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Lai4d is a software engineering consultancy specialized in highly complex IT projects. This concept covers areas such as R&D,
technical/scientific tools, artificial intelligence, spatial data processing, or advanced web applications, among others.
However, on many occasions, the frictions of IT projects do not come exclusively from the intrinsic complexity of the functionalities to be implemented,
but also from various organizational defects. Some common failures that escalate these frictions are the lack of a master design,
underestimating the value of documentation, not considering the total life cycle of the product, or spending insufficient time on management.
Customers with projects having very demanding requirements or significant technical debt can find in Lai4d Systems an agile and
reliable partner capable of applying unconventional solutions, knowledge and ingenuity.
Following the custom of project management literature we could say that
Disappointment ≈ Expectations - Requirements. To minimize it, in
our relationship with clients a shared comprehension of complexity is
crucial from the beginning. And for this reason our philosophy is no
other than to work with expertise, methodology and perseverance.
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LAI4D conceives consulting with a technologically agnostic approach, not restricted to specific products.
Our methodology embraces the heuristic nature of innovation processes,
whose success depends more on creativity than on scholarship.
Whether it's a mission aligned with our expertise, a highly unconventional need,
or even research challenges beyond our current knowledge, all consulting projects will be
faced with an open mind and an effort to understand the underlying science of the problems regardless of the technological context.
As with technology, the collaboration offered by LAI4D is also flexible. Depending on the circumstances,
this collaboration can materialize as a subcontracting for a very concrete and well-specified task, a long-term working
relationship to integrate into projects that are already well underway, or even the recruitment of a team to
tackle a new project of a certain magnitude.
Unfortunately, not investing the necessary dedication to extract the formal requirements of a project from the
initial expectations is relatively common. It often causes frustration and significant deviations that can
lead to failure if there aren't enough extraordinary resources to compensate for the resulting inefficiencies.
Changing an organization's work culture is very difficult, so much so that it's sometimes only achieved after
cathartic events such as the loss of important contracts or reputational crises.
Experience has shown us that complexity doesn't mix well with improvisation and short-term thinking.
Requirements analysis is a fundamental phase that demands effort and time, sometimes a lot. For this reason,
LAI4D always begins consulting work by trying to thoroughly understand the client's expectations in order to
build a clear joint vision of the objectives.
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Despite their
importance, the truth is that functionality of most websites is no
more than a mixture of texts, multimedia and database
interfaces. Web
Technica is a set of technologies and programming
strategies
designed to create evolved websites providing:
- Solid
3D
support
for enabling the management of geometrical data
exploiting the native capabilities of web browsers, it is to
say,
without external plugins.
- A framework to develop
advanced applications
establishing new
relationships with users and offering a renewed kind of
interaction.
- A fluid design for a better user
experience in different
devices and a modern look thanks to the availability of
sophisticated
visual effects.
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Either a new
project or an already existing website, we have the resources to make
it very special. More about Web Technica
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 Vision is one of the most
fascinating senses due to its complexity. Many common tasks in
our works mainly depend on visual
perception capabilities. To
count the elements in a picture with
specific color and shape
characteristics, or to check topological
rules of geometric entities
in a drawing can be examples of such
tasks.
Advances in
artificial
intelligence are
offering every day more and more
tools that allow us
to perform
this kind of
cognitive processes through
computers,
enhancing
productivity and
minimizing the consequences of human mistakes. But the application of
these
technologies
faces two main obstacles: in
one hand the
difficulties
for identifying
in what situations these tools can be used, and in the
other hand the
difficulties for finding already working applications
suitable for the
very specific requirements of those situations.
To save those obstacles
Lai4d Systems can provide consulting and development services for creating
cognitive software solutions
customized according to the client
circumstances. These
projects can be carried out regardless of the
technological environment of
the client since Lai4d Systems uses its own experience and
"know-how" for creating the necessary tools.
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The lab is an initiative aimed at developing and testing artificial intelligence-based technologies applicable to design processes.
Among the most innovative research projects carried out to date are:
3D Sketch Interpreter
This is a pioneering tool capable of interpreting sketches of three-dimensional shapes. This sketch interpreter is integrated into a
free online 3D CAD application that allows users to explore and edit 3D drawings on web pages without the need for plug-ins.
In addition to the computational geometry functionalities typical of a CAD application, this tool required the implementation of
computer vision algorithms to extract linear strokes from raster images, optical character recognition to assign final measurements,
a conceptualizer that generates 2D and 3D hypotheses from the drawn sketch, and an inference engine that proposes the most likely
arrangement of hidden faces.
Probabilistic Evolutionary Configurator
This tool is designed to facilitate the configuration of complex generative algorithms that depend on dozens of parameters.
The configuration of these parameters is judged from an aesthetic perspective based on the generated shape. The tool automatically
evolves the configuration of all these parameters, and the user only has to indicate with a single button whether they like what
they see or not. The internal reinforcement learning engine learns from user interactions to propose configurations with a higher probability
of being aesthetically approved.
This technology is already being used in a real-life production environment in REIVGEN Studio.
