​Come to Recurse Center's August Localhost!

​Localhost is a series of technical talks in NYC given by members of the Recurse Center community. For every event, we set aside seats for the public.

​🦠 Peter Whidden on Mote: An Interactive Ecosystem Simulation

​Mote is an interactive ecosystem simulation composed of hundreds of thousands of organisms. It integrates elements from both games and research to create a sandbox for computational biology, machine learning, and physics. It uses a custom GPU-based physics engine to model the interactions of many simple behaviors at a massive scale, producing a wide range of fascinating emergent phenomena.

​Mote is early in development and is still evolving. This talk will be a first glimpse into its motivations, capabilities, and future vision.

​Follow Peter's work on Github, Youtube, and Twitter.

​Doors open and snacks and refreshments will be available at 6:30 pm. Peter’s talk will begin at 7:00 pm with a subsequent Q&A session. More snacks and refreshments to follow.

​This event is in-person only. A recording of the talk will be made available on the Recurse Center YouTube channel.