Stefano Nichele

97 papers A 4B 5C 3Journal 52Unranked 31

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	Evolving Symbiosis, from Barricelli's Legacy to Collective Intelligence: a simulated and conceptual approach. CoRR James Ashford, Marko Cvjetko, Richard Löffler, Berfin Sakallioglu, Alessandro Valerio, Marta Tataryn, Benedikt Hartl, Léo Pio-Lopez, Stefano Nichele
2026	J	`jnl`	Information theoretic measures of neural and behavioural coupling predict representational drift. PLoS Comput. Biol. Kristine Heiney, Mónika Józsa, Michael Everett Rule, Henning Sprekeler, Stefano Nichele, Timothy O'Leary
2026	J	`jnl`	Sleep-Based Homeostatic Regularization for Stabilizing Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Recurrent Spiking Neural Networks. CoRR Andreas Massey, Aliaksandr Hubin, Stefano Nichele, Solve Sæbø
2025	J	`jnl`	A sensitivity analysis of cellular automata and heterogeneous topology networks: partially-local cellular automata and homogeneous homogeneous random boolean networks. Int. J. Parallel Emergent Distributed Syst. Tom Eivind Glover, Ruben Jahren, Francesco Martinuzzi, Pedro G. Lind, Stefano Nichele
2025	J	`jnl`	ARC-NCA: Towards Developmental Solutions to the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus. CoRR Etienne Guichard, Felix Reimers, Mia Kvalsund, Mikkel E. Lepperød, Stefano Nichele
2025	J	`jnl`	Benchmarking the State of Networks with a Low-Cost Method Based on Reservoir Computing. CoRR Felix Reimers, Carl-Hendrik Peters, Stefano Nichele
2025	J	`jnl`	Editorial: Special Issue "The Distributed Ghost" - Cellular Automata, Distributed Dynamical Systems, and Their Applications to Intelligence. Artif. Life Stefano Nichele, Hiroki Sayama, Eric Medvet, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Mario Pavone
2025	J	`jnl`	EngramNCA: a Neural Cellular Automaton Model of Memory Transfer. CoRR Etienne Guichard, Felix Reimers, Mia Kvalsund, Mikkel E. Lepperød, Stefano Nichele
2025	J	`jnl`	Frequency-Histogram Coarse Graining in Elementary Cellular Automata and 2D CA. CoRR Sanyam Jain, Stefano Nichele
2025	J	`jnl`	Reservoir Computing with Evolved Critical Neural Cellular Automata. CoRR Sidney Pontes-Filho, Stefano Nichele, Mikkel E. Lepperød
2024	J	`jnl`	A Sensitivity Analysis of Cellular Automata and Heterogeneous Topology Networks: Partially-Local Cellular Automata and Homogeneous Homogeneous Random Boolean Networks. CoRR Tom Eivind Glover, Ruben Jahren, Francesco Martinuzzi, Pedro G. Lind, Stefano Nichele
2024	B	`conf`	Chaotic Time Series Prediction in Biological Neural Network Reservoirs on Microelectrode Arrays. IJCNN Trym A. E. Lindell, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
2024	—	`conf`	Emergent Dynamics in Heterogeneous Life-Like Cellular Automata. WIVACE Aarati Shrestha, Felix Reimers, Sanyam Jain, Paolo Baldini, Michele Braccini, Andrea Roli, Stefano Nichele
2024	J	`jnl`	Emergent Dynamics in Heterogeneous Life-Like Cellular Automata. CoRR Aarati Shrestha, Felix Reimers, Sanyam Jain, Paolo Baldini, Michele Braccini, Andrea Roli, Stefano Nichele
2024	J	`jnl`	How quantum and evolutionary algorithms can help each other: two examples. CoRR Shailendra Bhandari, Stefano Nichele, Sergiy Denysov, Pedro G. Lind
2024	J	`jnl`	Information encoding and decoding in in-vitro neural networks on micro electrode arrays through stimulation timing. CoRR Trym A. E. Lindell, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
2024	J	`jnl`	On when is Reservoir Computing with Cellular Automata Beneficial? CoRR Tom Eivind Glover, Evgeny Osipov, Stefano Nichele
2024	—	`conf`	Stability of Input Representations in Biological Neural Network Reservoirs. WIVACE Trym A. E. Lindell, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
