David de Hilster - Revision history

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	\| fields = [[Computer Scientist]], [[Professor]], [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]		\| fields = [[Computer Scientist]], [[Professor]], [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]
	\| residence = Delray Beach, FL, United States		\| residence = Delray Beach, FL, United States

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	\| fields = [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]		\| fields = [[Computer Scientist]], [[Professor]], [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]
	\| residence = Delray Beach, FL, United States		\| residence = Delray Beach, FL, United States
	\| workplaces = [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ Northeastern University, Miami] (Adjunct Professor)		\| workplaces = [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ Northeastern University, Miami] (Adjunct Professor)

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 De Hilster continues to develop and promote NLP++ through a family of related initiatives. Through the [https://nlp.foundation NLP Foundation], he advocates building natural language understanding "by hand" &mdash; deterministic, inspectable, symbolic systems authored by people rather than estimated from scraped data &mdash; as an alternative to probabilistic large language models, beginning with high-stakes domains such as medicine and law. He chairs the [https://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative] (NLU Global), whose goal is the migration of human knowledge to computers using transparent, "glass-box" NLP++ code under the banner "LLMs guess. NLP++ understands." The NLP++ language and its VisualText IDE are documented at [https://visualtext.org VisualText.org], which distributes the VSCode extension, free analyzers such as a resume parser and English parser, textbooks, and tutorials, and which introduced Version 3 with compiled analyzers for faster execution. Most recently, de Hilster is developing [https://nlpfix.ai NLPFix], a forthcoming service that delivers deterministic, low-cost data extractors through APIs and MCPs (Model Context Protocols) as an alternative to LLM-based extraction, promising results that are "100% deterministic" and "100× cheaper" under the tagline "We fix the NLP of LLMs."
 ==Personal Life==
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 ==External Links==
 * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3380298/ "Einstein Wrong" documentary page on IMDB] David's documentary film on IMDB

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 ==Artificial Intelligence Work==
-[[File:NLPppLogo-150x150.png|thumb|300px|[http://visualtext.org Computer language] co-invented by David de Hilster and Amnon Meyers]]]
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 De Hilster's area of expertise is in computer science, specifically in the area artificial intelligence, natural language processing. De Hilster received his bachelor's of science degree in mathematics and his masters degree in Linguistics given there were no degrees in artificial intelligence or natural language processing at Ohio State University at the time. De Hilster worked at Battelle Memorial Institute during his graduate years eventually landing a job in natural language processing at that same company after graduation, working on a natural language interface to databases.
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 * [http://www.sambala.org SambaLa Samba School] (President & founder)
 * [http://www.unidosdomundo.com Unidos do Mundo] (co-founder)
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	In March of 1987 after finishing the project, David sold everything and moved to Rio de Janeiro where after 3 months, he was hired by a Brazilian company to create Verbo, a natural language interface to databases in Portuguese. In 1988, he met his future wife through a rock climbing club and was married in 1989.		In March of 1987 after finishing the project, David sold everything and moved to Rio de Janeiro where after 3 months, he was hired by a Brazilian company to create Verbo, a natural language interface to databases in Portuguese. In 1988, he met his future wife through a rock climbing club and was married in 1989.

	==~~Artistic and Dissident Scientific Work~~==		==Art==
	[[File:DorisPortraitByDdeilster.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|[http://dehilster.com Pencil drawing by David de Hilster] from a live sitting of David's wife [http://wiki.worldsamba.org/index.php?title=Doris_de_Hilster Doris de Hilster]]]		[[File:DorisPortraitByDdeilster.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|[http://dehilster.com Pencil drawing by David de Hilster] from a live sitting of David's wife [http://wiki.worldsamba.org/index.php?title=Doris_de_Hilster Doris de Hilster]]]
	At the ~~end~~ of ~~1989, he moved back to the United States~~ and ~~was hired by~~ the ~~Artificial Intelligence department~~ in ~~Huntington Beach California to convert~~ a ~~natural language program from LISP~~ to the ~~language "c". There~~ he ~~met Amnon Meyers with whom he would collaborate for decades to come~~.		David de Hilster has drawn since the age of three and received his first formal art instruction at the age of eight in Ohio; by middle school a teacher observed that he was "painting at a college level." He went on to earn the highest grade average in the architecture school at [[Ohio State University]], and while studying at New College, Oxford in 1980 he was a featured artist producing architectural sketches.

	~~1990, David started to [http://www.dehilster.com/home/portfolio/ paint~~ and ~~draw professionally]~~ and ~~was accepted into the young artist gallery of the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art~~. ~~David painted~~ in the ~~evening~~ and ~~weekends~~, working ~~in artificial intelligence during the week. In 1992, David moved to Long Beach California into~~ a ~~artist loft where~~ he had his first exhibition. De Hilster went on to be one of the most successful artists in the gallery selling painting, and having some of the largest waiting lists for pieces in the gallery. He also continues to sell his works with private collectors.		His early work centred on black-and-white pencil drawing and architectural sketching. After moving to Rio de Janeiro in 1987 he studied at the prestigious Parque Lage school of visual arts, and his practice shifted toward colour, working with crayons and a technique he calls "scrapings."

