Project Talks for Natural Computation and Self-Organization
(Physics 256B, Spring 2018)

Schedule.

1. Ander Aguirre: A Few Experiments in 2-D Information Theory
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
2. Alexander Blaine: Decision Trees and the Dynamics of Classification
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
3. Benjamin Cohen-Stead: The Anatomy of a Spin—A Frustrated Ising Model
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
4. Zongjian Fan: Quantum Chaos in Spin-½ Chain
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
5. Adam Getchell: Quantum Gravity using Hidden Markov Models
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
6. Alaina Gibbons: Effect of Temperature and Environment Changes on the ε-Machine of a Harmonic Oscillator
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
7. Keerthi Vasan G. C.: When Life Gives you a Taylor Series, Make a Continued Exponential Out of It
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
8. Zhe Wei Kho: Restricted Boltzmann Machine Representation of Many-Body Systems
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
9. Adam Kunesh: Games and Competition: What Makes a Pro?
   • Report (pdf).
   • Presentation (pdf).
10. Carter Loftus: Inferring Influence in a Baboon Troop using Information Theory
    • Report (pdf).
    • Presentation (pdf).
11. Tyson Neuroth: Thoughts on Algorithmic Information theory, Physical Processes, and Neural Networks
    • Report (pdf).
    • Presentation (pdf).
12. Ronaldo Ortez: Information Theory in General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory
    • Report (pdf).
    • Presentation (pdf).
13. Kyle Ray: Variations on a Demonic Theme—Szilard's Other Engine
    • Report (pdf).
    • Presentation (pdf).
14. Mikhael Semaan: Thermodynamic Cost of (Elementary) Computation
    • Report (pdf).
    • Presentation (pdf).