St. Johns

Greetings, all --
 
In response to Nick's note on this, I have volunteered my efforts as an  
alumnus (and Annual Fund contributor) to Steve and Owen.  As I mentioned to  them,
both the Coffee Shop and the Dining Hall are open to the public.   Several
groups use the College for meetings (Go, Chess, and the like). The main  
question is whether there is a conflict on Friday mornings, which I shall  attempt to
find out.  A further question is whether FRIAM prefers to have  the Private
Dining Room available, which may cost something (tacked on to the  $4.50
breakfast, I should think).
 
Although the College does not have a WiFi access point, it could be that  
students (apart from the IT department) have something.  I'm sure we can  
offer/improvise within reason, and while I grant you that the Administration may  
have some questions about it, I'm pretty comfortable talking to them about the  
benefits of hosting FRIAM in some form or other.
 
St. John's Forever (the opening line of the school song),
 
- Claiborne Booker -
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[Stephen Guerin]

That would be a big help, Claiborne. Thanks! My vote would be to meet in the
public coffee shop and not seal ourselves away...

Let me know if you need someone to clack the coconuts behind you when you
ride up to the castle. (Monty Python reference http://tinyurl.com/6snw2 )

-Steve

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Greetings, all --

In response to Nick's note on this, I have volunteered my efforts as an
alumnus (and Annual Fund contributor) to Steve and Owen.  As I mentioned to
them, both the Coffee Shop and the Dining Hall are open to the public.
Several groups use the College for meetings (Go, Chess, and the like). The
main question is whether there is a conflict on Friday mornings, which I
shall attempt to find out.  A further question is whether FRIAM prefers to
have the Private Dining Room available, which may cost something (tacked on
to the $4.50 breakfast, I should think).

Although the College does not have a WiFi access point, it could be that
students (apart from the IT department) have something.  I'm sure we can
offer/improvise within reason, and while I grant you that the Administration
may have some questions about it, I'm pretty comfortable talking to them
about the benefits of hosting FRIAM in some form or other.

St. John's Forever (the opening line of the school song),

- Claiborne Booker -

[Nick Thompson]

Claiborne and Steve and all,

St. Johns is on vacation, now, right?  

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson
Professor of Psychology and Ethology
Clark University
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http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/
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> Greetings, all --
>  
> In response to Nick's note on this, I have volunteered my efforts as an  
> alumnus (and Annual Fund contributor) to Steve and Owen.  As I mentioned

to  them,
> both the Coffee Shop and the Dining Hall are open to the public.  
Several
> groups use the College for meetings (Go, Chess, and the like). The main  
> question is whether there is a conflict on Friday mornings, which I shall
attempt to
> find out.  A further question is whether FRIAM prefers to have  the
Private
> Dining Room available, which may cost something (tacked on to the  $4.50
> breakfast, I should think).
>  
> Although the College does not have a WiFi access point, it could be that  
> students (apart from the IT department) have something.  I'm sure we can  
> offer/improvise within reason, and while I grant you that the
Administration may  
> have some questions about it, I'm pretty comfortable talking to them
about the  
> benefits of hosting FRIAM in some form or other.
>  
> St. John's Forever (the opening line of the school song),
>  
> - Claiborne Booker -
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> That would be a big help, Claiborne. Thanks! My vote would be to meet in

the

> public coffee shop and not seal ourselves away...
>
> Let me know if you need someone to clack the coconuts behind you when you
> ride up to the castle. (Monty Python reference http://tinyurl.com/6snw2 )
>
> -Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:41 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] St. Johns
>
>
> Greetings, all --
>
> In response to Nick's note on this, I have volunteered my efforts as an
> alumnus (and Annual Fund contributor) to Steve and Owen.  As I mentioned

to
> them, both the Coffee Shop and the Dining Hall are open to the public.
> Several groups use the College for meetings (Go, Chess, and the like). The
> main question is whether there is a conflict on Friday mornings, which I
> shall attempt to find out.  A further question is whether FRIAM prefers to
> have the Private Dining Room available, which may cost something (tacked
on
> to the $4.50 breakfast, I should think).
>
> Although the College does not have a WiFi access point, it could be that
> students (apart from the IT department) have something.  I'm sure we can
> offer/improvise within reason, and while I grant you that the
Administration

> may have some questions about it, I'm pretty comfortable talking to them
> about the benefits of hosting FRIAM in some form or other.
>
> St. John's Forever (the opening line of the school song),
>
> - Claiborne Booker -
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:29:43 +0100
> From: "Jochen Fromm" <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [FRIAM] Evolution of Emergent Behavior using Genetic
> Programming
> To: <[hidden email]>
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>
> A big problem in engineering self-organising systems
> with "emergent properties" is the lack of a systematic
> approach to build a solution that meets the requirements.
> The only standard approach is named "Genetic Programming".
> In this approach the "requirements" are specified by a
> fitness function. With genetic algorithms, you can find
> rules that produce certain forms of emergent behavior.
> John R. Koza devotes the entire chapter 12 "Evolution of
> Emergent Behavior" of his book "Genetic Programming" [1]
> to the construction of self-organizing systems with
> emergent properties through genetic algorithms.
> He says correctly "if it is true that complex overall behavior
> can be produced from sets of relatively simple rules, it
> should be possible to evolve such sets of rules by means of
> genetic programming" (p.329)
>
> One of the fathers of genetic algorithms besides Koza
> is John H. Holland [2]. Koza *and* Holland are (or have been)
> affiliated with the SFI, which was since the beginning
> interested in self-organization and emergence.
> Why are there nearly no papers and articles about
> the use of genetic algorithms to create self-organizing systems ?
> Beside one paper and the book-chapter from John R. Koza, I have
> found nearly nothing about the construction of self-organizing system
> through genetic algorithms. There seem to be a lack of papers
> on this topic. A google search for "genetic algorithm" combined with
> "neural networks" gives roughly 300,000 results, a google search for
> "genetic algorithm" combined with "emergent behavior" or
> "self-organizing systems" only about 7,000 results.
>
> J.
>
> [1]
> John R. Koza, "Genetic Programming:
> On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection"
> The MIT Press, 1992
>
> [2]
> John H. Holland
> "Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems:
> An Introductory Analysis with Applications to Biology, Control, and
> Artificial Intelligence"
> University of Michigan Press (1975)
> The MIT Press; Reprint edition (1992)
>
>
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Greetings, all --
 
To Nick's comment, I believe St. John's may be on Spring Break this week -  
if so, the Dining Hall may have reduced hours, but the Coffee Shop should be  
open (Faculty, Staff, and Visitors).
 
Perhaps it's worthwhile to take up CommodiCast's generous offer this week  
(18 March 2005) and discuss further the relative merits of St. John's and other  
locations.  I, unfortunately, have a conflict this Friday, but am happy to  
work with Steve and others to find an optimal solution in the coming days.
 
All the best,
 
- Claiborne Booker -
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