	~~It was also in this year when he met Argentinian physics Dr~~. ~~[[Ricardo Carezani~~]~~] who~~ was ~~looking for someone to help spread~~ the ~~word about his work showing Einstein's special relativity wrong. David read his work and started putting~~ the ~~work on the internet in April~~ of ~~1995~~. ~~In 1994,~~ while working in ~~the~~ artificial intelligence ~~group at TRW~~ in ~~Space Park, Redondo~~ Beach, California, ~~de Hilster gave Carezani's~~ work to ~~nine physicists there to study; they replied by email that they could find no problems in Carezani's autodynamics equations~~.		In 1990, David started to [http://www.dehilster.com/home/portfolio/ paint and draw professionally] and was accepted into the young-artist rental galleries of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He painted in the evenings and at weekends while working in artificial intelligence during the week. In 1992 he moved into an artist loft in Long Beach, California, where he held his first exhibition, and he became one of the most successful artists in the gallery — at one point having three collectors waiting for a single piece. He has continued to sell his work to private collectors.

	~~In 1996~~, ~~David found the~~ [[~~Natural Philosophy Alliance~~]] ~~and attended their 3rd annual conference~~ in ~~Flagstaff Arizona and joined~~ the ~~group to champion Dr~~. ~~Carezani's work~~. ~~There he met many influential scientists which were to eventually contribute to his work on the [[Particle Model]~~] ~~with his father~~.		De Hilster's current work, which he calls "Intellectual Graffiti," overlays figurative painting and drawing with computer code, words, and digital graffiti. His January 2025 appointment as an adjunct professor at [[Northeastern University]]'s Miami campus, in the Wynwood arts district, has renewed his active art production. His portfolio is online at [https://dehilster.com/artist/ dehilster.com/artist].

	In ~~2005~~, ~~David raised money to shoot~~ the ~~film~~ [[~~Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year~~]] ~~which~~ was ~~a feature-length documentary where David took his mother Patricia around the country~~ to ~~meet scientists working outside~~ the ~~mainstream who were disputing~~ Einstein, the ~~big bang,~~ and ~~plate tectonics~~. ~~The film was finished by~~ the ~~end of 2013 and~~ in ~~2014 was submitted~~ to ~~over 80 film festivals world wide~~. ~~The film made it into~~ the ~~final groups but was cut and never shown in a film festival because~~ of ~~its controversial subject~~.		==Dissident Science==
			In 1992, while living in his Long Beach artist loft, de Hilster met the Argentine physicist Dr. [[Ricardo Carezani]], who was looking for someone to help spread the word about his work arguing that Einstein's special relativity is wrong. David read the work and began putting it on the internet in April of 1995. In 1994, while working in the artificial intelligence group at TRW in Space Park, Redondo Beach, California, de Hilster gave Carezani's work to nine physicists there to study; they replied by email that they could find no problems in Carezani's [[Autodynamics\|autodynamics]] equations. That same year he helped found the [[Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics]] to promote Carezani's theory.

	In 2008, David ~~started to become~~ more involved with the NPA creating a new website and writing custom software ~~for managing~~ the group ~~world-wide~~. In 2014 he was part of a group that moved 95% of the NPA membership ~~to start~~ a new organization ~~called~~ the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] of which he became president in 2015.		In 1996, David found the [[Natural Philosophy Alliance]] (NPA) and attended its 3rd annual conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, joining the group to champion Dr. Carezani's work. There he met many of the scientists who would later contribute to his own work on the [[Particle Model]] with his father [[Bob de Hilster]].

			In 2005, David raised money to shoot the film [[Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year]], a feature-length documentary in which he took his mother Patricia around the country to meet scientists working outside the mainstream who dispute Einstein, the Big Bang, and plate tectonics. The film was finished by the end of 2013 and in 2014 was submitted to over 80 film festivals worldwide; it reached the final rounds of several but was never screened, which de Hilster attributes to its controversial subject.

			In 2008, David became more involved with the NPA, creating a new website and writing custom software to manage the group worldwide. In 2014 he was part of a group that moved 95% of the NPA membership into a new organization, the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]], of which he became president in 2015.

	== Film Work ==		== Film Work ==

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	1990, David started to [http://www.dehilster.com/home/portfolio/ paint and draw professionally] and was accepted into the young artist gallery of the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. David painted in the evening and weekends, working in artificial intelligence during the week. In 1992, David moved to Long Beach California into a artist loft where he had his first exhibition. De Hilster went on to be one of the most successful artists in the gallery selling painting, and having some of the largest waiting lists for pieces in the gallery. He also continues to sell his works with private collectors.		1990, David started to [http://www.dehilster.com/home/portfolio/ paint and draw professionally] and was accepted into the young artist gallery of the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. David painted in the evening and weekends, working in artificial intelligence during the week. In 1992, David moved to Long Beach California into a artist loft where he had his first exhibition. De Hilster went on to be one of the most successful artists in the gallery selling painting, and having some of the largest waiting lists for pieces in the gallery. He also continues to sell his works with private collectors.

