RICHARD BOYD

11824  80th Avenue East

Puyallup, WA 98373-4761

253-906-6830; richard.v.boyd@comcast.net

 

Like challenge of solving problems

PUBLICATIONS

 

A Unified Analysis Method for the Calculation of the Steady-State Aeroelastic Airload DistributionBoeing Document D6-23828TN.    FORTRAN simulation of airloads on Boeing SST.

 

 

Interpreting Synthetic Ground-Penetrating Radar – PhD dissertation submitted to Mining and Geological Dept. at University of Arizona. Research aimed at developing base technology for continuous profiling geophysical systems to determine “interesting” subsurface features. Hybrid development combining object oriented (Smalltalk) and procedural programming (C), neural networks, fuzzy theory, genetic algorithms. Possible applications included unmanned Mars Rover to scan subsurface Martian landscape as preliminary step to seismic imaging.

 

 

Plan Generation and Prolog – M.S. thesis submitted to University of Arizona Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Give introduction to concepts of plan generation, an overview of Declarative Languages, and suggestions to seek blend of best features of LISP and Prolog.

 

 

POLOG: A Mineral Exploration Expert System – Co-authored paper presented to IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics. POLOG was expert system developed as a graduate student at University of Arizona to simulate a geological expert searching for a Kuroko type massive sulfide deposit. Developed using Prolog computer language.

 

 

Expert Systems and Uncertainty – Presentation to Management Science faculty, PhD students and other interested parties at University of Washington. Review of numerical and non-numerical methods for handling uncertainty in expert systems. Contrast with claims made against use of probability. Describe where topic fits within overall context of logic. Discussion of modified Bayesian method as implemented in expert system designed to search for Kuroko type massive sulfide deposit that was developed at the University of Arizona.

 

 

Labor Collection System (LCS). Co-authored LCS user manual. LCS was system developed for the City of Seattle to collect labor hours and pass these on to one or more financial systems. LCS replaced a manual process.

 

 

Technology Articles for CAP Gemini – Articles written to promote Emerging Technologies for the CAP Gemini Newsletter, Pacific Coast Unit. Example: An Evaluation and Comparison of Object Oriented approaches, circa 1996.

 

 

Technology and Standards – Authored 330 page Volume 3 (of 14) for the U.S. Army’s Information Systems Architecture. Provided detailed description of key technologies and standards that support implementation of the Information Systems Architecture. Focus on emerging technologies for United States Army Information Systems Command (USAISC).

 

 

ASR 25-6 PrototypeArmy Supplemental Regulation required status of outages and hazardous conditions of specific types on equipment to be reported to USAISC HQ on daily basis. ASR 25-6 is one of the methods USAISC uses to gather information in order to manage Army networks and systems. Co-authored ~200 page document describing development of prototype via Smalltalk and Forward Chaining Expert System. UI via Asymetrix Toolbook. Automated two week manual process into system that dynamically “read/parsed” emails and expert system that “interpreted” parsed results.

 

 

DATANET 8 Configurator  --  Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station. Authored 5 Volume documentation describing Smalltalk application to automate configuration process for Honeywell DPS 8 Mainframe, and handle communications interface between mainframe and all the terminals, printers, etc. attached to it. Presented as paper to HLUSA Forum 89 (Honeywell Mainframe User’s Group). Won Best Presenter Award (Zenith laptop).