Truth Engineering
Emergence/surge and decisions By: John M. Switlik, March 2024; Context: Sperry Univac Knowledge Systems Center. Foreword – Interim remark This series has one intent: document KBE’s (knowledge-based engineering’s) role, in part, with respect to a major project that will mostly be circumstantially mentioned. A recent academic article went through the history of AI and concluded that…
Do these relate? By: John M. Switlik, February 2024; Context: Sperry Univac Knowledge Systems Center. Foreword – Interim remarks These are necessary after working on the first two pieces of the series which comes from the viewpoint of working in complex computational environments of a non-academic nature for five decades. “non-academic” is used merely to remove two…
Are these two important? By: John M. Switlik, January 2024; Context: Sperry Univac Knowledge Systems Center. This article continues a series that started with “Artificial Intelligence, not solely machine learning” (Linkedin, TruthEng). What we discussed before pertains to how ML highjacked (or attempted to highjack) AI. We, the humans involved, want AI back. The 1st article briefly…
AI includes Knowledge-based Engineering (KBE) By: John M. Switlik, December 2023; Context: Sperry Univac Knowledge Systems Center. After briefly touching upon AI (Artificial Intelligence), we will look at KBE from the perspective of several years. Engineering efficiency has always been a factor for progress. Engineering has had its own College in most Universities. As a historical aside, Count…
By: Larry Walker, November 2023; Context: Sperry Knowledge Systems Center. Dr. Robert Terry In 1980 Harlan Cleveland, the head of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, invited Dr. Robert Terry to join the HHHI to develop a leadership development curriculum. This would be the first such program in America. Dr. Terry was an…
By: Larry Walker, November 2023; Context: Sperry Knowledge Systems Center. Silicon Valley While the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul) along with Philadelphia were the birthplace of the computer industry, Silicon Valley became the incubator for integrated circuits. Silicon Valley also became the ecosystem which propelled the industry into continuous growth with an endless variety of innovative…
By: Larry Walker, May 2023; Context: Sperry Knowledge Systems Center. In the early 1990s, the St. Paul (MN) School District wanted to pursue education research. To do this, they established The Saturn School of the Future for students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Saturn’s goal was to have a tailored curriculum for each student. Our…
By: Larry Walker, May 2023; Context: Sperry Knowledge Systems Center. Because of its success in the global airline reservation systems market, in the early 1970s Univac established the International Research & Development Center in London. At that time Univac had ⅓ of the global airline reservation market while IBM had the remaining ⅔. In the US, Univac…
By: Larry Walker, May 2023; Context: Sperry Knowledge Systems Center. Larry reported to Sperry Univac’s Development Center located in Roseville, Minnesota in the Fall of 1966. Larry knew nothing about Univac systems, nor did he know any individuals who worked in the Roseville Center. His assignment was to become familiar with Univac’s Exec 8 Operating System. Exec…
By: Larry Walker, May 2023; Context: Sperry Knowledge Systems Center. The Beginning Married while Larry was still in college, Judy and Larry began thinking about ‘what is next’. While Judy was working to cover their living costs while in college and Larry made a little money on ‘odd jobs’ around campus, they were nearing the end of…