NIP REPORT January 2006- May 2007 - The UP College of Science ...
NIP REPORT January 2006- May 2007 - The UP College of Science ...
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Part III. Projection for the next three years<br />
I. Future Projects<br />
A. Penna Model<br />
Within the next two years, we hope to be able to address additional issues raised by our investigat<br />
ions so far: account for the observed shortterm periodicity <strong>of</strong> the nonGompertzian agestructure,<br />
a more detailed account <strong>of</strong> the complexity characteristics <strong>of</strong> the (VB) implementation -<br />
the closedcurve first return map may be the result <strong>of</strong> the shortterm periodicity <strong>of</strong> the agestructure.<br />
<strong>The</strong> application <strong>of</strong> the Penna model to a variety <strong>of</strong> systems that exhibit aging or those with memor<br />
y may be investigated. In addition to physical (wear and tear, complexity and related fields) and b<br />
iological (aging, memory, competitiveness, and derivatives) issues, social and psychological issue<br />
s may also be addressed. <strong>The</strong> concept <strong>of</strong> "happiness" may correlated with<br />
an accumulation and thus serves as an entry point for a Pennatype model for "happiness".<br />
B. Molecular Dynamics<br />
It is our hope to increase the dimension <strong>of</strong> the investigations (current studies are in one<br />
dimension) to address topological and confinement issues within the next two years.<br />
<strong>The</strong> introduction <strong>of</strong> a background structure within the molecular dynamics simulation as<br />
with the interaction <strong>of</strong> different particles within a fluid or solid, and/or the propagation <strong>of</strong> phy<br />
sical entities within them is envisioned.<br />
C. Polymer Physics<br />
A good addition for the determination <strong>of</strong> a unique configuration is the check for rotational<br />
transformations.<br />
A model that predicts the equal energetic preference for plectonomic and toroidal<br />
conformations <strong>of</strong> closedcircular DNA may introduce insights that may lead to an<br />
explanation for this unsolved problem.<br />
D. Heat Transport<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal is to extend the model to finite systems and to address realistic boundary conditions in th<br />
e simulation for pulsed and continuous heat sources.<br />
E. Spin Dynamics<br />
To model actual magnetic systems, longer spin chains need to be simulated. Another goal is<br />
to build an efficient and fast algorithm such as to simultaneously calculate the state <strong>of</strong> the<br />
spin systems at different temperatures.<br />
G. Future Projects<br />
1. Projects in the pipeline<br />
a. Quantum Computing –<br />
<strong>The</strong> objective in this work is to create an efficient program that discriminates pair unkno<br />
wn quantum states. [Amarra]<br />
b. DNA Dynamics –<br />
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