| Strengthening Regulations Governing Use of Portable Media |
20-Feb-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Smith; Stuart C Jr; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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 | Twenty-first century man lives in a world in which 8 gigabytes (GB) of data can be stored on a device with dimensions of a little more than 3 centimeters by a little more than 1 centimeter. This device weighs less than 6 grams, costs less than 24 dollars, is highly portable, widely available, and easily accessible using a universal serial bus (USB) interface. These devices also are referred to as ... |
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| Shaping the War of Ideas in the Post-Iraq Era |
20-Feb-2009 |
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| Authors:
K D Dooley; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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 | Weapons can kill people -- fatwas can kill the ideology that motivates people. The current struggle between the world and Muslim extremists consists of two battlefields: the physical and the ideological. While kinetic actions on the physical battlefield remain relevant, only through ideological warfare will the decisive battle be won. The cornerstone to waging ideological warfare is Information Operations (IO). However, current IO efforts are not aligned to properly exploit ... |
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| Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) Version 4.0 (User's Manual) |
06-Feb-2009 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Clark Rowley; Paul J Martin; Charlie N Barron; Lucy F Smedstad; TImothy J Campbell; Alan J Wallcraft; Robert C Rhodes; Tamara L Townsend; Suzanne N Carroll; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The version 4 series of the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) has been developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and transitioned to the Navy Oceanographic Office. New capabilities include a general vertical coordinate (GVC) option in addition to the sigma-z coordinate vertical grid, Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) compliance, and several other compile time options that increase the flexibility of the model code. NRL has also begun maintaining NCOM ... |
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| The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress |
06-Feb-2009 |
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| Authors:
Deborah D Stine; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Congress established the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) through the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-282). The act states that The primary function of the OSTP Director is to provide, within the Executive Office of the President [EOP], advice on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of issues that require attention at the highest level of Government. Further, The Office shall ... |
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| The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law? |
05-Feb-2009 |
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| Authors:
Kate M Manuel; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The Google Book Search Library Project, announced in December 2004, raised important questions about infringing reproduction and fair use under copyright law. Google planned to digitize, index, and display snippets of print books in the collections of five major libraries without the permission of the books' copyright holders, if any. Authors and publishers owning copyrights to these books sued Google in September and October 2005, seeking to enjoin and recover ... |
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| Experiments with the Negotiated Boolean Queries of the TREC 2008 Legal Track |
04 Feb 2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Tomlinson; OPEN TEXT CORPORATION OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
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| We analyze the results of several experimental runs submitted for the TREC 2008 Legal Track. In the Ad Hoc task, we found that rank-based merging of vector results with the reference Boolean results produced a statistically significant increase in mean F1@K and Recall@B compared to just using the reference Boolean results. In the Relevance Feedback task, we found that the investigated relevance feedback technique, when merged with the reference Boolean ... |
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| Harvesting Ego-Network Data from Facebook: Using the CEMAP Facebook Profile in ORA |
02-Feb-2009 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen M Carley; Terrill L Frantz; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA INST OF SOFTWARE RESEARCH INTERNAT
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| The Facebook social networking site (www.facebook.com) has become a popular phenomenon over the past five years. By its nature, Facebook has attracted the attention of social network researchers and enthusiasts as a rich source of data for scholarly study or personal self-analysis. It is fitting that the CEMAP software-tool, hosted by the CASOS software suite, has functionality to aid in the harvesting of Facebook data into the CASOS software, in ... |
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| Entity Bases: Large-Scale Knowledgebases for Intelligence Data |
Feb-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Steven Minton; Craig Knoblock; Ching-Chien Chen; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINA DEL REY
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| This report describes new technology for rapidly integrating information from heterogeneous sources. First, we consider the problem of integrating records about entities harvested from multiple sources. We address this problem by developing the technology to build massive entity knowledgebases, which we call EntityBases. The key idea is to create a comprehensive knowledgebase for the entities of interest. In order to build such a knowledge base, we address the issues of ... |
