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    • Editor    • Chair & Organizer    • Advisory Committees    • Reviewer & PCs    • Juries & Search    • Memberships    • Grants Industry Education, Career Full CV   (Apr 15, 2013)	Activities Since my return to academia in 2004, I have built or renewed scientific relationships with many colleagues and institutions in Europe, the US, and Canada. In addition to my previous activities from before 1998, this second period has been characterized by a number of new initiatives and publications: journal and conference papers, book chapters and edited books, creation and/or organization of conferences and workshops, supervision of Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, contributions to reviews and committees, launch of several projects, and grant writing. Editor (elaboration of books, proceedings & journals) Book & proceedings editor   Co-Editor & Author, Growing Adaptive Machines: Integrating Development and Learning in Artificial Neural Networks (2013) Kowaliw, T., Bredeche, N. & Doursat, R., eds. "Studies in Computational Intelligence" Series, Springer-Verlag. To appear. Creator, Lead Editor & Author, Morphogenetic Engineering: Toward Programmable Complex Systems (2012) Doursat, R., Sayama, H. & Michel, O., eds. "Understanding Complex Systems" Series, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-642-33901-1. OVERVIEW CHAPTER 1 Co-Editor & Author, Cognitive Morphodynamics: Dynamical Morphological Models for Constituency in Perception and Syntax (2011) Petitot, J., in collaboration with Doursat, R. Peter Lang, ISBN 978-3-0343-0475-7 [306 pages]. INTRO Track Chair, Co-Editor & Author, Proceedings of the 14th International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2012) Soule, T. et al., eds. July 7-11, 2012, Philadelphia, PA. ACM, ISBN 978-1-4503-1177-9 [1364 pages]. General Chair & Co-Editor, Advances in Artificial Life: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ECAL 2011) Lenaerts, T., Giacobini, M., Bersini, H., Bourgine, P., Dorigo M. & Doursat, R., eds. August 8-12, 2011, Paris, France. MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-29714-1 [909 pages]. Session Creator & Co-Editor, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2010) Dorigo, M., Birattari, M., Di Caro, G. A., Doursat, R., Engelbrecht, A. P., Floreano, D., Gambardella, L. M., Groß, R., Sahin, E., Sayama, H. & Stützle, T., eds. September 8-10, 2010, Brussels, Belgium. LNCS 6234, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-642-15460-7 [542 pages]. Technical Chair & Co-Editor, IT Revolutions: Proceedings of the 1st International ICST Conference, Revised Selected Papers (2009) Ulieru, M., Palensky, P. & Doursat, R., eds. December 17-19, 2008, Venice, Italy. LNICST 11, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-642-03977-5 [259 pages]. Journal editor & board member   Co-Editor, Special Issue for the 20th Anniversary of the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2011) (2013) Lenaerts, T., Giacobini, M., Bersini, H., Bourgine, P., Dorigo M. & Doursat, R., eds. Artificial Life 19(2) [xx pages]. To appear. Co-Editor, ANTS 2010 Special Issue: Extended best papers from the 7th International Swarm Intelligence Conference Proceedings (2011) Dorigo, M., Birattari, M., Di Caro, G., Doursat, R., Engelbrecht, A., Gambardella, L. M., Groß, R., Sahin, E. & Stützle, T., eds. Swarm Intelligence 5(3-4) [228 pages]. EDITORIAL Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (TNN), 2009-2010. Board of Directors (Honorary Member), International Society of Artificial Life, 2010-Present. Advisory Board, Embedded Self-organising Systems, 2009-Present. Chair & Organizing Committees (creation & preparation of events) Conference & workshop creation   Creator & Chair, 1st International Conference on the Engineering and Control of Self-Organization (ECSO 2014), (details to be announced). Creator & Principal Organizer, 3rd International Workshop on Morphogenetic Engineering (MEW 2011), at 11th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'11), August 12, 2011, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France. Keynote: Jacob Beal. Creator & Chair, Special Session on Morphogenetic Engineering, at 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS), September 8-10, 2010, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Creator & Principal Organizer, 1st International Workshop on the Shapes of Brain Dynamics (SBD 2010), June 18, 2010, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF). Keynote: Walter Freeman. Creator & Principal Organizer, 1st International Workshop on Morphogenetic Engineering (MEW 2009), June 19, 2009, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF). Keynote: Marco Dorigo. Co-Creator & Co-Organizer, Workshop on