Field Life is a continuous, grid-based #ALife simulation that operates on scalar fields rather than discrete particles. It runs entirely on the GPU, simulating complex emergent behaviors! Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! 🌱 www.izhv.eu/field-life/

1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session 📍Sept 26, 17:00 BST on Discord: discord.gg/m3qvuXgkZ7 What happens when you replace Langton's rule with a neural net? 🐜🧠 NAnts explores self-healing spatial patterns through collective behavior! 🔗 www.izhv.eu/nants/

ALICE Workshop 2027 | Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution Application deadline: September 30 #ALife #AI #Intelligence #Complexity #Evolution #Workshop #ALICE ./22 www.complexitycat.org/posts/ALICE-...

1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session 📍Sept 26, 17:00 BST on Discord: discord.gg/m3qvuXgkZ7 What happens when you replace Langton's rule with a neural net? 🐜🧠 NAnts explores self-healing spatial patterns through collective behavior! 🔗 www.izhv.eu/nants/

Curious about optimizing complex systems? ⚙️ Join our next Professional Town Hall, where Craig Reynolds will discuss "Evolving Parameter Sets for Complex Models." 🧬 Intrigued? Join us on Discord to learn more! 🗓️ September 10th, 1:00 PM UTC 🔗 discord.com/invite/m3qvu...

Are you attending @alifeconf.bsky.social? Stop by our #ERAWorkshop! Throughout the day, we'll be hosting engaging talks by emerging researchers in #ALife and beyond, covering any topic that interests you! Interested? Check out our program below and we'll see you at #ALIFE2026!

🍁 Kicking off right before #ALIFE2026! Join us for the ERA MiniCon, a full day built by & for early-career researchers in artificial life. 📍 In-person in Waterloo OR live on Discord 📅 Sunday, Aug 16, 2026 🎟️ 100% Free, no registration needed! Meet our speaker lineup 🧵👇

🥨 Pack your favorite treats from home & join the ERA MiniCon International Snack Exchange! Whether sweet, salty, or savory—come taste, swap, & share delicious snacks with researchers from around the globe. What will you bring? 🌍🍫 📅 Aug 16, 2026 | 📍 Waterloo #ALIFE2026

Want to introduce #ALife to a general audience? 🌍 Explore a digital "museum exhibit" guiding curious minds through key ideas, discovering the design behind the platform and how you can shape its future! 🏛️🔮 Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! 🌱

Want to introduce #ALife to a general audience? 🌍 Explore a digital "museum exhibit" guiding curious minds through key ideas, discovering the design behind the platform and how you can shape its future! 🏛️🔮 Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! 🌱

Wondering how to build a coherent research agenda early in your career and stay relevant as the field shifts around you? 🧭 Get a long-haul perspective on navigating your scientific journey and adapting to change! Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 🕰️✨

Curious how lifelike behavior and regeneration emerge from simple rules? 👾 Discover the story behind "Growing Neural Cellular Automata", how the Computational Life area was built in industry, and where it's heading next! Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 🦠✨

#ALIFE2026 is coming! Join ERA with your project and register for lighting talks: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Event Timing: 17.08.2026 (during the ALIFE26 conference) Contact us at emerging.researchers.alife@gmail.com Duration: 10min Talk + 5min Q&A

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Grinding away at a problem out of sunk cost rather than interest? 🛑 Learn how to keep your scientific curiosity productive and tell the difference between a hard problem worth solving and a research trap. Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 🧠✨

During conference we will host ERA Workshop where you can share your projects, ideas, quicker than blink of an eye, ⚡LIGHTING TALKS⚡! Feel free to register yourself with this link (it takes 1 second): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @eralife.bsky.social #alife2026

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Event Timing: 17.08.2026 (during the ALIFE26 conference) Contact us at emerging.researchers.alife@gmail.com Duration: 10min Talk + 5min Q&A

