René Doursat  PhD, Habil.

Research Scientist & Fmr. Director Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF) French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) Research Unit UPS3611 113, rue Nationale 75013 Paris, France email: rene.doursatiscpif.fr

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Home Page Research Teaching Publications Activities, Grants    • Editor    • Chair & Organizer    • Reviewer & PCs    • Advisory    • Juries & Search    • Boards & Member    • Grants Industry Education, Career	Activities Since my return to academia in 2004, I have built or renewed scientific relationships with many colleagues and institutions in Europe, the USA, 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 PhD and MSc students, contributions to reviews and committees, launch of several projects, and grant writing. Editor (elaboration of books, proceedings & journals) Book editor   Co-Editor & Author, Growing Adaptive Machines: Combining Development and Learning in Artificial Neural Networks (2014) Kowaliw, T., Bredeche, N. & Doursat, R., eds. "Studies in Computational Intelligence" Series, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-642-55336-3 [261 pages]. 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 [452 pages]. 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]. Proceedings editor   Education Chair, Special Session Chair, Co-Editor & Author, Proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Life 2015 (ECAL 2015) Timmis, J., Stepney, S., Andrews, P., Caves, L., Doursat, R., Hickinbotham, S. & Polack, F., eds. July 20-24, 2015, University of York, UK. MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-33027-5. Education Chair, Workshop Chair, Co-Editor & Author, Artificial Life 14: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems (ALife XIV) Sayama, H., Rieffel, J., Risi, S., Doursat, R. & Lipson, H., eds. July 30-Aug 2, 2014, SUNY Global Center & Javits Center, New York, NY. MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-32621-6. Track Chair, Co-Editor & Author, Proceedings of the 15th International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2013) Blum, C. et al., eds. July 6-10, 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ACM, ISBN 978-1-4503-1963-8 [1636 pages]. 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]. Special Session Chair & 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 guest editor   Co-Editor, Artificial Life 14 Conference Special Issue (2016) Sayama, H., Rieffel, J., Risi, S., Doursat, R. & Lipson H., eds. Artificial Life 22(2) [135 pages]. 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 20(1) [181 pages]. 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]. Chair & Organizing Committees (creation & preparation of events) Conference & workshop creation   Creator & Lead Organizer, International Series of Morphogenetic Engineering Workshops/Special Sessions (MEW): 7th MEW, at 14th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2017), September 4, 2017, Lyon, France. 6th MEW, at 15th International Conference on Artificial Life (ALife XV), July 4, 2016, Cancún, Mexico. 5th MEW (Special Session), at 13th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2015), July 21, 2015, York. 4th MEW, at 14th International Conference on Artificial Life (ALife XIV), July 31, 2014, New York, NY. 3rd MEW, at 11th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2011), August 12, 2011, Paris, France. 2nd MEW (Special Session), at 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS), September 10, 2010, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. 1st MEW, June 19, 2009, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF). Keynote: Marco Dorigo. Creator & Chair, "Engineering and Control of Self-Organization" e-Track (ECSO 2015), at Complex Systems Digital Campus World e-Conference (CS-DC 2015), September 30-October 1, 2015, worldwide by videolink. Creator & Lead Organizer, 1st International Workshop on the Shapes of Brain Dynamics (SBD 2010), June 18, 2010, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF). Invited keynote: Walter Freeman. Co-Creator & Co-Organizer, Workshop on Spatial Evolutionary Dynamics (SED 2008), October 17, 2008, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF). Invited keynote: Paulien Hogeweg. Conference & workshop organization   Co-Chair, 15th International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation (UCNC 2016), July 11-15, 2016, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Education Chair, International Series of Artificial Life Conferences: 13th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2015), July 20-24, 2015, University of York, UK. 14th International Conference on Artificial Life (ALife XIV), July 30-Aug 2, 2014, New York, NY. Chair & Lead 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 & Lead Organizer, "Generative & Developmental Systems" Track (GDS 2012), at 14th International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2012), July 7-11, 2012, Philadelphia, PA. Invited keynote: Stuart Kauffman. General Chair & Lead Organizer, 11th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2011), 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   Lead Organizer, Series of Summer Schools (SS) of the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL): 4th ISAL SS, at 14th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2017), September 4, 2017, Lyon, France. 3rd ISAL SS, at 15th International Conference on Artificial Life (ALife XV), July 6, 2016, Cancún, Mexico. 