Malcolm
Lambert - Project Manager Malcolm
is an atmospheric physicist by trade and, whilst building a house
in Tasmania, he conceived the idea of using computational power
to perform the difficult 3D geometric manipulations required to build
with irregular pieces of rock. Malcolm
has acted as the on-site project manager for several atmospheric and
geophysical monitoring experiments in remote locations such as
Macquarie Island and Antarctica. He has a set of skills in the areas
of physics, project management, construction, computer programming
and electronic and optical instrumentation. Malcolm is the inventor
of Rocksolver and the owner and director of Intresto.
Dr
Paul Kennedy - Software Engineer Paul
is a specialist in software development, artificial intelligence and
data mining. He teaches data mining, machine learning and software
engineering at UTS in Sydney. As a specialist in software engineering
and artificial intelligence Paul has particular skills in the use of
advanced search and optimisation algorithms and in the visualisation
of complex information. Paul is using his specialist skills to design
and develop the Rocksolver software required to fit together a
collection of irregular polyhedra into a regular shape.
Rick Welykochy - Software Engineer Rick is an analyst programmer specialising in scientific and network computer applications. His experiences range from the pure geek as a system administrator to the corporate director running an ISP. Always a passion with Rick is the software he creates, be it an online database of Australian caves or a large scale e-commerce system. Rick honed his skills at the University of Alberta in Canada. He brings years of language, database, graphics and management expertise into play to create the RockSolver application.
Dr
Tom Osborn - Software and Marketing Consultant Tom
has been the
head of a number of R&D groups at the University of Technology
Sydney and has a particular interest in machine learning and
statistical modeling as tools for identifying new market
opportunities resulting from innovation. He has a good understanding
of both the technical aspects of the challenges involved in
developing the Rocksolver software and ways in which market
opportunities can be identified and exploited. He is applying his
skills to the Rocksolver project as an advisor and consultant.
Alan Murray - Physicist Alan is a skilled scientific programmer, particularly in the areas of applied mathematics, finite element analysis and the visualisation of computer generated 3D objects. Alan is a lecturer in Games Programming at QANTM College in Sydney and has applied his skills to the Rocksolver project by programming much of the virtual building site needed to test rock-fitting algorithms.