C1 – Autonomy in Biology

Autonomy in living systems: autopoiesis, homeostasis and robustness, autonomy and environment, autonomy as a driver of evolution, and lessons for complex computational systems.

course of the deck

Intelligent Systems Engineering (Module 1) (2nd cycle, 2024/2025) — Andrea Omicini

used in the lectures

Wed 19 Feb 2025, 09:00

same deck in other editions

M2 – Autonomy in Living Systems — Intelligent Systems Engineering (Module 1) 2025/2026

reference publication

The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (book, 2002) — Stephen Jay Gould

Foundations of Systems Biology (edited volume, 2001) — Hiroaki Kitano

Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (book, 1980) — Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela

On the Origin of Autonomy. A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution (book, 2014) — Bernd Rosslenbroich

Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind (book, 2010) — Evan Thompson

Autopoiesis: The Organization of Living Systems, its Characterization and a Model (article in journal, 1974) — Francisco G. Varela, Humberto R. Maturana, R. Uribe