Prof. Dr. Sebastian von Mammen
Games Engineering, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
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About

In January 2017, I accepted a position as a W2 professor (associate professorship) at the University of Würzburg's Institute for Computer Science. I am heading the Games Engineering research group and we are part of the Chair for Human-Computer Interaction. Together, we are mainly responsible for the Games Engineering programme of studies.

Until the end of 2016, I was a postdoc at the Chair of Organic Computing at the University of Augsburg, where I also did my habilitation. Before that, until 2012, I did a postdoc with the LINDSAY project at the University of Calgary. As part of the Evolutionary and Swarm Design research group, I received my PhD also at the University of Calgary in 2009. I moved there in 2006, right after I had finished my Diploma degree in Informatics at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.



Research

I developed a method for self-organising procedural content generation ( swarm grammars). I applied Games Engineering to build and innovate interactive simulations for biomedical research and education. In particular, I helped developing an efficient and accessible component-based platform for content creation and delivery integrating interactive physics, rendering engines and simulation engines. In order to accelerate costly simulations, I conceived an algorithm, self-organising middle out abstraction (SOMO), that builds hierarchies of abstraction to simplify complex system models during runtime. I further designed a novel immersive visual programming approach, INTO3D, to facilitate the design and inspection of complex models. Next to these achievements in terms of content creation and software architectures, I built a considerable number of serious games, prototypes for AR and VR applications and immersive games.

My research interests are:

  1. Real-Time Interactive Systems (Visual Programming, Immersion, Software Engineering)
  2. Interactive Simulations (Serious Games, Simulations in Health, Logistics, Construction,...)
  3. Artificial Life (Self-Organisation, Adaptive Systems, Evolution)
  4. Artificial Intelligence (Agent-Based Modeling, Procedural Content Generation)




Publications

  1. S. von Mammen, A. Knote, D. Roth, M.E. Latoschik "Games Engineering. Wissenschaft mit, über und für Interaktive Systeme" in Games Studieren - was, wie, wo? Staatliche Studienangebote im Bereich digitaler Spiele, 2018, pp. 269--318. Transcript - Bild und Bit. (PDF/BibTex)
  2. D. Rapp, J. Müller, K. Bucher, S. von Mammen "Pathomon: A Social Augmented Reality Serious Game" in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), 2018, pp. 1--4. IEEE. (PDF/BibTex)
  3. P. Ziegler, D. Roth, A. Knote, M. Kreuzer, S. von Mammen "Simulator Sick but still Immersed: A Comparison of Head-Object Collision Handling and their Impact on Fun, Immersion, and Simulator Sickness" in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 2018, pp. 743--744. IEEE. (PDF/BibTex)
  4. S. Truman, N. Rapp, D. Roth, S. von Mammen "Rethinking real-time strategy games for virtual reality" in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2018, p. 31. ACM. (PDF/BibTex)
  5. H. Hamann, C. Pinciroli, S. von Mammen "A Gamification Concept for Teaching Swarm Robotics" in Proceedings of the 12th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education, 2018, in press. IEEE. (PDF/BibTex)
  6. K. Bucher, T. Blome, S. Rudolph, S. von Mammen "VReanimate II: training first aid and reanimation in virtual reality" in Journal of Computers in Education, 2018, pages 1--26. Springer. (PDF/BibTex)
  7. T. Blome, A. Diefenbach, S. Rudolph, K. Bucher, S. von Mammen "VReanimate—Non-verbal guidance and learning in virtual reality" in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), 2017, pages 23--30. IEEE. (PDF/BibTex)
  8. J. Axt, M. Schmiedecke, K. Bucher, A. Knote, and S. von Mammen. "A virtual reality simulation for children: Build and create from the perspective of a toy figure." in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), 2017, pp. 133-136. IEEE. (PDF/BibTex)
