ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife

We are a group of ISAL (@alifeofficial) researchers, students, and postdocs aimed at building community and supporting the advancement of Artificial Life! 🪲🌍

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

ERA communication is moving to discord! ➡️
The discord will be used for announcements and discussions of ERA activities, but more importantly it will allow emerging ALife researchers from across the globe to chat, network, and collaborate!

Join us here: https://t.co/z5667BBLvr

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

Keen on #evolution? Join our next Professional Town Hall!
We'll discuss how selection pressure and spatial structure leave detectable signatures in phylogenetic history. A step closer to a versatile toolkit for analyzing large-scale evolving populations.🧬
https://t.co/N3RrMKHap2

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

Are you passionate about #ALife, eager to gain hands-on experience in event management, and interested in networking with leading researchers in the field?

Join us to volunteer the upcoming @ALifeConf, taking place from August 17th to 21st! #ALIFE2026

🔗 https://t.co/hIVyqmEyRH

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session

📍May 23, 5:00 PM BST on Discord: https://t.co/z5667BBdFT

This work introduces a new coevolutionary cellular automata domain and studies open-ended dynamics related to different learning algorithms. 🤖🔄🦠

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

2/All the complexity that surrounds us, from technological infrastructure to life forms and their cultures, is the result of our last universal common ancestor, and it seems that this ability to create novelty from finite resources knows no bounds. Can we describe this mechanism?

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

3/Points to discuss at the JC: Can we quantify open-endedness? Can we reduce biological creativity to mere syntactic operations? How does that affect our understanding of what life is and how it can be created from scratch?🔍

Bring a friend, bring a question. See you there!🌱

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

3/Points to discuss at the JC: Can we quantify open-endedness? Can we reduce biological creativity to mere syntactic operations? How does that affect our understanding of what life is and how it can be created from scratch?🔍

Bring a friend, bring a question. See you there!🌱

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session

📍May 23, 5:00 PM BST on Discord: https://t.co/z5667BBdFT

This work introduces a new coevolutionary cellular automata domain and studies open-ended dynamics related to different learning algorithms. 🤖🔄🦠

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

2/All the complexity that surrounds us, from technological infrastructure to life forms and their cultures, is the result of our last universal common ancestor, and it seems that this ability to create novelty from finite resources knows no bounds. Can we describe this mechanism?

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

Are you passionate about #ALife, eager to gain hands-on experience in event management, and interested in networking with leading researchers in the field?

Join us to volunteer the upcoming @ALifeConf, taking place from August 17th to 21st! #ALIFE2026

🔗 https://t.co/hIVyqmEyRH

[Jean Alfonso-Decena @jerseyjean25]

AEdu: ALife Education Workshop Japan Speakers list is out! This session is still open for registration - sign up by Friday, May 15 to join the conversation:

More information here:
https://t.co/saSDABz4oX

Sign up here: https://t.co/4xhP6eX2vZ

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

Interested in #robotics? Join our next Professional Town Hall on May 14th!

Our speakers will explore how Hebbian learning allows identical neural controllers in modular soft robots to differentiate into specialized "brains" for different body parts. 🤖

https://t.co/qB7mRyCncJ

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session

📍May 2, 9:00 AM GMT on Discord: https://t.co/z5667BBdFT

Title: “Towards chemistries in dynamical systems” by Martin Biehl (@crosslabstokyo). Join us to explore how to capture chemistry-like dynamics in cellular automata! 🧪

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

2/Is it possible to coarse-grain any dynamical system in terms of molecules and their reactions? This work introduces a methodology for describing cellular automata as such. It explores the advantages and limitations of chemical reaction networks (also known as Petri nets). 🧫

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

3/Points to discuss at the JC: How to describe aspects of any dynamical system in terms of molecules and their reactions? How can we apply this methodology to cellular automata? What are the limits of such a novel approach? 🔍

Bring a friend, bring a question. See you there!🌱

[ALIFE Conference 2026 @ALifeConf]

Due to a higher-than-expected number of submissions, we’re seeking additional reviewers for #ALIFE2026.
If you can help, please sign up:
https://t.co/xjXuQApiWf

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

3/Points to discuss at the JC: How to describe aspects of any dynamical system in terms of molecules and their reactions? How can we apply this methodology to cellular automata? What are the limits of such a novel approach? 🔍

Bring a friend, bring a question. See you there!🌱

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session

📍May 2, 9:00 AM GMT on Discord: https://t.co/z5667BBdFT

Title: “Towards chemistries in dynamical systems” by Martin Biehl (@crosslabstokyo). Join us to explore how to capture chemistry-like dynamics in cellular automata! 🧪

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

2/Is it possible to coarse-grain any dynamical system in terms of molecules and their reactions? This work introduces a methodology for describing cellular automata as such. It explores the advantages and limitations of chemical reaction networks (also known as Petri nets). 🧫

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

1/📢 Ready to bring Artificial Life into your classroom? 🧬✨

The ERA board is excited to announce the AEdu Spring 2026 Workshops for Educators! These sessions are designed for teachers, trainers, and leaders ready to explore the future of #ALife and synthetic intelligence.

[ERA - Emerging Researchers in ALife @ISALstudents]

2/Join us virtually for one of two global sessions:
📍 May 18–19 (10 – 14 ET)
📍 May 25–26 (10 – 14 JST)
From balancing technical code with accessibility to hands-on teaching methods, we're shaping the future of #ALife education together. Don't miss out on this inaugural event!���‍🏫