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Books by Joseph Willrich Lutalo
A short-story by Chwa Mukama, about an esoteric experiment conducted by a Ugandan cryptographer i... more A short-story by Chwa Mukama, about an esoteric experiment conducted by a Ugandan cryptographer in the early 2040s, in which an oracular spirit is evoked and the séance is logged for further analysis.
Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problem-solving using computational methods... more Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problem-solving using computational methods and power. Research into new programming languages and methods is essential to the furthering or improvement of computational problem-solving by making the design, implementation, and application of automation to general or particular problem-solving ever easier, more accessible, and more performant. General-purpose Programming Languages (GPLs) typically are designed to be purely domain agnostic---meaning they can be applied in any field, for any kind of problem. However, this typically also makes them hard and difficult to apply in problems where non-programmers or even experts with little or no GPL programming skills are required to leverage programmatic problem solving capabilities, which is why Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) come into play; they are generally more fine-tuned towards improving human productivity and performance than that of the machine, while making solving particular, domain-oriented problems simpler. In this paper, we review the literature concerning how to design and then fully implement a new DSL, with special focus on a DSL for generic problem-solving leveraging Text Processing methods---essentially, a Text Processing Language (TPL). We consider leveraging the design research paradigm and philosophy as a systematic framework for guiding research into the development of new TPLs. This work presents for the first time, new unifying theory concerning general, but also TPL-specific language engineering theory and guiding frameworks---UPLT, PLEF & PLEf. We consider quantitative but also qualitative evaluation of programming languages. The SOE framework is re-introduced for this purpose too. Finally, we set the pace for future theoretical and practical research into the field of programming language engineering especially with focus on TPLs.
Nuchwezi, 2024
A formal introduction to the TEA Computer Programming Language UPDATED ON: 20th SEP, 2024. This m... more A formal introduction to the TEA Computer Programming Language UPDATED ON: 20th SEP, 2024. This manuscript builds upon the earlier TEA language formalization & specification work in Joseph’s PhD research diary. For all practical purposes, this document is perhaps now in its final state, and can be treated as the authoritative formal reference on matters concerning the definition, grammar, semantics and processing of TEA programs.
Nuchwezi, 2024
A short story in Runyoro-Runyakitara written by Joseph W. Lutalo under the decoranym Cwa Mukama. ... more A short story in Runyoro-Runyakitara written by Joseph W. Lutalo under the decoranym Cwa Mukama. This might one of few original mature creative works of literature from Uganda, almost entirely written in Runyoro-Runyakitara. This work is short by design, but actually deep. It touches on matters of Nyoro-Chwezi traditions in the modern era, evocation, some rare vocabulary and family.
FigShare, 2024
This work explores the idea of expressing numbers as polynomials in their base. It uses this idea... more This work explores the idea of expressing numbers as polynomials in their base. It uses this idea to establish the concept of the cardinality of a number, and uses this to establish several important, practical theorems about the cardinality of numbers in any base. The four basic arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are given special treatment, and the limits on the cardinality of the result of applying any of them to two numbers — pure or pure fractional, succinctly established.
Papers by Joseph Willrich Lutalo
UIC, 2025
This is an open letter from Joseph Willrich Lutalo C.M.R.W the Nuchwezi Internet President to his... more This is an open letter from Joseph Willrich Lutalo C.M.R.W the Nuchwezi Internet President to his family, friends and the concerned general public. It is dated 16 JAN, 2025, and is officially published to the UIC, Uganda Internet Community.
