%0 Book Section %B The 2018 Conference on Artificial Life: A Hybrid of the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL) and the International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE) %D 2018 %T Self-Organization and Artificial Life: A Review %A Gershenson, Carlos %A Trianni, Vito %A Werfel, Justin %A Sayama, Hiroki %E Takashi Ikegami %E Nathaniel Virgo %E Olaf Witkowski %E Mizuki Oka %E Reiji Suzuki %E Hiroyuki Iizuka %X Self-organization has been an important concept within a number of disciplines, which Artificial Life (ALife) also has heavily utilized since its inception. The term and its implications, however, are often confusing or misinterpreted. In this work, we provide a mini-review of self-organization and its relationship with ALife, aiming at initiating discussions on this important topic with the interested audience. We first articulate some fundamental aspects of self-organization, outline its usage, and review its applications to ALife within its soft, hard, and wet domains. We also provide perspectives for further research. %B The 2018 Conference on Artificial Life: A Hybrid of the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL) and the International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE) %I MIT Press %C Tokyo, Japan %P 510–517 %G eng %U https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/isal_a_00094 %R 10.1162/isal_a_00094