Chris Adami
Encyclopedia
Christoph Carl Herbert Adami is a professor at Michigan State University
. He is best known for his work on Avida
, an artificial life simulator used to study evolutionary biology. He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
while serving at JPL. He is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
. He is best known for his work on Avida
Avida
Avida is an artificial life software platform to study the evolutionary biology of self-replicating and evolving computer programs . Avida is under active development by Charles Ofria's Digital Evolution Lab at Michigan State University and was originally designed by Ofria, Chris Adami and C. Titus...
, an artificial life simulator used to study evolutionary biology. He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal is an award of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that was established in 1991. The medal is awarded to both civilian members of NASA and military astronauts....
while serving at JPL. He is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum.
External links
- Adami's website at KGI
- List of publications at KGI
- The Evolutionary Origin of Complex Adaptive Features 2003 Nature Paper
- http://www.sciencemag.org/content/312/5770/97.abstract Evolution of Hormone-Receptor Complexity by Molecular Exploitation