2nd ISAL SS, at 13th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2015), July 20, 2015, University of York. 1st ISAL SS, at 14th International Conference on Artificial Life (ALife XIV), July 30, 2014, SUNY, New York. Series of Complex Systems Summer Schools (CSSS) for international students, held at the ISC-PIF institute: Co-Organizer, 4th CSSS, August 2-20, 2010, ISC-PIF, Paris, France. Lead Organizer, 3rd CSSS, July 20-August 14, 2009, ISC-PIF, Paris, France. Lead Organizer & Instructor, 2nd CSSS, July 15-August 9, 2008, ISC-PIF, Paris, France. Coordinator & Instructor, 1st CSSS, July 30-August 26, 2007, ISC-PIF, Paris, France. Reviewer & Program Committees (review of submissions) Journal paper reviews   Referee, ACM Transactions on Autonomous Adaptive Systems (TAAS), 2007, 2013 Referee, ACS Synthetic Biology, 2016 Referee, Advances in Complex Systems, 2008 Referee, Artificial Life, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 Referee, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), 2014 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, Journal of Biocommunication, 2016 Referee, Neural Computation, 1993, 1994 Referee, Neural Networks, 1992 Referee, PLoS Computational Biology, 2015 Referee, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2016 Referee, Scientific Reports, 2016 Referee, Technique et Science Informatiques (TSI), 2010 Conference & workshop paper reviews   Program Committee, International Series of Artificial Life Conferences: International Conference on Artificial Life (ALife): 15th ALife, July 4-8, 2016, Cancún, Mexico. 14th ALife, July 30-August 2, 2014, SUNY Global Center & Javits Center, New York, NY. 13th ALife (and "Evolving Networks" Workshop), July 19-22, 2012, Michigan State University, MI. 12th ALife, August 19-23, 2010, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL): 14th ECAL, September 4-8, 2017, University of Lyon, France. 13th ECAL, July 20-24, 2015, University of York, UK. 12th ECAL, September 2-6, 2013, Taormina, Italy. 11th ECAL, August 8-12, 2011, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France. IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (IEEE-ALIFE), at Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI): 6th IEEE-ALIFE, November 27-December 1, 2017, Hawaii, USA. 5th IEEE-ALIFE, December 7-10, 2015, Cape Town, South Africa. 4th IEEE-ALIFE, April 13-17, 2013, Singapore. 3rd IEEE-ALIFE, April 11-15, 2011, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France. Australasian Conference on Artificial Life and Computational Intelligence (ACALCI 2015), February 5-7, 2015, University of Newcastle, Australia. Program Committee, International Series of Evolutionary Computation Conferences: "Generative & Developmental Systems" Track (GDS) and "Complex Systems" Track (CS), at International Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO): 11th GDS/CS, at 19th GECCO, July 15-19, 2017, Berlin, Germany. 10th GDS/CS, at 18th GECCO, July 20-24, 2016, Denver, CO. 9th GDS, at 17th GECCO, July 11-15, 2015, Madrid, Spain. 5th GDS, at 13th GECCO, July 12-16, 2011, Dublin, Ireland. 3rd GDS, at 11th GECCO, July 8-12, 2009, Montréal, Canada. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC): 16th CEC, at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intell. (WCCI), July 6-11, 2014, Beijing, China. 15th CEC, June 20-23, 2013, Cancún, Mexico. Program Committee, International Series of Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO) Conferences: 9th IEEE SASO, September 21-25, 2015, MIT, Cambridge, MA. 8th IEEE SASO, September 8-12, 2014, Imperial College, London, UK. Demos Session, at 7th IEEE SASO, September 9-13, 2013, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Program Committee, International Series of Spatial Computing Workshops (SCW): at International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS): 7th SCW, at 13th AAMAS, May 5-9, 2014, Paris, France. 6th SCW, at 12th AAMAS, May 6-10, 2013, St. Paul, MN. 5th SCW, at 11th AAMAS, June 4-8, 2012, Valencia, Spain. at IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO): 3rd SCW, at 4th IEEE SASO, September 27-October 1, 2010, Budapest, Hungary. 2nd SCW, at 3rd IEEE SASO, September 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, CA. 1st SCW, at 2nd IEEE SASO, October 20-24, 2008, Venice, Italy. Program Committee, International Series of Bio-Inspired ICT Conferences: 8th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Information and Communication Technologies (BICT 2014), December 1-3, 2014, Boston, MA. 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, International Series of Organic Computing Workshops: 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. Special Session on Organic Computing (OC 2010), at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2010), July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain. Program Committee, 6th International Workshop on Nature-Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2013), September 2-4, 2013, Kent, UK. 