Task Re-engineering Inc.
   15 York Valley Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, M2P 1A8
   Tel.: (416) 489-2222 e-mail: drrainer@gmail.com

Projects: T=tools, E=expert system appl.; P=comms & process control;
D=document & data management; C=concepts & designs
R=research evaluation, design, planning; S=simulation & other apps
1989 T Meccano Set
E Allied-Fibers, Virginia Instrumentation Group
D Hutchison Research, CanTech
1990 T Meccano Set
E Allied-Fibers, plant design, Virginia Instrumentation Group
E Allied-Fibers, Engineered Materials, Chicago
PE Allied-Fibers, Frankford, Philadelphia
C Precarn, IRAP
D Hutchison Research, CanTech
PEC Syncrude Research
PEC CIBC, Al Woolfrey, Architecture; Side-counter
PD York Bingo, fraud control
R NSERC - National Science & Engineering Research Council
R ITRC - Information Technology Research Centre
1991 T Meccano Set
R NSERC - National Science & Engineering Research Council
PEC CIBC, Cornel Collins, automated operations - Fred Pyziak
PD York Bingo, fraud control
EC Ontario Cancer Foundation
PE Allied-Fibers, Frankford, Philadelphia
R NSERC - National Science & Engineering Research Council
R ITRC - Information Technology Research Centre
1992 T Meccano Set
PEC CIBC, Cornel Collins, automated operations - Fred Pyziak
DC OHH, John Clement, Brian Bawden - Mac-based (Peter Turk)
PE Allied-Fibers, Frankford, Philadelphia
D User First, Jay, Folio, Unitel, Stikeman & Elliott, Borden & Elliott
D Newbook: Carswell
R NSERC - National Science & Engineering Research Council
R ITRC - Information Technology Research Centre
E Dubai - credit risk assessment
PE Arcus Oil - Siberia
1993 T Meccano Set
D Newbook: Carswell, OTPPB - Bob Breens; Borden & Elliott; Stikemann
R NSERC - National Science & Engineering Research Council
R CRTW: Brian Cookson - CommCorp, etc. - SRED
1994 D Newbook: Carswell
R CRTW: Brian Cookson - Delfour, CGI - SRED
DC Somerville - publisher
DER Extending expert system technology to handle text-based representation needed for legal reasoning and similar text-based information processing.
a) inventing and developing a knowledge representation which can integrate text, including huge text bodies
b) developing a set of software tools for automatic and semi-automatic text transformations
c) developing a set of tools for quality assurance and change management for huge bodies of text
R NSERC - National Science & Engineering Research Council
1995 D Capital i: Carswell, Datafile, Royal Bank Payroll Technologies
DP CAE: Computer-Aided Editing for large & complex books
E TARA: The Automated Research Assistant
EP Lignum - Bahamas: Cornel Collins
R CRTW: Brian Cookson - Delfour, Cornerstone, CGI - SRED
R URIF: University Research Incentive Fund
1996 TP i_Link: The Intelligent Link
E TARA: The Automated Research Assistant - (eventually put on hold)
P SoftSupport - Moise Senehi - Radiology - Ultrasound comms with assembler
D Capital i: Royal Bank Payroll Technologies; LSUC - Law Society of Upper Canada
EP Bahamas: Cornel Collins; Bank of America - AS400
R CRTW: Brian Cookson - EPS, Bob Walker - SRED
1997 T The Translation Assistant - Computer-Aided Support for maintaining large & complex books in multiple languages
D Capital i: Royal Bank Payroll Technologies; LSUC - Law Society of Upper Canada
TP i_Link: The Intelligent Link
R CRTW: Brian Cookson - Syndesis, Diversinet - SRED
P SoftSupport - Moise Senehi - Radiology - Ultrasound comms with assembler
EP Lignum Bahamas: Cornel Collins; - Banking, College
P OFT: Morris Brown - Dave Murray - PICS -- produce inventory control system
1998 EP The Scoring System
P OFT: Morris Brown - Dave Murray --- new produce inventory control system
R CRTW-RDP: Brian Cookson - The Instant Publisher, Diversinet, SRG - SRED
-- Learn to pretend to share reality - new approach to semantics -- April 13
EP Lignum Bahamas: Cornel Collins; - Scoring system - ZNS-TV for Miss Bahamas Beauty pageant
S CEET: simulation for SAG processing for metal mining (copper, gold, iron) - Minnovex: Glenn Kosick
1999 P IDPC: Internet based wide area distributed process control
S CEET: simulation for SAG processing for metal mining (copper, gold, iron) - Minnovex: Glenn Kosick
S SAG-SIM: geo-stat & classes-based simulation for SAG processing for metal mining (copper, gold, iron) - Minnovex
EP Bahamas: Cornel Collins; - Scoring system - ZNS-TV for Miss Bahamas Beauty pageant
R RDP: Brian Cookson - CGI, Numetrix - SRED
P OFT: Morris Brown - Dave Murray --- new produce inventory control system
2000 P IDPC: Internet based wide area distributed process control - cont.
S CEET: simulation for SAG processing for metal mining (copper, gold, iron) - Minnovex: Gen Kosick
S SAG-SIM: geo-stat & classes-based simulation for SAG processing for metal mining (copper, gold, iron) - Minnovex
P OFT: Morris Brown - Dave Murray --- new produce inventory control system
R RDP: Brian Cookson - Delfour, Umbrella, Diversinet, MapleRidge, DSPA - SRED
2001 T Lab & network redesign, prep. & study for next project
S SAG-SIM: geo-stat & classes-based simulation for SAG processing for metal mining (copper, gold, iron) - Minnovex
R RDP: Brian Cookson - Delfour, Baker St., Ticoon, Inea, DSPA, OneSmartWorld - SRED
2002 LBA: Language based action - a hypothesis on understanding mind, body, and language consistent with evolution and development
-- animation engine: language-driven bodily action
R RDP: Armstrong, 3DAC, NewlyWedFoods, FundMonitor, Entretel, OneSmartWorld - SRED
2003 LBA: Language based action - a hypothesis on understanding mind, body, and language consistent with evolution and development
-- animation engine: language-driven bodily action
R RDP: Armstrong, Trader Media, MHS, Powersmiths, Data-in-Depth - SRED
DT ADP: test-site, processes for QA on Web-help
2004 YAMBEL - a hypothesis on understanding mind, body, and language consistent with evolution and development
-- animation engine: language-driven bodily action
R RDP: Armstrong, System Dynamics, Monaco, Powersmiths, intelliware, Prophix, invisions - SRED
P IDPC: Internet based wide area distributed process control - SCADA with SVG
2005 HUMBLED - a hypothesis on understanding mind, body, and language consistent with evolution and development
R RMCI and others