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AUTHOR
Virginio Cantoni
The PAPIA system
In 1983 an Italian research program was begun for the design, simulation and construction of a multiprocessor image processing system. After a first phase devoted to the comparison of suggested and existing systems and to the definition of a set of benchmarks, a new system was defined. The structure of this new system is introduced here: it is based on a fine-grained pyramid of processors built up by means of a pyramidal cell implemented on a VLSI multiprocessor chip. The peculiarities and the capabilities of the processing element are highlighted. The complete hardware and software system has been fully designed and is described. A first working prototype has been built and is now operatio…
Panel Summary: Planning And Plasticity in Artificial and Natural Systems
Boncinelli underlined often, during our workshop, that simplest organisms are the more robust and they survived longer than more evolved organisms (what about the quality of their life?). This depends on the fact that complex systems either natural or artificial need for more complex controls. Moreover, planning strategies, one of the steps for finding optimal solutions, must be carefully designed and it is complex too.