Andrew Dougherty
Software Developer at FRDCSA
Flint, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Dougherty is a software developer and autodidact mathematician specializing in AI and Algorithmic Information Theory with over 20 years of hands-on open-source engineering. He founded and maintains the FRDCSA ecosystem, producing an unusually large corpus of tools—over 1,000 applications, 2,600 Perl5 modules, 1,000 Prolog files and hundreds of Debian packages—focused on practical AI systems like life planning, situated agents, and contingency planning. His work blends research-grade ideas with production tooling, including knowledge-based, multiagent, QA, information extraction, and temporal planning systems. Andrew has applied his engineering skills across sectors from high-volume airline booking systems to teaching computer science to autistic students and providing caregiving support. He emphasizes creating AI that helps vulnerable populations—people facing poverty, illness, disability, and homelessness—rather than purely academic demonstrations. Based in Flint, Michigan, he pairs deep theoretical interests with a pragmatic track record of shipping sustained, real-world software.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignHigh School, Mathematics, High School, Mathematics at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Stackoverflow
26reputation
178reached
1answer
0questions
Github Skills (200)
speech10
signal-processing9
mls9
text-to-speech9
rtl-sdr9
decode9
morse-code9
planning9
abuse-detection9
speech-synthesis9
software-defined-radio9
dig8
dac8
ais8
python8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
aindilis/frdcsa-panoply-git-20200329
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
How to run Panoply Git GNU/Linux (the version of FRDCSA made by combining all of the redacted GitHub FRDCSA codebases)
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
deltaredactedgit-clientsubversionlibgit2
aindilis/financial-planning
Jul 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:16 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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