This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on DNA Based Computers, DNA11, held in London, ON, Canada, in June 2005. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from an initial total of 79 submissions. The wide-ranging topics include in vitro and in vivo biomolecular computation, algorithmic self-assembly, DNA device design, DNA coding theory, and membrane computing.

Everything we perceive comes in delightful multicoloured forms. Now, in the age of science, we want to comprehend what and why we see. Two dozen biologists, chemists, physicists, psychologists, computer scientists and mathematicians met at the Institut d'Hautes Etudes Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette, France. They expounded their views on the physical, biological and physiological mechanisms creating the tapestry of patterns we see in molecules, plants, insects, seashells and even the human brain. This volume comprises surveys of different aspects of pattern formation and recognition, and is...