Archive:September, 2009

New Homepage

 

Spent the afternoon doing lots of tweaks and fixes across the blog and turned my attention to the much needed homepage. Check out the update and let me know what you think. I’m thinking I need to work on a way to let you know when you’re hovering over the two links on the page, [...]

Biologically Inspired Computation Series

 

This is a series of 4 simulators, all written in Cocoa, experimenting with topics such as artificial intelligence with neural networks, cellular automaton, and genetic algorithms.  The full source, along with project description and detailed implementation guidelines are included with each project.   Activation/Inhibition Cellular Automaton This is a simulator written in Cocoa for running [...]

Hopfield Network Simulator

 

For the second installment of the Biologically Inspired Computation series, we’ll be taking a look at a simple neural network called a Hopfield Network. Theory From Wikipedia:   A Hopfield net is a form of recurrent artificial neural network invented by John Hopfield. Hopfield nets serve as content-addressable memory systems with binary threshold units. They [...]

I’m a Working Man (And Other Updates)

 

Time has seemed to slip by rather quickly these last few weeks as the end of the semester and holidays approach. I figured that I’d take some time to write about a few things briefly.   Digital Media Graphix First and foremost, I’ve been hired doing software development with a design firm here in town, [...]