2024	A	`conf`	The Role of the Substrate in CA-based Evolutionary Algorithms. GECCO Gloria Pietropolli, Stefano Nichele, Eric Medvet
2024	—	`conf`	When is Reservoir Computing with Cellular Automata Beneficial? WIVACE Tom Eivind Glover, Evgeny Osipov, Stefano Nichele
2023	J	`jnl`	An experimental comparison of evolved neural network models for controlling simulated modular soft robots. Appl. Soft Comput. Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Stefano Nichele, Sidney Pontes-Filho
2023	—	`conf`	Capturing Emerging Complexity in Lenia. WIVACE Sanyam Jain, Aarati Shrestha, Stefano Nichele
2023	J	`jnl`	Investigating Rules and Parameters of Reservoir Computing with Elementary Cellular Automata, with a Criticism of Rule 90 and the Five-Bit Memory Benchmark. Complex Syst. Tom Eivind Glover, Pedro G. Lind, Anis Yazidi, Evgeny Osipov, Stefano Nichele
2023	—	`conf`	Local Delay Plasticity Supports Generalized Learning in Spiking Neural Networks. WIVACE Jørgen Jensen Farner, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
2023	A	`conf`	Optimization of a Hydrodynamic Computational Reservoir through Evolution. GECCO Alessandro Pierro, Kristine Heiney, Shamit Shrivastava, Giulia Marcucci, Stefano Nichele
2023	J	`jnl`	Optimization of a Hydrodynamic Computational Reservoir through Evolution. CoRR Alessandro Pierro, Kristine Heiney, Shamit Shrivastava, Giulia Marcucci, Stefano Nichele
2022	J	`jnl`	A Unified Substrate for Body-Brain Co-evolution. CoRR Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kathryn Walker, Elias Najarro, Stefano Nichele, Sebastian Risi
2022	—	`conf`	A single neural cellular automaton for body-brain co-evolution. GECCO Companion Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kathryn Walker, Elias Najarro, Stefano Nichele, Sebastian Risi
2022	J	`jnl`	AI-based artistic representation of emotions from EEG signals: a discussion on fairness, inclusion, and aesthetics. CoRR Piera Riccio, Kristin Bergaust, Boel Christensen-Scheel, Juan Carlos De Martin, Maria A. Zuluaga, Stefano Nichele
2022	—	`conf`	An HCI Experiment to Explore Interactive Artificial Life Art. HCI (39) Glare Dumo, Pedro G. Lind, Stefano Nichele
2022	J	`jnl`	Assessing the robustness of critical behavior in stochastic cellular automata. CoRR Sidney Pontes-Filho, Pedro G. Lind, Stefano Nichele
2022	J	`jnl`	Collective control of modular soft robots via embodied Spiking Neural Cellular Automata. CoRR Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Stefano Nichele, Sidney Pontes-Filho
2022	—	`conf`	Evolving Quantum Circuits to Implement Stochastic and Deterministic Cellular Automata Rules. ACRI Shailendra Bhandari, Sebastian Overskott, Ioannis Adamopoulos, Pedro G. Lind, Sergiy Denysov, Stefano Nichele
2022	J	`jnl`	Local learning through propagation delays in spiking neural networks. CoRR Jørgen Jensen Farner, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
2022	J	`jnl`	Merging pruning and neuroevolution: towards robust and efficient controllers for modular soft robots - Corrigendum. Knowl. Eng. Rev. Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Marco Zullich
2022	J	`jnl`	Merging pruning and neuroevolution: towards robust and efficient controllers for modular soft robots. Knowl. Eng. Rev. Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Marco Zullich
2022	J	`jnl`	Towards the Neuroevolution of Low-level Artificial General Intelligence. CoRR Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kristoffer Olsen, Anis Yazidi, Michael A. Riegler, Pål Halvorsen, Stefano Nichele
2022	J	`jnl`	Towards the Neuroevolution of Low-level artificial general intelligence. Frontiers Robotics AI Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kristoffer Olsen, Anis Yazidi, Michael A. Riegler, Pål Halvorsen, Stefano Nichele
