Stefano Nichele

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2010-2024
Publications (10 Years): 70

Top Topics

Reservoir Computing

Neuronal Networks

General Intelligence

Top Venues

Publications

Aarati Shrestha, Felix Reimers, Sanyam Jain, Paolo Baldini, Michele Braccini, Andrea Roli, Stefano Nichele
Emergent Dynamics in Heterogeneous Life-Like Cellular Automata. CoRR (2024)
Tom Eivind Glover, Evgeny Osipov, Stefano Nichele
On when is Reservoir Computing with Cellular Automata Beneficial? CoRR (2024)
Tom Eivind Glover, Ruben Jahren, Francesco Martinuzzi, Pedro G. Lind, Stefano Nichele
A Sensitivity Analysis of Cellular Automata and Heterogeneous Topology Networks: Partially-Local Cellular Automata and Homogeneous Homogeneous Random Boolean Networks. CoRR (2024)
Trym A. E. Lindell, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
Information encoding and decoding in in-vitro neural networks on micro electrode arrays through stimulation timing. CoRR (2024)
Gloria Pietropolli, Stefano Nichele, Eric Medvet
The Role of the Substrate in CA-based Evolutionary Algorithms. GECCO (2024)
Sanyam Jain, Aarati Shrestha, Stefano Nichele
Capturing Emerging Complexity in Lenia. WIVACE (2023)
Tom Eivind Glover, Pedro G. Lind, Anis Yazidi, Evgeny Osipov, Stefano Nichele
Investigating Rules and Parameters of Reservoir Computing with Elementary Cellular Automata, with a Criticism of Rule 90 and the Five-Bit Memory Benchmark. Complex Syst. 32 (3) (2023)
Alessandro Pierro, Kristine Heiney, Shamit Shrivastava, Giulia Marcucci, Stefano Nichele
Optimization of a Hydrodynamic Computational Reservoir through Evolution. CoRR (2023)
Jørgen Jensen Farner, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
Local Delay Plasticity Supports Generalized Learning in Spiking Neural Networks. WIVACE (2023)
Alessandro Pierro, Kristine Heiney, Shamit Shrivastava, Giulia Marcucci, Stefano Nichele
Optimization of a Hydrodynamic Computational Reservoir through Evolution. GECCO (2023)
Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Stefano Nichele, Sidney Pontes-Filho
An experimental comparison of evolved neural network models for controlling simulated modular soft robots. Appl. Soft Comput. 145 (2023)
Shailendra Bhandari, Sebastian Overskott, Ioannis Adamopoulos, Pedro G. Lind, Sergiy Denysov, Stefano Nichele
Evolving Quantum Circuits to Implement Stochastic and Deterministic Cellular Automata Rules. ACRI (2022)
Piera Riccio, Kristin Bergaust, Boel Christensen-Scheel, Juan Carlos De Martin, Maria A. Zuluaga, Stefano Nichele
AI-based artistic representation of emotions from EEG signals: a discussion on fairness, inclusion, and aesthetics. CoRR (2022)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kristoffer Olsen, Anis Yazidi, Michael A. Riegler, Pål Halvorsen, Stefano Nichele
Towards the Neuroevolution of Low-level artificial general intelligence. Future Internet 9 (2022)
Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Stefano Nichele, Sidney Pontes-Filho
Collective control of modular soft robots via embodied Spiking Neural Cellular Automata. CoRR (2022)
Jørgen Jensen Farner, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
Local learning through propagation delays in spiking neural networks. CoRR (2022)
Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Hola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Marco Zullich
Merging pruning and neuroevolution: towards robust and efficient controllers for modular soft robots. Knowl. Eng. Rev. 37 (2022)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kathryn Walker, Elias Najarro, Stefano Nichele, Sebastian Risi
A single neural cellular automaton for body-brain co-evolution. GECCO Companion (2022)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kristoffer Olsen, Anis Yazidi, Michael A. Riegler, Pål Halvorsen, Stefano Nichele
Towards the Neuroevolution of Low-level Artificial General Intelligence. CoRR (2022)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kathryn Walker, Elias Najarro, Stefano Nichele, Sebastian Risi
A Unified Substrate for Body-Brain Co-evolution. CoRR (2022)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Pedro G. Lind, Stefano Nichele
Assessing the robustness of critical behavior in stochastic cellular automata. CoRR (2022)
Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Marco Zullich
Merging pruning and neuroevolution: towards robust and efficient controllers for modular soft robots - Corrigendum. Knowl. Eng. Rev. 37 (2022)
Piera Riccio, Francesco Galati, Maria A. Zuluaga, Juan Carlos De Martin, Stefano Nichele
Translating Emotions from EEG to Visual Arts. EvoMUSART (2022)
Glare Dumo, Pedro G. Lind, Stefano Nichele
An HCI Experiment to Explore Interactive Artificial Life Art. HCI (39) (2022)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Kristoffer Olsen, Anis Yazidi, Michael A. Riegler, Pål Halvorsen, Stefano Nichele
Towards the Neuroevolution of Low-level artificial general intelligence. Frontiers Robotics AI 9 (2022)
Giorgia Nadizar, Eric Medvet, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Marco Zullich, Stefano Nichele
On the effects of pruning on evolved neural controllers for soft robots. GECCO Companion (2021)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Annelene Gulden Dahl, Stefano Nichele, Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello
A Deep Learning-Based Tool for Automatic Brain Extraction from Functional Magnetic Resonance Images of Rodents. IntelliSys (3) (2021)
Jørgen Jensen Farner, Håkon Weydahl, Ruben Jahren, Ola Huse Ramstad, Stefano Nichele, Kristine Heiney
Evolving spiking neuron cellular automata and networks to emulate in vitro neuronal activity. CoRR (2021)
Jacopo Talamini, Eric Medvet, Stefano Nichele
Criticality-Driven Evolution of Adaptable Morphologies of Voxel-Based Soft-Robots. Frontiers Robotics AI 8 (2021)
Stefano Nichele
Tim Taylor and Alan Dorin: Rise of the self-replicators - early visions of machines, AI and robots that can reproduce and evolve. Genet. Program. Evolvable Mach. 22 (1) (2021)
Alexandre Variengien, Stefano Nichele, Tom Eivind Glover, Sidney Pontes-Filho
Towards self-organized control: Using neural cellular automata to robustly control a cart-pole agent. CoRR (2021)
Kristine Heiney, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
Hallmarks of Criticality in Neuronal Networks Depend on Cell Type and the Temporal Resolution of Neuronal Avalanches. Int. J. Unconv. Comput. 16 (4) (2021)
Jørgen Jensen Farner, Håkon Weydahl, Ruben Jahren, Stefano Nichele, Ola Huse Ramstad, Kristine Heiney
Evolving spiking neuron cellular automata and networks to emulate in vitro neuronal activity. SSCI (2021)
Kristine Heiney, Ola Huse Ramstad, Vegard Fiskum, Nicholas Christiansen, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele, Ioanna Sandvig
Criticality, Connectivity, and Neural Disorder: A Multifaceted Approach to Neural Computation. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. 15 (2021)
Tom Eivind Glover, Pedro G. Lind, Anis Yazidi, Evgeny Osipov, Stefano Nichele
The Dynamical Landscape of Reservoir Computing with Elementary Cellular Automata. ALIFE (2021)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Pedro G. Lind, Anis Yazidi, Jianhua Zhang, Hugo Hammer, Gustavo B. M. Mello, Ioanna Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
EvoDynamic: A Framework for the Evolution of Generally Represented Dynamical Systems and Its Application to Criticality. EvoApplications (2020)
Kristine Heiney, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
On Artificial Life and Emergent Computation in Physical Substrates. CoRR (2020)
Torgeir Fladby, Hårek Haugerud, Stefano Nichele, Kyrre M. Begnum, Anis Yazidi
Evading a Machine Learning-based Intrusion Detection System through Adversarial Perturbations. RACS (2020)
Jianhua Zhang, Zhong Yin, Peng Chen, Stefano Nichele
