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Amorphous Computing: A Research Agenda for the Near Future

SYSNO ASEP	0368241
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Amorphous Computing: A Research Agenda for the Near Future
Author(s)	Wiedermann, Jiří (UIVT-O)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Source Title	Natural Computing - ISSN 1567-7818 Roč. 11, č. 1 (2012), s. 59-63
Number of pages	5 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	amorphous computing ; nano-machines ; flying amorphous computer
Subject RIV	IN - Informatics, Computer Science
R&D Projects	GAP202/10/1333 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z10300504 - UIVT-O (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000300891600007
EID SCOPUS	84857894893
DOI	10.1007/s11047-011-9281-x
Annotation	Amorphous computing presents a novel computational paradigm. The respective computational models have been recently introduced and studied in a series of works by J. Wiedermann and his Ph.D. student L. Petru°. From a computational viewpoint, amorphous computing systems differ from the classical ones almost in every aspect: they consist of a set of tiny, independent and selfpowered processors or robots that can communicate wirelessly to a limited distance. The processors are randomly placed in a closed area or volume and form an ad-hoc network; in some applications they can move, either actively, or passively (e.g., in a bloodstream). Assuming the exponential progress in all sciences resulting in our ability to produce amorphous computing systems with myriads of processors, an unmatched application potential is expected profoundly to change all areas of science and life. But prior to this state of the matters theoretical and practical studies of the computational properties and efficiency of amorphous computing systems must be performed. It is expected that an indispensable part of computer science will be affected by this trend.
Workplace	Institute of Computer Science
Contact	Tereza Šírová, sirova@cs.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 800
Year of Publishing	2012

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