Thomas S. Ray
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Thomas S. Ray (also known as Tom Ray; born September 21, 1954) is an ecologist who created and developed the Tierra project, a computer simulation of artificial life.
Description
In 1975, he and Donald R. Strong were the first to propose the theory of skototropism in an article in the journal Science (190: 804-806), which he later worked into his senior thesis at Florida State University after conducting additional experiments.
The thesis was expanded into his Ph.D. thesis at Harvard University.
He is currently Professor of Zoology and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Tom Ray is also a former member of the International Core War Society.