Academia, 2024
Past work concerning the design and implementation of voice-operated personal assistants that are... more Past work concerning the design and implementation of voice-operated personal assistants that are easy to configure and apply without directly worrying about the sophistication of leveraging Large Language Models or Neural Networks has been conducted at Makerere University via the use of intelligent parsing of user voice queries against simple plain-text Question-Answer Knowledge Bases (QAKBs). This work was part of the VOSA project, and was successfully presented at SE2024 in Copenhagen. However, one glitch in this Artificial Assistant model design is that the accuracy and relevance of the answers provided by the robot are so tightly coupled to the literal phrasing and expression of answers (and alternative answers) in the underlying manually prepared QA entries that define/compose a knowledge model against which the bot can correctly respond to questions about a particular domain. In reality though, such an approach can become too limiting; the authors of a QAKB need to know/anticipate all/most possible ways a user might pose a question to the robot in order to correctly match an entry in the KB; handling of answers that need to contain dynamic information (such as date and time, location, prices, weather and such) isn't easily catered for by the flat, literal and static JSON-formatted QAKB structures used in VOSA-like assistants much as they retain the advantage of being simpler for humans to reason about or tweak than most current alternatives using human-opaque structures such as use of matrices of probabilities in Hidden Markov [Knowledge] Models (HMKMs) or use of thousands if not millions or billions of weights and activation functions in Neural Network Models (NNMs). With the recent emergence of a feature-complete general-purpose Text Processing language, TEA, which, by its lightweight nature could allow for easy integration into existing or future intelligent systems, an idea for how VOSA-like Artificial Assistants could be further enhanced in terms of their cognitive processing power and efficiency is by leveraging smarter QAKB models that also allow for some runtime/just-in-time reprogramming/generation of answers to suit user-context and perhaps even add multi-turn QA Processing that is currently missing in VOSA but which is somewhat necessary given the state-of-the-art in assistant chatbot technologies across the industry. So, how might this better QAKB technology be realized? One idea is to add a TEA program processor inside of the VOSA client engine/architecture, and then, to allow for designers or authors of VOSA-targeting QAKBs to extend their QA-entries with specially crafted, domain relevant mini-programs or perhaps QAKB-wide QA-preprocessing Macro Programs either of which are written using the succinct, terse but powerful text processing language of TEA, the Transforming Executable Alphabet. This then would allow for VOSAC to sometimes take a user's query and the active QAKB, and then dynamically process it relative to preprocessing instructions embedded in the QAKB, and thus compile new or better answers to user queries on-the-fly and in a manner perhaps more straightforward and more transparent than leveraging pre-trained models or merely falling back to over-the-web queries to a search engine as the VOSA paper had originally proposed. This research shall also usher in a whole new approach to designing and programming Artificial Intelligence personal assistants that's different from approaches leveraging HMKMs, NNMs or just basic QAKBs and/or ontologies. Consider this a research proposal abstract.
Figshare, 2024
This is a short-story about a studious professor that picked a queer interest in speculative Dede... more This is a short-story about a studious professor that picked a queer interest in speculative Dedekind Metaphysics, and who enjoyed taking random walks in his free time for hours, discussing strange ideas with fictitious friends just so he can develop his ideas well and try-out various analyses of his theories before writing them down or delivering them in lectures. This time though, he engages one of his real comrades over a call, and they talk through something he's working on concerning reality in the life after death.
This paper proposes NIM---the National Internet Marketplace; a robust, currently non-existent Uga... more This paper proposes NIM---the National Internet Marketplace; a robust, currently non-existent Uganda's national platform-agnostic software product publication and distribution service for the first time. NIM shall eliminate unnecessary financial and technical barriers for local and regional innovators & entities interested in publishing mobile, desktop and web applications as well as various types of domain-specific software products and/or digital artifacts targeting the local/national, regional and/or global markets via a trusted and well supported official Software Product Marketplace---essentially an APP STORE, but also a meta-store, for the Sovereign Nation-state of Uganda by the end of 2025, with further iterations and evolution of this Internet-software service platform continuing post-2025 with regional, and later global roll-out of the service in 2026 and beyond.
For formal, legal and professional use in relation to Mr. Lutalo Joseph Willrich.
