From defining to expressing Computation

Last year we attempted to define computation.

With a focus on computation in physical and biological systems.

— This is where we concluded —

So we identified a workable definition:

transformation of “information”

But current programming languages struggle to describe computations in natural systems, which are

  • Highly parallelized
  • Heterogeneous
  • Stochastic

and that a description is highly task-dependent.

So if we want a language to describe computation occurring in cortex, we first need to ask

i.e., what types of operations should be easily described in this language ?

(information-processing examples for your favourite cortical area are encouraged)

What is this language good for ?

From defining to expressing computation

By alexrene

From defining to expressing computation

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