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| Phoenix Architecture |
Feb-2009 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Hillman; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
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| This technical report documents the effort, known as Phoenix, that leveraged all of the existing AFRL expertise and knowledge of Information Management (IM), along with colleagues and customers, to define a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based IM solution that will have significant meaning now and well into the foreseeable future. The goal was to define an abstract architecture which defines the concepts and interfaces necessary for an effective set of ... |
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| Synchronization of Unique Identifiers Across Security Domains |
Feb-2009 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Mark R Mittrick; Gary S Moss; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES DIR
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| The main thrust of the Global Force Management Data Initiative (GFM DI) is the standardization and exposure of force structure information across the Department of Defense (DOD) components. The GFM Community of Interest developed the GFM extensible markup language schema definition to facilitate the exchange of information between and within the DOD enterprise. To implement the GFM DI, each component must instantiate an Organizational Server (Org Server) that can provide ... |
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| Research in Evaluation Methods for Data Fusion-Capable Tactical Platforms and Distributed Multi-platform Systems in Electronic Warfare and Information-Warfare Related Missions |
Feb-2009 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
James Llinas; Christopher Bowman; Kedar Sambhoos; STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO CENTER FOR MULTISOURCE INFORMATION FUSION
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| We have shown that the design of a PE process for any multi-sensor or multi-aircraft fusion based system involves the design of a separate data fusion process involving association and estimation functions for PE purposes per se. Our publications to date have developed the theoretical and architectural groundings for this new PE process, and several case studies have been carried out to show sample implementations of the principles of this ... |
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| Idea: Trusted Emergency Management |
Feb 2009 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy E Levin; Cynthia E Irvine; Terry V Benzel; Thuy D Nguyen; Paul C Clark; Ganesha Bhaskara; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Through first-responder access to sensitive information for which they have not been pre-vetted, lives and property can be saved. We describe enhancements to a trusted emergency information management (EIM) system that securely allows for extraordinary access to sensitive information during a crisis. A major component of the architecture is the end-user device, the security of which is enhanced with processor-level encryption of memory. This paper introduces an approach to more ... |
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| Multiple Shape Models for Simultaneous Object Classification and Segmentation |
Feb 2009 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Federico Lecumberry; Alvaro Pardo; Guillermo Sapiro; MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS INST FOR MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
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| Shape models (SMs), capturing the common features of a set of training shapes, represent a new incoming object based on its projection onto the corresponding model. Given a set of learned SMs representing different objects, and an image with a new shape, this work introduces a joint classification segmentation framework with a twofold goal. First, to automatically select the SM that best represents the object, and second, to accurately segment ... |
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| Federal Information Security and Data Breach Notification Laws |
29-Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Gina Stevens; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The following report describes information security and data breach notification requirements included in the Privacy Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act, Office of Management and Budget Guidance, the Veterans Affairs Information Security Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Also included in this report is a brief summary of the Payment Card Industry Data ... |
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| Calculation of Entropy and Mutual Information for Sinusoids |
28-Jan-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Frank Bucholtz; Jonathan M Nichols; Joseph V Michalowicz; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH
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| In this work, an analytical expression is developed for the differential entropy of a sinusoid. The mutual information between two sinusoids with different amplitudes and phase is then derived using both continuous and discrete entropies. |
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| Index to FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine Reports: 1961 through 2008 |
Jan-2009 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
William E Collins; Michael E Wayda; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INST
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| An index to Federal Aviation Administration Office of Aerospace Medicine Reports (1964-2008) and Civil Aeromedical Institute Reports (1961-1963) is presented for those engaged in aviation medicine and related activities. The index lists all FAA aerospace medicine technical reports published from 1961 through 2008: chronologically, alphabetically by author, and alphabetically by subject. |
