This paper addresses the discovery of sequential patterns in very large databases. Most of the existing algorithms use lattice structures in the space search that are very demanding computationally. The output of these algorithms generates a large number of rules. The aim of this work is to create a swift algorithm for the discovery of sequential patterns with a low time complexity. In this wor...

I present a case study of scientific discovery, where building two functional and behavioral approximations of neurons, one physical and the other computational, led to conceptual and implementation breakthroughs in a neural engineering laboratory. Such building of external systems that mimic target phenomena, and the use of these external systems to generate novel concepts and control structur...