As humans we hear all sorts of statements. We remember ideas expressed in the statements, not necessarily the exact wording of the statement. Take the following statements for instance:

• I swam for two hours.
• My swim lasted for two hours.
• It took me two hours to do my swim.

The meaning behind these three statements is fundamentally the same. And we as humans do a great job at distilling the important concepts from such statements and discarding the exact wording. Recall your last phone conversation and you’ll see that if you remember anything at all, it is the concepts communicated and certainly not a precise transcript of the conversation.

Well, the Neuric Brain works in the same way. It looks at the meaning behind the statements it receives and get to the concepts behind the words. In that way it knows that statements like “John killed the bear” and “John caused the bear to die” are conceptually very similar.

And of course this also plays out in the Neuric Brain’s ability to answer questions. Designed to think in terms of concepts and their interrelation, the Neuric Brain understands that you’re asking basically the same thing if you were to throw out one of these questions:

• “Why did the bear die?
• “What caused the bear to die?”
• “What killed the bear?”
• “What was the reason the bear died?”

This concept-centric approach is not just limited to the Brain’s comprehension of statements and questions given to it. The Neuric Brain uses its conceptual intelligence to express its thoughts in the best way. It internally rephrases concepts to communicate effectively as possible with the user.

In addition, the Neuric Brain does not use string matching to actually identify and understand concepts at play in statements and questions. Input and querying of the brain is therefore not limited to hyper-specific conditions. It is instead possible to interact with the Neuric Brain in much the same way you would with another person, freely communicating ideas as they come to you, and in plain English.

Oct. 27, 2009

Neuric Technologies named 2009 Technology Innovator
for developing The Neuric Brain software

AUSTIN, TEXAS—Oct. 27, 2009—Neuric Technologies L.L.C., developers of The Neuric Brain, a data-intelligence system used for government, military and cyber security  applications, was recognized as Tech Innovator  for its software development  of The Neuric Brain™. The company was recognized Oct. 14, 2009, at the 2009 Tech Innovation Awards luncheon hosted at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Austin.

“It’s an honor to be recognized as a technology innovator by our community peers, the Austin Business Journal and the award sponsors,” said Charlie Walne, chief executive officer at Neuric. “We believe we not only have one of the best technology ideas in Central Texas, but that the Neuric Brain has the ability to help keep our nation and world secure from terrorism and cyber criminals.”

The award and luncheon are sponsored by Acton MBA, the Austin Technology Council and the Central Texas Angel Network and Entrepreneurs’ Organization, and organized by the Austin Business Journal.

Neuric is a software development company focused on creating The Neuric Brain, a patented intelligence system that is a sophisticated replacement for classical artificial intelligence, said Walne. “The Neuric Brain delivers advanced intelligence in a way that is scalable, cost-effective and exceptional at understanding concepts in context. It helps users draw connections between new and previously learned knowledge, and draw intelligent conclusions,” he said. “Essentially, this is a learning system that embodies and uses feelings and emotions, and is being tested as a way to combat cyber-attacks and other security matters.”

Neuric was one of only two companies receiving a Tech Innovator award in the software category. Other awards were presented in eight different categories. The event, which is hosted annually, seeks nominations of companies “that offer the best innovations that can capture the imagination and help change our world,” as reported in the Austin Business Journal.

About Neuric Technologies

Neuric Technologies is a leading software developer and maker of the Neuric Brain™, an advanced software intelligence system for cyber security efforts, among other applications. The company, based in Austin since 2006, employs a research and development team specializing in psychological intelligence, linguistics and volition. The privately held company is led by CEO Charlie Walne, and Thomas A. Visel, co-founder and chief technology officer. For more information, visit www.neuric.com, call (512) 773-4447, or send e-mail to info@neuric.com.