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| Whither Strategic Communication? A Survey of Current Proposals and Recommendations |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Christopher Paul; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| Countless studies, articles, and opinion pieces have announced that U.S. strategic communication and public diplomacy are in crisis and are inadequate to meet current demand. There is consensus that such capabilities are critical and that they need to be improved. This paper reviews contemporary thinking regarding the advancement of U.S. strategic communication, cataloging recent recommendations and identifying common themes and the frequency with which they are endorsed. Based on the ... |
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| Countering Internet Extremism |
Jan-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy L Thomas; FOREIGN MILITARY STUDIES OFFICE (ARMY) FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Unless the United States crafts a strategy that stymies long-term ideological radicalization among large numbers of Muslim youth, America's long war against terrorism is likely to be just that. Extremists' use of the Internet has developed rapidly since the Chechen-Russian conflict. Now they are more creative, and more importantly, more persuasive in their methods to recruit members, gain financial support, and provide proof of success. The extremists' task has been ... |
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| Evaluating The Impact Of Building Information Modeling (BIM) On Construction |
Jan-2009 |
224 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick C Suermann; FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE GRADUATE SCHOOL
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| This research assessed the impact of Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation on construction projects according to six primary key performance indicators (KPIs) commonly used in the construction industry as accepted metrics for assessing project performance. These include: quality control (rework), on-time completion, cost, safety (lost man-hours), dollars/unit (square feet) performed, and units (square feet) per man hour. In the first research phase, data was collected through a survey instrument intended ... |
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| Hierarchical Integrated Communication and Control |
Jan-2009 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Kristi A Morgansen; Tara Javidi; WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE
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| A fundamental challenge in designing networked control systems is that communication and control are not. in general, decoupled from each other. In order to address this challenge, the methods used in this project fundamentally integrated the tools, capabilities and constraints of both control theory and networking. The proposed solution enabled leveraging of existing seminal works in both fields. It also allowed for a cross-layer rethinking of the wireless networks for ... |
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| The Scenario Analysis Tool Suite: A User's Guide |
Jan-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Cigdem Dilek; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION (AUSTRALIA) JOINT OPERATIONS DIVISION
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| This document is a user guide for the software product, the Scenario Analysis Tool Suite (version 1.5). The tool suite implements several scenario analysis techniques, Morphological analysis, Field Anomaly Relaxation analysis, Battelle approach, Bayesian approach, as well as an extended approach of combining methods. Thus the tool provides the opportunity to compare these techniques using a specific strategic question and provides computer support for the new combined technique. |
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| Guidebook for Providing Economic Assistance at the Tactical Level During Stability Operations |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Keith Crane; Kayla M Williams; Sandra Reyna; Brooke S Lawson; S J Gayton; Jeffrey Martini; Jerry M Sollinger; Michelle Parker; Derek Eaton; Olga Oliker; Nora Bensahel; John L Nasir; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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| This guidebook is designed to help tactical and operational level commanders plan for economic issues in their areas of responsibility (AOR). It should help the reader better understand the economic forces at work in countries and regions emerging from conflict, and the activities and tasks that U.S. Army and other military personnel may take on as they provide support to economic and infrastructure development in conflict and post-conflict settings. The ... |
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| Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society |
Jan-2009 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE
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| This report provides a strategy to ensure that digital scientific data can be reliably preserved for maximum use in catalyzing progress in science and society. Empowered by an array of new digital technologies, science in the 21st century will be conducted in a fully digital world. In this world, the power of digital information to catalyze progress is limited only by the power of the human mind. Data are not ... |
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| Military Services Fitness Database: Development of a Computerized Physical Fitness and Weight Management Database for the U.S. Army |
Jan-2009 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Lolita Burrell; Hongmei Han; Tiffany M Stewart; Corby K Martin; H R Allen; Lori D Sigrist; Andrew J Young; Gaston P Bathalon; Donald A Williamson; Karl E Friedl; Donna Ryan; Van S Hubbard; ARMY RESEARCH INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NATICK MA
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) has mandated the development of a system to collect and manage data on the weight, percent body fat (%BF), and fitness of all military personnel. This project aimed to accomplish the following: (1) develop a computerized weight and fitness database to track individuals and Army units over time, allowing cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluations; and (2) test the computerized system for feasibility and integrity of data ... |