Spatial Evolutionary Dynamics (SED 2008), October 17, 2008, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF). Keynote: Paulien Hogeweg. Conference & workshop organization   Chair & Principal Organizer, "Generative & Developmental Systems" Track (GDS 2013), at 15th International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2013), July 6-10, 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Co-Chair, 3rd International Workshop on Morphogenesis in Living Systems (MLS 2013), February 15, 2013, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard (INAF), CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Co-Chair & Principal Organizer, "Generative & Developmental Systems" Track (GDS 2012), at 14th International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2012), July 7-11, 2012, Philadelphia, PA. Keynote: Stuart Kauffman. General Chair & Principal Organizer, 11th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'11), August 8-12, 2011, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France. Co-Organizer, International Workshop on Development and Learning in Artificial Neural Networks (DevLeaNN), October 27-28, 2011, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF). Panel Chair, Ladislav Tauc Conference in Neurobiology 2010: Multiscale Analysis of Neural Systems, February 15-16, 2010, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard (INAF), CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. General Chair & Co-Organizer, 3rd French Conference on Complex Systems Science & Engineering, French National Network of Complex Systems (RNSC), November 25-27, 2009, CNRS Headquarters, Paris, France. Co-Chair, International Symposium on Complex Systems, French National Network of Complex Systems (RNSC), September 17-18, 2009, Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP), Paris, France. Technical Program Chair, IT Revolutions 2008 Conference (co-sponsored by ICST, IEEE, Create-Net), and Co-Chair, "Approaching Complexity" Theme, December 17-19, 2008, Venice, Italy. Summer school organization   Co-Organizer, 4th Annual French Complex Systems Summer School, August 2-20, 2010. Principal Organizer, 3rd Annual French Complex Systems Summer School, July 20-August 14, 2009. Principal Organizer & Instructor, 2nd Annual French Complex Systems Summer School, July 15-August 9, 2008. Coordinator & Instructor, 1st Annual French Complex Systems Summer School, July 30-August 26, 2007. Advisory Committees (recommendations on research & education) Slides Factory & Summer School Committee (of 12), "Self-Awareness in Autonomic Systems" (AWARENESS) Coordination Action, supporting research & education under the FP7-FET Proactive Intiative, 2012-2013. Steering Committee (of 20), "Toward a More Predictive Biology" think tank, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), 2010. Council (of 57) of the Complex Systems Society (CSS), 2009-2010. Curriculum Committee (of 6) for the creation of the first European Erasmus Mundus Master's in Complex Systems Science (awarded), and Doctoral School (submitted), a collaboration between Ecole Polytechnique, Paris; University of Warwick, UK; and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2008-2009. Curriculum Committee (of 4) for the creation of the first French Master's Program in Complex Systems Science, a collaboration between Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 2008-2010. Scientific Committee (of 40-50), Réseau National des Systčmes Complexes (RNSC), the French National Network of Complex Systems), writing recommendations about the main objectives of French research in complex systems, 2006, 2010. Reviewer & Program Committees (review of submissions) Journal paper reviews   Referee, ACM Transactions on Autonomous Adaptive Systems (TAAS), 2007 Referee, Advances in Complex Systems, 2008 Referee, Artificial Life, 2011 Referee, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (TEVC), 2010 Referee, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (TNN), 1994, 2008 Referee, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (SMCB), 2010 Referee, Neural Computation, 1993, 1994 Referee, Neural Networks, 1992 Referee, Technique et Science Informatiques (TSI), 2010 Conference & workshop paper reviews   Program Committee, 6th International Workshop on Nature-Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2013), September 2-4, 2013, Kent, UK. Program Committee, 6th Spatial Computing Workshop (SCW 2013), at 12th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2013), May 6-10, 2013, St. Paul, MN. Program Committee, 4th IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (IEEE ALIFE 2013), at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2013), April 15-19, 2013, Singapore. Program Committee, 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (ALIFE 