2022	C	`conf`	Translating Emotions from EEG to Visual Arts. EvoMUSART Piera Riccio, Francesco Galati, Maria A. Zuluaga, Juan Carlos De Martin, Stefano Nichele
2021	—	`conf`	A Deep Learning-Based Tool for Automatic Brain Extraction from Functional Magnetic Resonance Images of Rodents. IntelliSys (3) Sidney Pontes-Filho, Annelene Gulden Dahl, Stefano Nichele, Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello
2021	J	`jnl`	Criticality, Connectivity, and Neural Disorder: A Multifaceted Approach to Neural Computation. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. Kristine Heiney, Ola Huse Ramstad, Vegard Fiskum, Nicholas Christiansen, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele, Ioanna Sandvig
2021	J	`jnl`	Criticality-Driven Evolution of Adaptable Morphologies of Voxel-Based Soft-Robots. Frontiers Robotics AI Jacopo Talamini, Eric Medvet, Stefano Nichele
2021	—	`conf`	Evolving spiking neuron cellular automata and networks to emulate in vitro neuronal activity. SSCI Jørgen Jensen Farner, Håkon Weydahl, Ruben Jahren, Stefano Nichele, Ola Huse Ramstad, Kristine Heiney
2021	J	`jnl`	Evolving spiking neuron cellular automata and networks to emulate in vitro neuronal activity. CoRR Jørgen Jensen Farner, Håkon Weydahl, Ruben Jahren, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
2021	J	`jnl`	Hallmarks of Criticality in Neuronal Networks Depend on Cell Type and the Temporal Resolution of Neuronal Avalanches. Int. J. Unconv. Comput. Kristine Heiney, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
2021	—	`conf`	On the effects of pruning on evolved neural controllers for soft robots. GECCO Companion Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Marco Zullich, Stefano Nichele
2021	C	`conf`	The Dynamical Landscape of Reservoir Computing with Elementary Cellular Automata. ALIFE Tom Eivind Glover, Pedro G. Lind, Anis Yazidi, Evgeny Osipov, Stefano Nichele
2021	J	`jnl`	Tim Taylor and Alan Dorin: Rise of the self-replicators - early visions of machines, AI and robots that can reproduce and evolve. Genet. Program. Evolvable Mach. Stefano Nichele
2021	J	`jnl`	Towards self-organized control: Using neural cellular automata to robustly control a cart-pole agent. CoRR Alexandre Variengien, Stefano Nichele, Tom Eivind Glover, Sidney Pontes-Filho
2020	J	`jnl`	Emotion recognition using multi-modal data and machine learning techniques: A tutorial and review. Inf. Fusion Jianhua Zhang, Zhong Yin, Peng Chen, Stefano Nichele
2020	—	`conf`	Evading a Machine Learning-based Intrusion Detection System through Adversarial Perturbations. RACS Torgeir Fladby, Hårek Haugerud, Stefano Nichele, Kyrre M. Begnum, Anis Yazidi
2020	B	`conf`	EvoDynamic: A Framework for the Evolution of Generally Represented Dynamical Systems and Its Application to Criticality. EvoApplications Sidney Pontes-Filho, Pedro G. Lind, Anis Yazidi, Jianhua Zhang, Hugo Hammer, Gustavo B. M. Mello, Ioanna Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
2020	J	`jnl`	On Artificial Life and Emergent Computation in Physical Substrates. CoRR Kristine Heiney, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
2019	J	`jnl`	A deep learning based tool for automatic brain extraction from functional magnetic resonance images in rodents. CoRR Sidney Pontes-Filho, Annelene Gulden Dahl, Stefano Nichele, Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello
2019	J	`jnl`	A general representation of dynamical systems for reservoir computing. CoRR Sidney Pontes-Filho, Anis Yazidi, Jianhua Zhang, Hugo Hammer, Gustavo B. M. Mello, Ioanna Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
2019	—	`conf`	Assessment and manipulation of the computational capacity of in vitro neuronal networks through criticality in neuronal avalanches. SSCI Kristine Heiney, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
