Foremost Manufacturing Inc. (Union, NJ), a manufacturer of reflectors for lighting fixtures, has adopted a fuzzy logic-based application to produce quotations for customers in less time. The company is using a fuzzy system to produce bids in about 1.5 minutes, compared to an industry average of two weeks. Carnegie Group Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) has developed a hybrid neural network/expert system for diagnostic situations where signal data and symbolic data must be combined to perform a definitive diagnosis and repair procedure. This technology was developed with funding from the National Science Foundation. Working with experts from Armco Steel (Middletown, OH), Carnegie Group developed a prototype system to diagnose chatter in a coldrolling mill.

The US Army has installed PRIDE (Pulse Radar Intelligent Diagnostic Environment), a diagnostic expert system developed by Carnegie Group (Pittsburgh, PA), in Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Storm. PRIDE is said to be the first diagnostic expert system ever put in the field by the US Army. American Airlines (Dallas, TX) has developed an expert system - Maintenance Operation Control Advisor (MOCA) - to ensure that every Super 80 (DC-9) airplane meets the airline's and the FAA's aircraft maintenance requirements. Nova Technology (Bethesda, MD), a new company founded by Naval Research Center scientist Harold Szu, plans to commercialize neural networks made from high-performance superconductors. Inference (El Segundo, CA) has named Peter Tierney CEO and president.

Jeff Pepper is product marketing manager of the diagnostics division of the Carnegie Group. His current research interests include all aspects of knowledge-base design, construction, validation, and maintenance. He has published several articles on building expert systems and integrating them into service organizations. He has also taught computer programming at Carnegie Mellon University. Big changes are coming to the world of automobile repair. In the Ford dealership of the not too distant future, mechanics will be tracking down and fixing problems in your car with the help of a powerful AI diagnostic tool called SBDS, under development by a joint project team at Ford Motor Company, the Carnegie Group, and Hewlett Packard. SBDS, the Service Bay Diagnostic System, will revolutionize the way cars are fixed.

Over twenty years ago, I worked for company called The Carnegie Group, an offshoot of Carnegie Mellon University's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratories. That company is long gone. Today, a think-tank goes by the same name. While extant, the erstwhile Carnegie Group worked on some of the most cutting edge AI products of its time. It was funded by a consortium of firms such as Caterpillar and USWEST (now Qwest Corp.) and its sole aim was to look for the application of AI technologies in businesses.

Over twenty years ago, I worked for company called The Carnegie Group, an offshoot of Carnegie Mellon University's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratories. That company is long gone. Today, a think-tank goes by the same name. While extant, the erstwhile Carnegie Group worked on some of the most cutting edge AI products of its time. It was funded by a consortium of firms such as Caterpillar and USWEST (now Qwest Corp.) and its sole aim was to look for the application of AI technologies in businesses.

In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in the commercial applications of knowledge-based (KB) systems (commonly called expert systems). Interest in KB systems was spurred on by the development of programs that can solve complex tasks at an expert level.

Dennis O'Connor was one of Digital's first 400 employees and played a significant role in the growth of the company over the last 30 years. Standing Committees During his 30-year career with Digital, Dennis O'Connor held senior In the early days of Digital's history, Dennis was involved in the Dennis was the founder and director of Digital's Artificial Intelligence Dennis O'Connor was instrumental in the development of visionary Dennis led Digital's involvement with MIT, Carnegie-Mellon,

The US Army has installed PRIDE Merlin is an expert system developed (Pulse Radar Intelligent Diagnostic at Hewlett Packard's Networked Environment), a diagnostic expert Computer Manufacturing Operation system developed by Carnegie Group (Roseville, CA) to forecast the factory's (Pittsburgh, PA), in Saudi Arabia in product demand. Lucid (Menlo Park, CA), producer of American Airlines (Dallas, TX) has the Lucid Common Lisp language, developed an expert system - Maintenance has acquired Peritus, a producer of Operation Control Advisor C/C and FORTRAN compilers. Consolidated Edison (New York, Nova Technology (Bethesda, MD), a NY) has developed the SOCCS Alarm new company founded by Naval Advisor, an expert system that recommends Research Center scientist Harold Szu, operator actions required plans to commercialize neural networks to maintain the necessary and continuous made from high-performance power supply to its customers. Kurzweil AI (Waltham, MA) has Inference (El Segundo, CA) has received a federal grant to develop named Peter Tierney CEO and president. VoiceGI, a voice-activated reporting Tierney was formerly VP of and database management system marketing at Oracle.