  9. C. Heintz, M. Grunwald, S. Edenhofer, J. Hähner, S. von Mammen "The game of flow-cellular automaton-based fluid simulation for realtime interaction" in Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, page 76. ACM. (PDF/BibTex)
  10. D. Wagner, C. Hofmann, H. Hamann, S. von Mammen "Design and exploration of braiding swarms in VR" in Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, page 13. ACM. (PDF/BibTex)
  11. O. Meisch, G. Peet, S. Rudolph, J. Hähner, S. von Mammen https://aucasinosonline.com/ca/ "Pick Again: Self-Adaptive Warehouse Commissioning" ARCS 2017; 30th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems; Proceedings of, pages 1--7. VDE. (PDF/BibTex)
  12. H. Hamann, S. von Mammen "Swarm Robotics" in Organic Computing--Technical Systems for Survival in the Real World, pages 525--547. Brikäuser Verlag. (PDF/BibTex)
  13. A. Knote, S. von Mammen "A Model and Pipeline for Interactive Simulation of Morphological Biology" Proceedings of the Morphogenetic Engineering Workshop, at the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL) 2017 September 4, 2017.(PDF/BibTex)
  14. M. Ciolkowski, S. Faber, S. von Mammen "3-D visualization of dynamic runtime structures" Proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Software Measurement and 12th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement, pages 189–198. ACM.(PDF/BibTex)
  15. M. P. Dietrich, G. Winterfeldt, S. von Mammen "Towards EEG-based eye-tracking for interaction design in head-mounted devices" Proceedings of the Consumer Electronics-Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2017 IEEE 7th International Conference, pages 227–232. IEEE. (PDF/BibTex)
  16. M. Däschinger, A. Knote, S. von Mammen "An evolutionary approach to behavioural morphometrics" Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion, pages 83–84. ACM. (PDF/BibTex)
  17. M. Däschinger, A. Knote, R. Green, S. von Mammen "A Human-in-the-Loop Environment for Developmental Biology" in Artificial Life Conference Proceedings 14, pages 475–482. MIT Press. (PDF/BibTex)
  18. D. Roth, J.-L. Lugrin, M. E. Latoschik. S. von Mammen "Controllers and inputs: Masters of puppets" in Avatar, assembled: The social and technical anatomy of digital bodies, pages 281–290. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Switzerland. (PDF/BibTex)
  19. S. von Mammen, D. Wagner, A. Knote and U. Taskin "Interactive simulations of biohybrid systems" in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 4:50, 2017.(Online Article/BibTex)
  20. S. von Mammen, A. Knote, and S. Edenhofer “Cyber Sick But Still Having Fun,” in Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), (Munich, Germany), pp. 325-326, ACM Press, November 2016.(PDF/BibTex) Best Poster Award
  21. S. von Mammen, H. Hamann, and M. Heider, “Robot gardens: An augmented reality prototype for plant-robot biohybrid systems,” in Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), (Munich, Germany), pp. 139-142, ACM Press, November 2016.(PDF/BibTex)
  22. V. Gerling and S. von Mammen, “Robotics for self-organised construction,” in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE 1st International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems, (Augsburg, Germany), pp. 156–165, IEEE Computer Society, September 2016.(PDF/BibTex)
  23. S. Edenhofer, S. Rädler, M. Hoß, and S. von Mammen, “Self-organised construction with revit,” in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE 1st International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems, (Augsburg, Germany), pp. 157–159, IEEE Computer Society, September 2016.(PDF/BibTex)
  24. S. Edenhofer, S. Tomforde, D. Fischer, J. Hähner, F. Menzel, and S. von Mammen, "Decentralised trust- management inspired by ant pheromones", Special issue on: Signal processing, security and privacy for mobile/wireless and computer networks. Int. J. Mobile Network Design and Innovation, pp. 46-55, 2016.(PDF/BibTex)
  25. S. von Mammen, "Self-Organisation in Games, Games on Self-Organisation", in Proceedings of VS-Games 2016, pp. 1-8, IEEE Press, 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  26. S. Kerler, J. Vilsmeier, S. Edenhofer, and S. von Mammen, "Pheromander: Real-time Strategy with Digital Pheromones", in Proceedings of VS-Games 2016, pp. 1-4, IEEE Press, 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  27. C. Stifter, S. Edenhofer, and S. von Mammen, "Come Fly With Me -- Perceive the World Through a Mosquito's Senses", in Proceedings of VS-Games 2016, pp. 1-4, IEEE Press, 2016. (PDF/BibTex) Best Short Paper Award
  28. R. Han, D. Auer, S. Edenhofer, and S. von Mammen, "SkyNetz: A Playful Experiential Robotics Simulator", in Proceedings of VS-Games 2016, pp. 1-4, IEEE Press, 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  29. J. Hähner, S. von Mammen, S. Timpf, S. Tomforde, B. Sick, K. Geihs, G. Stumme, G. Hornung and T. Goeble "``Know thyselves''- Computational Self-Reflection in Collective Technical Systems", in Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Self-optimisation in Autonomic and Organic Computing Systems (SAOS), IEEE Press, in press 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  30. S. Tomforde, D. Meier, A. Stein, S. von Mammen, "Distributed resource allocation as co-evolution problem", in CEC 2016, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Press, in press 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  31. A. Knote, S. Edenhofer, S. von Mammen, "Neozoa: An Immersive, Interactive Sandbox for the Study of Competing Ant Species", Proceedings of Virtual Reality, pp. 5-10, IEEE Press, 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  32. S. Rudolph, S. von Mammen, J. Jungbluth, "Design and Evaluation of an Extended Learning Classifier-based StarCraft Micro AI", in Applications of Evolutionary Computation, pp. 669--681, Springer, 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  33. S. von Mammen, P. Lehner, S. Tomforde, "Evolving a facade-servicing quadrotor ensamble", Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications (COGNITIVE), pp. 16--21, ThinkMind, 2016. (PDF/BibTex)
  34. M. Wahby, M. Divband Soorati, S. von Mammen, and H. Hamann, "Evolution of controllers for robot-plant bio-hybdrids: A simple case study using a model of plant growth and motion", Proceedings of 25. Workshop Computational Intelligence (Dortmund), KIT Scientific Publishing, November 2015, pp. 67–86. (PDF/BibTex)
  35. S. Tomforde, J. Kantert, S. von Mammen, and J. Hähner, "Cooperative self-optimisation of network protocol parameters at runtime", in Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation, and Robotics 2015 (ICINCO), INSTICC, 2015, pp. 123 - 130. (PDF/BibTex)
  36. J. Rauscher, K. Echardt, S. Edenhofer, and S. von Mammen, "Cloud Computing - An Educational Game on Weather Phenomena", in Proceedings of VS-Games 2015, IEEE Press, 2015, pp. 193-196. (PDF/BibTex)
  37. F. Gaibler, S. Faber, S. Edenhofer, and S. von Mammen, "Drink & Drive: A Serious but Fun Game on Alcohol-Induced Impairments in Road Traffic", in Proceedings of VS-Games 2015, IEEE Press, 2015, pp. 179-183.(PDF/BibTex) The VR Version "D-Drive" won a Silver Medal as "invention with outstanding performance" at the International Trade Fair iENA 2015.
  38. S. von Mammen, S. Edenhofer, and J. Hähner, "CoSMoS in the Interactive Simulation Curriculum", in Proceedings of the 2015 Workshop on Complex System Modelling and Simulation, Luniver Press, 2015, pp. 85-106. (PDF/BibTex)
  39. J. Schikarski, O. Meisch, S. Edenhofer, and S. von Mammen, “The digital aquarist: An interactive ecology simulator,” in Proceedings of European Conference on Artificial Life, MIT press, 2015, pp. 389-396. (PDF/BibTex)
  40. S. von Mammen and M. Däschinger, “Time series evolution for integrating developmental processes,” in Proceedings of European Conference on Artificial Life, MIT press, 2015, pp. 320-324. (PDF/BibTex)
  41. S. von Mammen, S. Schellmoser, C. Jacob, and J. Hähner, The Digital Patient: Advancing Medical Research, Education, and Practice, ch. 12. Modelling & Understanding the Human Body with Swarmscript. Wiley, in press 2015.
  42. J. Hähner, S. von Mammen, and S. Tomforde, "Autonomous self-integration in interwoven systems", in Proceedings of the 28th GI/ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS), 2015, pp. 9–10. (PDF/BibTex)
  43. S. von Mammen, F. Hertwig, P. Lehner, and F. Obermayer, “Powersurge: A serious game on power transmission networks,” in Applications of Evolutionary Computation, pp. 406–417, Springer, 2015. (PDF/BibTex)
  44. S. von Mammen, M. Weber, H. Opel, and T. Davison, “Interactive multi-physics simulation for endodontic treatment,” in Modeling and Simulation in Medicine Symposium, pp. 36–41, Curran Associates, Inc., 2015. (PDF/BibTex) Best Paper Award
  45. S. von Mammen and J.-P. Steghöfer, The Computer after Me: Awareness and Self-Awareness in Autonomic Systems, ch. Bring it on, Complexity! Present and future of self-organising middle-out abstraction, pp. 83–102. World Scientific Press, 2014. (PDF/BibTex)
  46. S. von Mammen, S. Tomforde, J. Hähner, P. Lehner, L. Förschner, A. Hiemer, M. Nicola, and P. Blickling, “Ocbotics: An organic computing approach to collaborative robotic swarms,” in Swarm Intelligence (SIS), 2014 IEEE Symposium on, pp. 1–8, IEEE, 2014. (PDF/BibTex)
  47. S. von Mammen, C. Grenz, J. Hähner, S. Timpf, D. Loebenberger, S. Mandl, and O. Kozachuk, “Organic data: Ein sicheres, dezentralisiertes big data konzept,” in Proceedings of INFORMATIK 2014: Big Data Komplexität meistern, Lecture Notes in Informatics, (Stuttgart, Germany), pp. 1241–1252, Springer, 2014. (PDF/BibTex)
  48. A. Sarraf Shirazi, T. Davison, S. von Mammen, J. Denzinger, and C. Jacob, “Adaptive agent abstractions to speed up spatial agent-based simulations,” Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, vol. 40, pp. 144–160, 2014. (PDF/BibTex)
  49. S. Tomforde, J. Hahner, S. von Mammen, C. Gruhl, B. Sick, and K. Geihs, ““know thyself”computational self-reflection in intelligent technical systems,” in Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems Workshops (SASOW), 2014 IEEE Eighth International Conference on, pp. 150–159, IEEE, 2014. (PDF/BibTex)
  50. S. von Mammen and S. Edenhofer, “Swarm grammars gd: Interactive exploration of swarm dynamics and structural development,” in ALIFE 14: The International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (H. L. et al., ed.), pp. 312–320, ACM, MIT press, 2014. (PDF/BibTex)
  51. U. Jaenen, H. Spiegelberg, L. Sommer, S. von Mammen, J. Brehm, and J. Haehner, “Object tracking as job-scheduling problem,” in Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC), 2013 Seventh International Conference on, pp. 1–7, Oct 2013. (PDF/BibTex)
  52. S. von Mammen and J.-P. Steghöfer, “Self-organized middle-out abstraction of complexity,” Awareness: Self-Awareness in Autonomic Systems, June 2013. (PDF/BibTex)
  53. R. K. Mohammed-Amin, S. von Mammen, and J. E. Boyd, “Arcs architectural chameleon skin,” in Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference (R. Stouffs and S. Sariyildiz, eds.), vol. 1 of Computation and Performance, pp. 467–475, Delft University of Technology, eCAADe and vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2013. (PDF/BibTex)
  54. A. S. Shirazi, S. von Mammen, and C. Jacob, “Abstraction of agent interaction processes: Towards large-scale multi-agent models,” Simulation, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 524–538, 2013. (PDF/BibTex)
  55. S. von Mammen, D. Phillips, T. Davison, H. Jamniczky, B. Hallgrimsson, and C. Jacob, Swarm-based Computational Development, ch. 18. Understanding Complex Systems, Springer Verlag, November 2012. (PDF/BibTex)
  56. S. von Mammen and J. Taron, “A trans-disciplinary program for biomimetic computing and architectural design,” ITcon: Special Issue CAAD and Innovation, vol. 17, pp. pp. 239–257, September 2012. (PDF/BibTex)
  57. S. von Mammen and J. Taron, “A trans-disciplinary program for biomimetic computing and architectural design,” in 6th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD), (Manama, Bahrain), pp. pp. 141–154, ASCAAD, February 2012.
  58. C. Jacob, S. von Mammen, T. Davison, A. Sarraf-Shirazi, V. Sarpe, A. Esmaeili, D. Phillips, I. Yazdanbod, S. Novakowski, S. Steil, C. Gingras, H. Jamniczky, B. Hallgrimsson, and B. Wright, LINDSAY Virtual Human: Multi-scale, Agent-based, and Interactive, vol. 422 of Advances in Intelligent Modelling and Simulation: Artificial Intelligence-based Models and Techniques in Scalable Computing, pp. 327–349. Springer Verlag, 2012. (PDF/BibTex)
  59. S. von Mammen, A. Sarraf Shirazi, V. Sarpe, and C. Jacob, “Optimization of swarm-based simulations,” ISRN Artificial Intelligence, vol. Article ID 365791, pp. 1–12, 2012. (PDF/BibTex)
  60. S. von Mammen and S. Steil, “Swarmscript 3.0: Algorithmic specification,” tech. rep., University of Calgary, November, 2011. (PDF/BibTex)
  61. S. von Mammen, T. Wissmeier, J. Wong, and C. Jacob, “Artistic exploration of the worlds of digital developmental swarms,” LEONARDO, vol. 44, pp. 5–13, January 2011. (PDF/BibTex)
  62. S. von Mammen, J.-P. Steghöfer, J. Denzinger, and C. Jacob, “Self-organized middle-out abstraction,” in Self-Organizing Systems (C. Bettstetter and C. Gershenson, eds.), vol. 6557 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Karslruhe, Germany), pp. 26–31, Springer Verlag, 2011. (PDF/BibTex) Best Paper Nomniee
  63. L. Mor, C. Liu, and S. von Mammen, “Interactive biomimetic space: An interactive installation to explore living architecture,” in Applications of Evolutionary Computing, Proceedings Part II, no. 6625 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Torino, Italy), pp. 364–373, Springer Verlag, 2011. (PDF/BibTex)
  64. M. M. Richter and S. von Mammen, “Eine Zukunftsperspektive der Künstlichen Intelligenz am Beispiel menschlicher Kommunikation mit Rechnern,” Künstliche Intelligenz, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 303–306, 2011.
  65. M. M. Richter and S. von Mammen, “Remarks on the future of AI: machines and communication,” Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence: Special Issue: Essays on Mathematics and AI – Personal Perspectives: Past, Present and Future 20th Anniversary of the Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 61, pp. 41–46, January 2011. (PDF/BibTex)
  66. A. Sarraf Shirazi, S. von Mammen, I. Yazdanbod, and C. Jacob, “Self-organized learning of collective behaviours in agent-based simulations,” in ICCS 2011: 8th International Conference on Complex Systems (H. S. et al., ed.), (Boston, USA), pp. 543–555, NECSI Knowledge Press, 2011. (PDF/BibTex)
  67. A. Sarraf Shirazi, S. von Mammen, and C. Jacob, “Hierarchical self-organized learning in agent-based modeling of the mapk signaling pathway,” in CEC 2011, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, (New Orleans, Louisiana), pp. 2245–2251, IEEE Press, 2011. (PDF/BibTex)
  68. T. Davison, S. von Mammen, and C. Jacob, “Evoshelf : A system for managing and exploring evolutionary data,” in Parallel Problem Solving in Nature (PPSN), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 310–319, Springer, 2010. (PDF/BibTex)
  69. S. von Mammen, T. Davison, H. Baghi, and C. Jacob, “Component-based networking for simulations in medical education,” in IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC’10, (Riccione, Italy), pp. 975–979, IEEE Press, 2010. (PDF/BibTex)
  70. S. von Mammen, D. Phillips, T. Davison, and C. Jacob, “A graph-based developmental swarm representation and algorithm,” in Swarm Intelligence, vol. 6234 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Brussels, Belgium), pp. 1–12, Springer Verlag, 2010. (PDF/BibTex)
  71. A. Sarraf Shirazi, S. von Mammen, and C. Jacob, “Adaptive modularization of the mapk signaling pathway using the multiagent paradigm,” in Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XI, vol. 6239 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 401–410, Krakow, Poland: Springer Verlag, 2010. (PDF/BibTex)
  72. J. Taron and S. von Mammen, “Interfacial design: Situating contemporary autopoietic techniques within the context of the autonomy project and biotechnological revolution,” in eCAADe 2010: Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, (Zurich, Switzerland), pp. pp. 253–262, eCAADe and vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2010. (PDF/BibTex)
