Program

For the school program see here.

Tuesday, 18 September

   
9:30 – 9:40 ACRI Workshops Opening
9:40 – 10:45 Workshop Session 1: Asynchronous Cellular Automata I
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Workshop Session 2: Asynchronous Cellular Automata II
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:40 Workshop Session 3: Traffic, Crowds and Cellular Automata I
15:40 – 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 – 17:50 Workshop Session 4: Traffic, Crowds and Cellular Automata II
17:50 – 18:00 ACRI Workshops Closing
18:00 - 19:00 Welcome cocktail at Villa del Grumello

Wednesday, 19 September

   
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:20 ACRI 2018 Welcome and Opening
9:20 – 10:20 Invited Talk 1 (Andreas Deutsch)
Biological lattice-gas cellular automaton models for the analysis of collective behaviour in interacting cell populations
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 12:30 Session 1: Biological Systems Modeling
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:15 Session 2: Theory and Cryptography I
15:15 – 15:40 Coffee break
15:40 – 16:30 Session 3: Pedestrian and Traffic Dynamics II
16:30 – 17:30 Poster Session
20:00 Social Dinner

Thursday, 20 September

   
9:00 – 10:20 Session 4: Pedestrian and Traffic Dynamics I
10:25 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 12:30 Session 5: Theory and Cryptography II
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:15 Session 6: Simulation and other Applications of CA I
15:15 – 15:40 Coffee break
15:40 – 16:30 Session 7: Simulation and other Applications of CA II
18:30 - 20:00 COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND MUSIC ON THE LAKE
Artificial and Natural Music Therapy
Musical Event at Yacht Club Como

Friday, 21 September

   
9:20 – 10:20 Invited Talk 2 (Raul Rechtman)
Phase transitions of cellular automata
10:20 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 12:30 Session 8: Multi-Agent Systems
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 Session 9: Synchronization and Control I
14:50 – 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 – 16:10 Session 10: Synchronization and Control II
16:10 – 16:20 ACRI 2018 closing

Time Slots

  • Full paper: 25 minutes (20 minutes talk + 5 minutes setup/question time)
  • Short paper: 15 minutes (10 minutes talk + 5 minutes setup/question time)

Fifth International Workshop on Asynchronous Cellular Automata

Workshop Chairs

Alberto Dennunzio
Dept. of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy)
Enrico Formenti
Universite Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S (France)

Workshop Session 1

chair Alberto Dennunzio
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
9:40 – 10:05 N. Fatès¹
A pedagogical example: a family of stochastic cellular automata that plays Alesia
¹Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Inria, LORIA
10:05 – 10:30 M. Gadouleau¹, A. Richard²
On fixable families of Boolean networks
¹Department of Computer Science, Durham University
²Laboratoire I3S, UMR CNRS 7271 & Université Côte d’Azur
10:30 – 10:45 I. Capuni¹
Eroders and Proliferation: Repairing that Goes Wrong
¹University of New York Tirana, Kodra e Diellit

Workshop Session 2

chair Enrico Formenti
Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S (France)
11:15 – 11:40 E. Goles¹²³, D. Maldonado², P. Montealegre¹, N. Ollinger²
Fast-Parallel Algorithms for Freezing Totalistic Asynchronous Cellular Automata
¹Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
²Univ. Orléans, LIFO EA 4022, FR-45067
³LE STUDIUM, Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies
11:40 – 12:05 G. Istrate¹²
Stochastic Stability in Schelling’s Segregation Model with Markovian Asynchronous Update
¹Department of Computer Science, West University of Timişoara
²e-Austria Research Institute
12:05 – 12:30 L. Manzoni¹, L. Mariot¹
Cellular Automata Pseudo-Random Number Generators and Their Resistance to Asynchrony
¹Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Joint International Workshop on Traffic, Crowds and Cellular Automata

Workshop Chairs

Katsuhiro Nishinari
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo (Japan)
Andreas Schadschneider
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne (Germany)
Giuseppe Vizzari
Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence Research Center, university of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
Jaros‌ław Wa̧s
AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)

Workshop Session 3

chair Jarosław Wąs
AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)
14:00 – 14:25 I. M. Almeida¹, R. C. P. Leal-Toledo¹, E. M. Toledo², D. C. Cacau¹, and G. V. P. Magalhaes¹
Drivers’ behavior effects in the occurrence of dangerous situations which may lead to accidents
¹Federal Fluminense University
²LNCC, UFJF
14:25 – 14:50 G. Bazior¹, D. Pałka¹, J. Was¹
Cellular Automata based modeling of competitive evacuation
¹AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering. Department of Applied Computer Science
14:50 – 15:15 L. Crociani¹, K. Shimura², G. Vizzari¹, S. Bandini¹²
Simulating Pedestrian Dynamics in Corners and Bends: a Floor Field Approach
¹Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence research center. University of Milano-Bicocca
²Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology. The University of Tokyo
15:15 – 15:40 C. Feliciani¹, K. Shimura¹, D. Yanagisawa¹², K. Nishinari¹²
Study on the efficacy of crowd control and information provision through a simple Cellular Automata model
¹Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
²Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Workshop Session 4

