The residency program, originally developed in collaboration with Indiana University, has alternated between Utah State University and Western Kentucky since 1996, said Toelken. Both performances are presented by the Associated Students of USU Arts and Lectures Performing Arts Series. Production of the plays is sponsored by the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation. Homer' s ancient tale stretches back nearly 3000 years to a world of fabulous heroes, tumultuous battles, warring gods and powerful kings. The Aquila Theatre Company has become internationally renowned for its renditions of the classics.
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The software is capable of modeling artificial intelligence, economic systems and management structures. Putting the conference together are Paul Box, assistant professor in USU's Geography Department, and Irene Lee, president of the Swarm Development Group. Swarm is a software library for creating multiagent simulations. It was developed at the Santa Fe Institute under the direction of Chris Langton, who will be keynote speaker. Langton is recognized as one of the leaders in the field of artificial life, as the organizer of the Artificial Life conference series, and as one of the first to create self-replicating lifelike structures inside computers.