FigShare, 2024
This paper presents a robust, people and especially netizen-powered plan for supporting the smoot... more This paper presents a robust, people and especially netizen-powered plan for supporting the smooth change of the Sovereign Presidency of Uganda by or in 2026, the year the next official presidential elections are expected to occur.
Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain ef... more Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain effects at will, and certainly so.
Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain ef... more Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain effects at will, and certainly so. Basing on how language underlies the ability for humans to formulate and share thoughts with each other, we also see how the use of certain special languages underlies man's ability to command and control reality since ancient times.
Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problemsolving using computational methods ... more Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problemsolving using computational methods and power. Research into new programming languages and methods is essential to the furthering or improvement of computational problem-solving by making the design, implementation, and application of automation to general or particular problem-solving ever easier, more accessible, and more performant. General-purpose Programming Languages (GPLs) typically are designed to be purely domain agnostic-meaning they can be applied in any field, for any kind of problem. However, this typically also makes them hard and difficult to apply in problems where non-programmers or even experts with little or no GPL programming skills are required to leverage programmatic problem solving capabilities, which is why Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) come into play; they are generally more fine-tuned towards improving human productivity and performance than that of the machine, while making solving particular, domain-oriented problems simpler. In this paper, we review the literature concerning how to design and then fully implement a new DSL, with special focus on a DSL for generic problem-solving leveraging Text Processing methods-essentially, a Text Processing Language (TPL). We consider leveraging the design research paradigm and philosophy as a systematic framework for guiding research into the development of new TPLs. This work presents for the first time, new unifying theory concerning general, but also TPL-specific language engineering theory and guiding frameworks-UPLT, PLEF & PLE. We consider quantitative but also qualitative evaluation of programming languages. We also reintroduce the SOE framework for this purpose. Finally, we set the pace for future theoretical and practical research into the field of programming language engineering especially with focus on TPLs.
Starting with numbers in base-2, then turning to base-16, we find that extending the hexadecimal ... more Starting with numbers in base-2, then turning to base-16, we find that extending the hexadecimal symbol set beyond the element “F”, to “Z”—-essentially, treating of the entire Latin alphabet prefixed by the Arabic numerals (the symbol set for base-10), we arrive at a queer, but meaningful set of 36 unique symbols that we then treat as the significant digits of any number in base-36. Using that special symbol set then, readily offers a straight-forward method for obtaining normal, base-10 whole numbers from arbitrary human-readable text, English or not. We argue that it should become natural to operate on words as though they were numbers, and to seek numbers—especially random whole numbers in base-10, from regular text as an alternative to other sources of randomness.
A brief paper exploring 5 methods for mapping words to numbers leveraging algorithms expressed us... more A brief paper exploring 5 methods for mapping words to numbers leveraging algorithms expressed using the TEA programming language.
A systematic and robust method for evaluating and reasoning about the occult properties of words ... more A systematic and robust method for evaluating and reasoning about the occult properties of words (or perhaps more specifically, words of power; true names, names of deities, elements, principalities and such..) has been well formalised and curated in a little algorithm expressed using the TEA programming language.
Starting with an individual, a family, and a community, we develop the idea of a cohesive collect... more Starting with an individual, a family, and a community, we develop the idea of a cohesive collective that is a nation. We then outline the basis of a governing philosophy for such a collective, and call out the importance of active participation in its sustenance and expression by its members. These ideas are leveraged to specify a basic manifesto by which the leader; the father of the nation, might go about effectively and equitably governing the nation. We further the idea of Internet-era states and their people members with the concept of network-governed collectives that might not be limited by geography, with the concept of the netizen. Finally, we see why it makes sense to envision and work towards a proper Internet-era government, or rather, we introduce the concept of a governing "Internet Party".
