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"We're currently developing techniques for computing with diagrams and drawings," said mathematician Dr. William Bricken, head of the new research team. "A picture can represent an idea much more concisely than a string of words. The innovative contribution of boundary mathematics is to equate changing pictures with the act of computation. We can construct programs by drawing and run programs by animating these drawings. The natural consequences of representing ideas on two-dimensional planes rather than in sequential strings include a visual programming language, parallel processing, more efficient representation, and much faster computation." Bricken has an extensive background in both theoretical and practical mathematics, computer science, social psychology, and education. He received a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in Mathematical Methods of Research. Bricken has applied boundary mathematics to research in artificial intelligence for the past seven years. Working with Bricken on the research team are Eric Gullichsen, whose research interests include artificial realities and psychoactive software, and Meredith Bricken, who specializes in information integration and prototype design. (This files is also in DL9 – RESRCH.AI)