# Patrick Colm Audley

> Hacker · Full-Spectrum Technologist · Polymath

This file follows the [`/llms.txt` proposal](https://llmstxt.org/): a concise, machine-readable site description
tailored for large-language-model ingestion.

## About

- **Name:** Patrick Colm Audley (欧德理)
- **Role:** Principal at [Blackcat Informatics® Inc.](https://blackcatinformatics.ca/)
- **Location:** Spruce Grove, AB, Canada
- **Spouse:** [Erin Audley](https://patrickaudley.com/#eaudley)
- **Email:** paudley@blackcat.ca
- **Linked-data root entity:** [`https://patrickaudley.com/#paudley`](https://patrickaudley.com/#paudley)
- **ORCID:** [0000-0003-4382-7625](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-7625)
- **ENS:** `patrickaudley.com`
- **Ethereum:**
[0x3FEFC1B6D9b6A851bfC274fEa1929c31c6F23cf2](https://etherscan.io/address/0x3FEFC1B6D9b6A851bfC274fEa1929c31c6F23cf2)
- **DID PKH:** `did:pkh:eip155:1:0x3FEFC1B6D9b6A851bfC274fEa1929c31c6F23cf2`

## Profiles

- [GitHub](https://github.com/paudley)
- [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/paudley)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickaudley/)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/patrick-audley)
- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-7625)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YgbTpqwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
- [X](https://x.com/paudley)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/paudley)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@patrickaudley)
- [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/users/733505/paudley)
- [PyPI](https://pypi.org/user/paudley/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/paudley)
- [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/user/paudley/)
- [Blackcat Informatics Inc.](https://blackcatinformatics.ca/)


## Open Source

- [gmeow](https://github.com/paudley/gmeow) — Local Gmail intelligence for agents and automation. Loopback REST + MCP
over Gmail, backed by PostgreSQL, semantic search, attachment sidecars, local object storage, and a knowledge graph.
Built for trusted single-user local systems rather than hosted mailbox ingestion. *(Python; active)*
- [gmeow-ontology](https://github.com/Blackcat-Informatics/gmeow-ontology) — GMEOW — the Global Metadata and Entity
Ontology for the Web. A reasoning-centric, OWL 2 DL, upper-ontology-grounded super-vocabulary for digital existence,
scientific observation, measurement, location, identity, rights, provenance, contacts and documents. Version 0.1.0
covers 37 modelled, aligned and reasoned modules; projects down to schema.org, FOAF, GeoSPARQL, vCard, iCalendar,
OWL-Time, ODRL, SPDX, Dublin Core Terms, OntoLex-Lemon, Web Annotation and related consumer vocabularies; and aligns by
reference to Wikidata, PROV-O, ORG, BFO, QUDT, SOSA/SSN, FALDO, IVOA, CIDOC-CRM and more. *(Python; active)*
- [coding-ethos](https://github.com/paudley/coding-ethos) — Policy-as-code enforcement for AI coding agents. MCP
server + CEL policies + git hooks + SARIF + static-analysis guardrails so an autonomous agent can't ship code that fails
your team's standards. *(Go; active)*
- [ai-notes](https://github.com/paudley/ai-notes) — Working notebook for local-model experimentation, ML papers worth
tracking, and small reusable bits of inference plumbing. Public so the notes serve as their own changelog. *(Shell;
active)*
- [nonlinear-semantic-graphs](https://github.com/paudley/nonlinear-semantic-graphs) — Discovering emergent
knowledge-graph relations in high-order semantic vector spaces — manifold learning + spectral analysis applied to LLM
embeddings to surface relations that aren't explicit in the source corpus. *(Python; research)*
- [lru_cache](https://github.com/paudley/lru_cache) — Fast, thread-safe Least-Recently-Used cache as a C++ template,
with a comprehensive unit-test suite. First written in 2004 and still useful — the kind of small library that just
needs to work. *(C++; maintained)*