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, Swarm, Amorphous, Spatial, and Complex Systems Track (SASCS), at 12th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2010), September 20-22, 2010, Columbia University, New York, NY. Grant proposal reviews   Grant Pre-Reviews, Research & Knowledge Exchange Office, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2016-Present Grant Review Panel, Complex Systems Institute, Paris Ile-de-France (ISC-PIF), 2011-2015 Grant Reviewer, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France, 2008 Grant Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2007 Advisory Committees (recommendations on research & education) Advisory Panels, Manchester Metropolitan University: Pro-Vice-Chancellor's Research Forum; Faculty of Science & Engineering's Research Centre Heads; School of Computing's Senior Management Group, 2016-Present. Slides Factory & Summer School Committee (of 12), "Self-Awareness in Autonomic Systems" (AWARENESS) Coordination Action, supporting research & education under the FP7-FET Proactive Initiative, 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 partnership 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 Systèmes Complexes (RNSC), the French National Network of Complex Systems), writing recommendations about the main objectives of French research in complex systems, 2006, 2010. Juries & Search Committees (evaluation & selection of candidates) Selection & Interview Panels for various posts (PhDs, Research Assistants, Lecturers, Professors), School of Computing and/or Faculty of Science & Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2016-Present PhD Defence Juries:   Reviewer, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, France, 9/2015 Committee Member & Examiner, Drexel University, Philadelphia, US, 8/2014 Reviewer, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1/2014 Advisor & Examiner, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), France, 2/2013 Reviewer, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4), France, 12/2012 Reviewer, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France, 9/2011 Reviewer, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 5/2011 Examiner, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, 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 Postdoctoral Fellowships: 2010: 34 applicants, 9 interviewees, 6 ranked, 2 positions 2009: 43 applicants, 8 interviewees, 5 ranked, 3 positions 2008: 19 applicants, 9 interviewees, 4 ranked, 3 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) Board member   Book Review Editor, Artificial Life, MIT Press, 2016-Present Associate Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (TCDS), 2016-Present Officer (Secretary), Board of Directors (of 12), International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL), 2013-Present Associate Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (TNN), 2009-2010 Other memberships (past and present)   Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Member, Complex Systems Society (ECSS) Member, Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC) Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member, International Neural Network Society (INNS) Member, International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) Member, New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) Member, French National Network of Complex Systems (RNSC) Project Grants & Personal Scholarships Awarded   Lutfalla, G. (PI), Meijer, A., Peyriéras, N., Zernicka-Goetz, M., Mikula, K., Loza, P., Levraud, J.-P., Doursat, R., Gehrig, J., Urban, J. & Lyuboshenko, I. Training European Experts in Multilevel Bioimaging, Analysis and Modelling of Vertebrate Development and Disease, Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Innovative Training Network, Call H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016, 11 European partners, €3.56M [ManMet: €273K], 1/2017-12/2020. Doursat, R. (PI), Kowaliw, T., Michel, O., Spicher, A. & Giavitto, J.-L. Generation of Realizable Component-Based Systems from High-Level Specifications, Postdoctoral Budget, Call AAP'13 by ISC-PIF, €81K, 11/2013-4/2015. 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 Action, Call FP7-ICT-2011.9.12, 4 European partners, €509K [UMA: €100K], 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 eventually declined]. 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, French National Research Agency (ANR), #ANR-BLAN-SIMI10-LS-100618-12-01, France, 3 French partners, €539K [ISC-PIF: €109K], 1/2011-10/2015. Bourgine, P. (PI), Doursat, R., Ball, R. & Mehlig, B. EMMC (Erasmus Mundus Master's Course), Master's in Complex Systems Science (MCSS), 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 college), €56K, 10/1985–9/1989. Submitted, under review   OncoPhylomics (Morphogenesis Data Learning & Modeling), EU – H2020, 9 partners, €3M requested, 1/2017 MecaPlax (Mecagen Modeling of Placozoa), France – ANR-Défis, 3 partners (prep accepted), €430K req, 10/2016 Submitted, not selected   CMC (Centre for Morphogenetic Cybernetics), Norway – Res. Council, NTNU Biotech, €10M req, 10-year, 11/2015 IMPaLa (Modeling of Wound Closure Physiology), France – ANR-Défis, 5 partners, €532K req, 10/2015 CEM-FET (Computational Evolving Manifolds for Future Emerg Tech), EU – FP7-FET, 5 partners, €3.27M req, 3/2015 RhomboSeg (Vertebrate Hindbrain Cell Lineage and Modeling), France – ANR-TECSAN, 3 partners, 11/2014 Embryome-DC (Similarities in Animal Embryonic Patterning), France – ANR-Défis, 3 partners, €624K req, 10/2014 MecaGen (Integrating Developmental Mechanics and Genetics), USA – NSF 13-506 (IOS), preproposal, 1/2013 DesRes (Design for Resilience and Sustainability), EU – FP7-FET, 4 partners (preproposal accepted), 4/2012 Gro-CyPhy (Growing Cyber-Physical Systems), EU – FP7-FET-UCOMP, 7 partners, €3M req, 1/2012 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 req, 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 req, 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 req, 3-year, 2/2009 Non-Classical Computing (bio-inspired engineering), USA – NSF-PIRE, 17 individual sponsors, preproposal, 2/2009 EvoSpace (spatial evolutionary dynamics), USA – NSF-Ecology, 3 individual participants, 4-year, 1/2009 AniMorph (virtual bio-development), France – ANR-Open, 3 French partners, €800K req, 3-year, 11/2008 EnergyWeb (energy grid), EU – FP7-COSI-ICT, 8 European partners, €4.13M req, 3-year, 4/2008