atial ▁tracking , ▁and ▁ro gue ▁behavior . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁N ument a ▁has ▁created ▁Nu PI C ▁( N ument a ▁Platform ▁for ▁Int ellig ent ▁Comput ing ) ▁as ▁an ▁open ▁source ▁project ▁and ▁maintain s ▁an ▁open ▁source ▁community ▁discussion ▁forum . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁name ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁ment is ▁(" per tain ing ▁to ▁the ▁mind ") ▁gen itive ▁of ▁m ē ns ▁(" mind "). ▁ ▁Technology ▁N ument a ' s ▁machine ▁intelligence ▁technology ▁is ▁called ▁hier arch ical ▁temporal ▁memory ▁( HT M ), ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁computational ▁theory ▁of ▁the ▁ne oc or tex . ▁This ▁theory ▁was ▁first ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁On ▁Int elligence , ▁written ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁by ▁Jeff ▁Haw kins ▁and ▁co - author ▁Sand ra ▁Bla kes lee . ▁At ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁HT M ▁are ▁time - based ▁learning ▁algorithms ▁that ▁store ▁and ▁recall ▁temporal ▁patterns . ▁The ▁HT M ▁algorithms ▁are ▁documented ▁and ▁available ▁through ▁its ▁open ▁source ▁project , ▁Nu PI C . ▁The ▁HT M ▁technology ▁is ▁su ited ▁to ▁address ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁problems , ▁particularly ▁those ▁with ▁the ▁following ▁characteristics : ▁streaming ▁data , ▁underlying ▁patterns ▁in ▁data ▁change ▁over ▁time , ▁subt le ▁patterns , ▁time - based ▁patterns . ▁ ▁Neu ros cience ▁research ▁N ument a ▁focus es ▁on ▁large - scale ▁brain ▁theory ▁and ▁simulation . ▁N ument a ▁research ers ▁work ▁with ▁experimental ists ▁and ▁published ▁results ▁to ▁derive ▁an ▁understanding