To make this possible, it has been integrated with various functionalities that export geometries to additive manufacturing formats
so that generative algorithms can be materialized as physical works of art through 3D printing.
If you are interested in leveraging these technologies or implementing similar research projects, please contact us.
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LAI4D is the commercial name of the technologist and consultant Juan Andrés Hurtado.
For general inquiries, collaboration requests, support and offers:
info@lai4d.com
Websites www.lai4d.com ▪ www.lai4d.org
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Nowadays a
company's website has
become
the most
important
connection with
users and,
therefore, it is
a fundamental
piece of the corporate
image and brand
strategy. Web
presence and
reputation plays
an important role in how the
company transmits their
competitive
effort to the customers. In
such circumstances to have an exclusive web design is essential in order
to make a difference.
Why Web Technica?
Psychological studies about perception show how
sensations and emotional
impulses can be
stimulated through the use of specific colors or
dynamic visual
effects. This knowledge is frequently exploited by
marketing
departments when designing commercial strategies. Lai4d Systems
also applies
that knowledge when working in artistic projects taking
advantage of the
power of Web Technica for implementing sophisticated
graphic designs
and visual effects which involve representations of
physical
phenomena or biologic processes. These kinds of simulations are
carefully
configured in order to avoid overload of computing resources.
To control those
limits is very important because otherwise the
resulting user
experience could be the opposite to that one pursued.
But a website
can be much more than a marketing instrument.
Improvements in
personal computers and Internet browsers now allow a
deeper
involvement of web technologies in the production and administration
activities of
companies.
Management of 3D geometric information or image capturing and
processing could
be integrated in the production pipeline in order to
increase
efficiency of certain logistic and engineering tasks. Using Web
Technica,
Lai4d Systems can develop advanced web applications according to
client
requirements exploiting those modern features. As an example, the JAIC widget is another
development of Lai4d Systems built over the same
technologies
that can be used as base application for implementing
customized
functionalities convenient for the client's industrial scenario.
For who?
Industrial or
technological
companies as
well as scientific or cultural
institutions can
find in Web
Technica the key for
transmitting now
their real
innovative
spirit that can barely be
reflected by
traditional websites.
Furthermore it is the opportunity to transform the site from a
simple catalog
into a rich platform independent application including new web tools for
managing spatial data
and many other features reserved for desktop environments until now.
With this technology the concept of dynamic web acquires a new meaning
because it is able to rationally exploit the latest native
capabilities of web browsers.
And all this can be done
without the
need of demolishing the
building. ERPs, CMSs, search
engines, online
shops... all previous
functions will continue
working in a website that
looks like a completely new
one. And, if necessary, old
behavior can be
easily restored by changing a
configuration parameter.
Indeed it has been
thought of as a layer with the
idea of taking an existing website
to the next evolution
step in a non-traumatic way preserving its
structure. In this case it works as a
software layer
that surrounds the current
content generating the new one that will be
shown to the user. This
feature is particularly advantageous for clients since they can update
the base content of their sites without the need to update Web Technica.
How it works?
The implementation of Web
Technica is a process consisting of the following main phases:
- Analysis:
In close
contact
with the client's IT department,
Lai4d Systems
studies the
structure and code of the website to achieve a
good
understanding
of what
there is. As a result the project tasks can be planned and a
work
path is established.
- Adaptation:
The
website, as it is, will probably need some
adaptations before receiving the new software layer in order to
work
as
expected. The more simple and static the original site is, the less
adaptation effort will be necessary. Once this stage is finished several
improvements could
have
been
implemented but the website still works much the same as
before.
- Implementation:
Now,
according to the client requirements, the
development of new
functionalities begins and continues until reaching
the
desired scope.
When the
Web Technica layer is ready it is integrated
and
tested. The new
software
layer will transform on the fly the legacy content showing a
modern
look and offering a new set of useful
and
amazing
capabilities.
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When
implementing Web
Technica in a new website the main difference is the
fact that
adaptation is unnecessary since the static content can be
designed from
the beginning considering the conditions of this technology.
Web Technica has
been built over the
Lai4d Systems' Iquix framework. Thanks to its power,
unusual
functional and
artistic requirements can be
faced with greater probability of success. Iquix
is a proprietary
JavaScript library that
ranges 3D vector graphics,
computational
geometry, physical
simulation, artificial intelligence, multi-thread execution as
well as other
more conventional
functionalities.
The rendering engine can work
both with WebGL
or canvas 2D contexts so the
drawings can be displayed
in any web
browser even if the device
is not WebGL enabled. One of the big concerns of complex
software is the error handling strategy so it has been carefully designed in Iquix.
What is delivered?
The Web Technica layer is
delivered as a pure HTML5 software component
with a high degree of
configurability that can even be completely
disabled returning the web
site to its previous status. The client's IT department can manage it as
a black-box that processes the indicated content according to configuration.
Custom design allows possible uses that go
from punctual embedded content to a full transformation of the site. Contact Lai4d Systems and we will find out how to bring your ideas to live.
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