Cirriculum Vitae

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Education

• Ph.D. in Biomedical Science (Systems Biology), University of Connecticut Health Center (August 2025–Present)

• B.S. in Cognitive Science, Indiana University Bloomington (August 2021–May 2025)

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Research Award, Indiana University Cognitive Science (March 2025)

• Outstanding Contribution Award, Indiana University Cognitive Science (April 2024)

• Robert J. Glushko Award for Outstanding Research
  in Cognitive Science, Indiana University Cognitive Science (April 2023)

Experience

• Organizer. Midwest Underagraduate Cognitive Science Conference (Fall 2023–Spring 2025)

• Treasurer. Students of Cognitive Science (Spring 2024–Spring 2025)

Skills

• Programming: Rust, C++, Wolfram Language, Python, Java, Bash, HTML

• Software: Linux, Mathematica, LaTeX, Inkscape, Git, Visual Studio Code, Vim

Publications

• Gaul, T. M., Izquierdo, E. J. (2025). Cognitive distinctions as a language for cognitive science: comparing methods of description in a model of referential communication. Artificial Life, 31(3), 345-467.

• Gaul, T. M. (2025). Biological Organisation and Viability: A Theory of Autopoiesis in Cellular and Euclidean Automata. [Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Indiana University Bloomington].

• Gaul, T. M. (2024). Autopoiesis in RealLife Euclidean automata. In ALIFE 2024: Proceedings of the 2024 Artificial Life Conference, pages 818-826. MIT Press.

• Beer, R. D., McShaffrey, C., Gaul, T. M. (2024). Deriving the intrinsic viability constraint of an emergent individual from first principles. In ALIFE 2024: Proceedings of the 2024 Artificial Life Conference, pages 192-200. MIT Press.