Title :
Patterned Growth in Extreme Environments
Author :
Boston, Penelope ; Curnutt, Jane ; Gomez, Ernesto ; Schubert, Keith ; Strader, Brian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Earth & Environ. Sci., New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, USA
Abstract :
In the search for life on Mars and other extraterrestrial bodies, one of the biggest problems facing us is, how do we recognize life or the remains of ancient life when we find it? We will need to recognize residual patterns left by life. One approach to recognizing these kinds of patterns is look at patterns created and left by life in extreme environments here on Earth.
Keywords :
cellular automata; microorganisms; pattern recognition; ancient life; extraterrestrial bodies; extreme environments; patterned growth; residual pattern recognition; Automata; Computer science; Differential equations; Earth; Geology; Mars; Organisms; Pattern recognition; Predictive models; Space missions; biovermiculation; cellular automata; extraterrestrial life; extremophile;
Conference_Titel :
Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology, 2009. SMC-IT 2009. Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3637-8
DOI :
10.1109/SMC-IT.2009.34
