Interesting Places in ScienceSim

Here's a list of places to visit in ScienceSim. Once you have your viewer started and logged in to ScienceSim, you can click on the “secondlife:” links and your viewer will teleport you to that location.

QuickSort 129,155,42

The QuickSort visualization was one of our first attempts at building a region module to drive the behavior of objects. Basically, we create some number of colored objects and apply a quick sort algorithm using the hue of the object as its value. This simple visualization pointed out several things: single pivot selection results in sorts that are much closer to O(n^2) so we added a sample set to determine the pivot point; and this algorithm begs for parallel processing.

Fern Seed Info 136,190,25

Fern Lifecycle and Population Genetics Simulations: We are growing virtual ferns to better understand how their lifecycle of independent, alternating, haploid-diploid generations affects their genetics at the population level. The ferns' health and fitness are determined by the interaction of their genome with environmental factors such as crowding, altitude, weather, and soiltype. Opensim region modules provide tools for summarizing and plotting data about the population, and for visualizing patterns of genetic diversity that emerge across the landscape.

Cellular Automata Demonstrations: The patterns of cloudcover and the mosaic of soiltypes in the fern genetics simulation are both controlled by cellular automata. We have created region modules to demonstrate the continuous automata system used to generate cloudcover and to demonstrate Conway's Game of Life on the surface of a torus.

StHelens00 72,120,94

Yellowstone00 128,128,65

New Yellowstone Scale Model

Click here for a full list of regions connected to ScienceSim.

There are a number of areas that can be used for formal and informal meetings. The following areas have additional facilities to make formal meetings easier to hold.

Newton 203,212,38

The Amphitheater on Newton has seating for large groups and a screen for video presentations.

Galileo 194,162,24

The Pine Village consists of several classroom areas. A projector screen for web-based presentations, a multi-station radio and multi-channel television are available.

Kepler 211,178,39

The Castle on Kepler includes formal and informal meeting areas, access to health and status monitors for ScienceSim regions, a web-page projector and video screen.

Content is available from many locations including the hypergrid gateways (search for the “Gateway” regions). The following areas are set up for easy access to different kinds of content.