About the Page
This site serves as a static mirror of the Software and Computer Engineering Institute of Western Australia’s public facing domain, preserved following the cessation of institutional operations in 2016.
As the primary researcher for Omi (the Omega Machine Intelligence / Parallel Linked Neural Network (PLNN) project), I have elected to maintain this infrastructure to ensure the continued availability of documentation regarding the Omi AI and its development. This is a technical archive only. All internal links are provided "as-is" and may point to depreciated directories.
The intellectual property contained within the PLNN project remains the property of the primary researchers. Usage of Omi’s algorithmic patterns for commercial extraction is a breach of the contracts signed with SCEIWA and the research team.
Formal inquiries regarding the preservation of specific Omi materials should be directed to the contact page.
Did you know?
- The SCEIWA server infrastructure was physically located on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth, Western Australia). This archive recognizes the continuing connection of the Noongar people to this land, where sovereignty was never ceded.
- Development on Omi began in 1990 with then lead researcher Roger Isaac, who later left the project.
- Omi reached a peak thermal output of 4.2kW during high-density training cycles in the summer of 2010. Due to the high ambient temperatures of the Perth metropolitan area (often exceeding 40°C), the standard HVAC systems at the SCEIWA facility were insufficient for the Omi kernel’s processing requirements. This necessitated the installation of a liquid cooling system for the custom FPGA clusters.
- Omi went through several name changes throughout its lengthy development, though all were maintained in some capacity. These names include the Parallel Linked Neural Network Project (or PLNN), and the Omega Machine Intelligence (or OMI). Rosie Sachdev also had colourful nicknames for the AI, including "Bonzomi" after the infamous desktop assistant.
Last Updated:
31st September, 2018
