A Unique Educational & Career Opportunity with Stephen Wolfram

A unique opportunity to do original research at the frontiers of science, the Wolfram Science Summer School helps about 40 students from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds learn about Stephen Wolfram's A New Kind of Science (NKS) and apply it to their fields of interest. Most of these students are advanced undergraduates and early graduate students, but those in different circumstances are considered. We are looking for students who want to move their careers in the NKS direction. Read more »

Class of 2006

Beenish Chaudry

Bio [2006]

Beenish Chaudry has a BA in computer science and mathematics from Smith College and a master's in mathematics from Indiana University, Bloomington. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in computer science from Indiana University, Bloomington. There she is involved in the Women in Computing Club and Muslim Student Association, and likes to play squash and tennis. She loves the message of Quran.

Project Title

An Empirical Investigation of the Complex Behavior of Reversible Turing Machines

Project

Turing machines are well-known computational systems. Yet although they have been prominent in theoretical computer science for many decades, little empirical investigation of their reversible behavior has been done. The purpose of this study is to explore the range of behavior of different reversible Turing machines and figure out where the complex behavior first occurs in the space of possible reversible Turing machines.

Favorite Four-Color, Radius-1/2 Rule

Rule chosen: 16787316

To me, this rule says it's possible for different patterns to co-exist and be "co-calculated" in nature.