2019	J	`jnl`	DeepTEGINN: Deep Learning Based Tools to Extract Graphs from Images of Neural Networks. CoRR Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Sidney Pontes-Filho, Evi Zouganeli, Ioanna Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
2019	—	`conf`	Emotion Recognition Using Time-frequency Analysis of EEG Signals and Machine Learning SSCI Jianhua Zhang, Peng Chen, Stefano Nichele, Anis Yazidi
2019	—	`conf`	Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Demarcations. NAIS Anders Braarud Hanssen, Stefano Nichele
2019	J	`jnl`	Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Demarcations. CoRR Anders Braarud Hanssen, Stefano Nichele
2019	J	`jnl`	Evaluation of the criticality of in vitro neuronal networks: Toward an assessment of computational capacity. CoRR Kristine Heiney, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Hugo Lewi Hammer, Stefano Nichele
2019	—	`conf`	Evolved Art with Transparent, Overlapping, and Geometric Shapes. NAIS Joachim Berg, Nils Gustav Andreas Berggren, Sivert Allergodt Borgeteien, Christian Ruben Alexander Jahren, Arqam Sajid, Stefano Nichele
2019	J	`jnl`	Evolved Art with Transparent, Overlapping, and Geometric Shapes. CoRR Joachim Berg, Nils Gustav Andreas Berggren, Sivert Allergodt Borgeteien, Christian Ruben Alexander Jahren, Arqam Sajid, Stefano Nichele
2019	C	`conf`	Gathering of the Hive: Investigating the clustering behaviour of honeybees through art and swarm robotics. ALIFE Haakon Haraldsen Roen, Vako Vartkes Varankian, Stefano Nichele, Kristin Bergaust
2019	—	`conf`	Instantaneous Mental Workload Classification Using Semi-Supervised Learning SSCI Jianhua Zhang, Jianrong Li, Stefano Nichele
2019	—	`conf`	Method to Obtain Neuromorphic Reservoir Networks from Images of in Vitro Cortical Networks. SSCI Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello, Sidney Pontes-Filho, Ioanna Sandvig, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Evi Zouganeli, Ola Huse Ramstad, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
2019	J	`jnl`	Towards a framework for the evolution of artificial general intelligence. CoRR Sidney Pontes-Filho, Stefano Nichele
2018	J	`jnl`	Achieving Connectivity Between Wide Areas Through Self-Organising Robot Swarm Using Embodied Evolution. CoRR Erik Aaron Hansen, Stefano Nichele, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Asieh Abolpour Mofrad, Alex Alcocer
2018	—	`conf`	Achieving Connectivity Between Wide Areas Through Self-Organising Robot Swarms Using Embodied Evolution. SSCI Erik Aaron Hansen, Stefano Nichele, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Asieh Abolpour Mofrad, Alex Alcocer
2018	J	`jnl`	Autonomous Configuration of Network Parameters in Operating Systems using Evolutionary Algorithms. CoRR Bartosz Gembala, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Stefano Nichele
2018	—	`conf`	Autonomous configuration of network parameters in operating systems using evolutionary algorithms. RACS Bartosz Gembala, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Stefano Nichele
2018	J	`jnl`	CA-NEAT: Evolved Compositional Pattern Producing Networks for Cellular Automata Morphogenesis and Replication. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. Stefano Nichele, Mathias Berild Ose, Sebastian Risi, Gunnar Tufte
2018	—	`ch.`	Philosophy of Computation. Computational Matter Zoran Konkoli, Susan Stepney, Hajo Broersma, Paolo Dini, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Stefano Nichele
2018	—	`ch.`	Reservoir Computing with Computational Matter. Computational Matter Zoran Konkoli, Stefano Nichele, Matthew Dale, Susan Stepney
2017	J	`jnl`	Deep Learning with Cellular Automaton-Based Reservoir Computing. Complex Syst. Stefano Nichele, Andreas Molund
