Rob Milne: A Tribute to a Pioneering AI Scientist, Entrepreneur and Mountaineer

A. Bundy and S. Wilson, Editors9781586036393, 1-58603-639-4

Rob Milne was a remarkable man. He died of a heart attack on the 5th of June 2005 while climbing Mount Everest in Nepal. Milne (48) lived an active life: combining his three ‘careers’ seemingly effortlessly. He was a hi-tech entrepreneur, an AI researcher and a passionate mountaineer. Mount Everest was last on his list of the highest summits on each continent. He was only 400 meters from the top when he died. This publication commemorates and celebrates the life of Rob Milne. It covers all facets of Rob Milne’s life and contains contributions by the people who have known him well and pay tribute to his life and his legacy. Rob Milne is survived by his wife Val and his two children Alex and Rosemary. After he died, his wife said in a radio interview: “Rob died at the top, doing what he loved.”

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Table of contents :
Title page……Page 2
Foreword……Page 6
Contents……Page 8
Model Based Thoughts……Page 10
Adventures in Model-Based Reasoning……Page 38
Combining Dimensional Analysis and Heuristics for Causal Ordering – In Memory of Dr. Rob Milne -……Page 48
I-Ex: Intelligent Extreme Expedition Support……Page 63
Applied Computational Humor and Prospects for Advertising……Page 80
Making Music with AI: Some Examples……Page 99
Intelligent Applications Ltd: A History 1986 to 2005……Page 110
Rob Milne: The British Airways Years……Page 135
Rob and the BCS SGAI……Page 142
Rob Milne’s Contribution to the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards……Page 148
Rob Milne the Mountaineer……Page 150
Robert Milne – Mountain Writing & Scottish Mountaineering Publications Work……Page 156
Experience of Robert William Milne……Page 160
Author Index……Page 176