The following is a photo gallery from the North American Paleontological Convention 2001 held at UC Berkeley from June 26th to July 1, 2001. Biota.org in cooperation with the NAPC presented a special symposium. Roy Plotnik and Jake Bowman were instrumental in pulling this symposium together. This symposium was officially the fourth event in the Biota series of conferences begun in 1997 with Digital Burgess.

Abstract of the session: S6—Evolution in the Computer: Artificial Life and Evolution Models.

Artificial life (A-life) research creates digital entities that possess properties and operate under rules that are designed to simulate those of biological entities and systems. "Evolution models," such as self-organized criticality, have attempted to simulate large-scale diversity and extinction dynamics.

This session will bring together A-life researchers, evolution modelers, and paleontologists to discuss common interests, such as the origin of complex systems and behaviors.

Organizer: Roy Plotnick (plotnick@uic.edu), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60607; Ph.:312-996-2111, FAX:
312-413-2279.

Original NAPC site text is here: Section 6: Evolution in the Computer: Artificial Life and Evolution Models

Video of this symposium will be available.