FOR DETAILED STUDY . SELECT APPROACH TO DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTAL PARALLEL INFERENCE MACHINE .
PHASE 2
YEAR 5 :
- SPECIFY AND DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL PARALLEL INFERENCE MACHINE USING RESULTS OF 3.4.1 AND 3.4.2 . START IMPLEMENTATION . CONTINUE STUDIES OF MECHANISMS USING RESEARCH TOOL .
TYPE B RESEARCH THEMES
RELATED TO 3.4.1 :
- INTERCONNECTION STRATEGIES FOR INTERWORKING OF DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURES ;
- DEVELOPMENT OF SYMBOLIC PROCESSING MACHINES ;
- DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT ACTOR-BASED LANGUAGES .
RELATED TO 3.4.2 :
- CONNECTION MACHINE DESIGNS .
R AND D AREA 3.5 :
DESIGN AND SYSTEM ASPECTS
DESCRIPTION
THIS R AND D AREA COVERS THE URGENTLY NEEDED STANDARDS , SPECIAL SPECIFICATION AND VERIFICATION TECHNIQUES , DESIGN METHODS , GENERAL SYSTEM METHODS , AND CATALOGUES OF INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL MONITORING WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THE OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE AIP SUBPROGRAMME .
THERE ARE TWO KEY OBJECTIVES HERE :
- TO PRODUCE ORDER OUT OF THE CURRENT DIVERSITY OF APPROACHES TO AIP ,
- TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR PRODUCING RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY AIP SYSTEMS AND FOR MAINTAINING THEM AS THEY ADAPT TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES .
CORRESPONDING MOTIVATIONS EXIST IN THE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY AREA AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE COORDINATED WITH 2.1 ; HOWEVER , CERTAIN FEATURES OF AIP JUSTIFY THE EMPHASIS HERE . THESE ARE :
- THE LACK OF ANY EXISTING WORK WHICH IS ATTUNED TO AIP ,
- THE NEED FOR SUCH WORK , IN VIEW OF THE COMPLEXITY , INDETERMINACY , ADAPTABILITY AND SELF-MONITORING POTENTIAL FOR AIP SYSTEMS .
AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE APPROACH WHICH IS ADOPTED HERE IS THE INTRODUCTION OF A LEVEL OF SYSTEM SPECIFICATION INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THAT OF THE EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE INTERNAL SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS . THIS INTERMEDIATE LEVEL SHOULD REFLECT THE NATURE OF AIP SYSTEMS , ADOPTING APPROPRIATE PRIMITIVE NOTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR SPECIFYING INFERENCE TECHNIQUES , KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS AND OTHER ASPECTS , SO THAT RELEVANT AIP CONCEPTS CAN BE DESCRIBED CLEARLY IN A WAY WHICH MAY GUIDE THE DESIGN OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE . HOWEVER , IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE SOFTWARE-HARDWARE LEVEL AND THE AIP CONCEPTUAL LEVEL ARE OFTEN TIGHTLY INTERCONNECTED , SO THAT THE FORMALISMS FOR EITHER CANNOT BE LAID DOWN WITHOUT CONTINUED REFERENCE TO THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE OTHER .
R AND D TOPICS
THE R AND D TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS AREA ARE :
- STANDARDS FOR AIP PROJECTS ;
- REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS FOR AIP SYSTEMS ;
- DESIGN SPECIFICATION METHODS FOR AIP SYSTEMS ;
- DESIGN METHODOLOGIES FOR AIP SYSTEMS ;
- SECURITY/CONFIDENTIALITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND DATA IN AIP SYSTEMS ;
- RELIABILITY , CREDIBILITY AND INTEGRITY OF AIP SYSTEMS AND THEIR OUTPUTS ;
- TESTING AND VALIDATION OF AIP SYSTEMS ;
- STATE-OF-THE-ART INTELLIGENCE UNIT IN CRITICAL BASIC AREAS ;
- MONITORING AND COORDINATION OF DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE AIP PROGRAMME ;
- UPDATES OF EARLIER TASKS ;
- REVERSE ENGINEERING ON CLASSICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS .
DUE TO THEIR SUPPORTIVE NATURE , THESE TOPICS CAN BE CHARACTERIZED