HISTORY.
The American Computer Scientists Association was originally founded in 1989 by former members of the American Computer Association: computer scientists Rogers Maxwell, and Ashim K. Das, along with computer science and technology individuals and companies from the former American Certified Computer Consultants, and the American Certified Computer Scientists Associations. It achieved a 501(c)(3) status preliminary ruling with the IRS in 1993. ACSA will commence its first annual fund raising project in 1996. In the interim the Association has used borrowed space and voluntary labor and has engaged in pro-bono projects and advanced research at the expense of volunteering businesses and personnel.
SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING SCIENTISTS.
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... the inventor of, among other things, ODIN -- the first "overlapping windowed" display manager for desktop computing -- completed in 1974. Originally designed for sale to Vydec Corporation, the office automation company of Exxon Corporation, which declined to purchase the product when it was complete, ODIN was commercialized in several versions including one for Citibank, N.A., and one for a major software project company in NYC. In the late 70's Jack designed CAD/CAM and desktop computer systems for manufacturing and the office, including one of the forerunners of the IBM PC-AT in whose future he played a long term design planning role, as well.
Jack is also the original inventor of the massively parallel systolic hypersystem (MPSH) also known as the "Cognition, Abstraction, Inference, Induction Machine" - a connection machine called PROTEUS - which in 1984 caused considerable controversy in its day because of its potential for application in the amplification of human intellectual capability. Versions of his MPSH designs (P/1, P/2, P/3 and P/4) have found their way into products manufactured by IBM Corporation, Sarnoff Research, Symbolics Inc./Natural Intelligence Corporation and Thinking Machines Corporation. Others, P/5 through P/15 are the subject of other research, elsewhere.
In addition to his other responsibilities, Jack is the head of the Sentient Machine Project (SMP) Laboratory and has agreed to license limited use of the design "P/16" to the Lab. On his own, Jack is also perfecting a design known as "P/18".
Engaged in ongoing research in the application of advanced computation systems in high energy physics/aerospace and abstract mathematics, Jack is actively involved as ACSA's present chairman.
Founder: Ashim K. Das
Das is the originator of the Artificially Intelligent Electronic Funds Transfer system and the foremost expert in large scale electronic communications transaction processing systems. Das has worked in areas of system engineering on products that were forerunners of today's multi-processing computers. Today, Ashim is employed in the consulting field on the development of business information networks for a major long distance communications company, where he has been pioneering the development of intelligent interconnect software. Mr. Das is presently a science fellow of ACSA and a former Chair of ACCA.
Contributor: Edward Bogdan
Mr. Bogdan, a noted environmental engineer and researcher, has focused on the presence of thousands of Caustic Soda processing sites around the US and elsewhere and their contribution of mercury to the toxic poisoning of our environment. His research work, some 30 years in the making, has resulted in a dramatic proposal to develop mobil reclamation vehicles which implement computer controlled processing of the poisoned soil, removing as much mercury from our environment (soil and water tables) as possible. This research work, turned down by the National Institute of Health and the Department of Energy, is critical to the long term survival of humanity, as is the elimination of poisonous mercury from topsoil. "Not politically popular" has not prevented ACSA from continuing his research so that the Public is aware of the problem and just how easily it may be solved. The "set an example" approach is hoped to unlock some of the unhappy secrets of our industrial past, clean them up and set humanity free of the effects of poisonous substances in our daily lives. Other areas such as Chromium spills and PVCs are being considered for further study. "Enough politicking and enough arrogance and enough kowtowing - lets do something to clean it up" -- ACSA's statement to the EPA. And this process, by the way, produces Mercury Amalgam which can be recycled, too.
Contributor: Robert Kroboth
Picking up the ball where staffing shortages left it, Robert Kroboth is carrying the standard for the future-- if our children are joining gangs and committing crimes, lets try to reach them where they end up: the County Juvenile Justice system. By placement of advanced multimedia education systems there with limited Internet access, the County can become the leading edge in an attempt at giving them another chance.
The Trustees of ACSA decided to open free membership for all computer scientists and members of the public interested in advancement of the field of computer science and interested in ACSA's pro-bono activities.
Donations and sponsorship of ACSA's programs is entirely voluntary. In early 1996 ACSA will be hiring professional fundraising staff. The following are a few of the 40 plus projects underway at ACSA's Laboratory ...
