ANDREW J BOWLEY

Taq is an abbreviation for Thermus aquaticus, a humble heat-loving bacterium which provides an important ingredient for DNA analysis. Taq is pronounced to rhyme with "Iraq"... Here are 2 projects which push the boundaries of what is possible in the domain of Java development. The first explores the concept of solving a query using only logic deduction while being practical at the same time. This leads to a new computer language called TAQ, short for Template-Axiom-Query, which supports both the declarative and procedural programming paradigms... The second project is a contribution to lightweight Java persistence, building on the excellent OrmLite lightweight Java persistence package to realize the blue print set out in the JPA Architecture.