2017	J	`jnl`	Deep Reservoir Computing Using Cellular Automata. CoRR Stefano Nichele, Andreas Molund
2017	J	`jnl`	Reservoir Computing Using Non-Uniform Binary Cellular Automata. CoRR Stefano Nichele, Magnus S. Gundersen
2017	J	`jnl`	Reservoir Computing Using Nonuniform Binary Cellular Automata. Complex Syst. Stefano Nichele, Magnus S. Gundersen
2017	—	`conf`	Towards a plant bio-machine. SSCI Stefano Nichele, Sebastian Risi, Gunnar Tufte, Laura Beloff
2017	—	`conf`	Towards making a cyborg: A closed-loop reservoir-neuro system. ECAL Peter Aaser, Martinius Knudsen, Ola Huse Ramstad, Rosanne van de Wijdeven, Stefano Nichele, Ioanna Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Ulrich Stefan Bauer, Øyvind Halaas, Sverre Hendseth, Axel Sandvig, Vibeke Valderhaug
2017	J	`jnl`	Universality of Evolved Cellular Automata in-Materio. Int. J. Unconv. Comput. Stefano Nichele, Sigve Sebastian Farstad, Gunnar Tufte
2016	J	`jnl`	An Explanation of Computation - Collective Electrodynamics in Blobs of Carbon Nanotubes. EAI Endorsed Trans. Future Intell. Educ. Environ. Dragana Laketic, Gunnar Tufte, Odd Rune Lykkebø, Stefano Nichele
2016	J	`jnl`	Evolutionary Growth of Genome Representations on Artificial Cellular Organisms with Indirect Encodings. Artif. Life Stefano Nichele, Andreas Giskeødegård, Gunnar Tufte
2016	A	`conf`	Genotype Regulation by Self-modifying Instruction-Based Development on Cellular Automata. PPSN Stefano Nichele, Tom Eivind Glover, Gunnar Tufte
2016	B	`conf`	Towards standalone in-materio devices: Stable logic gates and elementary cellular automata in carbon nanotubes material. CEC Sigve Sebastian Farstad, Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
2015	—	`conf`	An Explanation of Computation - Collective Electrodynamics in Blobs of Carbon Nanotubes. BICT Dragana Laketic, Gunnar Tufte, Odd Rune Lykkebø, Stefano Nichele
2015	—	`conf`	An Investigation of Square Waves for Evolution in Carbon Nanotubes Material. ECAL Odd Rune Lykkebø, Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
2015	—	`conf`	An Investigation of Underlying Physical Properties Exploited by Evolution in Nanotubes Materials. SSCI Stefano Nichele, Odd Rune Lykkebø, Gunnar Tufte
2015	—	`conf`	Morphogenesis and Replication of Multi-Cellular Organisms with Evolved Variable Length Self-Modifying Genomes. ECAL Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
2014	—	`conf`	Evolutionary growth of genomes for the development and replication of multicellular organisms with indirect encoding. ICES Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
2014	B	`conf`	Investigation of Genome Parameters and Sub-Transitions to Guide Evolution of Artificial Cellular Organisms. EvoApplications Stefano Nichele, Håkon Hjelde Wold, Gunnar Tufte
2013	—	`conf`	Evolution of Incremental Complex Behavior on Cellular Machines. ECAL Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
2013	—	`conf`	Measuring Phenotypic Structural Complexity of Artificial Cellular Organisms - Approximation of Kolmogorov Complexity with Lempel-Ziv Compression. IBICA Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
2012	—	`conf`	Genome Parameters as Information to Forecast Emergent Developmental Behaviors. UCNC Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
2011	—	`conf`	Discrete dynamics of cellular machines: specification and interpretation. GECCO (Companion) Stefano Nichele
2011	A	`conf`	On the correlations between developmental diversity and genomic composition. GECCO Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
2010	B	`conf`	Trajectories and attractors as specification for the evolution of behaviour in cellular automata. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte