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The Grand Challenges in Natural Computing Research: The Quest for a New Science

The Grand Challenges in Natural Computing Research: The Quest for a New Science

Leandro Nunes de Castro, Rafael Silveira Xavier, Rodrigo Pasti, Renato Dourado Maia, Alexandre Szabo, Daniel Gomes Ferrari
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1947-928X|EISSN: 1947-9298|EISBN13: 9781613508626|DOI: 10.4018/jncr.2011100102
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Nunes de Castro, Leandro, et al. "The Grand Challenges in Natural Computing Research: The Quest for a New Science." IJNCR vol.2, no.4 2011: pp.17-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jncr.2011100102

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Nunes de Castro, L., Xavier, R. S., Pasti, R., Maia, R. D., Szabo, A., & Ferrari, D. G. (2011). The Grand Challenges in Natural Computing Research: The Quest for a New Science. International Journal of Natural Computing Research (IJNCR), 2(4), 17-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jncr.2011100102

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Nunes de Castro, Leandro, et al. "The Grand Challenges in Natural Computing Research: The Quest for a New Science," International Journal of Natural Computing Research (IJNCR) 2, no.4: 17-30. http://doi.org/10.4018/jncr.2011100102

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Abstract

An important premise of Natural Computing is that some form of computation goes on in Nature, and that computing capability has to be understood, modeled, abstracted, and used for different objectives and in different contexts. Therefore, it is necessary to propose a new language capable of describing and allowing the comprehension of natural systems as a union of computing phenomena, bringing an information processing perspective to Nature. To develop this new language and convert Natural Computing into a new science it is imperative to overcome three specific Grand Challenges in Natural Computing Research: Transforming Natural Computing into a Transdisciplinary Discipline, Unveiling and Harnessing Information Processing in Natural Systems, Engineering Natural Computing Systems.

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