FigShare, 2024
Existing research shows that offering customer support in any form is a guaranteed means to boost... more Existing research shows that offering customer support in any form is a guaranteed means to boost and sustain business growth. Modern support services are steadily embracing automation to improve effectiveness, support scalability, and reduce costs, with the most promising approaches leveraging artificial assistants in the form of chatbots and interactive support services. In this project, we employ the Design Science Research method to explore and then practically implement an original, reusable, re-configurable chatbot platform for designing and delivering autonomous product and customer support services leveraging voice interactions. Further, focus was placed on leveraging a scan-to-know information access model, and we especially considered users operating on mobile computers such as smartphones, with active connectivity. The implemented chatbot platform was explored and evaluated from the context of two practical cases.
This paper advances the idea that the mathematical idea of probability could offer a formal found... more This paper advances the idea that the mathematical idea of probability
could offer a formal foundation for the exploration of affectant
metaphysics. This foundation is developed using 12 analyses based on an
understanding of logic, mathematics and mystical philosophy.
A short-story by Chwa Mukama, about an esoteric experiment conducted by a Ugandan cryptographer i... more A short-story by Chwa Mukama, about an esoteric experiment conducted by a Ugandan cryptographer in the early 2040s, in which an oracular spirit is evoked and the séance is logged for further analysis.
Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problem-solving using computational methods... more Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problem-solving using computational methods and power. Research into new programming languages and methods is essential to the furthering or improvement of computational problem-solving by making the design, implementation, and application of automation to general or particular problem-solving ever easier, more accessible, and more performant. General-purpose Programming Languages (GPLs) typically are designed to be purely domain agnostic---meaning they can be applied in any field, for any kind of problem. However, this typically also makes them hard and difficult to apply in problems where non-programmers or even experts with little or no GPL programming skills are required to leverage programmatic problem solving capabilities, which is why Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) come into play; they are generally more fine-tuned towards improving human productivity and performance than that of the machine, while making solving particular, domain-oriented problems simpler. In this paper, we review the literature concerning how to design and then fully implement a new DSL, with special focus on a DSL for generic problem-solving leveraging Text Processing methods---essentially, a Text Processing Language (TPL). We consider leveraging the design research paradigm and philosophy as a systematic framework for guiding research into the development of new TPLs. This work presents for the first time, new unifying theory concerning general, but also TPL-specific language engineering theory and guiding frameworks---UPLT, PLEF & PLEf. We consider quantitative but also qualitative evaluation of programming languages. The SOE framework is re-introduced for this purpose too. Finally, we set the pace for future theoretical and practical research into the field of programming language engineering especially with focus on TPLs.
Nuchwezi, 2024
A formal introduction to the TEA Computer Programming Language UPDATED ON: 20th SEP, 2024. This m... more A formal introduction to the TEA Computer Programming Language UPDATED ON: 20th SEP, 2024. This manuscript builds upon the earlier TEA language formalization & specification work in Joseph’s PhD research diary. For all practical purposes, this document is perhaps now in its final state, and can be treated as the authoritative formal reference on matters concerning the definition, grammar, semantics and processing of TEA programs.
Nuchwezi, 2024
A short story in Runyoro-Runyakitara written by Joseph W. Lutalo under the decoranym Cwa Mukama. ... more A short story in Runyoro-Runyakitara written by Joseph W. Lutalo under the decoranym Cwa Mukama. This might one of few original mature creative works of literature from Uganda, almost entirely written in Runyoro-Runyakitara. This work is short by design, but actually deep. It touches on matters of Nyoro-Chwezi traditions in the modern era, evocation, some rare vocabulary and family.
FigShare, 2024
This work explores the idea of expressing numbers as polynomials in their base. It uses this idea... more This work explores the idea of expressing numbers as polynomials in their base. It uses this idea to establish the concept of the cardinality of a number, and uses this to establish several important, practical theorems about the cardinality of numbers in any base. The four basic arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are given special treatment, and the limits on the cardinality of the result of applying any of them to two numbers — pure or pure fractional, succinctly established.
