2007

Roles

    • Father

    • Scholar

Achievements

I finally discovered what I wanted to be when I grew up - an Intelligence Engineer.

Standing at the very start of my lifes work was quite an experience. The motivation that I felt was frightening. There are scores of intellectual giants who have worked on this task and their contributions were both daunting and inadequate. The likelyhood of making a contribution of my own was infintesimal. But the prospect was intoxicating none-the-less. There was not a moment to loose. See Intelligence Engineering.

    • Developed a fast online epsilion machine algorythm.

    • Graduated from the AICD Company Directors Course

Major Activities

    • See Intelligence Engineering

    • Explored the CSSR algorithm and opportunities for improvement.

    • Commenced an exploration of the Self-Organising Systems literature

    • Lived in New Zealand (6 months)

    • Moved to Wuyishan, Fujian, China.

Training

    • AICD Company Directors Course

Influential reading

    • Investigations - Stuart Kauffman - Oxford University Press - ISBN:0-19-512105-8

    • The Extended Phenotype - Richard Dawkins - Oxford University Press.

    • Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy - Evolution and Adaption. - Butler,A,B. & Hodos,W. - Wiley

    • Elements of Information Theory. - Cover,T.M. & Thomas,J.A. - Wiley Publications.

    • The Emotion Machine. - Minsky,M. - Simon & Schuster.

    • What is Life? - Schrodinger,E., D. - Cambridge University Press

    • Philosophical Investigations. - Wittgenstein,L. - Blackwell.

    • Engineering Self-Organising Systems 2005. - Brueckner,S. & Serugendo,G. & Hales,D. (eds) - Springer.

    • Engineering Self-Organising Systems 2006. - Brueckner,S. & Serugendo,G. & Hales,D. Franco Zambonelli,F. (eds) - Internet

    • Foundations of Genetic Programming. - Langdon,W. & Poli,R. - Springer.

    • The Architecture of Complexity. - Simon,H,A. - Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

    • Seven Pillars of Wisdom. - Lawrence,T.E. - Anchor Books

    • Strategy. - Liddell,H. - Penguin Books

    • What We Believe but Cannot Prove - Brockman,J. - Harper Perennial.

    • Introduction to Graph Theory. - Chartrand,G. - Dover Publications

    • Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel. - Goldstein,R. - W. W. Norton & Company