About The Neuric Brain™

The Neuric Brain is a PC-based software that is a learning system that embodies human emotions and feelings. An alternative to  “artificial intelligence,” the Neuric Brain is “psychological intelligence,” much more sophisticated than A.I.  The Neuric Brain is ideal for cyber security, patent search, process oversight and political analysis, among other applications. The Neuric Brain is similar to a human brain with feeling, emotion, temperament, conceptualization and expression, and operates on concepts rather than words themselves. This enables it to correlate disparate facts and find connections between seemingly unrelated facts. It has a big picture view of events such that it can replace multiple people (analysts and their support systems) doing the work at the detail level.

For more information, visit http://neuric.com/index.php/technology, or contact Neuric Technologies at thebrain@neuric.com.

For media inquiries, contact Roy G. Miller, RGM Communications, at rmiller@rgmcomms.com, or call (903) 422-5117.

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Neuric Technologies, LLC, was just awarded the 2009 Tech Innovation Award for Software by the Austin Business Journal.  The distinction was certainly an honor, considering the field of innovative, top-notch companies that were also in the running.  Editors of the Austin Business Journal hold the competition annually to recognize “the most promising innovations not just in Austin, but in the world.”  It feels great to be honored with such an award.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The English language possesses a rich set of endings that enable us to turn nouns into adjectives, adjectives into nouns, adjectives into adverbs, etc.   Take for example the noun anger.  If you add the ending –y, it becomes angry, an adjective.  If you then add the ending –ly, it becomes angrily, an adverb.

Simply knowing which of these endings cause which transformation is not enough, however.  For example, knowing that tribal is an adjective formed from the noun tribe tells you only  a fraction of the story.  One must also know that  –al means ‘characteristic of’ and thus tribal will mean ‘characteristic of a tribe’.

A lot of different word endings are used in English, and each particular one seems to have a default meaning, but there are some examples that do not fit in so easily.  For instance, an  –ly ending on a noun creates an adjective that usually means ‘like that noun’.  This definition accounts for examples such as manly (like a man), cowardly (like a coward), and friendly (like a friend). This does not work across the board though, as lovely does not mean ‘like love’, but rather ‘pleasing’.  Similarly, the –ic word ending in horrific gives a meaning of ‘causing this verb’, whereas terrific has come to mean ‘great’ or ‘awesome’ rather than ‘causing terror.’

These exceptions are part of what makes English such a complex language. Good artificial intelligence can not only to process the default meanings of the endings but can also recognize the exceptions and handle them.

Sept. 8, 2009

Neuric Technologies L.L.C. expands sales efforts,
adds The Business Coach of Texas to extend market share, product sales

The Neuric Brain™ software developer extends artificial intelligence,
initiates aggressive market strategy

AUSTIN, TEXAS—Sept. 8, 2009—Neuric Technologies L.L.C., a provider of  data intelligence and cyber security analytics, is invigorating an aggressive sales and marketing strategy  with the addition of Eric H. Gore and The Business Coach of Texas. Gore will serve as Neuric’s director of sales, effective immediately.

“Adding Eric Gore and The Business Coach of Texas to our direct sales efforts accelerates our market presence and potential,” said Charlie Walne, chief executive officer at Neuric. “We chose Eric to lead our sales efforts, thanks to his experience as a corporate hellfighter in the federal and commercial markets, and his process-driven approach to sales and coaching.”

The Business Coach of Texas, led by Gore, is helping Neuric demonstrate the value and validity of The Neuric Brain™, a patented data-intelligence system akin to artificial intelligence, but much more sophisticated, said Walne. “The Neuric Brain delivers advanced intelligence in a way that is scalable, cost-effective and exceptional in understanding concepts in context, draw connections between new and previously-learned knowledge, and then draw intelligent conclusions,” he said. “Essentially, it is a learning system that embodies and uses feelings and emotions.”

Neuric and The Business Coach of Texas initiated the agreement Sept. 7, and are immediately developing sales and marketing strategies. Led by Gore, Neuric will develop and grow its sales channels, including potential new agreements with systems integrators, value-added resellers and authorized consultants.