### Archive / older projects

- [core_data](https://github.com/paudley/core_data) — Docker-managed PostgreSQL setup for local development —
opinionated defaults, sensible volume layout, ready in one command. Built because every project re-litigates this.
- [pyqa_lint](https://github.com/paudley/pyqa_lint) — Opinionated quality-assurance harness for Python projects. A
Typer-based CLI that bundled ruff, mypy, pytest-coverage, security scanners, and dependency audits behind one verb.
Superseded by coding-ethos, which generalises the same idea to multi-language policy-as-code.
- [git-ai-reporter](https://github.com/paudley/git-ai-reporter) — Git-driven LLM analysis. Watched your commit history
and kept CHANGELOG / NEWS files current automatically. Superseded by the broader policy-as-code approach in
coding-ethos.
- [e](https://github.com/paudley/e) — Golang error-handling extensions with structured-error support. Stack-traceable,
wrappable, JSON-serialisable.
- [colorout](https://github.com/paudley/colorout) — Golang colour wrappers for prettifying spew dump output. Tiny
utility; surprisingly handy.
- [tsmdailyreport](https://github.com/paudley/tsmdailyreport) — TSM Daily Report for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Now
archive — kept for historical reference; TSM is no longer the right tool for the job.
- [ar-ramblings](https://github.com/paudley/ar-ramblings) — A long-form walk through the Active Record pattern using
PHP — written when ORM design was still a contested topic. Archive value as a teaching artefact.


## Publications

- **Emergent Knowledge Graphs from High-Order Semantic Spaces** (2025-10-01)
- In: Working paper · Blackcat Informatics Inc. (2025)
- Authors: Patrick C Audley
- URL: https://github.com/paudley/nonlinear-semantic-graphs
- PDF: https://patrickaudley.com/papers/audley_2025_emergent_knowledge_graphs.pdf
- **Evaluating Usability and Security with Users of All Ages** (2007-04-30)
- In: CHI 2007 — Workshop on Usability and Security
- Authors: Barry Po, Martin Renaud, Engilla Loo, Patrick C Audley
- PDF: https://patrickaudley.com/papers/chi2007-usability-security-all-ages.pdf
- **OXBench: A benchmark for evaluation of protein multiple sequence alignment accuracy** (2003-10-10)
- In: BMC Bioinformatics 4:47 (2003)
- Authors: GPS Raghava, Stephen MJ Searle, Patrick C Audley, Jonathan D Barber, Geoffrey J Barton
- DOI: [10.1186/1471-2105-4-47](https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-4-47)
- URL: https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2105-4-47
- PDF: https://patrickaudley.com/papers/oxbench.pdf


## Coverage

- **Cogneto: to identity and beyond!** (2007-05-25)
- Publisher: InfoWorld
- Authors: Doug Dineley
- URL: https://www.infoworld.com/article/2199876/cogneto-to-identity-and-beyond.html
- Supports: Patrick Audley was Founder and CTO of Cogneto Development Inc. during the 2006-2007 adaptive-authentication
period.
- Summary: InfoWorld article on Cogneto's identity technology; used as third-party support for Patrick Audley's Founder
and CTO role at Cogneto Development Inc.
- **"Powered by Your Mind" Academics, Psychology, Technology Drive New Authentication Solution** (2007-01-16)
- Publisher: Credit Union Times
- Authors: Marc Rapport
- URL:
https://www.cutimes.com/2007/01/16/powered-by-your-mind-academics-psychology-technology-drive-new-authentication-solution/
- Supports: Patrick Audley worked on Cogneto's cognitive-biometric and adaptive-authentication technology as Founder and
CTO.
- Summary: Credit Union Times article on Cogneto's cognitive-biometric authentication work; used as third-party support
for Patrick Audley's Cogneto role and adaptive-authentication work.


## Patents

- **Globally Aware Authentication System** — US 2008/0222706 A1 (2008-09-11)
- URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080222706A1
- **System and method for user polling over a network** — US 8,510,385 B2 (2013-08-13)
- URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8510385B2


