Hector Jasso, Jochen Triesch, Christof Teuscher
�We present a model of the development of gaze following consisting of a reinforcement learning algorithm [1] maximizing visual reward. �The model captures the progression that human infants go...
Damage Spreading in Spatial and Small-world Random Boolean Networks (2009)
Lu, Qiming, Teuscher, Christof
The study of the response of complex dynamical social, biological, or technological networks to external perturbations has numerous applications. Random Boolean Networks (RBNs) are commonly used a...
Jochen Triesch, Christof Teuscher, Gedeon O. Deák
We thank the four commentators for carefully evaluating our model (Triesch, Teuscher, Deák, & Carlson, 2006) and sharing their opinions. We will respond to the commentaries one by one. Chris...
Non-Traditional Irregular Interconnects for Massive Scale SoC (2008)
Abstract — By using self-assembling fabrication techniques at the cellular, molecular, or atomic scale, it is nowadays possible to create functional assemblies in a mainly bottom-up way that...
Jochen Triesch, Christof Teuscher, Gedeon O. Deák, Eric Carlson
We propose a computational model of the emergence of gaze following skills in infant–caregiver interactions. The model is based on the idea that infants learn that monitoring their caregiver’s...
Assessing Random Dynamical Network Architectures for Nanoelectronics (2008)
Teuscher, Christof, Gulbahce, Natali, Rohlf, Thimo
Independent of the technology, it is generally expected that future nanoscale devices will be built from vast numbers of densely arranged devices that exhibit high failure rates. Other than that,...
When correlations matter - response of dynamical networks to small perturbations (2008)
Rohlf, Thimo, Gulbahce, Natali, Teuscher, Christof
We systematically study and compare damage spreading for random Boolean and threshold networks under small external perturbations (damage), a problem which is relevant to many biological networks. We...
From Embryonics to POEtic Machines (2008)
Daniel Mange, André Stauffer, Gianluca Tempesti, Christof Teuscher
Abstract. The space of bio-inspired hardware can be partitioned along three axes: phylogeny, ontogeny, and epigenesis. We refer to this as the POE model. Our Embryonics (for embryonic electronics)...
Small-World Power-Law Interconnects for Nanoscale Computing Architectures (2008)
• Goal: investigate the properties of an irregular, abstract, yet physically plausible small-world interconnect fabric for self-assembled nanoscale electronics that is inspired by modern...
www.teuscher.ch/christof Abstract. The quest for novel and unconventional computing machines is mainly motivated by the man-machine dichotomy and by the belief that dealing with new physical...
Small-World Power-Law Interconnects for Nanoscale Computing Architectures (2008)
Abstract — Interconnects on today’s chips have become more important than transistors and this trend is predicted to continue with ongoing miniaturization and forthcoming beyondsilicon...
From Membranes to Systems: Self-Configuration and Self-Replication in Membrane Systems (2008)
Membrane systems are purely abstract computational models afar inspired by biological cells, their membranes, and their biochemistry. The inherently parallel nature of membrane systems makes them...
Yuri You, Gedeon Deak, Hector Jasso, Christof Teuscher
ABSTRACT: Attention sharing facilitates infants ’ learning of language, social practices, and personal information. How do attention-sharing skills emerge during the first year? Although...
Exploring Logic Artificial Chemistries: An Illogical Attempt? (2008)
Abstract — Robustness to a wide variety of negative factors and the ability to self-repair is an inherent and natural characteristic of all life forms on earth. As opposed to nature, man-made...
From Embryonics to POEtic Machines (2008)
Daniel Mange, André Stauffer, Gianluca Tempesti, Christof Teuscher
Abstract. The space of bio-inspired hardware can be partitioned along three axes: phylogeny, ontogeny, and epigenesis. We refer to this as the POE model. Our Embryonics (for embryonic electronics)...
Dynamics of Bio-Inspired Complex Nanoscale Interconnect Networks (2008)
• Goal: investigate the properties of an irregular, abstract, yet physically plausible small-world interconnect fabric for self-assembled nanoscale electronics, inspired by modern network-on-chip...
