| Enterprise Architecture 2010 Conference |
| Below are links to DGI's April 22, 2010 EA Conference Presentations. The Conference was held in conjunction with the FEAC Institute CEA Symposium. |
FEAC Institute Practicum Award Presentations |
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 Why I Am An EA Proponent: Beyond the Architects ViewpointJim Washington, Chief Acquisition Officer, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation |
 DoDAF 2.0 Benefits and Strategies: For the Defense and Non-Defense CommunitiesCharles Chivis, Systems Engineer, Capabilities Assessment Engineering, SAIC (for the U.S. Joint Forces Command) - Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlkrRZI48ew Charles Chivis, Systems Engineer, Capabilities Assessment Engineering, SAIC (for the U.S. Joint Forces Command) - Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCNPUfu_ad8 |
 DoDAF 2.0 Benefits and Strategies: For the Defense and Non-Defense CommunitiesPrakash Rao, Faculty, FEAC Institute - Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxQKizX1SGo Prakash Rao, Faculty, FEAC Institute - Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faX26qpkppE Prakash Rao, Faculty, FEAC Institute - Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXUF_N5xGw4 |
 Deriving Business Value with EA: Lessons from the Public and Private SectorsDr. Steve Hudock, Chief Architect, Northrop Grumman (Moderator) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1W0etSmjV0 |
 Deriving Business Value with EA: Lessons from the Public and Private SectorsMelvin Greer, Senior Fellow, Lockheed Martin - Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gT2Wpool18 Melvin Greer, Senior Fellow, Lockheed Martin - Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZND0zF1eJU |
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 Perspectives on the Value of Planning Versus FirefightingBob Stauffer, CEO, Information Dynamics - Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmeXHaaKHKk Bob Stauffer, CEO, Information Dynamics - Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUf0Fm0JY9c Bob Stauffer, CEO, Information Dynamics - Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCBqt5Lbxk |
Audience Q & A Progress Report on the Architect’s Competency Framework Event Wrap Up |
Featured Opening Panel: Enabling Citizen Engagement and Open Government with EA -- An Agency Experience
Deriving Business Value with EA: Lessons from the Public and Private Sectors
Perspectives on the Value of Planning Versus Firefighting04.05.2010
Siri Acquisition Brings Apple Much Closer to the 'Knowledge Navigator' Concept
In 1987, Apple produced a concept video demonstrating a future computer called the Knowledge Navigator. The tablet-like device offered the user a natural language interface, video conferencing, multi-touch display and access to a global network of information.
While seemingly the product of an overactive imagination, Apple's recent acquisition of Siri brings Apple a lot closer to that vision than ever before. Siri reportedly was born from the CALO artificial intelligence project which sought to fulfill a call for a "a cognitive computer system should be able to learn from its experience, as well as by being advised."
Apple's value in acquiring Siri appears to be focused on this personal assistance technology. Siri describes their technology:
Virtual Personal Assistants (VPAs) represent the next generation interaction paradigm for the Internet. In today's paradigm, we follow links on search results. With a VPA, we interact by having a conversation. We tell the assistant what we want to do, and it applies multiple services and information sources to help accomplish our task. Like a real assistant, a VPA is personal; it uses information about an individual's preferences and interaction history to help solve specific tasks, and it gets better with experience.
In fact, Siri's Chief Technology Officer Tom Gruber uses Apple's Knowledge Navigator video in his keynote and describes it as a "brilliant piece of vision work":
Gruber demos Siri and how it can accomplish tasks using a conversational interface and apply context to provide useful and personalized interactions. He also walks through what's possible today and how close we are getting. Given Apple's acquisition of the company (and presumably Tom Gruber), the talk is of particular relevance to Apple's future plans.
