%0 Generic %D 2012 %T Frontiers of Membrane Computing: Open problems and research topics %A Marian Gheorghe %A Gheorghe Paun %A Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez %C Seville, Spain %I Fénix Editora %P 171-250 %S Proceedings of the Tenth Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing %U http://www.gcn.us.es/10BWMC/10BWMCvolI/papers/megaPfinal.pdf %V I %X This is a list of open problems and research topics collected after the Twelfth Conference on Membrane Computing, CMC 2012 (Fontainebleau, France (23 - 26 August 2011), meant initially to be a working material for Tenth Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing, Sevilla, Spain (January 30 - February 3, 2012). The result was circulated in several versions before the brainstorming and then modified according to the discussions held in Sevilla and according to the progresses made during the meeting. In the present form, the list gives an image about key research directions currently active in membrane computing %8 02/2012