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AQUAINT R&D Program Phase I Kickoff Workshop

AQUAINT R&D Program Phase I Kickoff Workshop. WELCOME. WELCOME. Phase I Program Participants Core Technical Program - 16 Projects - BBN (2) - Carnegie Mellon U. - SAIC/Stanford U. - U. of Mass. - IBM/Cycorp - SRI - U. of Albany/Rutgers/Queens - LCC (2) - USC-ISI

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AQUAINT R&D Program Phase I Kickoff Workshop

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  1. AQUAINT R&D Program Phase I Kickoff Workshop WELCOME

  2. WELCOME • Phase I Program Participants • Core Technical Program - 16 Projects - BBN (2) - Carnegie Mellon U. - SAIC/Stanford U. - U. of Mass. - IBM/Cycorp - SRI - U. of Albany/Rutgers/Queens - LCC (2) - USC-ISI - Columbia U./ U. of Colorado - U. of Texas - U. of Calif.-Berkeley/ - Princeton U. - Cycorp/IBM Stanford U. • Evaluation – NIST • Testbed / System Integration - Mitre • Technical Support – Tarragon Consulting • AQUAINT Government Panel & Contracting Officers • Distinguished Quests • ARDA Technical Staff

  3. Thank You’s / Questions • Thank You to ARDA’s SETA Support Staff • Susan Martin • Stacey Skuhr • Dale Freed • Paul Matthews • Questions / Assistance? • Registration/Workshop Admin: Susan Martin • Technical Support: Paul Matthews, AQUAINT Program SETA • AQUAINT Program: John Prange • Contracts: Your COTR / Contracting Officer

  4. Administrative • Workshop Materials • Morning & Afternoon Breaks / Restrooms • Meals • Workshop Reception at end of Monday’s Session • Workshop Ends: • 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday for most attendees • Wednesday afternoon session for AQUAINT Project PI’s and their Government COTR/Contracting Officers • Follow-on Knowledge Discovery & Dissemination (KD-D) Workshop Starts at 1:30pm on Wednesday

  5. Who is ARDA?

  6. Advanced Research & Development Activity (ARDA) A joint U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) / Intelligence Community organization launched in Dec 98 • MISSION: • Incubate revolutionary R&D within Information Technology for the shared benefit of multiple DoD & Intelligence Community agencies • MEANS: • A nimble, cross-community organization • A modest, yet significant budget • Small, outward-looking staff working as “honest brokers”and “agent provocateurs”

  7. What ARDA Does We originate and manage R&D programs • With fundamental impact on future operational needs and strategies of our “customer” agencies • That demand substantial, long-term venture investment to spur risk-taking • That progress measurably toward mid-term and final goals • That take many forms and employ many delivery vehicles

  8. Community organizations Plans, forecasts, oversight Customer champions Thrust panels / managers R&D problem statements Internal peer review Industry and academia Principal funding recipients External peer review and staff How ARDA Interacts

  9. Greg Puffenbarger Digital Networking Resource Enhancement Program Community Participation Penny Lehtola Quantum Information Science and Photonics Information Exploitation R&D Thrusts Dean Collins John Prange Novel Intelligence from Massive Data Greg Smith ARDA Programs in FY2002

  10. Full R&D Programs consisting of Three 2-Year Phases • LEMURStatistical Language Modeling for Information Retrieval • NDHB Non-Linear Dynamics from Human Behavior Exploratory R&D Programs consisting of Programs 1-Year + Option Year Current Info-X R&D Programs • AQUAINTAdvanced QUestion & Answering for INTelligence • VACEVideo Analysis and Content Extraction • GI2VisGeospatial Intelligence Information Visualization

  11. Contact Information Dr. John Prange, AQUAINT Program Director • ARDA Web Pages: http://www.ic-arda.org • Email arda@nsa.gov JPrange@nsa.gov • Phones: 301-688-7092 800-276-3747 301-688-7410 (Fax) • Mailing: ARDA Room 12A69 NBP#1 STE 6644 9800 Savage Road Fort Meade, MD 20755-6644

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