13), July 19-22, 2012, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Program Committee, "Evolving Networks" Workshop: From Systems/Synthetic Biology to Computational Neuroscience (EvoNet 2012), at 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (ALIFE 13), July 19-22, 2012, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Program Committee, 5th Spatial Computing Workshop (SCW 2012), at 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2012), June 4-8, 2012, Valencia, Spain. Program Committee, 11th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL'11), August 8-12, 2011, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France. Program Committee, "Generative & Developmental Systems" Track (GDS 2011), at 13th International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2011), July 12-16, 2011, Dublin, Ireland. Program Committee, 8th International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS 2011), June 26-July 1, 2011, New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI), Boston, MA. Program Committee, IEEE Symposium Workshop on Organic Computing (OC 2011), at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2011), April 11-15, 2011, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France. Program Committee, 3rd IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (IEEE ALIFE 2011), at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2011), April 11-15, 2011, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France. Program Committee, Special Track on State-Topology Coevolution in Adaptive Networks (STCAN 2010), at 5th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems (BIONETICS 2010), December 1-3, 2010, Boston, MA. Program Committee, 3rd Spatial Computing Workshop (SCW 2010), at 4th IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2010), Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2010, Budapest, Hungary. Program Committee, Swarm, Amorphous, Spatial, and Complex Systems Track (SASCS), at 12th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2010), Sept. 20-22, 2010, Columbia University, New York. Program Committee, 12th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (ALIFE XII), August 19-23, 2010, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Program Committee, Special Session on Organic Computing (OC 2010), at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2010), July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain. Program Committee, 2nd Spatial Computing Workshop (SCW 2009), at 3rd IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2009), September 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, CA. Program Committee, "Generative & Developmental Systems" Track (GDS 2009), at 11th International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2009), July 8-12, 2009, Montréal, Canada. Program Committee, 1st Spatial Computing Workshop (SCW 2008), at 2nd IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2008), October 20-24, 2008, Venice, Italy. Grant proposal reviews   Grant Review Committee, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF), 2011-2013 Grant Review Committee, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France, 2008 Grant Review Committee, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2007 Juries & Search Committees (selection of candidates) Ph.D. Defence Juries:   Advisor & Examiner, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France, 2/2013 Reviewer, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4), France, 12/2012 Reviewer, Université Lumičre Lyon 2, France, 9/2011 Reviewer, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 5/2011 Examiner, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France, 1/2011 Examiner, Universidad de Málaga, Spain, 11/2010 Examiner & Chair, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France, 11/2009 Committee Member & Examiner, Binghamton University SUNY, US, 4/2009 Jury (of 5), French-Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science (ACFAS), Marcel Vincent Award, given yearly to an outstanding Canadian researcher in social sciences, 2006, 2007. Search Committee (Member & Chair), Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF), for Postdoc Fellowships: 2008: 19 applicants, 9 interviewees, 4 ranked, 3 positions 2009: 43 applicants, 8 interviewees, 5 ranked, 3 positions 2010: 34 applicants, 9 interviewees, 6 ranked, 2 positions Search Committee (Chair), Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF), for 1 Software Engineer/Scientific Programmer position, and 1 Webmaster/Communication Manager position, 2009. Memberships (past and present) Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Member, Complex Systems Society (ECSS) Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member, International