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''Lecturer:'' [[User:ms|Martin Schneider]]<br />
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]]<br />
''Date:'' Block-Workshops <br />
''Venue:'' [[Marienstraße 7b]], Room 204<br />
''First meeting:'' 2013-11-29

== Description ==
This course tackles several forms of self-organisation.<br>
The subject is approached via exercises and experiments in the Processing programming language.

The three subject areas are:

* Pattern Formation (Cellular Automata and Turing Patterns)
* Dynamic Self-Organisation (Swarm-Art) 
* Self-Assembly (Geometric Physics and Chemistry)

== Beschreibung ==

Dieser Kurs setzt sich mit verschiedenen Formen der Selbst-Organisation auseinander.<br/>
Das geschieht in Form von Übungen und Experimenten mit der Programmiersprache Processing.

Die drei Themengebiete sind:

* Muster-Bildung (Zelluläre Automaten und Turing Patterns)
* Dynamische Selbst-Organisation (Swarm-Art) 
* Selbst-Konfiguration (Geometrische Physik und Chemie)

== Language ==

The course will be in English, unless all participants are speaking German.

== Eligible Participants ==

Undergraduates and graduates enrolled in the faculties of Media, Gestaltung and Architecture.

== Requirements ==

Applicants should have some programming experience and feel comfortable with the Processing IDE.

== Application ==

Please sign up on the official list at the secretary with [[GMU:Personen#Daniela_Dembowski|Daniela Dembowski]].

All applicants are encouraged, to send an email

'''To:''' [[User:ms|Martin Schneider]]<br>
'''Subject:''' Self-Organisation by Design /// Application<br>

Please provide a short answer to the questions below:

* What's your programming expertise? (Programming languages, generative works, projects ...)
* What do you already know about self-organisation (Books you read, related courses you took)
* What kind of computational processes are you most interested in? (Cellular Automata, Swarm Systems ...)
* What kind of patterns in nature would you like to learn more about? 

== Syllabus ==

This is an outline of the syllabus.<br>
The dates are fixed, but details of the course may be subject to change.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Block !! Date !! Day !! Topics
|-
| rowspan="3" | Computational Systems
| 29.11.2013 
| Fri
| Cellular Automata 
|-
| 30.11.1013
| Sat
| Particle Systems
|-
| 01.12.2013
| Sun
| Vector Fields
|-
| rowspan="3" | Geometric Systems
| 06.12.2013 
| Fri
| Swarm Art
|-
| 07.12.1013
| Sat
| Geometric Physics
|-
| 08.12.2013
| Sun
| Geometric Chemistry
|-
| rowspan="3" | Natural Systems
| 13.12.2013 
| Fri
| Patterns in Nature 1
|-
| 14.12.1013
| Sat
| Patterns in Nature 2
|-
| 15.12.2013
| Sun
| Patterns in Nature 3
|-
|}


== Evaluation ==

* Regular and active participation in all three workshop blocks.
* Working on subtasks and presenting them with documentation on the wiki and on OpenProcessing
* Autonomous preparation of the course involving self-study of the relevant skills (such as programming in Processing)
* Final Assignment: Individual exploration of self-organisation with documentation on the wiki

== Literature ==

=== Processing ===

{{ProcessingBooks}}

== Links ==

=== Processing ===

Check out the [[Processing/Links|Processing links]] in this wiki if you are new to Processing.<br> Make sure to get comfortable with the Processing IDE before the course, so we can dive right into the code.

=== Virtual Classroom ===

[http://www.openprocessing.org/ Open Processing] is a website for learning Processing and sharing sketches.<br>
The virtual classroom [http://www.openprocessing.org/classroom/2895 "Self-Organisation by Design"] will be
used extensively both during the course, and to publish your assignments.

=== Inspiration ===

Below is a list of resources provided by scientists, artists and designers,
that rely heavily on nature inspired self-organisation in their work.

'''Self-Organisation Collection'''

[http://bitcraftlab.com Martin Schneider] has created four collections of Processing sketches  
to give you an impression what self-organisation in software can look like.

* [http://www.openprocessing.org/collection/2847 Pattern Formation]
* [http://www.openprocessing.org/collection/2845 Swarming and Flocking]
* [http://www.openprocessing.org/collection/2851 Geometric Physics]
* [http://www.openprocessing.org/collection/2850 Geometric Chemistry]

'''The Nature of Code'''

[http://shiffman.net/ Daniel Shiffman] has published a Processing book on Natural Systems, that is available online. <br>
Some chapters are quite relevant to the kind
of systems we are going to explore in our course. 

* [http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-4-particle-systems/ Particle Systems]
* [http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-7-cellular-automata/ Cellular Automata]
* [http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-8-fractals/ Fractals]

Inspired by the ''Nature of Code'', [http://www.diana-lange.de Diana Lange] did her own explorations of Natural
Systems.<br>
Her works are an excellent example of what you can achieve with Processing given the right combination 
of artistic and programming skills, dedication to the subject and a good eye for visual detail.

* [http://www.diana-lange.de/portfolio/generative/nature_of_code/nature.html Diana Lange's Nature of Code]
* [http://www.openprocessing.org/user/5969 OpenProcessing Portfolio of Diana Lange]

'''Nervous System'''

[http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/about_us.php Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Eisenberg] are making use of self-organisation to generate 2D and 3D printable forms.<br>
Their work relies on scientific models of growth, such as [[Diffusion Limited Aggregation]] and [[Laplacian Growth]] which we will explore in our course.

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrosenk/sets/ Nervous System on Flickr]
* [http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/projects/puzzles/ Generative Jigsaw Puzzles] + [http://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/projects/puzzles/jigsaw-paper.pdf Scientific Paper] (PDF)

'''Jonathan McCabe'''

[http://jonathanmccabe.com/ Jonathan McCabe] is a scientist who uses self-organisation to create art.<br>
His works are visually stunning and unique, and the code behind them is a well-kept secret.<br>
However the open source community has managed to recreate some of his algorithms in Processing.
We will study those algorithms and explore the kind of patterns they can create.

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmccabe/sets/ Jonathan McCabe's Art on Flickr]
* [http://jonathanmccabe.com/Cyclic_Symmetric_Multi-Scale_Turing_Patterns.pdf Cyclic Symmetric Multi-Scale Turing Patterns]
* [http://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/33444 Turing-McCabe Pattern Explorer]

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