Dolezal Systems, Inc.

Dolezal Systems and Intelligence
Dolezal Systems and Intelligence (DSI) was created by James Dolezal as a technology company. DSI specializes in computer assembly, networking, troubleshooting, and programming. Rates for any of these services are available but have not yet been calculated and posted. If you would like any computer-related services from DSI, contact James Dolezal and ask for the rate plans. Eventually, they will be posted here.

The Systems portion of DSI deals with most of DSI’s functions: computer assembly, networking, and software programming. If you are an individual, experiencing problems with your home computer setup wanting a computer built for you, this is the area of DSI you will be interested in. If you are a small business seeking a networking solution or a troubleshooting associate, this is also for you.

The Intelligence portion of DSI deals with the private programming and studying of Artificial Intelligence. This research and development regarding AI specifically deals with the ability for a computer program to process information, logically draw conclusions, and possibly exhibit characteristics of cognition.This project is being spearheaded by the developers of LUCI, who are currently working on the logical aspect of the project.

DSI first began work on Luci in the fourth quarter of 2008. LUCI (Linguistically Ubiquitous Cognitive Intelligence) is a programming project being developed in python. Once completed, the program will be a basic artificial intelligence capable of dynamic alteration of its programming based on stimuli from sensory inputs, and will be capable of learning, storing, and adapting to its environment. It will use its logical cognition to learn language, and will have a separate linguistics section devoted to this learning. Once exposed to human interactions and properly trained, it will be able to effectively communicate in the language it has been exposed to and trained in.

Luci is currently in the early developmental stage. The linguistical processor has been mostly completed, but cannot function without the logical portion of its core processor, which is currently the project’s focus. There is currently only one person on Luci’s team, the founder of DSI and the host of this website, James Dolezal. Because Luci is such a large-scale project and should require an array of teams with multiple people on each team, the development is obviously much slower than it could potentially be. With proper teams working coherently and consistently, the project could be completed by mid-2010, but seeing as how most people don’t want to donate their time to a project that may never reach its completion, the ETA for this project is unknown.

If you would like to assist in the development of Luci, have ideas regarding cognitive programming, can provide resources for Luci’s team, or would like to join the team, please contact James Dolezal. To contact James, either send him a message via Facebook, the “All About Me” page on this website, or his email.

All About Me

My name is James Dolezal, and I am an 18 year-old Freshman at Taylor University, currently studying in Ireland with the Freshman Irish Studies Program (FISP).  I plan on majoring in Biology / Pre-Medicine and minoring in Chemistry, hoping to someday move on to graduate school and study Neuroscience or become a neurosurgeon. I am fascinated with the brain, how it works, and with human intelligence, which is the main reason why I am developing an AI program.

I love challenges, and will gladly accept a programming or mathematical challenge that may take me days, or even weeks, to solve. I very rarely give up and am the kind of person that genuinely enjoys solving frustrating problems. I live in a family consisting of a younger sister, both parents, and a cat named Heidi. We are a conservative, Christian family and always seek to know the truth rather than what individuals may interpret as truth. Our sole basis of truth is the bible, and we believe science is man’s interpretation of the universe, but like all human interpretations, we may lack insight and knowledge that prevents the proper presentation and development of theories and facts. Science and man’s morality cannot conflict with biblical truth – science is a fallible interpretation, while God’s word is infallible. If there is a conflict, it is with man and not God.

I enjoy programming, playing piano, problem solving, psychological thinking, and spending time with people that I love.
Programming

My fascination with computer programming began around my freshman year. I was enrolled in some computer tech classes and wanted to learn how to truly master the computer. I looked around online, and discovered that python was the best language to get started with. I began teaching myself how to program, and became very adept with Python. After tinkering around with it for a while, I moved on to C++ and C#, and little bits of Visual Basic. I can now read almost any programming language and can program an array of different types of software and scripts.

After a couple years of learning and honing my skills, I began the project LUCI. For more information about LUCI, go to the Dolezal Systems and Intelligence page.

Hooray for Python!

Playing piano is one of my major passions in life. I have played since I was 5 years old, but it wasn’t until I was around 10 that I began actually enjoying it. The first “real” song I played was Firedance by David Lanz. I played a few more songs by David Lanz after that, and it was around this time that I began loving to play. I then learned the locally-famous Vesuvius when I was 11 and played it a year later for the 7th grade Middle School Talent Show. I guess people liked it quite a bit, because I surprisingly still get many requests for it.

From the time I was 5 until about four years ago I had taken piano lessons from my mother. She taught me well, but four years ago she decided that I needed a professional piano teacher and I began lessons with Jane Marquis. This is when I began to truly expand my piano repertoire, including music from Chopin, Brahms, Beethoven, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Barber, and many others.

I played at a piano recital hosted by Jane Marquis every year when I started taking lessons from her, and I’ve played for all three years of the Middle School Talent Show and all four years of our High School’s annual Pow-Wow. I have also performed locally a few times, including a Red Cross christmas dinner.

I do not plan on studying or majoring in piano during college, but because I really enjoy playing I will definitely keep practicing, learning, and expanding my musical skills. One of the first things I buy when I am living independently will be a grand piano, preferably a Steinway & Sons.

Some of my piano repertoire, off the top of my head:

Excursions by Samuel Barber
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 by Frederic Chopin
Nocturne Op. 72 No. 1 by Frederic Chopin
Waltz by Frederic Chopin
Vesuvius by David Lanz
Prelude to the Dance by David Lanz
Setting of the Suns by David Lanz
Firedance by David Lanz
Escapades of Pan by David Lanz
Sonatine, All Mvts. by Ravel
Fantasia in Dm by Mozart
Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
The People Fight by Nobuo Uematsu
Prelude in Gm by Sergei Rachamninoff
Rhapsody #1 by Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody #2 by Johannes Brahms
Tifa’s Theme by Nobuo Uematsu

…and many, many more which I currently can’t remember.

There’s a lot more about me, but the rest of it you’ll just have to learn from my blog.