Preface

摘要

Cellular Automata (CA) are one of the oldest and best studied models of computation, introduced by John Von Neumann and Stanislaw Ulam between the 40s and the 50s. CA have been investigated as a theoretical model of (parallel) computation, as discrete-time dynamical systems, and as a tool for modeling natural phenomena. This special issue collects extended and revised versions of selected papers presented at the 14th International Conference and School "Cellular Automata for Research and Industry" (ACRI 2020) organized by the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics of the University of Lodz, Poland. The conference was expected to be held in ?odz, Poland in the fall of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was held online in the period December 2–4, 2020. The primary goal of the conference was to offer scientists and engineers from academia and industry an opportunity to initiate new collaborations or to strengthen existing collaborations, and to provide a forum for exchanging views on current trends, challenges, and the state-of-the art solutions to problems in various research areas, e.g., biology, computer science, chemistry, ecology, economy, engineering, geology, medicine, physics, and sociology.