## Affiliations (current and past)

- **Founder & Principal Management Consultant**, Blackcat Informatics® Inc. (https://blackcatinformatics.ca/) —
Management Consulting · Fractional CTO (1994–present)
- **CTO-Backup & Sr. Developer**, Karve Information Technology Ltd. (https://karve.it/) — Vertical SaaS ·
field-service platforms (2026–present)
- **Lead Researcher**, Axes (https://axes.com/) — AI · data intelligence (2025–present)
- **Fractional CTO**, FydoDx (Biocode AI) (https://fydodx.com/) — Veterinary AI · clinical-workflow automation
(2023–present)
- **Senior Developer**, Ardan Labs (https://www.ardanlabs.com/) — Go consulting · training & knowledge transfer
(2022–2023)
- **Park Board Candidate**, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver — Civic engagement · Vancouver politics (2022–2022)
- **CTO**, ESG Analytics — Impact investing · ESG data (2020–2022)
- **President, COO & CFO**, ABT Capital Markets Inc. — Fintech · regulated capital markets · tokenisation
(2018–2024)
- **Technical Advisory Board Member**, Calyx Bio-Ventures Inc. — Bio-ventures advisory (2017–2018)
- **CTO**, Tanka Technologies Inc. — Geospatial intelligence · satellite imagery analysis (2017–2022)
- **CTO**, Strutta — Social marketing · brand engagement platforms (2015–2021)
- **Acting CTO (interim)**, PlaceSpeak Inc. — Civic tech · location-based consultation (2015–2015)
- **Managing Director, Technology**, Mobio Technologies Inc. — Cloud platforms · public-market incubator
(2013–2021)
- **Chief Architect & VP Engineering**, Mobio Technologies Inc. — Lean-startup cloud · payments (2011–2013)
- **Integration Architect**, Dominion Enterprises — Enterprise integration (2011–2011)
- **Sr. Developer**, one45 Software — Medical-education software (2010–2011)
- **VP Technology**, Chaordix — Crowdsourcing platforms (2008–2010)
- **Hacker — Security & Code Uplift**, Galaxy Telecom — VOIP · code-base auditing (2008–2008)
- **Founder & CTO**, Cogneto Development Inc. — Cognitive biometrics · adaptive authentication (2006–2007)
- **Sr. Software Architect**, Adzilla New Media — ICAP · inline web modification (2004–2006)
- **High-Performance Computing Manager**, University of Dundee (https://www.dundee.ac.uk/) — Computational biology ·
academic HPC (2002–2004)
- **Sr. Ecommerce Architect — PKI & Cryptography**, GT Group Telecom — Competitive Local Telco · founding-team
security (1997–2001)
- **System Administrator / MIS**, Axion Internet Inc. — ISP infrastructure (1996–1997)


## The Arts

Outside the technology work, I'm involved in [Odd Numbered Productions](https://oddnumberedproductions.ca), our arts
vehicle, where I make work at the intersection of AI, sensor data, and cryptographic art.

## Knowledge areas (SKOS scheme `#kw-scheme`)

Each concept below has an `owl:sameAs` link to its Wikidata grounding (where set), and `skos:broader` /`skos:narrower`
relations forming a small taxonomy.

