Unconventional computing is computing by a wide range of new or unusual methods. It is also known as alternative computing. The different methods of unconventional computing include optical computing, quantum computing, chemical computing, natural computing, biologically-inspired computing, wetware computing, DNA computing, molecular computing, amorphous computing, nanocomputing, reversible computing, ternary computing, fluidics, analogue computing, and Domino Computation.
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Unconventional Computation (UCOMP) is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.102) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
FET-Proactive scheme:
Objective ICT-2011 9.6: FET Proactive: Unconventional Computation (UCOMP)