UIC, 2025
This is an open letter from Joseph Willrich Lutalo C.M.R.W the Nuchwezi Internet President to his... more This is an open letter from Joseph Willrich Lutalo C.M.R.W the Nuchwezi Internet President to his family, friends and the concerned general public. It is dated 16 JAN, 2025, and is officially published to the UIC, Uganda Internet Community.
Academia, 2024
Past work concerning the design and implementation of voice-operated personal assistants that are... more Past work concerning the design and implementation of voice-operated personal assistants that are easy to configure and apply without directly worrying about the sophistication of leveraging Large Language Models or Neural Networks has been conducted at Makerere University via the use of intelligent parsing of user voice queries against simple plain-text Question-Answer Knowledge Bases (QAKBs). This work was part of the VOSA project, and was successfully presented at SE2024 in Copenhagen. However, one glitch in this Artificial Assistant model design is that the accuracy and relevance of the answers provided by the robot are so tightly coupled to the literal phrasing and expression of answers (and alternative answers) in the underlying manually prepared QA entries that define/compose a knowledge model against which the bot can correctly respond to questions about a particular domain. In reality though, such an approach can become too limiting; the authors of a QAKB need to know/anticipate all/most possible ways a user might pose a question to the robot in order to correctly match an entry in the KB; handling of answers that need to contain dynamic information (such as date and time, location, prices, weather and such) isn't easily catered for by the flat, literal and static JSON-formatted QAKB structures used in VOSA-like assistants much as they retain the advantage of being simpler for humans to reason about or tweak than most current alternatives using human-opaque structures such as use of matrices of probabilities in Hidden Markov [Knowledge] Models (HMKMs) or use of thousands if not millions or billions of weights and activation functions in Neural Network Models (NNMs). With the recent emergence of a feature-complete general-purpose Text Processing language, TEA, which, by its lightweight nature could allow for easy integration into existing or future intelligent systems, an idea for how VOSA-like Artificial Assistants could be further enhanced in terms of their cognitive processing power and efficiency is by leveraging smarter QAKB models that also allow for some runtime/just-in-time reprogramming/generation of answers to suit user-context and perhaps even add multi-turn QA Processing that is currently missing in VOSA but which is somewhat necessary given the state-of-the-art in assistant chatbot technologies across the industry. So, how might this better QAKB technology be realized? One idea is to add a TEA program processor inside of the VOSA client engine/architecture, and then, to allow for designers or authors of VOSA-targeting QAKBs to extend their QA-entries with specially crafted, domain relevant mini-programs or perhaps QAKB-wide QA-preprocessing Macro Programs either of which are written using the succinct, terse but powerful text processing language of TEA, the Transforming Executable Alphabet. This then would allow for VOSAC to sometimes take a user's query and the active QAKB, and then dynamically process it relative to preprocessing instructions embedded in the QAKB, and thus compile new or better answers to user queries on-the-fly and in a manner perhaps more straightforward and more transparent than leveraging pre-trained models or merely falling back to over-the-web queries to a search engine as the VOSA paper had originally proposed. This research shall also usher in a whole new approach to designing and programming Artificial Intelligence personal assistants that's different from approaches leveraging HMKMs, NNMs or just basic QAKBs and/or ontologies. Consider this a research proposal abstract.
Figshare, 2024
This is a short-story about a studious professor that picked a queer interest in speculative Dede... more This is a short-story about a studious professor that picked a queer interest in speculative Dedekind Metaphysics, and who enjoyed taking random walks in his free time for hours, discussing strange ideas with fictitious friends just so he can develop his ideas well and try-out various analyses of his theories before writing them down or delivering them in lectures. This time though, he engages one of his real comrades over a call, and they talk through something he's working on concerning reality in the life after death.