Emotion recognition using multi-modal data and machine learning techniques: A tutorial and review. Inf. Fusion 59 (2020)
Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Sidney Pontes-Filho, Evi Zouganeli, Ioanna Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
DeepTEGINN: Deep Learning Based Tools to Extract Graphs from Images of Neural Networks. CoRR (2019)
Joachim Berg, Nils Gustav Andreas Berggren, Sivert Allergodt Borgeteien, Christian Ruben Alexander Jahren, Arqam Sajid, Stefano Nichele
Evolved Art with Transparent, Overlapping, and Geometric Shapes. CoRR (2019)
Haakon Haraldsen Roen, Vako Vartkes Varankian, Stefano Nichele, Kristin Bergaust
Gathering of the Hive: Investigating the clustering behaviour of honeybees through art and swarm robotics. ALIFE (2019)
Anders Braarud Hanssen, Stefano Nichele
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Demarcations. CoRR (2019)
Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello, Sidney Pontes-Filho, Ioanna Sandvig, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Evi Zouganeli, Ola Huse Ramstad, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
Method to Obtain Neuromorphic Reservoir Networks from Images of in Vitro Cortical Networks. SSCI (2019)
Kristine Heiney, Vibeke Devold Valderhaug, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Hugo Lewi Hammer, Stefano Nichele
Evaluation of the criticality of in vitro neuronal networks: Toward an assessment of computational capacity. CoRR (2019)
Jianhua Zhang, Peng Chen, Stefano Nichele, Anis Yazidi
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Jianhua Zhang, Jianrong Li, Stefano Nichele
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Kristine Heiney, Ola Huse Ramstad, Ioanna Sandvig, Axel Sandvig, Stefano Nichele
Assessment and manipulation of the computational capacity of in vitro neuronal networks through criticality in neuronal avalanches. SSCI (2019)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Stefano Nichele
Towards a framework for the evolution of artificial general intelligence. CoRR (2019)
Joachim Berg, Nils Gustav Andreas Berggren, Sivert Allergodt Borgeteien, Christian Ruben Alexander Jahren, Arqam Sajid, Stefano Nichele
Evolved Art with Transparent, Overlapping, and Geometric Shapes. NAIS (2019)
Anders Braarud Hanssen, Stefano Nichele
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Demarcations. NAIS (2019)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Annelene Gulden Dahl, Stefano Nichele, Gustavo Borges Moreno e Mello
A deep learning based tool for automatic brain extraction from functional magnetic resonance images in rodents. CoRR (2019)
Sidney Pontes-Filho, Anis Yazidi, Jianhua Zhang, Hugo Hammer, Gustavo B. M. Mello, Ioanna Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
A general representation of dynamical systems for reservoir computing. CoRR (2019)
Erik Aaron Hansen, Stefano Nichele, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Asieh Abolpour Mofrad, Alex Alcocer
Achieving Connectivity Between Wide Areas Through Self-Organising Robot Swarm Using Embodied Evolution. CoRR (2018)
Bartosz Gembala, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Stefano Nichele
Autonomous Configuration of Network Parameters in Operating Systems using Evolutionary Algorithms. CoRR (2018)
Stefano Nichele, Mathias Berild Ose, Sebastian Risi, Gunnar Tufte
CA-NEAT: Evolved Compositional Pattern Producing Networks for Cellular Automata Morphogenesis and Replication. IEEE Trans. Cogn. Dev. Syst. 10 (3) (2018)
Bartosz Gembala, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Stefano Nichele
Autonomous configuration of network parameters in operating systems using evolutionary algorithms. RACS (2018)
Erik Aaron Hansen, Stefano Nichele, Anis Yazidi, Hårek Haugerud, Asieh Abolpour Mofrad, Alex Alcocer
Achieving Connectivity Between Wide Areas Through Self-Organising Robot Swarms Using Embodied Evolution. SSCI (2018)