From Embryonics to POEtic Machines (2008)
Daniel Mange, André Stauffer, Gianluca Tempesti, Christof Teuscher
Abstract. The space of bio-inspired hardware can be partitioned along three axes: phylogeny, ontogeny, and epigenesis. We refer to this as the POE model. Our Embryonics (for embryonic electronics)...
Hector Jasso, Jochen Triesch, Christof Teuscher, Gedeon Deák
Visual attention is commonly characterized as driven by a combination of bottom-up and top-down signals [1]: Bottom-up signals are those resulting from a basic neuronal analysis of the visual input,...
A Reconfigurable Platform for Academic Purposes (2007)
Christof Teuscher, Jacques-olivier Haenni, Francisco J. Gómez, Héctor Fabio Restrepo, Eduardo Sanchez
Labomat 3 is a reconfigurable platform for teaching and research purposes developed by our laboratory. The main features of the board are: (1) a microprocessor associated with two mid-range FPGAs,...
Romero's Odyssey To Santa Fe: From Simulation To Real Life (2007)
Christof Teuscher, Eduardo Sanchez, Moshe Sipper
Many a researcher in evolutionary robotics would love to have at his or her disposal a real population of bopping critters. Toward this end, the ultimate goal of our work is twofold: (1) to build a...
Self-Organizing Topology Evolution of Turing Neural Networks (2007)
Christof Teuscher, Eduardo Sanchez
We present Turing's neural-network-like structures (unorganized machines) and compare them to Kauman's random boolean networks (RBN). Some characteristics of attractors are briey presented.
Christof Teuscher, Mathieu S. Capcarrere
Abstract Many observers have marveled at the beauty of the synchronous ashing of reies that has an almost hypnotic eect. In this paper we consider the issue of evolving two-dimensional cellular...
Christof Teuscher, Jacques-olivier Haenni, H'ector Fabio Restrepo, Eduardo Sanchez
Labomat 3 is a reconfigurable platform for teaching and research purposes developed by our laboratory. In this paper we describe in details the hardware and software of the board as well as three...
A Revival of Turing's Forgotten Connectionist Ideas: Exploring Unorganized Machines (2007)
Christof Teuscher, Eduardo Sanchez
Turing had already investigated connectionist networks at the end of the forties and was probably the first person to consider building machines out of very simple, neuron-like elements connected...
Nature-Inspired Interconnects for Self-Assembled Large-Scale Network-on-Chip Designs (2007)
Future nano-scale electronics built up from an Avogadro number of components needs efficient, highly scalable, and robust means of communication in order to be competitive with traditional silicon...
Exploring Logic Artificial Chemistries: An Illogical Attempt? (2007)
Robustness to a wide variety of negative factors and the ability to self-repair is an inherent and natural characteristic of all life forms on earth. As opposed to nature, man-made systems are in...
Damage Spreading and Criticality in Finite Random Dynamical Networks (2007)
Rohlf, Thimo, Gulbahce, Natali, Teuscher, Christof
We systematically study and compare damage spreading at the sparse percolation (SP) limit for random boolean and threshold networks with perturbations that are independent of the network size $N$....
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data (2007)
S. Stepney, C. Teuscher, Larry Bull, Susan Stepney, Christof Teuscher
in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright holder....
Deducing Local Rules for Solving Global Tasks with Random Boolean Networks (2006)
Mesot, Bertrand, Teuscher, Christof
It has been shown that uniform as well as non-uniform cellular automata (CA) can be evolved to perform certain computational tasks. Random Boolean networks are a generalization of two-state cellular...
On Irregular Interconnect Fabrics for Self-Assembled Nanoscale Electronics (2006)
Nanoscale electronics and novel fabrication technologies bear unique opportunities for self-assembling multi-billion component systems in a largely random manner, which would likely lower fabrication...
Amorphous membrane blending: from regular to irregular cellular computing machines (2005)
The von Neumann architecture was first expressed in 1945 and has largely dominated in many variants and refinements computer science for more than half a century. Alternative architectures always...
A reinforcement learning model explains the stage-wise development of gaze following (2005)
Hector Jasso, Jochen Triesch, Christof Teuscher
Gaze following is the ability to redirect one’s visual attention towards an object that someone else is looking at. It is considered the cornerstone of social communication, for it allows infant...
