What is Systemic Computation?
Systemic Computation is a bio-inspired computational paradigm. Natural systems provide unique examples of computation in a form very different from contemporary computer architectures. Biology also demonstrates capabilities such as adaptation, self-repair and self-organisation that are becoming increasingly desirable for our technology. To address these issues a new computer model and architecture with natural characteristics was created by Peter Bentley. Systemic computation is Turing Complete; it is designed to support biological algorithms such as neural networks, evolutionary algorithms and models of development, and shares the desirable capabilities of biology not found in conventional architectures. Systemic computation recognises the practical incompatibilities between conventional computation and natural computation as performed by biological systems, see the table below.
