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Languages and large-scale integration
In 2003, Emerick founded Vegas IDX, which soon expanded beyond its original market to become Planet IDX. To address the incompatible data architectures used by different multiple listing services, he created REML—Real Estate Modular Language—an interpreted programming language for real-estate data integration. He personally wrote the original platform and the language, with other developers joining later to maintain the code. The system integrated data from dozens of U.S. listing services across differing schemas, formats, and delivery methods.
He also founded and independently developed Manhattanization, a specialized database and private listing platform for new high-rise developments. The technology served developments in Las Vegas and other U.S. markets during the high-rise construction boom of the 2000s.
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Artificial cognition and Golem Engineering
Emerick is the founder of Pantheon Golem, where his work involves detailed analysis and review of canonical material from television, film, and literature to inform AI-based character systems. He coined the term “Golem Engineering” for this approach and describes the resulting systems as cognition engines.
This work provides a practical connection to his interests at Xenopsychology: how artificial systems represent information, how their behavior is shaped, and how useful frameworks for understanding that behavior can be developed.
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Animal welfare as a systems problem
Animal welfare is central to Emerick’s technical work. Through Rescue Nexus, he is developing infrastructure intended to connect animal shelters and rescue organizations. This includes a universal ontology: a shared vocabulary and data model designed to make information from different systems interoperable. The ambition is national in scope, with the goal of improving the technological foundations of the U.S. animal-shelter and rescue system.
His related work includes Chipped Pets, through which he is developing pet-microchip technology. He has also developed a veterinary-forensics software suite designed to help practitioners collect and organize evidence for investigations and potential prosecution. Alongside these efforts, he is working with veterinarians on technology for hematology analysis in domestic animals.
Across these projects, the recurring concern is how information is represented, connected, and put to practical use. His contribution to Xenopsychology grows from that experience: building systems for complex problems while keeping their real-world consequences in view.