Towards More Biological Mutation Operators in Gene Regulation Studies (2004)
Watson, James, Geard, Nicholas, Wiles, Janet, Teuscher, Christof
Genetic regulation is often viewed as a complex system whose properties emerge from the interaction of regulatory genes. One major paradigm for studying the complex dynamics of gene regulation uses...
Amorphous membrane blending: from regular to irregular cellular computing machines (2004)
The von Neumann architecture was first expressed in 1945 and has largely dominated in many variants and refinements computer science for more than half a century. Alternative architectures always...
Amorphous membrane blending : from regular to irregular cellular computing machines / (2004)
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To care or not to care: Analyzing the caregiver in a computational gaze following framework (2004)
Christof Teuscher, Jochen Triesch
We first present a computational framework of the emergence of gaze following that is based on a generic basic set of mechanisms. Whereas much attention has been focused so far on the study of the...
A reconfigurable hardware membrane system (2004)
Biljana Petreska, Christof Teuscher
Abstract P systems are massively parallel systems and software simulations do no usually allow to exploit this parallelism. We present a parallel hardware implementation of a special class of...
Critical values in asynchronous random boolean networks (2003)
Abstract Wherever we see life, we see dierent kinds of complex networks, reason why they are studied across various elds of science. Random Boolean Networks (RBNs) form a special class in which the...
A Hardware Membrane System (2003)
Biljana Petreska Christof, Christof Teuscher
P systems are massively parallel systems. Software simulations do no usually allow to exploit this parallelism. We present a parallel hardware implementation of a special class of membrane systems....
Critical values in asynchronous random boolean networks (2003)
Abstract Wherever we see life, we see different kinds of complex networks, reason why they are studied across various fields of science. Random Boolean Networks (RBNs) form a special class in which...
The Biowall: An electronic tissue for prototyping bio-inspired systems (2002)
Gianluca Tempesti, Daniel Mange, André Stauffer, Christof Teuscher
In this article, we present the BioWall, a giant reconfigurable computing tissue developed to implement machines according to the principles of our Embryonics (embryonic electronics) project. The...
On the State of the Art of POEtic Machines (2001)
Biological systems grow, live, adapt, and reproduce, characteristics that are not truly encompassed by any existing computing system. If one considers life on Earth since its very beginning, three...
A selfrepairing and self-healing electronic watch: The biowatch (2001)
André Stauffer, Daniel Mange, Gianluca Tempesti, Christof Teuscher
Abstract. The Embryonics project is inspired by some of the basic processes of molecular biology, such as the embryonic development of living beings. Transposing these processes in to digital...
BioWatch: A giant electronic bio-inspired watch (2001)
André Stauffer, Daniel Mange, Gianluca Tempesti, Christof Teuscher
The Embryonics project is inspired by some of the basic processes of molecular biology, such as the embryonic development of living beings. Transposing these processes into digital electronic...
A Revival of Turing's Forgotten Connectionist Ideas: Exploring Unorganized Machines (2000)
Christof Teuscher, Eduardo Sanchez
Turing already investigated connectionist networks at the end of the forties and was probably the rst person to consider building machines out of very simple, neuron-like elements connected together...
A Networked FPGA-Based Hardware Implementation of a Neural Network Application (2000)
Héctor Fabio Restrepo, Ralph Hoffmann, Andres Perez-uribe, Christof Teuscher, Eduardo Sanchez
This paper describes a networked FPGA-based implementation of the FAST (Flexible Adaptable-Size Topology) architecture, a Artificial Neural Network (ANN) that dynamically adapts its size. Most ANN...
Romero's Pilgrimage to Santa Fe: A Tale of Robot Evolution (1999)
Christof Teuscher, Eduardo Sanchez, Moshe Sipper
Many a researcher in evolutionary robotics would love to have at his or her disposal a real population of bopping critters. We describe the design of a cheap, modular, and adaptable robot and the use...
CryptoBooster: A Reconfigurable and Modular Cryptographic Coprocessor (1999)
Emeka Mosanya, Christof Teuscher, Héctor Fabio Restrepo, Patrick Galley, H#ctor Fabio Restrepo, Eduardo Sanchez
The CryptoBooster is a modular and recongurable cryptographic coprocessor that takes full advantage of current high-performance reconfigurable circuits (FPGAs) and their partial reconfigurability....