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What does the job landscape look like for early-career researchers today? 🌌 Explore opportunities across academia, industry, & the interdisciplinary spaces in between, plus practical advice on finding which path fits your goals best! Got career questions? Drop them below! 💼🌱

Research careers rarely follow a straight line! 📈 Discover how a background in cognitive science & tech industry led to turning a passion-project cellular automaton into an award-winning model. Proof there's more than one way into research! Ask your Q&A questions below! 🛤️✨

🥨 Pack your favorite treats from home & join the ERA MiniCon International Snack Exchange! Whether sweet, salty, or savory—come taste, swap, & share delicious snacks with researchers from around the globe. What will you bring? 🌍🍫 📅 Aug 16, 2026 | 📍 Waterloo #ALIFE2026

Ever wondered what happens after you hit "submit"? 🖱️ Learn what makes a manuscript shine, and what triggers a desk reject after half a page! Dive into paper structure, surviving peer review, & sharpening your writing craft. 📜 Got questions for the Q&A? Drop them below! 📝✨

🍁 Kicking off right before #ALIFE2026! Join us for the ERA MiniCon, a full day built by & for early-career researchers in artificial life. 📍 In-person in Waterloo OR live on Discord 📅 Sunday, Aug 16, 2026 🎟️ 100% Free, no registration needed! Meet our speaker lineup 🧵👇

🎤 Meet our #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker: Luis M. Rocha (Binghamton University)! "Canalizing Dynamics as a Network Mechanism for Collective Decision, Control, Modularity, and Abstraction in Living Systems." 📅 Regular registration ends July 15. Register now and save a few Canadian dollars!

🌍 Meet another #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker: Dr. Courtney Howard! "The North Star Imperative: Aligning Artificial Intelligence, Planetary Health and Human Flourishing." #ArtificialLife #AI #PlanetaryHealth

🎤 #ALIFE2026 Keynote Speaker: Trevor Charles (@uwaterloo.ca) "Redesigning Bacterial Genomes for Fun and Profit: Streamlining Evolved Complexity,

Meet another #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker! @leecronin.bsky.social from @uofgnews.bsky.social "Assembly Theory, Evolution and Artificial Life" Lee will explore how selection engines could drive the emergence of evolution, with the goal of creating bottom-up artificial life from inorganic chemicals.

Another #ALIFE2026 keynote speaker announcement! We're delighted to welcome Anita T. Layton (University of Waterloo), who will present: "Math: A New Microscope" 📍 Waterloo, Canada 📅 August 17–21, 2026 #ALIFE2026 #ArtificialLife

We're excited to start unveiling the keynote speakers for #ALIFE2026! First up: Jeff Clune (University of British Columbia), presenting: "Open-Ended, Quality Diversity, and AI-Generating Algorithms in the Era of Foundation Models" Join us in Waterloo, Canada, 17–21 Aug, 2026. 2026.alife.org

⚡ ERA Workshop Lightning Talks • 17 August @ ALIFE 2026 Got a project, research idea, cool demo, early results, or something you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it! 🚀

It doesn't have to be finished work—Lightning Talks are all about exchanging ideas, getting feedback, and starting new conversations. 💬✨ 👉 Sign up and reserve your slot: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #ALIFE2026 #ArtificialLife #ERA

ERA Workshop Lightning Talks Registration

Event Timing: 17.08.2026 (during the ALIFE26 conference) Contact us at emerging.researchers.alife@gmail.com Duration: 10min Talk + 5min Q&A

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How do symbiotic relationships stay friendly? 🤝 New research shows that "tag-matching" partner choice allows hosts to successfully exclude parasites and evolve stable mutualisms. 🦠 Intrigued? Join our next Professional Town Hall to learn more! direct.mit.edu/isal/proceed...

⚡ ERA Workshop Lightning Talks • 17 August @ ALIFE 2026 Got a project, research idea, cool demo, early results, or something you'd like to share? We'd love to hear it! 🚀