Stefano Nichele, Magnus S. Gundersen
Reservoir Computing Using Non-Uniform Binary Cellular Automata. CoRR (2017)
Stefano Nichele, Magnus S. Gundersen
Reservoir Computing Using Nonuniform Binary Cellular Automata. Complex Syst. 26 (3) (2017)
Stefano Nichele, Sigve Sebastian Farstad, Gunnar Tufte
Universality of Evolved Cellular Automata in-Materio. Int. J. Unconv. Comput. 13 (1) (2017)
Stefano Nichele, Andreas Molund
Deep Learning with Cellular Automaton-Based Reservoir Computing. Complex Syst. 26 (4) (2017)
Stefano Nichele, Sebastian Risi, Gunnar Tufte, Laura Beloff
Towards a plant bio-machine. SSCI (2017)
Peter Aaser, Martinius Knudsen, Ola Huse Ramstad, Rosanne van de Wijdeven, Stefano Nichele, Ioanna Sandvig, Gunnar Tufte, Ulrich Stefan Bauer, Øyvind Halaas, Sverre Hendseth, Axel Sandvig, Vibeke Valderhaug
Towards making a cyborg: A closed-loop reservoir-neuro system. ECAL (2017)
Stefano Nichele, Andreas Molund
Deep Reservoir Computing Using Cellular Automata. CoRR (2017)
Dragana Laketic, Gunnar Tufte, Odd Rune Lykkebø, Stefano Nichele
An Explanation of Computation - Collective Electrodynamics in Blobs of Carbon Nanotubes. EAI Endorsed Trans. Future Intell. Educ. Environ. 2 (9) (2016)
Stefano Nichele
H. Sayama (Ed.). (2015, Open SUNY Textbooks). Free open access PDF, 498 pp. ISBN 978-1-942341-06-2 (deluxe color edition). ISBN 978-1-942341-08-6 (print edition). ISBN 978-1-942341-09-3 (ebook). Artif. Life 22 (3) (2016)
Stefano Nichele, Tom Eivind Glover, Gunnar Tufte
Genotype Regulation by Self-modifying Instruction-Based Development on Cellular Automata. PPSN (2016)
Stefano Nichele, Andreas Giskeødegård, Gunnar Tufte
Evolutionary Growth of Genome Representations on Artificial Cellular Organisms with Indirect Encodings. Artif. Life 22 (1) (2016)
Sigve Sebastian Farstad, Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
Towards standalone in-materio devices: Stable logic gates and elementary cellular automata in carbon nanotubes material. CEC (2016)
Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
Morphogenesis and Replication of Multi-Cellular Organisms with Evolved Variable Length Self-Modifying Genomes. ECAL (2015)
Dragana Laketic, Gunnar Tufte, Odd Rune Lykkebø, Stefano Nichele
An Explanation of Computation - Collective Electrodynamics in Blobs of Carbon Nanotubes. BICT (2015)
Odd Rune Lykkebø, Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
An Investigation of Square Waves for Evolution in Carbon Nanotubes Material. ECAL (2015)
Stefano Nichele, Odd Rune Lykkebø, Gunnar Tufte
An Investigation of Underlying Physical Properties Exploited by Evolution in Nanotubes Materials. SSCI (2015)
Stefano Nichele, Håkon Hjelde Wold, Gunnar Tufte
Investigation of Genome Parameters and Sub-Transitions to Guide Evolution of Artificial Cellular Organisms. EvoApplications (2014)
Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
Evolutionary growth of genomes for the development and replication of multicellular organisms with indirect encoding. ICES (2014)
Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
Evolution of Incremental Complex Behavior on Cellular Machines. ECAL (2013)
Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
Measuring Phenotypic Structural Complexity of Artificial Cellular Organisms - Approximation of Kolmogorov Complexity with Lempel-Ziv Compression. IBICA (2013)
Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
Genome Parameters as Information to Forecast Emergent Developmental Behaviors. UCNC (2012)
Gunnar Tufte, Stefano Nichele
On the correlations between developmental diversity and genomic composition. GECCO (2011)
Stefano Nichele
Discrete dynamics of cellular machines: specification and interpretation. GECCO (Companion) (2011)
Stefano Nichele, Gunnar Tufte
Trajectories and attractors as specification for the evolution of behaviour in cellular automata. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (2010)