“We’re accelerating and advancing Neuric’s software innovation, and intend to deliver break-out results for Neuric,” said Gore, who is headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, near Dallas. “With our Corporate Hellfighters services, The Business Coach of Texas helps business start-ups that need strategic direction and support, sales product management, and process-driven tactics that deliver bottom-line results.” The service includes a team of talented technical, operational, product marketing and financial experts.

About Neuric Technologies

Neuric Technologies is a leading software developer and maker of the Neuric Brain™, an advanced software intelligence system for cyber security efforts, among other applications. The company, based in Austin since 2006, employs a research and development team specializing in psychological intelligence, linguistics and volition. The privately held company is led by CEO Charlie Walne, and Thomas A. Visel, co-founder and chief technology officer. For more information, visit www.neuric.com, call (512) 773-4447, or send e-mail to info@neuric.com.

About The Neuric Brain™

The Neuric Brain is a PC-based software that is a learning system that embodies human emotions and feelings. Often termed “artificial intelligence,” the Neuric Brain is “psychological intelligence,” which is much more sophisticated than A.I.  The Neuric Brain is ideal for cyber security, patent search, process oversight and political analysis, among other applications. The Neuric Brain is similar to a human brain with feeling, emotion, temperament, conceptualization and expression, and operates on concepts rather than words themselves. This enables it to correlate disparate facts and find connections between seemingly unrelated facts. It has a big picture view of events such that it can replace multiple people (analysts and their support systems) doing the work at the detail level. For more information, visit http://neuric.com/index.php/technology, or contact Neuric Technologies at thebrain@neuric.com.

About The Business Coach of Texas

The Business Coach of Texas, based in Carrollton, Texas, is led by Eric H. Gore, a seasoned international business executive with 25-plus years of experience in sales, management and executive leadership at Fortune 500 and technology start-up companies. The company offers “Corporate Hellfighters,” a service designed for business start-ups needing strategic direction and support, sales product management, and process-driven tactics that deliver bottom-line results. BCOT also applies the Robert Hargrove Certified Masterful Coaching program for leadership building, teaches Action Selling and provides leadForward™, a proprietary leadership development program for business and government executives. For more information, visit www.thebusinesscoachoftexas.com, or contact BCOT at 214-668-1702, or send e-mail to ericgore@thebusinesscoachoftexas.com.

For media inquiries, contact Roy G. Miller, RGM Communications, at rmiller@rgmcomms.com, or call (903) 422-5117.

How do you give a computer instructions to do something?
One way is to write a program that the computer can understand – a program that details out what your instructions are.  That requires that you know computer programming, though.  Plus you have to figure out the right way to program your instructions.  But what if things were reversed a bit?  What if the computer could speak your language, rather than forcing you to speak its language?  Suddenly things aren’t nearly so complicated.
The Neuric Brain can do just that: it can take commands in the form of plain English text.  Some of the types of commands which the Neuric Brain understands and can act on include:

• Direct commands, such as “If you see a UFO, report the incident to me.”
• New relationship creation, such as “If a person calls a terrorist, that person is a person of interest.”
• Definition/condition satisfaction, such as “An electronic financial transaction consists of a withdrawal of funds from one bank account, and a deposit of funds into another bank account.” “If an electronic financial transaction takes place, report the incident to me.”

Seemingly unrelated events that might take a person days to track and assess can be found and connected by simply telling the Brain in plain English what to look for.

Natural Language Parsing involves training a computer to determine, “What does this sentence mean?”  That includes determining the sense of each word.  However, if you want a system to be able to answer questions or draw conclusions, you must go further.  The system must also be able to answer, “What does this imply?”

For instance, take the sentence, “Humans eat meat.”  If the Brain knows this, how should it answer questions like:

• Do humans eat food?
• Do humans eat bacon?
• Do humans eat vegetables?
• Do primates eat meat?
• Do primates eat food?
• Does Jeffrey eat meat?
• Did Jeffrey eat that meat?

