Can NKS be used to model other tasks, such as biochemical pathways?
The things I’ve studied in great detail are large-scale morphological features like, for example, shapes of leaves. So when it comes to looking up mollusk pigmentation, I look at a pattern and it’s very easy to see what class of programs [are appropriate]. It turns out you can also look at networks with simple programs. You might end up with [a visual pattern] that represents some operation such as phosphorylation or some other biochemical pathway. I’m talking about networks of chemical reactions rather than about morphological layout of things. Q: What are you doing to spread the word about NKS? A: The first step is this [book]. Also, I’ve given 25 talks at most of the major research universities in the U.S. So that’s a start. Right now, we know of about 20 courses being taught using this book. There are probably lots more that we don’t know about. We’re also having a conference in Boston in June. After the conference, we’re doing a summer school for graduate students at Brown Univers
