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My name is Maria Levkovytska, I am a grade 12 student from Charles Hays Secondary School in Prince Rupert. I avidly enjoy reading and have recently undertaken writing. My goals for the future are to become a Mechanical Engineer and my dreams are to someday travel to exotic and faraway palaces. |
| Maria Levkovytska Emergent and Self-Organizing Behaviour in Natural and Simulated Systems
Challenge: | Discovery | Category: | Senior | Region: | Pacific Northwest | City: | Prince Rupert, BC | School: | Charles Hays Secondary | Abstract: | To better understand how complex systems like slime molds or flocking birds organize without a leader guiding them, I experimented with and researched live slime mold to see how it responds to different environments. I then used computer programs to recreate its behavior and study how its cells work together to achieve a goal. |
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