For more than two decades, my work has centered on understanding how complex systems behave, adapt, and evolve.

Across multiple fields — from geospatial relationships to behavioral patterns to systemic dynamics — I never realized it, but the same patterns kept appearing independently every time.

I love building new things.

I explored geospatial intelligence without a ‘smart map’. I worked on behavioral algorithms before they became mainstream — before data science was a thing. Infrastructure to me has always been an intelligent piece of a larger, interdependent system.

Over time, I realized these things were not isolated. They were fragments of a larger framework I kept rediscovering and reusing — a consistent structure that connected how ‘signals’ move, and how systems stabilize.

The Emergent Microassistance Research Group was created to formalize that structure — a research institute dedicated to foundational work in adaptive systems.

Our focus is on the underlying mechanics: the principles that govern how systems learn, correct, and maintain coherence over time. This work is early‑stage, and our findings are currently progressing through intellectual property protections.

For now, EMRG remains committed to rigorous inquiry, careful stewardship, and the disciplined development of ideas that require precision and controlled disclosure.

— Daniel O’Connor, Founder
The Emergent Microassistance Research Group