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Name Samuel Jones School Satellite High School Category Mathematics & Computational Science Research Teacher Mrs. Molledo ISEF Form Link 1 Placeholder 1A Placeholder 1B Placeholder NeuralNetwork Implementing Mutating Topology Question or Problem Being Addressed: Reducing inefficiency during training of NEAT (NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies) models and reducing complexity of NEAT models after training for better performance without sacrificing accuracy. Engineering Goals: Create a machine learning model that implements some traits of neural networks, such as optimization procedures, while also utilizing the mutable topology found in NEAT.