SRI International
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Date: Friday, February 27, 2004 3:04 PM
03 00050 60 04022704
Mr. Garold L. Johnson
Modeling and Simulation
Boeing
5301 Bolsa Ave.
Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2099
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Subject:
Possible Presentation at SRI
Hi Gary,
Somehow, I think my post to Rod got blown out of proportion. I believe
that I said I would like to see how your records were shaping up as a
means to evaluate the work of someone besides Rod. I also mentioned, as
I recall (not using SDS, I'm somewhat captive to a failing memory), I
thought it would be nifty if Rod could come here and demo his work,
showing how records are created and the value they bring to the user.
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I also framed my suggestion with the caveat that his work not be cached in some
variant of a salesman's talk; rather, my thoughts were that his work is of
sufficient merit that some of the scientists in my group may appreciate being
exposed to the dimensions Rod applies to event analysis.
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It's pretty amazing that the CALO project here turns out to look like a
wrapper for Outlook. It's true, we did put an instrumentation wrapper on
Outlook to see how people use it, but the project I am working on is
much closer to an amanuensis, one that learns by observing; perhaps an
automated SDS, maybe not.
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Nothing formal has been initiated here in regards to a talk about SDS;
rather it has been closer to a "what if" door I opened with Rod. I am
very sorry to hear about his health situations; perhaps I'll give him a
call.
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Perhaps, some day, you will fill me in on your experiences with SDS.