What’s the logical relationship between “meat” and specific kinds of meat?  Or between “human” and something more general, like “primates”?  Does “Humans eat meat” mean “Some humans eat some meat”, or “All humans eat some meat”, or “All humans eat all meat”?  How do you define the connections between each category, and how do you store the statements about humans, so that the implications will be clear?

And how about number?  Do you account for the difference between “I have a car,” “I have one car”, and “I have only one car”?  What does each one imply for the question, “Do you have two cars?”

Deduction requires more than storing the sense of individual words.

Prepositions play a very fundamental and complex role in the English language. A single preposition can have thirty or more different meanings. Context provides the information needed for someone to discern which of those meanings is intended.

Neuric creates software that discerns the unique context in which a preposition is used and chooses the correct meaning of that preposition. In this blog entry alone, only one sentence does not make use of at least one preposition. Without the ability to discern the correct meaning of prepositions, it would be impossible to comprehend a great deal of the English language.

When it comes to figuring the meaning of a preposition, things get complicated quickly. Especially since the words that go before and after a preposition may have multiple meanings. If the word before a preposition has five different possible meanings, the word after that preposition also has five different meanings, and the preposition itself has 15 different possible meanings, that gives us three hundred and seventy five possible interpretations. And that’s for just one part of the sentence!

Understanding what that one, intended meaning is out of all the possible meanings is just a small piece of the groundbreaking work Neuric is doing.

by Thomas A. Visel

We are some months into a partnership with XIT Networks dealing with the matter of Cyber Security.  We are using Neuric’s Brain as a backend process to do sense-making of Internet recon and attack events.  XIT equipment discovers network events, forwarding them to the brain, quite like external sensory neurons.  The brain does sense making from the detail, alerting the operator to the big-picture situation and recommending the remediation or interdiction.  Each brain is estimated to have the capability to replace 20-30 operators who are otherwise occupied with menu drill-down point-and-click operations to perform manual sense-making.

Ever try to read someone’s mind?  Unless they tell you what they are thinking, you will never know.  You can conjecture what they are thinking with varying degrees of certainty, but it’s still conjecture.  That is inference, and that is what the Neuric’s brain does.  It takes known facts and back-stories and conjectures intention.

This is an exciting outlet as a first major application of the Neuric Brain.  We have our plate full but most of the science is behind us.  You can schedule engineering, but not science!

As an aside, it is amazing to watch some of the military services and certain commercial chase their tails with frenzy over Cyber Security, spending my tax dollars in the process.  “Plans” seem based on urgency much more than understanding.  The scary thing is to see expenditures proposed and laid out without consistent a plan, similar perhaps to the $900B “bailout” that Congress scared itself into creating last Fall.  That was even before Obama recovered the football and now attempts to pump cash like raindrops in the jungle.  Will the risky venture succeed as they guess it will?  The risk is borne by your children and mine!

by Joshua Cheatham

In our ongoing work to perfect the Brain’s understanding of ontology, we’ve delved into the nature of parts.  We’ve explored the following questions:  What is a part?  How can we classify parts?  Are all parts created equal?

Now for you and I this may seem self-evident; a part is a subdivision of a larger, complete entity.  Parts are parts.  But there’s actually more to it than that.  For example, if part of me is my arm and I am part of the soccer team does it make sense to say that my arm is part of the soccer team?  Not really.  But if my finger is part of my hand and my hand is part of me then it does make sense to say that my finger is part of me.  These two examples signal that there is something deeper going on – that there are different types of parts.

In our research we’ve identified several more types of parts than those mentioned above.  And we’ve incorporated that research into the code that makes up the Neuric Brain, so that it can faithfully conceive and communicate its understanding of subsets and subdivisions and other types of parts.

So while these things may seem like common sense to you and I, closer inspection reveals that we often overlook the fact that our understanding of the nature of things is much more nuanced and robust than we let ourselves know.  Yet it is that same nuance and vigor that we are incorporating into the Neuric Brain.