Preparing for a Future Pandemic with Artificial Intelligence
When the novel coronavirus led to a global pandemic last year, doctors and researchers rushed to learn as much as possible about the virus and how our bodies respond to …
Enabling Military Systems to Adapt to the Unexpected
Many complex, cyber-physical military systems are designed to last for decades but their expected functionality and capabilities will likely evolve over time, prompting a need for modifications and adaptation. High …
Enabling Human Control of Autonomous Partners: DARPA program to help humans maintain situational awareness when AI behaves in unexpected ways
A major benefit of increasingly advanced automation and artificial intelligence technology is decreased workload and greater safety for humans – whether it’s driving a vehicle, piloting an airplane, or patrolling …
Researchers Demonstrate Sarcasm Detector for Online Communications
Sentiment analysis – the process of identifying positive, negative, or neutral emotion – across online communications has become a growing focus for both commercial and defense communities. Understanding the sentiment …
Creating AI-Enabled Cultural Interpreters to Aid Defense Operations
The Department of Defense (DoD) is one of many government agencies that operates globally and is in constant contact with diverse cultures. Communicative understanding, not simply of local languages but …
Collaborative Air Combat Autonomy Program Makes Strides
DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program is half way through Phase 1 and has notched several key accomplishments in anticipation of live subscale aircraft dogfights in Phase 2 later this …
Developing Virtual Partners to Assist Military Personnel
Increasing worker knowledge, productivity, and efficiency has been a seemingly never ending quest for the military as well as commercial companies. Today, military personnel are expected to perform a growing …
DARPA Announces Research Teams Selected to Semantic Forensics Program
Media manipulation capabilities are advancing at a rapid pace while also becoming increasingly accessible to everyone from the at-home photo editor to nation state actors. As the technology evolves so …
DARPA Opens Door to Producing “Unimaginable” Designs for DoD
DARPA’s TRAnsformative DESign (TRADES) program, which began in 2017, set out to develop foundational design tools needed to explore the vast space opened by new materials and additive manufacturing processes …
DARPA Selects Teams to Further Advance Dogfighting Algorithms
DARPA recently awarded contracts to five companies to develop algorithms enabling mixed teams of manned and unmanned combat aircraft to conduct aerial dogfighting autonomously. Boeing, EpiSci, Georgia Tech Research Institute, …