Abstract:
The First International Conference on Unconventional Models of Computation,
UMC'98, organized by the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer
Science, in cooperation with the Santa Fe Institute, was held at the University of Auckland
from January 5{9, 1998. The proceedings of UMC'98 have appeared in the DMTCS
Series of Springer-Verlag, Singapore.
This CDMTCS Research Report contains the abstracts or extended abstracts of the
poster session contributions to UMC'98. They cover engineering, physical, mathematical,
and philosophical aspects of a broad range of unconventional models of computation:
from evolutionary computation, quantum computation, DNA{computing, molecular
computing, new developments in probabilistic computation, and cellular automata
to the question of electronic simulation of the human mind. Thanks to all participants
for their interesting contributions.