Edwin Roger Banks
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| Edwin Roger Banks | |
| Born | Unknown |
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| Residence | Unknown |
| Nationality | Unknown |
| Institutions | Unknown |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt, MIT |
Edwin Roger Banks is a computer scientist who was associated with the MIT group. In 1971, he constructed Banks-I, a two-state cellular automaton and one of the first simulated models of a universal computer, as part of his PhD thesis. That same year, he and Steve Ward, assisted by Rich Schroeppel and Mike Beeler, proved that a rectangle of only 9 × 33 cells contains a Garden of Eden,[1] and he discovered the first Garden of Eden.
References
- ↑ Robert Wainwright (September 1971). Lifeline, vol 3, page 31.
External links
- Banks, E. R. (1971) Information processing and transmission in cellular automata.