This paper proposes NIM---the National Internet Marketplace; a robust, currently non-existent Uga... more This paper proposes NIM---the National Internet Marketplace; a robust, currently non-existent Uganda's national platform-agnostic software product publication and distribution service for the first time. NIM shall eliminate unnecessary financial and technical barriers for local and regional innovators & entities interested in publishing mobile, desktop and web applications as well as various types of domain-specific software products and/or digital artifacts targeting the local/national, regional and/or global markets via a trusted and well supported official Software Product Marketplace---essentially an APP STORE, but also a meta-store, for the Sovereign Nation-state of Uganda by the end of 2025, with further iterations and evolution of this Internet-software service platform continuing post-2025 with regional, and later global roll-out of the service in 2026 and beyond.
For formal, legal and professional use in relation to Mr. Lutalo Joseph Willrich.
FigShare, 2024
This paper presents a robust, people and especially netizen-powered plan for supporting the smoot... more This paper presents a robust, people and especially netizen-powered plan for supporting the smooth change of the Sovereign Presidency of Uganda by or in 2026, the year the next official presidential elections are expected to occur.
Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain ef... more Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain effects at will, and certainly so.
Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain ef... more Programming languages create a medium via which one can define and execute orders with certain effects at will, and certainly so. Basing on how language underlies the ability for humans to formulate and share thoughts with each other, we also see how the use of certain special languages underlies man's ability to command and control reality since ancient times.
Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problemsolving using computational methods ... more Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problemsolving using computational methods and power. Research into new programming languages and methods is essential to the furthering or improvement of computational problem-solving by making the design, implementation, and application of automation to general or particular problem-solving ever easier, more accessible, and more performant. General-purpose Programming Languages (GPLs) typically are designed to be purely domain agnostic-meaning they can be applied in any field, for any kind of problem. However, this typically also makes them hard and difficult to apply in problems where non-programmers or even experts with little or no GPL programming skills are required to leverage programmatic problem solving capabilities, which is why Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) come into play; they are generally more fine-tuned towards improving human productivity and performance than that of the machine, while making solving particular, domain-oriented problems simpler. In this paper, we review the literature concerning how to design and then fully implement a new DSL, with special focus on a DSL for generic problem-solving leveraging Text Processing methods-essentially, a Text Processing Language (TPL). We consider leveraging the design research paradigm and philosophy as a systematic framework for guiding research into the development of new TPLs. This work presents for the first time, new unifying theory concerning general, but also TPL-specific language engineering theory and guiding frameworks-UPLT, PLEF & PLE. We consider quantitative but also qualitative evaluation of programming languages. We also reintroduce the SOE framework for this purpose. Finally, we set the pace for future theoretical and practical research into the field of programming language engineering especially with focus on TPLs.
Starting with numbers in base-2, then turning to base-16, we find that extending the hexadecimal ... more Starting with numbers in base-2, then turning to base-16, we find that extending the hexadecimal symbol set beyond the element “F”, to “Z”—-essentially, treating of the entire Latin alphabet prefixed by the Arabic numerals (the symbol set for base-10), we arrive at a queer, but meaningful set of 36 unique symbols that we then treat as the significant digits of any number in base-36. Using that special symbol set then, readily offers a straight-forward method for obtaining normal, base-10 whole numbers from arbitrary human-readable text, English or not. We argue that it should become natural to operate on words as though they were numbers, and to seek numbers—especially random whole numbers in base-10, from regular text as an alternative to other sources of randomness.
A brief paper exploring 5 methods for mapping words to numbers leveraging algorithms expressed us... more A brief paper exploring 5 methods for mapping words to numbers leveraging algorithms expressed using the TEA programming language.
A systematic and robust method for evaluating and reasoning about the occult properties of words ... more A systematic and robust method for evaluating and reasoning about the occult properties of words (or perhaps more specifically, words of power; true names, names of deities, elements, principalities and such..) has been well formalised and curated in a little algorithm expressed using the TEA programming language.
