Small Business Innovation Research SBIR

1. Sponsors innovative and high risk R&D projects in the areas of: Biotechnologies (BT) Electronics (EL) Information Technologies (IT) Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Systems (AM) Provide solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s CI development needs Small Business Innovation ResearchSBIR

2. Sensor development and applications; Design and manufacturing enhancements, Innovative applications Mathematics and Science; Modeling, Education and Computational Information Management and Communication Speech and Text recognition, E-Commerce;Security, Intrusion detection, Authentication and Law enforcement Networking Database Creation and Management; Data Storage, Information Retrieval, Sharing, and Display; Information Security/Assurance Design, Manufacture & Industrial Innovation SBIR Cyber Infrastructure Investments Juan E. Figueroa, Program Manager Small Business Innovation Research Program SBIR Investment Areas FY02-03 Town Hall Meeting – October 29, 2003

3. Teaching and Learning Virtual Classrooms, Virtual and Remote Laboratories, and Distance Education;Tools for Curriculum Development and Learning Assessment The Extended Enterprise Production Systems, Enterprise Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, Electronic Commerce and Collaboration; Engineering Design, Decision Theory and Applications, Evaluation of System Performance and Risk; Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Analysis, Mathematics and Science, Analytical Technologies Design, Manufacture & Industrial Innovation SBIR Cyber Infrastructure Investments Juan E. Figueroa, Program Manager Small Business Innovation Research Program SBIR Investment Areas FY02-03 Town Hall Meeting – October 29, 2003

4. The Human/Computer Interface Human Language and Communication Software Engineering Operating Environments Security Technologies Design, Manufacture & Industrial Innovation SBIR Cyber Infrastructure Investments Juan E. Figueroa, Program Manager Small Business Innovation Research Program SBIR Investment Areas FY02-03 Town Hall Meeting – October 29, 2003

5. 80.0% 70.0% 60.0% % of DMII SBIR CI Investment in Each Category 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Education and Community Building Functional Systems Engineering Physical Assets Research/Software Research/Physical Assets Domain-neutral Software Domain-specific Software Social, Industrial and Technological Dimensions DMII SBIR Cyberinfrastructure Investments in FY02 and FY03

6. DMII Vision of Cyberinfrastructure

7. Language Computer CorporationPI: Mihai Surdeanu, Ph.D.Advanced Question Answering PowerAnswer – the only solution for open searches and concise answers that deploys within days and offers immediate ROI. • Natural Question/Answer Interfaces – ask free, • natural questions and receive fast, direct answers. • Wide Range of Questions –search from general • research interests to specific, complex inquiries. • Shortest deployment, minimum operation effort • – up and running in a couple of days with virtually • fully automated maintenance. • Dynamic, automated knowledge renewal • – advanced harvesting for immediate, flawless • content integration. • Scalable Architecture – grows with your needs from • hosted service to flexible single server or turbo enterprise • Automated System Management and Reporting – • continuous customer feedback for easy monitoring and fine-tuning.

8. Query Record Blocking Many Possible Matches Decision Making Match Non-Match Match Probability High Low Intermediate Human Review NSF Grant Number: DMI- 0216213PI: Andrew Borthwick, Ph.D. Institution: ChoiceMaker Technologies, Inc.Title: A Machine Learning Approach to Approximate Record Matching We are studying ways to make ChoiceMaker’s AI-based database matching technology faster, easier to deploy, more accurate, and applicable to a broader set of problem domains. In a U.S. Center for Disease Control benchmark test of immunization registry deduplication systems, ChoiceMaker got the highest score out of 5 systems. In a recent retest of ChoiceMaker on the same data, ChoiceMaker got even higher scores: 95.62% sensitivity and 100% specificity. Our automated blocking algorithm for finding possible matching records is highly accurate but too slow for very large problems, so we are studying new algorithms that will deliver the same accuracy at higher speed. We seek to reduce deployment time with new machine learning approaches. ChoiceMaker Matching Process Overview The advanced record matching developed under this grant is being deployed by the New York City Department of Health to track communicable diseases and children’s vaccinations, by the New York State Education Department to track statewide student test scores, and to build a public health registry of people in the vicinity of the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001.

9. Intelligent Manufacturing SpecificationsDan Z. Sokol, Cohesia founder and president DMI-007825 A client’s paper specifications are converted into intelligent, computer-based specifications using patented technology, call IntelliDoc®, which was derived from NSF research. Manufacturers previously required numerous personnel to read complex specification documents to extract values and manually re-enter data into various computer-based systems. Now client’s paper specifications are converted into intelligent, computer-based specifications

10. Advanced Software for Interactive Chemistry TutoringDr. Benny G. JohnsonInstitution: Quantum Simulations, Inc.DMI-0060379 The Quantum Tutors converse with students, providing real-time feedback based on the students' work entered into the software. It responds to student questions, give hints, show correct next steps, and even explain why a step is correct or incorrect using scientific principles. For the first time ever, students, teachers and schools will have a truly intelligent tutor embedded in the highest-quality online textbooks.