chair Katsuhiro Nishinari
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo (Japan)
16:10 – 16:35 A. Gorrini¹, L. Crociani¹, G. Vizzari¹, S. Bandini¹²
Cumulative Mean Crowding and Pedestrian Crowds: A Cellular Automata Model
¹Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence research center, Department of Computer Science, University of Milano-Bicocca
²Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
16:35 – 17:00 N. Kartalidis¹, I.G. Georgoudas¹, and G.Ch. Sirakoulis¹
Cellular Automata Based Evacuation Process Triggered by Indoors Wi-Fi and GPS Established Detection
¹Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laboratory of Electronic
17:00 – 17:25 M. Marzolla¹
Parallel Implementations of Cellular Automata for Traffic Models
¹Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bologna
17:25 – 17:50 I. H. Tchappi¹², S. Galland¹, V. C. Kamla³, J. C. Kamgang³
Towards A Review of Holonic Multi Agent System in Traffic and Transportation
¹LE2I, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté
²Faculty of Sciences, University of Ngaoundere
³ENSAI, University of Ngaoundere

ACRI 2018 Main Track

9:00 - 9:20 ACRI 2018 Welcome and Opening
Giancarlo Mauri
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communications
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)

Samira El Yacoubi
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Perpignan (France)

Session 1

chair Franco Bagnoli
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence (Italy)
10:50 – 11:15 S. Ghosh¹, P. P. Chaudhuri¹
Cellular Automata Model for Proteomics and its Application in Cancer Immunotherapy
¹CARLBio Pvt. Ltd.
11:15 – 11:40 A. Graudenzi¹, D. Maspero² and C. Damiani¹³
Modeling spatio-temporal dynamics of metabolic networks with cellular automata and constraint- based methods
¹Dept. of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milan-Bicocca
²Dept. of Biotecnology and Bioscience, University of Milan-Bicocca
³SYSBIO Centre of Systems Biology
11:40 – 12:05 A. Hodgkinson¹²
A Novel Cellular Automata Modelling Framework for Micro-Environmental Interaction and Co-Invasion
¹DIMNP, Université de Montpellier
²Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier
12:05 – 12:30 M. Panuszewska¹, B. Minch¹, R. Wcisło¹ and W. Dzwinel¹
PAM: Discrete 3-D model of tumor dynamics in presence of anti-tumor treatment
¹Department of Computer Science AGH University of Science and Technology

Session 2

chair Thomas Worsch
Institute for Theoretical Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
14:00 – 14:25 A. Dennunzio¹, V. Dorigatti¹, E. Formenti², L. Manzoni¹, A. E. Porreca¹
Polynomial Equations over Finite, Discrete-Time Dynamical Systems
¹Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
²Universite Côte d’Azur, CNRS, I3S
14:25 – 14:50 S. Di Gregorio¹
The Representation Role for Basic Operations Embodied in Cellular Automata: a Suitability Example for Addition in Redundant Numeral Systems vs Standard Ones
¹Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria
14:50 – 15:15 I. Karafyllidis¹, G. Ch. Sirakoulis¹
Quantum Walks on Quantum Cellular Automata Lattices: Towards a new model for quantum computation
¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace

Session 3

chair Georgios Sirakoulis
Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)
15:40 – 16:05 K. Małecki¹
Two-way road cellular automaton model with loading/unloading bays for traffic flow simulation
¹West Pomeranian University of Technology
16:05 – 16:30 P. Wagner¹, J. Rummel¹²
A microscopic CA model of traffic flow?
¹DLR, Institute for Transport Systems
²Technical University Berlin

Session 4

chair Giuseppe Vizzari
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
9:00 – 9:25 M. Chraibi¹, B. Steffen¹
The Automatic Generation of an Efficient Floor Field for CA Simulations in Crowd Management
¹Jülich Supercomputing Centre – Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
9:25 – 9:50 T. Gwizdałła¹, J. Wojtowicz¹, I. Wadowski¹, B. Dyrda¹
Traffic on small grids and the ramp problem
¹Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, University of Łódź
9:50 – 10:15 E. Kirik¹², T. Vitova¹, A. Malyshev¹, E. Popel¹
The impact of different angle paths on discrete-continuous pedestrian dynamics model
¹Institute of Computational Modelling, Russian Academy of Sciences
²Siberian Federal University, Petroleum and Gas Engineering Department

