SPECTER LABS

We are an independent research lab studying recurrent structure and invariants in computational and physical systems, informed in part by Michael Levin's work on cognition across scales, from cells and tissues to artificial and collective systems.

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Morphogenetic Signatures in Sorting Algorithms
status:active-writing
release:candidate

Sorting-algorithm dynamics analyzed through mechanistic signatures, perturbations, and robustness assays.

Wonton Soup
status:active
release:candidatescope:expansion

Intervention framework for proof-search structure: centralized MCTS maps proof families, basin stability, and search efficiency, while distributed MCTS tests how collective control changes access to that landscape.

Lenia Swarm
status:active
release:promoted

Distributed Flow Lenia search, compendium indexing, and replay tools for studying persistent forms and behavior.

Material Memory in Physical Collectives
status:concept
release:promoted

Jolt simulations that compare local material-memory updates against memory-free and damping-only controls.

Addenda
lean-sorry-repos-benchmark
type:benchmarkstatus:operationalrelease:promoted

Benchmark harness for Lean sorry tactic proposals, with split policy, scoring, and verification protocols.

lean-sorry-dataset
type:datasetstatus:operationalrelease:promoted

Deterministic ingestion pipeline for SorryDB-compatible snapshots and benchmark indexes.

lean-mcts-learning
type:researchstatus:operationalrelease:candidate

Offline training and reranking over exported Wonton Soup run traces.

k-semantics-reference
type:researchstatus:activerelease:promoted

Implementation for reworking CATWD 2.0 semantics and calibrating K across domains to better understand its properties.

equational-theories-distillation
type:competitionstatus:activerelease:candidate

Compact decision procedure for equational implication over magmas, distilled from the 4694-law implication graph into a sub-10KB offline cheatsheet for SAIR's Stage 1 benchmark.

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Intervention studies in proof search, with structural comparison across runs.

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