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 and produced the latest descendant of SN: [[:projects:lush|Lush]]. and produced the latest descendant of SN: [[:projects:lush|Lush]].
 Almost twenty years after the initial version of SN,  Almost twenty years after the initial version of SN, 
-[[:projects:lush|Lush]] is still going strong! +[[:projects:lush|Lush]] was still going strong!  
 +The lack of GPU support makes it less relevant to the current developments.
 ===== TL/Prevision and Early Data Mining ===== ===== TL/Prevision and Early Data Mining =====
  
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 The TL/Prevision project started when we understood one of the business aspects of that revolution. The TL/Prevision project started when we understood one of the business aspects of that revolution.
  
-A few years earlier in [[wp>Ecole Poytechnique]],  +A few years earlier in [[wp>École Polytechnique]], [[https://www.iddri.org/en/about-iddri/team/claude-henry|Claude Henry]] 
-[[http://www.enseignement.polytechnique.fr/economie/membres/pageperso.php?id=448|Claude Henry]]+
 gave a wonderful class about micro-economical models of public economy. gave a wonderful class about micro-economical models of public economy.
 Consider for instance the problem of funding a toll bridge. Consider for instance the problem of funding a toll bridge.
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 data collected during their operation. data collected during their operation.
 This is in fact the fundamental driver for [[wp>Data Mining]] This is in fact the fundamental driver for [[wp>Data Mining]]
-and this is a good business for [[wp>Machine Learning]].+and this is a good target for [[wp>Machine Learning]].
  
 The TL/Prevision project took shape when I realized this connection. The TL/Prevision project took shape when I realized this connection.
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 The internal algorithms were based on [[:research:local|Locally Regularized Learning Systems]] The internal algorithms were based on [[:research:local|Locally Regularized Learning Systems]]
 and optimized using [[http://books.nips.cc/papers/files/nips06/0059.pdf|Hoeffding races]] and optimized using [[http://books.nips.cc/papers/files/nips06/0059.pdf|Hoeffding races]]
-(in fact TL/Prevision performs [[http://hunch.net/?p=268|Bennet races]])+(in fact TL/Prevision performs [[http://hunch.net/?p=268|Bennett races]])
 The software package was implemented by Neuristique using The software package was implemented by Neuristique using
 seed funds from [[http://www.oseo.fr|ANVAR]]  seed funds from [[http://www.oseo.fr|ANVAR]] 
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 Every small disagreement took existential proportions.   Every small disagreement took existential proportions.  
 That was exhausting. I left Neuristique in 2000. That was exhausting. I left Neuristique in 2000.
-Xavier Driancourt (http://www.orlogia.com) ran it  +Xavier Driancourt ran it profitably until 2003 when we decided that 
-profitably until 2003 when we decided that +its business activity no longer required the relatively costly legal structure of the company.
-its business activity no longer required the +
-relatively costly legal structure of the company+
-Xavier still runs [[http://www.orlogia.com|Orlogia]], a consulting business.+
  
 Despite these disappointements, the legacy of Neuristique is very positive: Despite these disappointements, the legacy of Neuristique is very positive:
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    * Numerous machine learning algorithms have been developed with SN, including [[http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/lenet/|convolutionnal neural networks]] for image recognition or signal processing, and early implementations of [[wp>Support Vector Machines]].    * Numerous machine learning algorithms have been developed with SN, including [[http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/lenet/|convolutionnal neural networks]] for image recognition or signal processing, and early implementations of [[wp>Support Vector Machines]].
  
-   * A SN based handwriting recognition system was used by many banks across the world to read checks. Some ATM machines made by NCR use compiled SN code running on embedded DSP boards. A version of this check reader was embedded in large check reading engines sold by NCR and OrboGraph. According to some estimates, this system processes 10 to 20 percent of all the checks written in the US. +   * A SN based handwriting recognition system was used by many banks across the world to read checks. Some ATM machines made by NCR use compiled SN code running on embedded DSP boards. A version of this check reader was embedded in large check reading engines sold by NCR and OrboGraph. Over more than ten years, this system has processed about 10of all the checks written in the US. 
  
-   * The first prototype of the DjVu image and document compression system, including the first decoder and the first foreground/background segmenter+   * The first prototype of the DjVu image and document compression system was written using SN, including the first decoder and the first foreground/background segmentation algorithms
  
    * The TL/Prevision technology was licensed to [[kxen|KXEN Inc.]] and helped defining their initial view of the business.    * The TL/Prevision technology was licensed to [[kxen|KXEN Inc.]] and helped defining their initial view of the business.
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 ===== Acolytes ===== ===== Acolytes =====
  
-Here is a non exhaustive list of the Neuristique((please email me if you think your name is missing)) collaborators.+Here is a non exhaustive list of the Neuristique((please email me if you think your name is missing)) direct collaborators:
  
-  * Jean Bourrely ([[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=150046|thesis]])+  * [[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=150046|Jean Bourrely]] 
 +  * [[https://fr.linkedin.com/in/michel-de-bollivier-b44580|Michel de Bollivier]]
   * Michel Diricq   * Michel Diricq
-  * Xavier Driancourt ([[http://www.orlogia.com]]) +  * [[https://fr.linkedin.com/in/xavier-driancourt-8593701|Xavier Driancourt]] 
-  * Christian and Marie-Pia Ignace +  * [[https://fr.linkedin.com/in/christian-ignace-16247524|Christian]] and [[https://fr.linkedin.com/in/mariepiaignace|Marie-Pia Ignace]] 
-  * Yann LeCun ([[http://yann.lecun.com]]) +  * [[http://yann.lecun.com|Yann LeCun]] 
-  * Steve Suddarth ([[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/s/Suddarth:Steven_C=.html|pubs]])+  * [[http://transparentsky.net/|Steve Suddarth]] 
 + 
 +Neuristique technologies also benefited from the contributions of many more people: 
 + 
 +  * [[https://lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~bennani|Younes Bennani]] 
 +  * [[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Mejia4|Carlos Mejia]]) 
 +  * ... 
  
-See also [[http://www.neuristique.fr]]. 
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