Session 5

chair Luca Manzoni
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
10:50 – 11:15 Y. Kayama¹, Y. Koda¹, I. Yazawa¹
Fractal arrangement for 2D cellular automata and its implementation for outer-totalistic rules
Department of Media and Information, BAIKA Women’s University
11:15 – 11:40 M. Kutrib¹, T. Worsch²
Self-Verifying Cellular Automata
¹Institut für Informatik, Universität Giessen
²Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
11:40 – 12:05 R. Lakra¹, J. Jose¹, A. John¹
CARPenter – Cellular Automata based Resilient Pentavalent Stream Cipher
¹Department of Computer Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology
12:05 – 12:30 L. Mariot¹, A. Leporati¹
Inversion of Mutually Orthogonal Cellular Automata
Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Session 6

chair Luca Mariot
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
14:00 – 14:25 I. Abdennour¹, M. Ouardouz¹, A. Bernoussi²
Modeling of electrical and thermal behaviors of photovoltaic panels using cellular automata approach
¹MMC team, Abdelmalek-Essaadi University
²GAT team, Abdelmalek-Essaadi University
14:25 – 14:50 J. García-Duro¹, L. Manzoni², I. Arias, M. Casal¹, O. Cruz¹, X. Manoel Pesqueira¹, A. Muñoz¹, R. Álvarez¹, L. Mariot², S. Bandini², O. Reyes¹
Hidden costs of modelling Post-Fire Plant Community Assembly using Cellular Automata
¹Área de Ecoloxía, Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional. Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
²Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
14:50 – 15:15 M. Madikas¹, M.-A. Tsompanas², N. Dourvas¹, G. Ch. Sirakoulis¹, J. Jones², A. Adamatzky²
Hardware implementation of a biomimicking hybrid CA
¹Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
²Unconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England

Session 7

chair Andrea Gorrini
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
15:40 – 16:05 J. Stępień¹, J. Stafiej²
Potential Oscillations in Cellular Automaton Based Model for Passivation of Metal Surface
¹ Department of Complex Systems and Chemical Information Processing, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
² Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
16:05 – 16:30 A. Carrieri¹, L. Crociani¹, G. Vizzari¹, S. Bandini¹
Motion Detection and Characterization in Videos with Cellular Automata
¹Università degli studi di Milano Bicocca. Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione (DISCo)

Session 8

chair Stefania Bandini
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
10:50 – 11:15 A. Daly¹, W. Quaghebeur¹, T. Depraetere¹, J. Baetens¹, B. De Baets¹
Coexistence in three-species cyclic competition: lattice-based versus lattice-free individual-based models
¹KERMIT, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University
11:15 – 11:40 J. Gasior¹, F. Seredynski¹, R. Hoffmann²
Towards Self-organizing Sensor Networks: Game-Theoretic epsilon-Learning Automata-based Approach
¹Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
²Technische Universität Darmstadt
11:40 – 12:05 C. Tinoco¹, G. Oliveira¹
Pheromone interactions in a cellular automata-based model for surveillance robots
¹Uberlândia Federal University
12:05 – 12:30 I. Varga¹, A. Némethy¹, G. Kocsis¹
Agent-based simulation of information spreading in VANET
¹Department of Informatics Systems and Networks, University of Debrecen

Session 9

chair Hiroshi Umeo
University of Osaka Electro-Communication, Osaka (Japan)
14:00 – 14:25 F. Bagnoli¹, S. Dridi², S. El Yacoubi², R. Rechtman³
Regional Control of Probabilistic Cellular Automata
¹Department of Physics and Astronomy and CSDC, University of Florence
²Team Project IMAGES_ESPACE-Dev, UMR 228 Espace-Dev IRD UA UM UG UR, University of Perpignan
³Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
14:25 – 14:50 T. T. Nguyen¹, L. Maignan¹
Firsts Steps in Cellular Fields Optimization: a FSSP case study
LACL, Université Paris-Est Créteil

Session 10

chair Giancarlo Mauri
Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication
University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
15:20 – 15:45 F. Bagnoli¹², R. Rechtman³
Regional synchronization of a probabilistic cellular automaton
¹Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and CSDC, Università di Firenze
²Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
³Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
15:45 – 16:10 H. Umeo¹, N. Kamikawa¹, M. Maeda¹, G. Fujita¹
State-efficient Implementations of Fault-tolerant FSSP Algorithms for 1D and 2D Cellular Arrays
¹Univ. of Osaka Electro-Communication

Poster session

R. Hoffmann¹, D. Désérable², F. Seredynski³
Stability Levels and Termination in Evolved CA Agents for the Black-Pattern Task
¹Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
²Institut National des Sciences Appliquées
³Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University
J. Orzechowska¹, D. Fordon¹, T. Gwizdałła¹
Size effect in Cellular Automata based disease spreading models
¹Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, University of Łódź
S. Adak¹, S. Mukherjee², S. Das¹
Do there exist Non-linear Maximal Length Cellular Automata? A Study
¹Department of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
²Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Management
A. T. Lawniczak¹, F. Yu¹
Analysis of Rates of Agents’ Decisions in Learning to Cross a Highway in Populations with Risk Takers and Risk Avoiders
¹Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph </td></tr> </table>

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