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The Alvey Programme—intelligent knowledge based systems aspects
Author(s) -
Thomas D B
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1985.tb00525.x
Subject(s) - engineering management , work (physics) , government (linguistics) , scale (ratio) , interface (matter) , software , product (mathematics) , information system , engineering , systems engineering , computer science , knowledge management , operating system , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , physics , geometry , mathematics , electrical engineering , bubble , quantum mechanics , maximum bubble pressure method
The paper describes the aims and activities of the UK Government‐financed programme on advanced information technology known as the Alvey Programme. Essentially, Alvey supports four areas from a total grant of 200 million spread over 5 years from 1983: software engineering, man‐machine interface, VLSI and intelligent knowledge‐based systems (IKBS). The whole is managed by the Alvey Directorate of which the author is a director. On IKBS the Alvey strategy is to increase university/industry collaborative research, promote markets for IKBS products and increase the supply of skilled manpower. They are financing four large‐scale demonstrator projects: a speech‐input work station, design‐to‐product system, decision‐support system and mobile information systems. Each is being undertaken by a consortium of industry/academic interests. Among current smaller‐scale projects are flight simulators and fault diagnosis systems for the internal combustion engine and transmissions. Another important set of activities consists in strengthening the infra‐structure via standardisation of hardware, software and languages. The directorate also carries out general promotional and educational activities.