Applications & Technologies

Over the course of his career, Kevin M. Cowan has developed a wide array of applications, frameworks, plugins, and protocols — designed with precision, creativity, and a relentless drive to push technology forward.

🔍 Search and Solr Tools

• SolrLog4J (2016) — Logging appenders for Solr via Log4j/Log4j2/SLF4J
• SolrWord (2017) — WordPress integration powered by Solr
• Solr Migrator (2017) — Migration platform for Solr
• MemeFinder for Solr (2011) — Relevancy heuristic plugin for Solr
• Solr Monitor (2018) — Lightweight monitoring tool for Solr clusters
• Solr Load Tester (2021) — Load testing platform tailored for Solr
• Solr Security Manager (2020) — Swing UI for managing Solr authentication/authorization
• SolrP (2017) — PHP client library REST API library for SolrJ
• Solr Security Manager (2017) — Java client library for managing Solr security configurations

🧠 NLP, AI, and Analysis Tools

• Meme Analyzer (2010) — Heuristic text corpus analyzer for contextual relevance
• HAIDIE (2017) — Heuristic aggregation search platform
• Fusion CaC (2019) — Command and Control UI for Lucidworks Fusion
• Fusion Migrator (2019) — Migration tool for Lucidworks Fusion
• Nashorn JavaScript Library (2016) — JavaScript pipeline library for Fusion
• rockymtn_gpt2 (2024) — Fine-tuned GPT-2 model trained on literature and philosophy.
• GPT Model Trainer

📦 Messaging, Frameworks, and APIs

• TAME Protocol (2014) — Truly Asynchronous Messaging Environment
• ESB Messaging API (2019) — Enterprise Service Bus built on TAME
• SoyBeans (2003) — Multi-threaded task processing framework

🌐 Browser Plugins and Web Tools

• DataCaddy (2018) — Remote data management browser plugin
• Commentator (2018) — Universal cross-domain chat plugin
• Appify (2015) — Automated onboarding and user management system

🔐 Security and Verification

• Aedons (2011) — Encrypted XML server and secure communication API
• A.B.H.U.V.A (2011) — Alternative human verification system

🎨 UI Components and Frontend

• Dojo Extensions (Xtree, Xgrid, XdataStore, Xregistry) (2014) — JavaScript extensions for Dojo
• ImageMap4J (2012) — Java Swing image map component

📡 Communications and Alert Systems

• Local Emergency Alert (2018) — Telecom app providing local emergency communication services

🕰️ Legacy Systems and Early Works

• SpamHerder Adaptive Spam Filter (2004) — Intelligent spam detection algorithm
• Time and Tracking (2017) — Time and tracking platform built on Solr