A New Paradigm for SpeckNets: Inspiration from Fungal Colonies

In this position paper, we propose the development of a new biologically inspired paradigm based on fungal colonies, for the application to pervasive adaptive systems. Fungal colonies have a number of properties that make them an excellent candidate for inspiration for engineered systems. Here we propose the application of such inspiration to a speckled computing platform. We argue that properties from fungal colonies map well to properties and requirements for controlling SpeckNets and suggest that an existing mathematical model of a fungal colony can developed into a new computational paradigm.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: SASO
• Authors: Ruth Falconer, James Bown, Emma Hart, Jon Timmis
• Keywords: Fungal Colonies, Pervasive Adaptive Systems, SASO 2008, Self-Organizing Systems, Speckled Computing Platform