ADA CTA

Advanced Decision ArchitecturesCollaborative Technology Alliance

Final RMB Meeting and Workshop:Supporting the Soldier Decision Maker

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Welcome

• The bi-annual Research Management Board Meeting is a time for planning

• The ADA CTA research will continue through 1QFY10, pending receipt of funds

• Our charge over the next 2 days is to look at the research and continue the transition…

Laurel Allender, Collaborative Alliance Manager, and

Sue Archer, Consortium Program Manager

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Parking

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Social

• ADA SocialDeparture from the Gangplank Marina is 6:00 PM Sharp.

• AttireBusiness casual recommended. Odyssey does not allow jeans, shorts, tank tops, halter-tops, gym shoes or flip-flops on any cruise.

• Directions From the Alion Building: – Return to the Metro Station across the street. – Take the Green line towards Greenbelt. – Travel one stop – Exit at the Waterfront SEU Station. – Turn Right on M ST, which turns into Maine Ave. – Turn Left onto 6th. – Odyssey is located at Gangplank Marina, 6th

and Water Street. – For parking, turn into the Gangplank Lot off of

Water Street. POC – Cathi Brents (303)960-5748

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AgendaWednesday, 22 July 2009

0800 – 0830 Registration0830 – 0845 Meeting Opening• Dr. Laurel Allender, Advanced Decision Architectures Collaborative Technology Alliance Consortium

Alliance Manager0845 – 0915 Welcome• Mr. John Miller, Director, Army Research Laboratory0915 – 1030 Collecting, processing, and distributing battlefield information: Part I• Kathleen Carley, Carnegie Mellon University Dynamic Network Analysis Applied to Experiments from the

Decision Architectures Research Environment• Rama Chellapa, The University of Maryland 3D Modeling and Visualization of Static and Moving Entities• Niranjan Suri, The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Agile Computing and Its Applications to

Tactical Military Environments1030 – 1100 Break1100 – 1215 Collecting, processing, and distributing battlefield information: Part II• Joshua Eckroth, The Ohio State University From Background Subtraction to Threat Detection in

Automated Video Surveillance • Larry Bunch, University of West Florida Regulating the Exchange of Tactical Military Information Using the

KAOS Policy Services Framework      

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AgendaWednesday, 22 July 2009

1100 – 1215 Collecting, processing, and distributing battlefield information: Part II Cont’d• Marco Carvalho, The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition XLAYER: A Cross-Layer

Communications Substrate for Tactical Environments1215 – 1330 Lunch, on-site1330 – 1510 Presenting Battlefield Information to Warfighters• Alex Morison, The Ohio State University Integrating Diverse Feeds to Extend Human Perception into

Distant Scenes • Shaun Hutchins, Alion Science and Technology An Interactive Decision Support Architecture for

Visualizing Robust Solutions in High Risk Military Environments •  Lynette Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Communication via the Skin: The Challenge of

Tactile Displays Nadine Sarter, University of Michigan Multi-Modal Information Exchange and Dynamic Adaptation

1510 – 1700 Demonstrations and Refreshments• Kevin Bennett, Wright State University Advancing the State-of-the-Art in Military Command & Control

Interfaces: Ecological Interface Design• Mike Matessa, Alion Science and Technology GRBIL: A Tool for Dynamic Operator and Environment

Modeling• Phillip Smith, The Ohio State University Asynchronous Communication of Army Operations Orders• Mica Endsley, SA Technologies Future Combat Systems Warfighter Machine Interface• Jeffrey Bradshaw, The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Policy-Guided Data Dissemination

and Reputation Service1800 Social aboard Odyssey Cruises 

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AgendaThursday, 23 July 2009

0800 – 0830 Registration0830 – 0835 Welcome, Dr. Laurel Allender0835 – 0935 Technical Transition Panel, • Mr. Brett Burland, Chief, Science and Technology Branch, BCBL, Capability Development

Integration Directorate• Mr. Mike Barnes, US Army Research Laboratory• Mr. Kenneth Grippo, CERDEC THINK ATO Manager, CERDEC-C2D Battle Command Technology

Branch 0935 – 1025 Acting on Battlefield Information: Part I• Robert Hoffman, Institute for Human Machine Cognition • How Good is that New Software Tool? The Mathematical Modeling of Performance Metrics• Walter Warwick, Alion Science and Technology A Computational Model of Naturalistic Decision

Making and the Science of Simulation1025 – 1050 Break

     

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AgendaThursday, 23 July 2009

1050 – 1230 Acting on Battlefield Information: Part II•  Cleotilde Gonzalez, Carnegie Mellon University Modeling and Measuring Situation Awareness in

Individuals and Teams• Stoney Trent, The Ohio State University Reading Intent and Other Cognitive Challenges in

Intelligence Analysis• Patricia McDermott, Alion Science and Technology Five Lessons Learned in Human-Robot

Interaction • John Yen, Pennsylvania State University Cognitively-Inspired Agents as Teammates and Decision

Aids1230 – 1330 Lunch, on-site 1330 – 1535 Communicating Information Across the Team• Laura Strater, SA Technologies Tools to Support Ad Hoc Teams• Peter Foltz, New Mexico State University Models, Methods, and Tools for the Adaptability of Teams• Gary Klein, Applied Research Associates, Klein Associates Division Advancing Our Understanding

of Battlefield Decision Making• William Ogden, New Mexico State University A Task-Based Evaluation Method for Embedded

Machine Translation in Instant Messaging Systems• B. Chandrasekaran, The Ohio State University Diagrammatic Reasoning in Army Situation

Understanding and Planning: Architecture for Decision Support and Cognitive Model1535 – 1545 Closing Remarks• Susan Archer, Collaboration Manager of the Advanced Decision Architectures Collaborative

Technology Alliance