About me

Keynote talks

• The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life (ALIFE 2021). Weird Tales: Early Visions of Machines That Can Reproduce and Evolve, and Their Relevance Today (Prague, Czech Republic/Online, July 2021) [watch talk on YouTube].
• Cross Labs Workshop on Innovation Science. Discovering Innovations in Real and Virtual Worlds (Tokyo, Japan/Online, April 2021) [watch talk on YouTube].

Awards

• The International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) Award for Exceptional Service 2014.

Invited visits

• Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. September 2018. Hosted by Prof Piet Hut
• BEACON Center, Michigan State University, USA. October 2016. Hosted by Prof Charles Ofria
• Artificial Life Lab, Dublin City University, Ireland. October 2000. Hosted by Prof Barry McMullin
• Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, USA. March 2000. Hosted by Prof Tom Ray
• Philosophy of Biology Group, University of the Basque Country, Spain. May 1999. Hosted by Prof Alvaro Moreno