This paper presents the initial results of a project to determine if the techniques of proof-carrying code and certifying compilers can be applied to programming languages of realistic size and complexity. The experiment shows that: (1) it is possible to implement a certifying native-code compiler

-verbal predicates bear inflectional features directly and behave just like verbs with respect to processes of head-movement. In particular, it is claimed that non-verbal predicates raise through the inflectional complex to the highest inflectional head, just like verbal predicates in matrix VSO clauses. It is also

The incremental model of planning is discussed. Some obvious short-comings are noted. The model is found to assume that the world functions as a single, complex machine. The method of planning is seen as uncovering the workings of enough of the machine to enable instrumental actions. Failure

We describe a home lighting robot that uses directional spotlights to create complex lighting scenes. The robot senses its visual environment using a panoramic camera and attempts to maintain its target goal state by adjusting the positions and intensities of its lights. Users can communicate

Accurate delivery of cargo from air to ground is currently performed using autonomously guided parafoil systems. These parafoils offer limited maneuverability and accuracy, and are often relatively complex systems with significant deployment uncertainty. The author has proposed, designed

to the disenfranchisement of immigrant communities. Speakeasy is a community-based service that provides telephone-based access to a network of volunteers who provide real-time language interpretation and help navigate complex social service networks. Relying on the constant connectivity afforded by cell phones

destination, overall itinerary, or total revenue contribution to the airline is not taken into account. The typical route structure of a large airline, however, is built around a complex network of connecting flights. Maximizing revenues on individual flight legs is not the same as maximizing total network

magnets in compar-ison with superconducting magnets may be offset by cost savings from reduced shielding requirements and simpler technology. In addition, the possibility of in-corporating readily demountable toroidal field coils in resistive magnet tokamaks combined with the reduced complexity

to describe verbally. Music teachers often communicate complex gesture by physically guiding their students ’ hands through the required motions. However, at best, this gives a rough approximation of the target movement and begs the question of whether technology might be leveraged to provide a more accurate

-conditioning control system, focused around the individual, which remedies these inefficiencies through the creation of personalized environments. To date, the measurement of thermal preference has been limited to either a complex set of sensors attempting to determine a Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) value, or to direct