For eight months, FORM worked to co-ordinate the project, which culminated in a six-week journey along the route, meeting up with different clans and language groups, remembering, painting, dancing, talking, filming, recording; the product was acquired by the National Museum of Australia, which has made of it a dazzling multimedia event that has just opened to general acclaim.
No one in the White House seemed to realise that the system its minions had been working on for three years was not ready for launch on October 1st.To fix this mess the federal government has now hired a company to co-ordinate the project (a systems integrator in the jargon) and told it to make the thing work by the end of November.
Sarah Ronald is founder and managing director of Edinburgh-based service design company Nile, which has co-ordinated the project on a pro bono basis since it began, and has supported staff to mentor the RCA design students.
Officer Rizwaan Chothia, of the EMSOU, who co-ordinated the project, says he is confident it's a step in the right direction.
Dr James Marshall, a computer scientist at the University of Sheffield co-ordinating the project, said simulating a brain was one of the "major challenges" of artificial intelligence.
Mr Bob Hyslop, managing director of Linlathen Developments, who are co-ordinating the project on behalf of the two house builders, said: "This site is ideally placed.
A group of experts from around the region agreed to co-ordinate the project, develop the curriculum and provide training and support.
Jeremy Blaydes obtained the funding, co-ordinated the project and wrote the manuscript.
PW and SF co-ordinated the project and reviewed all drafts of the manuscript.
JML conceived and co-ordinated the project, conducted meta-analyses and drafted the manuscript.
KTAs dealt with co-ordinating the project and solving problems that impeded the work.