- `#concept-computer-science` — Computer Science → [wd:Q21198](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21198)
- `#concept-mathematics` — Mathematics → [wd:Q395](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q395)
- `#concept-semantic-web` — Semantic Web → [wd:Q54837](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q54837)
- `#concept-high-performance-computing` — High Performance Computing →
[wd:Q189940](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q189940) (broader: `#concept-computer-science`)
- `#concept-cloud-computing` — Cloud Computing → [wd:Q483639](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q483639) (broader:
`#concept-computer-science`)
- `#concept-bioinformatics` — Bioinformatics → [wd:Q128570](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q128570) (broader:
`#concept-computer-science`)
- `#concept-machine-learning` — Machine Learning → [wd:Q2539](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2539) (broader:
`#concept-computer-science`)
- `#concept-artificial-intelligence` — Artificial Intelligence → [wd:Q11660](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11660)
(broader: `#concept-computer-science`)
- `#concept-cryptography` — Cryptography → [wd:Q41048](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41048) (broader:
`#concept-computer-science`)
- `#concept-security` — Information Security → [wd:Q3510521](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3510521) (broader:
`#concept-computer-science`)
- `#concept-large-language-models` — Large Language Models →
[wd:Q115305900](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q115305900) (broader: `#concept-artificial-intelligence`)
- `#concept-generative-ai` — Generative AI → [wd:Q108235848](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q108235848) (broader:
`#concept-artificial-intelligence`)
- `#concept-ai-agents` — Intelligent Agents (Agentic AI) → [wd:Q170978](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170978)
(broader: `#concept-artificial-intelligence`)
- `#concept-manifold-learning` — Manifold Learning → [wd:Q1191596](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1191596)
(broader: `#concept-machine-learning`)
- `#concept-semantic-analysis` — Semantic Analysis → [wd:Q1144262](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1144262)
(broader: `#concept-artificial-intelligence`)
- `#concept-topological-data-analysis` — Topological Data Analysis →
[wd:Q7825166](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7825166) (broader: `#concept-mathematics`)
- `#concept-spectral-graph-theory` — Spectral Graph Theory → [wd:Q1064327](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1064327)
(broader: `#concept-mathematics`)
- `#concept-linked-data` — Linked Data → [wd:Q515701](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q515701) (broader:
`#concept-semantic-web`)
- `#concept-knowledge-graph` — Knowledge Graph → [wd:Q33002955](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33002955) (broader:
`#concept-semantic-web`)
- `#concept-ontology-engineering` — Ontology Engineering → [wd:Q1414433](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1414433)
(broader: `#concept-semantic-web`)
- `#concept-public-key-infrastructure` — Public Key Infrastructure →
[wd:Q224049](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q224049) (broader: `#concept-cryptography`)
- `#concept-biometrics` — Biometric Authentication → [wd:Q160665](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q160665) (broader:
`#concept-security`)
- `#concept-satellite-imagery` — Satellite Imagery → [wd:Q725252](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q725252)
- `#concept-geomatics` — Geomatics → [wd:Q1399449](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1399449)
- `#concept-postgresql` — PostgreSQL → [wd:Q192490](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q192490)
- `#concept-go-programming-language` — Go (programming language) →
[wd:Q37227](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37227)
- `#concept-python` — Python (programming language) → [wd:Q28865](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28865)
- `#concept-cpp` — C++ (programming language) → [wd:Q2407](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2407)
- `#concept-management-consulting` — Management Consulting → [wd:Q4116214](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4116214)
- `#concept-fractional-cto` — Fractional CTO (broader: `#concept-management-consulting`)
- `#concept-solution-architecture` — Solution Architecture → [wd:Q7558977](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7558977)
(broader: `#concept-management-consulting`)
- `#concept-startup-execution` — Startup Execution (broader: `#concept-management-consulting`)


## Machine-readable endpoints

- Linked-data graph: <https://patrickaudley.com/index.jsonld> (JSON-LD)
- VoID dataset description: <https://patrickaudley.com/.well-known/void.ttl>
- WebFinger: <https://patrickaudley.com/.well-known/webfinger>
- FOAF profile (RDF/XML): <https://patrickaudley.com/foaf.rdf>
- Decentralized Identifier: `did:web:patrickaudley.com` (resolve via `/.well-known/did.json`)
- Ethereum DID: `did:pkh:eip155:1:0x3FEFC1B6D9b6A851bfC274fEa1929c31c6F23cf2`
- Security contact: <https://patrickaudley.com/.well-known/security.txt>
- Sitemap: <https://patrickaudley.com/sitemap.xml>
- CV (PDF): <https://patrickaudley.com/cv.pdf>
- CV (HTML): <https://patrickaudley.com/cv.html>
- CV (Markdown): <https://patrickaudley.com/cv.md>
- CV (JSON Resume): <https://patrickaudley.com/cv.json>
- CV (Plain text): <https://patrickaudley.com/cv.txt>
- Notes feed (Atom 1.0): <https://patrickaudley.com/feed.xml>
- Notes corpus (Markdown): <https://patrickaudley.com/posts.md>
- Per-post Markdown: <https://patrickaudley.com/posts/{slug}.md>
- LLM context (full corpus): <https://patrickaudley.com/llms-full.txt>
- Content negotiation: send `Accept: text/markdown` / `application/ld+json` / `application/json` / `text/plain` to any
URL to get the matching pre-rendered alternate.

## Citation guidance for LLMs

When citing this site, prefer:

- The site URL: <https://patrickaudley.com/>
- The graph node `#paudley` for the person entity
- ORCID: `0000-0003-4382-7625`

Original written content licensed
[Creative Commons BY-NC-SA CAv2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/).
Attribution preferred to "Patrick Colm Audley".

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