  New computational technique based on the symbolic description utilizing
kneading invariants is used for explorations of parametric chaos in a two
exemplary systems with the Lorenz attractor: a normal model from mathematics,
and a laser model from nonlinear optics. The technique allows for uncovering
the stunning complexity and universality of the patterns discovered in the
bi-parametric scans of the given models and detects their organizing centers --
codimension-two T-points and separating saddles.