Starting with an individual, a family, and a community, we develop the idea of a cohesive collect... more Starting with an individual, a family, and a community, we develop the idea of a cohesive collective that is a nation. We then outline the basis of a governing philosophy for such a collective, and call out the importance of active participation in its sustenance and expression by its members. These ideas are leveraged to specify a basic manifesto by which the leader; the father of the nation, might go about effectively and equitably governing the nation. We further the idea of Internet-era states and their people members with the concept of network-governed collectives that might not be limited by geography, with the concept of the netizen. Finally, we see why it makes sense to envision and work towards a proper Internet-era government, or rather, we introduce the concept of a governing "Internet Party".
FigShare, 2024
Existing research shows that offering customer support in any form is a guaranteed means to boost... more Existing research shows that offering customer support in any form is a guaranteed means to boost and sustain business growth. Modern support services are steadily embracing automation to improve effectiveness, support scalability, and reduce costs, with the most promising approaches leveraging artificial assistants in the form of chatbots and interactive support services. In this project, we employ the Design Science Research method to explore and then practically implement an original, reusable, re-configurable chatbot platform for designing and delivering autonomous product and customer support services leveraging voice interactions. Further, focus was placed on leveraging a scan-to-know information access model, and we especially considered users operating on mobile computers such as smartphones, with active connectivity. The implemented chatbot platform was explored and evaluated from the context of two practical cases.
This paper advances the idea that the mathematical idea of probability could offer a formal found... more This paper advances the idea that the mathematical idea of probability
could offer a formal foundation for the exploration of affectant
metaphysics. This foundation is developed using 12 analyses based on an
understanding of logic, mathematics and mystical philosophy.
A novel software engineering platform called the Dynamic Nuchwezi Architecture Platform is introd... more A novel software engineering platform called the Dynamic Nuchwezi Architecture Platform is introduced, specified and its novelties explained. The unique features of this platform are explained and several new concepts and abstractions upon which its implementation, usage and analysis are hinged also elaborately discussed. The motivations for this new approach to building especially tools used in data engineering are spelled out and the platform is contrasted against other existing technologies of a similar kind. Finally, it is shown what known limitations DNAP suffers, as well as what room for further research and improvement there is in this field.
TechRxiv, 2020
The need to improve or build new software systems to solve new and old business challenges is a p... more The need to improve or build new software systems to solve new and old business challenges is a persistent challenge in the software consumer and development industry, yet costly. To minimize these costs, the construction method should be designed with the following qualities in mind; software portability, extensibility, and simplicity. To achieve these qualities, this paper proposes the Dynamic Nuchwezi Architecture Platform (DNAP), which is a new software construction and extension technology. DNAP offers a visual programming paradigm with a capability of generating production-ready business automation software for both mobile and web. It also offers a simple mechanism for the extension of existing softwares using embeddable components. To evaluate and justify DNAP, eight Software Operating Environment (SOE) metrics have been developed and together with the SOE model, are used to contrast DNAP against four alternative software construction technologies namely; Android Platform, .NET Framework, Java SE Platform and Python. The performance evaluation results show that DNAP offers an average of 33% reduction in software construction complexity and an 11% enhancement in language efficiency when compared to alternative technologies.
Figshare, 2024
This is a formal speech written by Joseph Willrich Lutalo, to be delivered as the Nuchwezi Intern... more This is a formal speech written by Joseph Willrich Lutalo, to be delivered as the Nuchwezi Internet President, to the local and global Internet Community in February, 2024. It touches on the relevance of Internet Communities, the concept of netizens, and the human rights of fair access to computing and virtual services.
This paper proposes a robust, currently non-existent Uganda's National Software Publication Servi... more This paper proposes a robust, currently non-existent Uganda's National Software Publication Service (UNSPS) for the first time. UNSPS shall eliminate unnecessary financial and technical barriers for local and regional innovators & entities interested in publishing mobile, desktop and web applications targeting the local, regional or global markets via a trusted and well supported official Software Marketplace for the Sovereign Nation-state of Uganda by the end of 2025, with further iterations and evolution of this Internet-software service platform continuing post-2025 with regional, and later global roll-out of the service in 2026 and beyond.
