The International Technology Alliance in Network and Information Sciences Peer Review Meeting

1. The International Technology Alliancein Network and Information Sciences Peer Review Meeting John Gowens ARL Collaborative Alliance Manager Graham George MoD Collaborative Alliance Manager Dinesh Verma & David Watson Program Managers IBM 21-25 September 2009

2. The ITA Program • THE PROGRAM • Initiated in May 2006 • Fundamental research in network and information sciences • IBM-Led Consortium • The Consortium and the US/UK Governments establish an Alliance • 5-year program with 5-year option • Awarded a fundamental research agreement and two transition contracts • Total funding for first 5 years = $58M • Approximately 40-60% split industry-academia • Consortium cost share ~ 12% • Builds on UK Defence Technology Centres and US ARL Collaborative Technology Alliances • COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP • UK MOD/Dstl and US Army Research Laboratory working together closely to jointly lead programme • Single coherent fundamental research programme • Involves US/UK industry, academia, and government • Promotes collaboration between leading industrial and academic organizations in both countries • Collaboratively push the state-of-the-art • Critical mass of researchers focused on key challenges • Staff rotations to deepen collaborations • Develop a deep understanding of how technologies can contribute to future defence capabilities 2

3. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT • The technical quality and significance of the advances made under the program MILITARY RELEVANCE • The value to the U.S. and UK stakeholders of the advances made under the program COLLABORATION • The extent to which the program has delivered greater value to both governments through effective and true collaboration across international boundaries, organizational boundaries and technical area boundaries 3

4. 10 11 13 11 10 12 3 8 3 5 6 2 5 9 9 2 8 4 1 4 1 7 7 6 The ITA Team • ACADEMIA • Carnegie Mellon University • City University of New York • Columbia University • Pennsylvania State University • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • University of California Los Angeles • University of Maryland • University of Massachusetts • ACADEMIA • Cranfield University • Imperial College, London • Royal Holloway University of London • University of Aberdeen • University of Cambridge • University of Southampton • University of York • INDUSTRY • IBM UK • Logica • Roke Manor Research • Systems Engineering • and Assessment • INDUSTRY • BBNT Solutions • Boeing • Honeywell • IBM Research • Applied Research Associates 4

5. Network Theory (TA1) TECHNICAL AREAS Sensor Information Processing and Delivery (TA3) Security Across a System-of-Systems (TA2) Distributed Coalition Planning and Decision Making (TA4) ITA Areas of Investigation GRAND CHALLENGES • Get the right information at the right time to coalition war-fighters • Before they realize they need it • mediation based on risk & context • Rapid Collaboration between coalition war-fighters • Share knowledge, trust and risk • Across cultural boundaries 5

6. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Formal Launch Initial Plan Biennial Program Plan (BPP07) Biennial Program Plan (BPP09) AWARD Collaboration Boot Camp (Hawthorne) Collaboration Boot Camp (Southampton) BPP Planning Meeting (Hawthorne) BPP Planning Meeting (Hursley) Collaboration Boot Camp (CUNY) 1st ITA Conference 2nd ITA Conference 3rd ITA Conference 4th ITA Conference Washington London Washington London ITA Recent Activities Timeline Possible Option Extension Peer Review Activities Reviewed 2008 Peer Review Changed BPP07 Biennial Program Plan (BPP09) Current Review 6 6

7. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES POST PEER REVIEW NEW MEMBERS • Brought several new members to bolster team strength in various projects in all technical areas RESHAPED PROJECT FOCUS • Significant changes in research scope and focus for some projects, EVALUATION PROCESS FOR BPP 09 • Projects and Activities selected in consultation with peer reviewers CURRENT PEER REVIEW SCOPE • Reshaped Projects of BPP 07 ~ work continued till May 09 • Results of BPP 09 • Most new activities are in-progress (started May 09) 7

8. *Projects with transitions ITA Projects Noteworthy changes Project 1. Theoretical Foundations for Design and Analysis of * Wireless and Sensor Networks 2. Interoperability of Wireless Networks and Systems * 3. Dynamic Self-Organizing Wireless Networks* 4. Policy Based Security Management * 5. Energy Efficient Security Architectures/Infrastructures 6. Trust and Risk Management in Dynamic Coalition Environments 7. Quality of Information of Sensor Data * 8. Task-Oriented Deployment of Sensor Data Infrastructures * 9. Agile Sensor Networks and Data Discovery * 10. Mission Adaptive Collaborations 11. Cultural Analysis * 12. Semantic Integration and Collaborative Planning * Increased focus on cross-organization issues Increased focus on dynamic graphs Increased focus on distributed aspects of policy Significant change, focus on metadata aspects Increased focus on functional models and db paradigm P11 successfully transitioned Emphasis on network enabled cognition 8

9. Peer Review Panel Provides independent assessment of each project by internal and external experts with respect to: • The relevance of the problems addressed • The technical merit of the approaches adopted • The significance of the research • The quality of the results achieved • The utility of the outcomes 9

10. ITA Contacts • ALLIANCE MANAGERS • John (Jay) Gowens (ARL) gowens@arl.army.mil • Graham George (UK MOD) sit-opsdticc42@defence.mod.uk • Dave Watson (IBM-UK) dwatson@uk.ibm.com • Dinesh Verma (IBM-US) dverma@us.ibm.com • AGREEMENTS/CONTRACTS • Patty Fox (ARL) pfox@arl.army.mil • Peter Chatwal (UK MOD) rtraocom@defence.mod.uk • WEBSITES • Public Website http://usukita.org • ITA Collaboration System https://www.usukitacs.com 10