# Growing Neural Cellular Automata

*Source* · `src-mordvintsev-2020-growing-nca` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Alexander Mordvintsev, Ettore Randazzo, Eyvind Niklasson, Michael Levin |
| venue | Distill |
| date | 2020-02-11 |
| url | https://distill.pub/2020/growing-ca/ |
| doi | 10.23915/distill.00023 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

16-channel cells, fixed Sobel perception, shared ~8K-parameter update network, stochastic asynchronous updates, alive masking; regenerating variants regrow damaged shapes.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Neural cellular automata](../technique/neural-cellular-automata.md)

## Citation

Alexander Mordvintsev, Ettore Randazzo, Eyvind Niklasson, Michael Levin (2020-02-11). *Growing Neural Cellular Automata*. Distill https://distill.pub/2020/growing-ca/

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