René Doursat  Ph.D. Habil.

Research Associate Professor, School of    Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University Affiliate Research Fellow, Krasnow    Institute, George Mason University Research Scientist & Fmr. Director,    Complex Systems Institute, Paris    Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF), CNRS Co-Founder & Adjunct Lecturer, Erasmus    Mundus Master's in Complex Systems    Science, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris email: rene.doursatdrexel.edu

Book Publications Morphogenetic Engineering Springer, 2012 Cognitive Morphodynamics Peter Lang, 2011 Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2011 MIT Press, 2011 Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2010 Springer, 2010 IT Revolutions, ICST 2008 Springer, 2009

Home Page Research Teaching Publications Activities, Grants Industry Education, Career Full CV   (Apr 15, 2013)	Welcome to René's home page I am a researcher and lecturer in computer science, with a focus on complex systems and neural computation. After a detour through the software industry following my Ph.D. and postdoc period, I returned to academia in 2004 as a Visiting Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Since 2006, I have been a Research Scientist at the Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (under CNRS) and since 2009, an Adjunct Lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique. I was also Director of the institute for two years, but preferred handing over this management responsibility to dedicate myself again to full-time research. In early 2013, I was named Research Associate Professor at Drexel University (Philadelphia), and Affiliate Research Fellow at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). Research Topics Architectured Complex Systems Bio & Artificial Development Self-Constructing Networks Emergent Neural Dynamics Computational Evolution & Ecology Latest News • Named Research Associate Professor School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, January 2013. • Creator & Lead Editor Morphogenetic Engineering: Toward Programmable Complex Systems, "Understanding Complex Systems" Series, Springer-Verlag. CHAPTER 1 • Chair & Main Organizer "Generative & Developmental Systems" Track (GDS 2013), GECCO, July 6-10, 2013, Amsterdam. • Keynote speaker 7th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2013), September 9-13, 2013, Philadelphia, PA. • Best Paper Award Winner 14th Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2012), EDA+GDS Tracks, July 7-11, 2012, Philadelphia. PAPER • General Chair & Main Organizer 11th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL), August 8-12, 2011, Paris. Research Teaching Publications Activities & Grants Industry Education & Career For more information, please visit the different sections of my website. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions.