Research summary 2022: Lyfe, Genesity, Reaction-diffusion learning, Complexity of Exoplanets

In this lecture, I summarise several of my main research projects as they stood in 2022. This includes:

Our proposed new definition of life, that we call 'lyfe', as introduced with Dr Michael Wong in 2020:
Bartlett, S., & Wong, M. L. (2020). Defining lyfe in the universe: from three privileged functions to four pillars. Life, 10(4), 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/life10040042

Our proposed new framework for habitability, that we call 'genesity', also introduced with Mike and others in 2022:
Wong, M. L., Bartlett, S., Chen, S., & Tierney, L. (2022). Searching for life, mindful of lyfe’s possibilities. Life, 12(6), 783. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12060783

Modelling of a pattern-forming chemical system capable of associative learning, in collaboration with David Louapre, game designer, software engineer, science communicator, and creator of Science Etonnante:
https://scienceetonnante.com/
‪@ScienceEtonnante‬
Bartlett, S., & Louapre, D. (2022). Provenance of life: Chemical autonomous agents surviving through associative learning. Physical Review E, 106(3), 034401.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.034401

Our new methodology for exoplanet characterisation and biosignature search based on methods from complexity science and information theory:
Bartlett, S., Li, J., Gu, L., Sinapayen, L., Fan, S., Natraj, V., ... & Yung, Y. L. (2022). Assessing planetary complexity and potential agnostic biosignatures using epsilon machines. Nature Astronomy, 6(3), 387-392.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01559-x

All of these projects are very much active and ongoing as we continue to explore inner and outer space in the search for lyfe, sub-lyfe and super lyfe!