Case Studies
The case studies highlight some of the real world applications addressed and business solutions found by Pascal consultants.
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Letting stones go unturned
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The mind reading wizard
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Bonaparte Disaster Victim Identification System
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Wéiqí, Baduk or simply, Go. Over two thousand years old, this challenging game of strategy and tactics has taught warriors, monks and intellectuals to focus, concentrate and plan. But a program is beginning to change our views of what is possible. In computer competitions this multi-armed bandit has stolen first prize more often than any other. It’s MoGo, or Monte Carlo Go.
Telepathy was once nothing more than a parlour trick played by illusionists to entertain us. Now something resembling telepathy is becoming a reliable reality. Even if you control every movement of your muscles or flicker of your eyes, you will never hide your brain activity. The magic word is not abracadabra, but Hex-o-Spell!
Society is increasingly aware of the possibility of a mass disaster. Recent examples are the WTC attacks, the tsunamis, and various airplane crashes. In such an event, the recovery and identification of the remains of the victims is of great importance, both for humanitarian as well as legal reasons. Disaster victim identification (DVI), i.e. the identification of victims of a mass disaster, is greatly facilitated by the advent of modern DNA technology. In forensic laboratories, DNA profiles can be recorded from small samples of body remains which may otherwise be unidentifiable.