  73. S. von Mammen and C. Jacob, “The evolution of swarm grammars: Growing trees, crafting art and bottom-up design,” IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, vol. 4, pp. 10–19, August 2009. (PDF/BibTex)
  74. S. von Mammen, Swarm Grammars: Modeling Computational Development through Highly Dynamic Complex Processes. PhD thesis, University of Calgary, June 2009. (PDF/BibTex)
  75. S. von Mammen, S. Novakowski, G. Hushlak, and C. Jacob, “Evolutionary swarm design: How can swarm-based systems help to generate and evaluate designs?,” DESIGN Principles & Practices: An International Journal, vol. 3, pp. 371–386, 2009. (PDF/BibTex)
  76. S. von Mammen and C. Jacob, “Swarming for games: Immersion in complex systems,” in Applications of Evolutionary Computing, Proceedings Part II, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Tübingen, Germany), pp. 293–302, Springer Verlag, 2009. (PDF/BibTex)
  77. S. von Mammen, J. Wong, and C. Jacob, “Virtual constructive swarms: Compositions and inspirations,” in Applications of Evolutionary Computing, Proceedings of EvoWorkshops 2008, vol. 4974 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Napoli, Italy), pp. 491–496, Springer Verlag, 2008. (PDF/BibTex)
  78. S. von Mammen and C. Jacob, “Evolutionary swarm design of architectural idea models,” in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2008, (Atlanta, USA), pp. 143–150, ACM Press, 2008. (PDF/BibTex) Best Paper Award
  79. S. von Mammen, Evolving artificial constructive swarms - Experimental models and methodologies. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM-Verlag, 2008.
  80. S. von Mammen and C. Jacob, “Swarm-driven idea models - from insect nests to modern architecture,” in Eco-Architecture 2008, Second International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature (C. Brebbia, ed.), (Algarve, Portugal), pp. 117–126, WIT Press, 2008. (PDF/BibTex)
  81. S. von Mammen and C. Jacob, “The spatiality of swarms — quantitative analysis of dynamic interaction networks,” in Proceedings of Artificial Life XI, (Winchester, UK), pp. 662–669, MIT Press, 2008. (PDF/BibTex)
  82. C. Jacob and S. von Mammen, “Swarm grammars: growing dynamic structures in 3d agent spaces,” Digital Creativity: Special issue on Computational Models of Creativity in the Arts, vol. 18, pp. 54–64, March 2007. (PDF/BibTex)
  83. P. King, V. Lavrovsky, S. von Mammen, and C. Jacob, “Teaching bacteria how to dance,” Synthetic Biology, IET, vol. 1, pp. 36–40, 2007. (PDF/BibTex)
  84. S. von Mammen and C. Jacob, “Genetic swarm grammar programming: Ecological breeding like a gardener,” in CEC 2007, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (D. Srinivasan and L. Wang, eds.), IEEE Press, (Singapore), pp. 851–858, 2007. (PDF/BibTex)
  85. S. von Mammen, “Welcome to the jungle - robots entering the realm of animals,” technical report, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, May 2006. (PDF/BibTex)
  86. S. von Mammen, “Swarm grammars - a new approach to dynamic growth,” technical report, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, May 2006. (PDF/BibTex)
  87. B. Ludwig, S. Mandl, and S. von Mammen, “What’s on tonight: user-centered and situation-aware proposals for tv programmes,” in IUI 2006: 11th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces, (Sydney, Australia), pp. pp. 258–260, ACM Press, 2006. (PDF/BibTex)
  88. S. von Mammen, “Entwicklung eines Lernsystems für Gruppenpräferenzen.” Diploma Thesis, FAU University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, October 2005. (PDF/BibTex)
  89. S. von Mammen, C. Jacob, and G. Kokai, “Evolving swarms that build 3d structures,” in CEC 2005, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, (Edinburgh, UK), pp. 1434–1441, IEEE Press, 2005. (PDF/BibTex)
  90. S. von Mammen, “Evolving swarms that build 3d structures.” Student Thesis, FAU University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, January 2005. (PDF/BibTex)