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| International Assessment of Research and Development in Simulation-Based Engineering and Science. Panel Report |
Jan-2009 |
426 pages |
| Authors:
George Karniadakis; Masanobu Shinozuka; Abhijit Deshmukh; Linda Petzold; Sharon C Glotzer; Sangtae Kim; Peter T Cummings; Martin Head-Gordon; Celeste Sagui; WORLD TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION CENTER INC BALTIMORE MD
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| This report assesses international research and development in the field of Simulation-Based Engineering and Science (SBE&S). SBE&S involves use of computer modeling and simulation to solve mathematical formulations of physical models of engineered and natural systems. A panel of experts reviewed and assessed the state of the art in SBE&S as well as levels of activity overseas in the broad thematic areas of life sciences and medicine, materials, and energy ... |
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| Global Interoperability Using Semantics, Standards, Science and Technology (GIS3T) |
Jan-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Jeff Waters; Marion G Ceruti; Brenda J Powers; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA
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| Global Interoperability Using Semantics, Standards, Science and Technology is a concept that is predicated on the assumption that the semantic integration, frameworks and standards that support information exchange, and advances in science and technology can enable information-systems interoperability for many diverse users. This paper recommends technologies and approaches for enabling interoperability across a wide spectrum of political, geographical, and organizational levels, e.g. coalition, federal, state, tribal, regional, non government, and ... |
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| Secure Computer Systems: Extensions to the Bell-La Padula Model |
Jan 2009 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
John R James; Frank Mabry; Kevin Huggins; Michael Miller; Thomas Cook; Florian Tamang; Sam Abbott-McCune; Howard Taylor; William J Adams; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY NETWORK SCIENCE CENTER (NSC)
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| This report provides a summary of initial results of a project investigating solutions to problems in flowing valued information among coalition partners. The research objectives of the Flowing Valued Information project include: (1) improving our capability to enable automated understanding of command intent and (2) improving our capability to provide automated support of a command decision to share information. Initial investigations have indicated a need to extend the mathematical foundations ... |
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| Developing a Process: Providing a Lessons Learned Storage Facility and a Collaborative Problem-Solving Environment for USASMDC/ARSTRAT |
Jan 2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Chris G Baker; Donald Kiingner; ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL
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| As we focus our attention on governance development and security issues, and we look at one particular country or region; we find Knowledge Management is at the core of modern day effective governance. Thus Knowledge Management impacts governmental agencies and their relationships with each other. The current situation: U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ ARSTRAT), like most governmental organizations, has an information management challenge. What ... |
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| How-To in Army Doctrine (Army Space Journal, 2009 Fall Edition) |
Jan 2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Rich Burks; Ken Loudner; ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND/ARMY FORCES STRATEGIC COMMAND HUNTSVILLE AL
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| Army doctrine is going through a much needed restructuring at the direction of GEN Martin E. Dempsey, Commanding General, U.S. Training and Doctrine Command. The objective of this effort is to clean up the current body of field manuals (FM), make doctrine development more timely, and the doctrine material more accessible to the user. The ultimate goal is to manage doctrine more effectively with the needs of the warfighter in ... |
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| A Delicate Balance. Portfolio Analysis and Management for Intelligence Information Dissemination Programs |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Eric Landree; Richard Silberglitt; Brian G Chow; Lance Sherry; Michael S Tseng; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This publication describes the application of the RAND Corporation's Portfolio Analysis and Management Method (PortMan) to the evaluation of the National Security Agency's (NSA) information dissemination program portfolio, which is managed by the NSA Information Sharing Services (ISS) division. RAND's PortMan method enables the data-driven analysis of project portfolios and provides a means to monitor the progress of potentially high-value projects. It also allows portfolio managers to monitor the impact ... |
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| Data Collection Methods. Semi-Structured Interviews and Focus Groups |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Margaret C Harrell; Melissa A Bradley; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The authors developed a short course of introductory qualitative research methods to help the lessons learned organizations in the police community improve their data collection techniques. This document provides an annotated version of the course material. It should be of interest to research professionals interested in qualitative research methods. This research was conducted within the Intelligence Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and ... |
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| Unsupervised Object Pose Classification from Short Video Sequences |
