naturprogrammierer
Naturprogrammierer is a German-language term that is used informally to describe programmers who work with or imitate natural processes in software development, or who apply nature-inspired ideas to computing tasks. In practice the expression is used in several senses that overlap but are not identical.
One sense refers to practitioners of nature-inspired computing, where algorithms are inspired by natural phenomena such
A second sense designates programmers whose primary focus is software for nature, ecology, and environmental sciences—ecological
A third, broader sense treats the term as a philosophical label for developers who seek to align
Origins of the term are informal; it appears in German-language blogs, educational materials, and discussions rather
See also: nature-inspired computing, bio-inspired computing, evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence, environmental informatics.