Computing....Pages 71-82
Hardware/Software Co-synthesis of Distributed Embedded Systems Using Genetic Programming....Pages 83-93
Self-Adaptive Networked Entities for Building Pervasive Computing Architectures....Pages 94-105
Cellular Automata-Based Development of Combinational and Polymorphic Circuits: A Comparative Study....Pages 106-117
Investigating the Suitability of FPAAs for Evolved Hardware Spiking Neural Networks....Pages 118-129
The Segmental-Transmission-Line: Its Design and Prototype Evaluation....Pages 130-140
On Evolutionary Synthesis of Linear Transforms in FPGA....Pages 141-152
Towards Efficient Evolutionary Design of Autonomous Robots....Pages 153-164
Indirect Online Evolution – A Conceptual Framework for Adaptation in Industrial Robotic Systems....Pages 165-176
A Developmental Gene Regulation Network for Constructing Electronic Circuits....Pages 177-188
Discovery and Investigation of Inherent Scalability in Developmental Genomes....Pages 189-200
Learning General Solutions through Multiple Evaluations during Development....Pages 201-212
Evolving MEMS Resonator Designs for Fabrication....Pages 213-224
Self-Reconfigurable Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Architecture Comprising a Field Programmable Analog Array and a General Purpose Genetic Algorithm IP Core....Pages 225-236
Proposal for LDPC Code Design System Using Multi-Objective Optimization and FPGA-Based Emulation....Pages 237-248
Scalability of a Novel Shifting Balance Theory-Based Optimization Algorithm: A Comparative Study on a Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Network....Pages 249-260
Evolutionary Design of Fault Tolerant Collective Communications....Pages 261-272
A Cellular Structure for Online Routing of Digital Spiking Neuron Axons and Dendrites on FPGAs....Pages 273-284
Bio-inspired Event Coded Configurable Analog Circuit Block....Pages 285-295
Dynamics of Firing Patterns in Evolvable Hierarchically Organized Neural Networks....Pages 296-307
Evolving Variability-Tolerant CMOS Designs....Pages 308-319
Transistor-Level Evolution of Digital Circuits Using a Special Circuit Simulator....Pages 320-331
Optimised State Assignment for FSMs Using Quantum Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm....Pages 332-341
Evolvable Hardware: A Tool for Reverse Engineering of Biological Systems....Pages 342-351
Coevolution of Neuro-developmental Programs That Play Checkers....Pages 352-361
Hippocampus-Inspired Spiking Neural Network on FPGA....Pages 362-371
Fault-Tolerant Memory Design and Partitioning Issues in Embryonics....Pages 372-381
The Input Pattern Order Problem: Evolution of Combinatorial and Sequential Circuits in Hardware....Pages 382-391
Neural Development on the Ubichip by Means of Dynamic Routing Mechanisms....Pages 392-401
The Perplexus Programming Framework: Combining Bio-inspiration and Agent-Oriented Programming for the Simulation of Large Scale Complex Systems....Pages 402-407
Quantum Bio-inspired Vision Model on System-on-a-Chip (SoC)....Pages 408-413
Evolutionary Meta Compilation: Evolving Programs Using Real World Engineering Tools....Pages 414-419
Waveguide Synthesis by Genetic Algorithms with Multiple Crossover....Pages 420-424
Parallel Grammatical Evolution for Circuit Optimization....Pages 425-430
Self-organization of Bio-inspired Integrated Circuits....Pages 431-436
Artificial Creativity in Linguistics Using Evolvable Fuzzy Neural Networks....Pages 437-442
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