	It was also in this year when he met Argentinian physics Dr. [[Ricardo Carezani]] who was looking for someone to help spread the word about his work showing Einstein's special relativity wrong. David read his work and started putting the work on the internet in April of 1995.		It was also in this year when he met Argentinian physics Dr. [[Ricardo Carezani]] who was looking for someone to help spread the word about his work showing Einstein's special relativity wrong. David read his work and started putting the work on the internet in April of 1995. In 1994, while working in the artificial intelligence group at TRW in Space Park, Redondo Beach, California, de Hilster gave Carezani's work to nine physicists there to study; they replied by email that they could find no problems in Carezani's autodynamics equations.

	In 1996, David found the [[Natural Philosophy Alliance]] and attended their 3rd annual conference in Flagstaff Arizona and joined the group to champion Dr. Carezani's work. There he met many influential scientists which were to eventually contribute to his work on the [[Particle Model]] with his father.		In 1996, David found the [[Natural Philosophy Alliance]] and attended their 3rd annual conference in Flagstaff Arizona and joined the group to champion Dr. Carezani's work. There he met many influential scientists which were to eventually contribute to his work on the [[Particle Model]] with his father.

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	Meyers and de Hilster later moved to the artificial intelligence group at TRW in Space Park in Redondo Beach California where de Hilster continued to work on natural language systems. One of those people who saw de Hilster's work was inspired to start a company processing resumes which eventually lured de Hilster away to convert the REGEX system to a system in C++ using de Hilster's own rule-based systems. The resume system processed up to 8000 resumes a day.		Meyers and de Hilster later moved to the artificial intelligence group at TRW in Space Park in Redondo Beach California where de Hilster continued to work on natural language systems. One of those people who saw de Hilster's work was inspired to start a company processing resumes which eventually lured de Hilster away to convert the REGEX system to a system in C++ using de Hilster's own rule-based systems. The resume system processed up to 8000 resumes a day.

	In 1998, while working at this company, de Hilster was lured away again, this time to join forces with Amnon Meyers who had started a natural language processing company. There de Hilster and Meyers created the computer programming language [[http://visualtext.org NLP++, VisualText, which also included Amnon's conceptual grammar]]. This natural language processing development environment came from their separate and collaborative work the decades before.		In 1998, while working at this company, de Hilster was lured away again, this time to join forces with Amnon Meyers who had started a natural language processing company. There de Hilster and Meyers created the computer programming language [http://visualtext.org NLP++, VisualText, which also included Amnon's conceptual grammar]. This natural language processing development environment came from their separate and collaborative work the decades before.

	The company called Text Analysis International (TAI) eventually launched its technology in the early 2000s during the dot com crash which limited its market. Even with the limited market, the technology did find success in the first decade of the 2000s with companies like IBM in the UK and NASDAQ using the technology. In 2013, TAI eventually launched the NLP Cloud using the NLP++ technology and had a number of customers.		The company called Text Analysis International (TAI) eventually launched its technology in the early 2000s during the dot com crash which limited its market. Even with the limited market, the technology did find success in the first decade of the 2000s with companies like IBM in the UK and NASDAQ using the technology. In 2013, TAI eventually launched the NLP Cloud using the NLP++ technology and had a number of customers.
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	De Hilster eventually got a job at LexisNexis where he became part of the HPCC Supercomputing Platform where he developed the NLP++ technology further creating the NLP Engine and the NLP++ extension for VSCode. De Hilster also was mentor to a half a dozen student interns who built NLP++ analyzers for Nepali, Tamil, resumes, and two sentiment analyzers to name a few. In 2024, the first computer science master's degree using the technology was completed using NLP++ to process medical text.		De Hilster eventually got a job at LexisNexis where he became part of the HPCC Supercomputing Platform where he developed the NLP++ technology further creating the NLP Engine and the NLP++ extension for VSCode. De Hilster also was mentor to a half a dozen student interns who built NLP++ analyzers for Nepali, Tamil, resumes, and two sentiment analyzers to name a few. In 2024, the first computer science master's degree using the technology was completed using NLP++ to process medical text.

	De Hilster has given lectures on NLP++ at several universities including Clemson, the University of Central Oklahoma, and RVCE University in India. De Hilster is the chair of the [[http://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative]] whose goal is to pass linguistic and world knowledge to computers.		De Hilster has given lectures on NLP++ at several universities including Clemson, the University of Central Oklahoma, and RVCE University in India. De Hilster is the chair of the [http://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative] whose goal is to pass linguistic and world knowledge to computers.

	In January of 2025, de Hilster joined Northeastern University as an adjunct professor teaching database management to master's students at the Miami campus. David was hired for his extensive industry experience in NLP and is working on several papers on NLP.		In January of 2025, de Hilster joined Northeastern University as an adjunct professor teaching database management to master's students at the Miami campus. David was hired for his extensive industry experience in NLP and is working on several papers on NLP.

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