Michael Levison was the architect of the ivi
editor. The names of those who helped him implement the software in C are lost in the mists of time. As a result, our listing of participants begins with the vinci
side of the software and related work on linguistic models and data.
Over the period since the mid-1980's, under the direction of Greg Lessard and Michael Levison, the Vinci Project has employed a variety of research participants, including undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. In what follows, we provide a list of these, with a brief description of the nature of their participation. The list is in approximate chronological order. Thanks are due to all below. It should be noted that, memories being what they are, this list may have gaps and inaccuracies, for which we apologize. In what follows, CS = Queen's School of Computing, FS = Queen's French Studies Department, OT = other. To sort the list, click on one of the header categories.
Name | Affiliation | Contributions |
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Scott Hurd | CS | initial vinci implementation |
Gene Girard | CS | created interpreter to call vinci from command line |
Don Smith | FS | work on French error analysis corpus |
Brian Taylor | CS | work on vinci attribute formalism |
Mike Hallett | CS | implementation of lexical pointers |
Daniel Maher | FS | work on French error analysis corpus |
Mary Livant | FS | work on French lexicon |
Ivan Tomek | FS | development of French grammars |
Scott Stoness | CS | work on syntax trees model |
Andy Maloney | CS | continuation of work on syntax, implementation of various system files |
Sam Scott | CS | implementation of lexical transformations |
Madeline Clarke | CS | development of English exercises |
Paul Hendricks | CS | further work on indirections |
Derek Walker | CS | initial work on error analysis mechanisms |
Sarah Happé | CS | further work on error analysis |
Chris Venour | CS | work on generation of humour |
Kim Kelley | CS | further work syntax implementation |
Matthew Donald | CS | work on formalizing semantic models |
Jiro Inoue | CS | conceptual models of generation |
Anne-Marie Danielson | CS | subject testing with error analysis routines |
Delphine Merven | CS | subject testing with error analysis routines |
Ben Gottesman | CS | work on semantic expressions |
Mary Livant | FS | work on French lexicon |
Lynn Bellavance | FS | work on French lexicon |
Lucia Trifu | FS | work on French lexicon |
Draman Samu | FS | work on French lexicon |
Lorin Card | FS | work on French lexicon |
Linda Wyzlic | CS | work on French lexicon |
Craig Thomas | CS | implementation of audio output routines; further work on error analysis routines, system files, semantic modelling |
Mike Stringer | CS | importing of CUVOALD dictionary; further work on semantic models |
Tyler Battle | CS | software for transforming CUVOALD to vinci style English lexicon; systems work |
Mike Hollis | CS | software for transforming CUVOALD to vinci style English lexicon |
Sarah Clarke | FS | work on English lexicon |
Chantal Sabourin | FS | development of French lexicon |
Alanah McKillen | FS | work on English lexicon |
Geneviève Briand | FS | development of French lexicon |
Joyce Tam | CS | work on English intonation modelling |
Kathryn Kelley | FS | work on English lexicon |
Lauren Campbell | FS | development of French lexicon |
Marie-Soleil Lebrun | FS | development of French lexicon |
Natalie Corneau | FS | development of French lexicon |
Sarah Naretto | FS | development of French lexicon |
Annie Riel | FS | development of French lexicon |
Luke Walker | CS | development of VinciLingua website |
Boyang Fu | CS | development of VinciLingua website |
Christiana Mergianian | OT | development of Romanian exercises |
Jonathan Reid | OT | development of English exercises |
Christène Razafimaharo | OT | development of Spanish exercises |
Krista Elliott | OT | development of English exercises |
Natalie Poirier | FS | development of French exercises |
Chris Keeler | CS | development of VinciLingua site; work on language exercises |
Brogan Chaput | OT | development of DAGs (directed acyclic graphs) for narrative structure |
Daniel Hu | OT | work on phonetic modelling |
Mandy Jor | OT | work on documentation |
Hannah Greer | CS | work on VinciLingua code |
Frédéric Offredi | FS | work on French ontology; development of French exercises |
Agnès Conacher | FS | development of French exercises |
Monique Dufresne | FS | development of French exercises |
Michael Reyes | FS | development of French exercises |
Benjamin Cecchetto | CS | work on error analysis programs |
Sarah-Jane Whittaker | CS | work on VinciLingua site and error analysis |
Ruth Norman | OT | work on Kanyen'kéha grammars |
Daniel Woo | CS | work on VinciLingua site |