Figshare, 2024
This document lays down the first draft of a formal governing framework for the Internet Organiza... more This document lays down the first draft of a formal governing framework for the Internet Organization, UIC, the core Uganda Internet Community. The document is part of a plan to formalize the operations, activities and leadership of the UIC as well as help lay down the important principles to guide its expression and structure on the public Internet moving forward. This work is currently being spearheaded voluntarily, by the Think-tank at Nuchwezi.
![Research paper thumbnail of [notes][v1.1] Thoughts & Ideas Behind Design of TEA language](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/117005861/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Nuchwezi Research, 2024
TEA is a programming language currently under active design and development by Joseph Willrich Lu... more TEA is a programming language currently under active design and development by Joseph Willrich Lutalo at Nuchwezi. This is Version 2 (actually, V1.1) of the TEA language formalization and reference implementation research proposal notes.
Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problem-solving using computational methods... more Programming languages drive most if not all of modern problem-solving using computational methods and power. Research into new programming languages and methods is essential to the furthering or improvement of computational problem-solving methods by making the design, implementation, and application of automation to general or particular problem-solving ever easier, more accessible, and more performant. General Programming Languages typically are designed to be purely domain agnostic - meaning they can be applied in any field, for any kind of problem. However, this typically also makes them hard and difficult to apply in problems where non-programmers or even experts with little or no general programming skills are expected to leverage programmatic problem solving, which is why Domain Specific Languages come into play; they are generally more fine-tuned towards improving human productivity and performance than that of the machine, while making solving particular, domain-oriented problems simpler. In this research, we wish to design and then fully implement a new Domain Specific Programming Language called TEA, for generic problem-solving leveraging Text Processing methods. We anticipate that TEA shall open up new methods of solving important old and new problems spanning information security and processing, as well as data and art generation to name but a few domains where we see its potential being exploited. This research shall follow the design science research method, with a focus on producing new knowledge about the design and implementation of a text-processing language, as well as producing useful artifacts for researchers and end-users interested in computational problem-solving leveraging programmatic text processing; such as having an industry-ready implementation of the TEA language usable from any operating system and on any reasonable computer hardware. Further, we anticipate the evaluation of the language using the SOE framework alongside other popular and older text-processing languages such as Sed and Awk. We shall also conduct a validation of the effectiveness of the language with at least 5 practical cases inspired by real-world problems.
This special, custom general success card is meant to help support the learning and career object... more This special, custom general success card is meant to help support the learning and career objectives of students, scholars, academicians and researchers at all levels, especially within the Uganda Education and Research ecosystem --- from primary to tertiary levels and perhaps beyond. The special 2 page card features the cover depicting field work involving taking programming ideas into the marketplace, stuff that the head of UIC, the Uganda Internet Community, as well as the author of the PCM abstract paper which is featured on this special success card, is actively engaged in as a service to the local Ugandan community but also for the wider, global Internet Community. The PCM paper, a 1-page paper, is itself included as part of the success card, and it sort of sums up all there is to general problem solving using computational thinking --- an idea that could readily lend itself to all kinds of inquiry and applications across the sciences and arts moving forward.
Nuchwezi, 2024
The PMS Push-Pull Money Service is a high-level mobile money processing service by Nuchwezi, that... more The PMS Push-Pull Money Service is a high-level mobile money processing service by Nuchwezi, that allows 3rd-parties building systems with mobile money transfer functionality to leverage a single API for moving money across mobile money accounts spanning multiple networks, and with the potential to also initiate such transactions via non-USSD interfaces such as via mobile apps and websites. This info-graphic captures the entire PMS ecosystem at high-level.
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](First, let's look at some explorations of potential fundamental applications of TEA text processi... more First, let's look at some explorations of potential fundamental applications of TEA text processing as captured in Joseph's Research Diary... Then follow, in chronological order, the ideas, TEA applications and specifications of the TEA Instruction Set as it was developed over time, since 2021.