About this episode

The episode discusses the parallels between biological and computer communication systems.

  What does biology have to do with computer networks? Much more than you might think. Communications systems, after all, need to solve the same problems--and they often use the same kinds of tools. In this episode of the Hedge, Emily Reeves and Joe Deweese join Russ and Tom to talk about a recent paper comparing computer communications to biological communications.

People in this episode

Host: Russ White

Guests: Emily Reeves, Joe Deweese

Topics covered

• biological communications
• computer networks
• communication systems
• problem-solving
• comparison of systems

Keywords

• biology
• computer networks
• communication systems
• tools
• comparison

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hedge

Books & works: paper

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