Weekly QuEST Discussion Topics, 15 Jan

Kabrisky Lecture 2021
QuEST
14 Jan

Every January the QuEST group uses the first and second lecture of the calendar
year to present a ‘state of QuEST’ lecture in his honor as he was a founding
member of the QuEST group. This lecture is designed to bring anyone up to speed
on how we use terms and to communicate what we seek to accomplish.
 QuEST is an innovative analytical and software development approach to
improve human-machine team decision quality over a wide range of
stimuli (handling unexpected queries and contextual adaptation) by
providing computer-based decision aids and decision engines controlling
agents that may be embedded in a platform interacting with the world
that are engineered to provide both intuitive reasoning and “conscious”
context sensitive thinking.
 QuEST provides a mathematical framework to understand what can be
known by a group of people and their computer-based decision aids
about situations to facilitate prediction of when more people (different
training) or computer aids are necessary to make a particular decision.
Dr. Matthew Kabrisky was an Air Force pioneer and innovator. From Air Force
aviator in the 1950s to professor, mentor, and researcher, his discoveries paved
the way for many modern technological advancements. He developed theories of
how the human brain processes information to recognize visual objects. This work
directly led to the innovation of implanted electrodes for those afflicted with
diseases such as epilepsy and injuries that resulted in paralysis. He was the
leading international expert on the physiological symptoms of space adaptation
sickness, i.e., motion sickness. His research led NASA to a better understanding
and an approach to mitigate the effects of space environments on astronauts. His
research in the area of robust speech recognition laid critical foundations for
fostering the development of DoD and private industry products ranging from
voice activated controls in advanced tactical aircrafts, to aides for the disabled
and handicapped and industrial process control. In the 1990s, he helped lead a
team of engineers that developed the world’s most accurate breast cancer

detection system. This highly successful product has helped in the detection of
thousands of breast cancers before they would have otherwise been detected. Dr.
Kabrisky’s pioneering efforts paved the way for current innovations across the
Nation, the Air Force and at the Air Force Institute of Technology.