Projects for Natural Computation and Self-Organization
(Physics 250, Spring 2012)

1. Alec Boyd, The Effects of Course-Graining on One-Dimensional Cellular Automata:
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
2. Christina Cogdell and Paul Reichers, Nonlinear Dynamics of Passionflower Tendril Free Coils:
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
3. Alana Firl, Cellular Automata Models and Neuroscience:
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
4. Michael Sachs, Searching for Patterns in Virtual California:
   • Report (pdf).
5. Nichole Sanderson, “Killing” and “Collapsing”—How varying transition probabilities between states alters the statistical and topological properties of probabilistic ε-machines:
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
6. Gregory Streletz, Computational Mechanics for Mathematical Approximation Processes:
   • Report (Sage worksheet).
   • Presentation (pdf).
7. Vikram Vijayaraghavan, Complexity and Critical Behavior:
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).