scholarly journals LIFE AS WE DO NOT KNOW IT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
soumya banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Computational Model ◽  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Computational Simulations ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Carbon Based

Information plays a critical role in complex biologicalsystems. This article proposes a role for information processing in questions around the origin of life and suggests how computational simulations may yield insights into questions related to the origin of life. Such a computational model of the origin of life would unify thermodynamics with information processing and we would gain an appreciation of why proteins and nucleotides evolved as the substrate of computation andinformation processing in living systems that we see on Earth. Answers to questions like these may give us insights into noncarbon based forms of life that we could search for outside Earth. I hypothesize that carbon-based life forms are only one amongst a continuum of life-like systems in the universe.Investigations into the role of computational substrates that allow information processing is important and could yield insights into:1) novel non-carbon based computational substrates thatmay have “life-like” properties, and2) how life may have actually originated from non-life onEarth. Life may exist as a continuum between non-life and life and we may have to revise our notion of life and how common it is in the universe.Looking at life or life-like phenomena through the lens ofinformation theory may yield a broader view of life.

scholarly journals A ROADMAP FOR A COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL THEORY OF LIFE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
soumya banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Biological Systems ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Carbon Based

Information plays a critical role in complex biological systems. Complex systems like immune systems andant colonies co-ordinate heterogeneous components in a decentralized fashion. How do these distributeddecentralized systems function? One key component is how these complex systems efficiently processinformation. These complex systems have an architecture for integrating and processing informationcoming in from various sources and points to the value of information in the functioning of differentcomplex biological systems. This article proposes a role for information processing in questions aroundthe origin of life and suggests how computational simulations may yield insights into questions related tothe origin of life.Such a computational model of the origin of life would unify thermodynamics with information processingand we would gain an appreciation of why proteins and nucleotides evolved as the substrate ofcomputation and information processing in living systems that we see on Earth. Answers to questionslike these may give us insights into non-carbon based forms of life that we could search for outside Earth.We hypothesize that carbon-based life forms are only one amongst a continuum of life-like systems inthe universe. Investigations into the role of computational substrates that allow information processingis important and could yield insights into:1) novel non-carbon based computational substrates that may have “life-like” properties, and2) how life may have actually originated from non-life on Earth.Life may exist as a continuum between non-life and life and we may have to revise our notion oflife and how common it is in the universe. Looking at life or life-like phenomenon through the lens ofinformation theory may yield a broader view of life.

A Roadmap for a Computational Theory of the Value of Information in Origin of Life Questions: General Summary

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
soumya banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Value Of Information ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Computational Theory ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Carbon Based

We propose a computational theory of life. We hypothesize that carbon-based life forms are only one among a continuum of life-like systems in the universe. Investigations into the role of computational substrates that allow information processing is important and could yield insights into: a) novel non-carbon based computational substrates that may have "life-like" properties, and b) how life may have actually originated from non-life on Earth. Life may exist as a continuum between non-life and life and we may have to revise our notion of life and how common it is in the universe. Looking at life or life-like phenomenon through the lens of information theory may yield a broader view of life.

scholarly journals A Teaching Resource for a Computational Framework of the Value of Information in Origin of Life

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
soumya banerjee ◽  
joyeeta ghose
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Value Of Information ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Computational Framework ◽  
Teaching Resource ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Role Of Information

Information plays a critical role in complex biological systems. Complex systems like immune systems andant colonies co-ordinate heterogeneous components in a decentralized fashion. How do these distributeddecentralized systems function? One key component is how these complex systems efficiently processinformation. These complex systems have an architecture for integrating and processing information comingin from various sources and points to the value of information in the functioning of different complexbiological systems. This paper is a teaching resource that explains the role of information processing inquestions around the origin of life and suggests how computational simulations may yield insights intoquestions related to the origin of life.

scholarly journals The Generalized Definition of Life

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
vivek kumar
Keyword(s):  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Definition Of Life ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Life On Earth

In this article, I propose and discuss a new definition of life. This new definition considers reproduction and evolution as major aspects of life. It brings into consideration a variety of other life forms like inorganic life, etc. In this study, I aim to present the possibility of various life forms and some of their properties, which might help understand the origin of life on earth and the existence of life in other parts of the cosmos. This new proposed definition of life is independent of the mode of evolution and general enough to consider all potential life forms. This article uses NASA’s definition of life as a structure to derive this generalized definition of life. Finding and exploring new living systems will definitely be very helpful in understanding the aspects of life. In order to explain some complex life forms, a new concept of addition of living systems is introduced in this article. This study underscores the need for further work to understand the origin and properties of living systems.

scholarly journals The hallmarks of living systems: towards creating artificial cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 20180023 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Amy Yewdall ◽  
Alexander F. Mason ◽  
Jan C. M. van Hest
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Origin Of Life ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Energy Transduction ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Artificial Cells ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Biological Phenomena ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Life On Earth

Despite the astonishing diversity and complexity of living systems, they all share five common hallmarks: compartmentalization, growth and division, information processing, energy transduction and adaptability. In this review, we give not only examples of how cells satisfy these requirements for life and the ways in which it is possible to emulate these characteristics in engineered platforms, but also the gaps that remain to be bridged. The bottom-up synthesis of life-like systems continues to be driven forward by the advent of new technologies, by the discovery of biological phenomena through their transplantation to experimentally simpler constructs and by providing insights into one of the oldest questions posed by mankind, the origin of life on Earth.

scholarly journals The Role of Meteorite Impacts in the Origin of Life

Astrobiology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 1121-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.R. Osinski ◽  
C.S. Cockell ◽  
A. Pontefract ◽  
H.M. Sapers
Keyword(s):  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Origin Of Life

The Critical Role of Information Processing in Creating an Effective Knowledge Organization

2009 ◽  
pp. 1638-1651
Author(s):  
William R. King
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Core Knowledge ◽  
Intellectual Property Management ◽  
Knowledge Capability ◽  
Role Of Information

This article provides a conceptual framework and an architecture for an effective knowledge organization (EKO) that emphasizes the important role of information processing in facilitating the creation of a dynamic knowledge capability, which is the essence of an EKO. The architecture links core knowledge management, intellectual property management, organizational learning, and innovation modules with information processing as the hub, or linchpin. The organization’s need to distinguish among these components of an EKO is argued by comparing and contrasting the conceptual bases, objectives, processes, systems, performance measures, and culture of each module. This EKO viewpoint integrates many concepts and applications from various literatures, but it is somewhat contrary to the conventional wisdom that has tended to de-emphasize the significance of information technology in knowledge management.

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