Neural Network Society (INNS) Member, International Society of Artificial Life (ISAL) Member, New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) Member, French National Network of Complex Systems (RNSC). Project Grants & Personal Scholarships Awarded   Amos, M. (PI), Stepney, S., Doursat, R., Vico, F. J. & Rasmussen, S. TRUCE (Training and Research for Unconventional Computing), FP7 FET Proactive Coordination and Support Actions, Call FP7-ICT-2011.9.12, €509K, 10/2012-9/2015. Doursat, R. (PI), Vico, F. J. & Muñoz, J. Bio-inspired Computation, Personal Research Grant, "Attraction Program for Renowned Researchers", University of Málaga (UMA), Andalusia TECH, Government of Andalusia, Spain, €40K, 4/2012, 1-year [whose budget start was delayed for over half a year, and which I decided to decline]. Delaplace, F. (PI), Doursat, R., Giavitto, J.-L., Hains, G., Klaudel, H., Michel, O., Pommereau, F., Sené, S., Spicher, A. & Verlan S. Synthetic Biological Systems: From Design to Compilation (SynBioTIC), "Information, Matter and Engineering Sciences" Call, National Research Agency (ANR), #ANR-BLAN-SIMI10-LS-100618-12-01, France, €539K, 1/2011-12/2014. Bourgine, P. (PI), Doursat, R., Ball, R. & Mehlig, B. EMMC (Erasmus Mundus Master's Course), Complex Systems Science Master's (CSSM), European Union Lifelong Learning Programme, 3 European partners (University of Warwick, Ecole Polytechnique Paris, Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg), 5-year funding for student scholarships (~€600K/year) and administrative costs, ~€3.2M, 9/2010-8/2015. LEAFLET (9/2012) ASSYST (Action for the Science of complex SYstems and Socially Intelligent icT), European Coordination Action: FP7-ICT/FET-Proactive, 15 European partners, €900K (ISC-PIF: €175K), 36 months, 1/2009–12/2011. Goodman, P. H. (PI), Harris, F. C., Doursat, R., Nicolescu, M. N. & Markram, H. J. Continuation of Large-Scale Biologically Realistic Models of Cortical & Subcortical Dynamics with Social Robotic Applications, Office of Naval Research (ONR) Project Grant #N000149910880, $801K, 7/2006–6/2009. Doursat, R. (PI) & Petitot, J. Bridging the gap between visual perception and language: an exploration into the neural morphodynamics of cognitive schemas, categories and compositionality, Personal Research Grant, Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant, European Union, €80K, 10/2004, 2-year [which I eventually declined, preferring a contract at the University of Nevada]. Doursat, R. (PI) & Petitot, J. Dynamical connectionism and cognitive linguistics: Toward a new microstructure of semantics, Personal Research Fellowship, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, €12K, 10/1996–9/1997. Doursat, R. (PI) & Bienenstock, E. A study of the possible neurobiological mechanisms underlying the compositionality of cognitive functions, Personal Research Grant, Fyssen Foundation, Paris, €20K, 10/1995, 1-year [which I eventually declined, preferring to go to Industry]. Doctoral scholarship, Ministry of Research and Technology, France, €33K, 10/1989–9/1991. Graduate stipend, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris (most selective French school), €56K, 10/1985–9/1989. In preparation & submitted   MEC@GEN (Integrating Developmental Mechanics and Genetics), US – NSF 13-506 (IOS), preproposal, 1/2013 Gro-CyPhy (Growing Cyber-Physical Systems), EU – FP7-FET-UCOMP, 7 partners, €3M requested, 1/2012→2013 DesRes (Design for Resilience and Sustainability), EU – FP7-FET, 4 partners (preproposal accepted), 4/2012→2013 Not selected BEBOTS (Behavioral Robots), EU – Marie-Curie-IEF, personal fellowship at UMA, 2-year, 8/2011 ECSTASY (Engineering Complex Socio-Technical Adaptive SYstems), EU – FP7-FET, 4 partners, 5/2011 PinkNoise (Bioinspired Generation of Audiovisual Content), Spain – 7 partners, €320K requested, 2/2011 EMJD/CSS (Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate: Complex Systems Science), EU – EAC-A1, 4 partners, 5-year, 4/2010 E2CP (social Web), EU – FP7-ICT, 3 partners, 17 individual supporters, €100K requested, 1-year, 3/2009 BIO-NEXT (cloud computing), EU – COST-ICT, 20 individual participants, preproposal, 3/2009 ComplexiT (immune system modeling), France – CNRS-PICS, 4 European partners, preproposal, 3/2009 MEC@GEN (bio-development modeling), France – ANR-SYSCOMM, 3 partners, €500K requested, 3-year, 2/2009 Non-Classical Computing (bio-inspired engineering), US – NSF-PIRE, 17 individual sponsors, preproposal, 2/2009 EvoSpace (spatial evolutionary dynamics), US – NSF-Ecology, 3 individual participants, 4-year, 1/2009 AniMorph (virtual bio-development), France – ANR-Open, 3 French partners, €800K requested, 3-year, 11/2008 EnergyWeb (energy grid), EU – FP7-COSI-ICT, 8 European partners, €4.13M requested, 3-year, 4/2008