Kubrick as Architect

The psychiatrist as archaeologist and architect

A colleague and I recently proposed a model to guide the description and reform of mental health services and to clarify service evaluation (Tansella & Thornicroft, 1998). The model, which we call the ‘mental health matrix’, consists of two dimensions, one temporal and one geographical. The temporal dimension comprises three phases: input (phase A), process (phase B) and outcome (phase C). The ...

Corpus Architect

Abstract. In the Corpus Architect project we are developing a system for creating text corpora, which will be easy to use even for non-technical users. The system creates corpora from two data sources – users’ own text documents and web pages. Users can upload their texts in various formats or ask the system for adding domain specific web texts into their corpora in an automated way. In the lat...

Ignored Architecture, Ignored Architect

Let's face it: Having to deal with a software architect can be, well, also funny – but not necessarily constructive. Any influential person is highly visible and evokes emotional reactions. Personality clashes can lead to mutual ignorance, and team members might deliberately choose to ignore the architect at least occasionally. Sometimes the architecture itself gives good reasons to ignore it. ...

Jacob Weidenmann, Pioneer Landscape Architect

ODE Architect: Now and Future

This article describes current compatibility issues with ODE Architect software suite and 64-bit Windows operating systems, and proposes viable alternatives using virtual machine environment and cloud computing.