Jan 2009 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Liang Mei; Min Sun; Kevin M Carter; Hero; Alfred O III; Silvio Savarese; MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| We address the problem of recognizing the pose of an object category from video sequences capturing the object under small camera movements. This scenario is relevant in applications such as robotic object manipulation or autonomous navigation. We introduce a new algorithm where we model an object category as a collection of non parametric probability densities capturing appearance and geometrical variability within a small area of the viewing sphere for different ... |
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| Information and Communications Technology Industry, Industry Study, Spring 2009 |
Jan 2009 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| The U.S. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry is economically vibrant, competitively innovative, and a key contributor to U.S. economic productivity and national well-being. The U.S. is the global ICT leader but its position is being challenged by China and other countries. The convergence of ICT technologies and the everincreasing speed of information transfer are creating a connectedness that manifests itself through immediate, high-quality communication virtually anywhere on the globe. ... |
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| Implementing Information Assurance - Beyond Process |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Misty Piatek; James Newkirk; BOOZ-ALLEN AND HAMILTON INC JOHNSTON PA
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| Information Assurance (IA) has been around for decades and has finally obtained the attention it deserves. Ten years ago, the term IA was known only by small groups of security experts often labeled as 'paranoid' or 'rigid'. Today, IA is well-known by most individuals involved with Government contracts ranging from high-level executives to engineers of many disciplines. Many have sought information on IA processes through reading papers and attending briefings, ... |
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| Task Specific Simulations for Medical Training: Fidelity Requirements Compared with Levels of Care |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Beth H Pettitt; Jack Norfleet; C R Descheneaux; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND ORLANDO FL SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER
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| There are many virtual and constructive training systems that simulate injuries as well as degrading and improving patient conditions. Most of these systems use simplistic models to mimic the physiological response to the injuries and the response to treatment. For example, when modeling bleeding from a gunshot wound, many of the models are simply based on the amount of blood loss over time. An arbitrary time limit is often established ... |
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| Introducing Professional Writing Skills to Future Naval Officers: An Adjunct to NPS Distance Learning |
18-Dec-2008 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Brandon M Booher; Derek S Waisanen; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| Newly-minted naval officers will be judged by seniors on the merits of their writing skills. Required undergraduate English composition courses do not prepare officers to write the clear, well-organized correspondence required during active duty service. This project answers the following question: will written communication training provided to midshipmen prior to commissioning enable them to report to their first assignments with the written communication knowledge and skills to communicate their intentions ... |
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| Feasibility of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Item Unique Identification (IUID) in the Marine Corps Small Arms Weapons Tracking System |
04-Dec-2008 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Rico R Harris; Dale F Locklar; Luke R Wright; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The purpose of this MBA project is to determine how effective the use of RFID and IUID can be in Marine Corps armories based on operating procedures, support of key organizations within the Departments of the Navy and the Marine Corps, and current research. This project's first objective is to examine the involvement, progress and procedures of organizations that are involved in supporting and improving the Marine Corps' armory processes. ... |
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| War Without Borders: The Colombia-Ecuador Crisis of 2008 |
Dec-2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Gabriel Marcella; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| On March 1, 2008, the Colombian air force attacked the clandestine camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in a remote region of northeastern Ecuador, killing its leader, Ra l Reyes, and 24 other people. The FARC had been using Ecuadorean territory for years to rest and resupply. The attack was successful, but it detonated the worst crisis in Inter-American diplomacy of the last decade. For Colombia, the ... |
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| China's Electronic Long-Range Reconnaissance |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy L Thomas; FOREIGN MILITARY STUDIES OFFICE (ARMY) FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Since 2005, Chinese cyber attacks against U.S. systems have increased at an alarming rate. However, the term attack carries unwanted connotations; these unwarranted incursions are more likely reconnaissance missions to collect intelligence on U.S. military systems, to spot vulnerabilities or plant trap-doors or viruses in our systems, and to ensure that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has an immediate advantage in the event of war involving America and China. If ... |
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| Information Communication Technology, State building, and Globalization in the 21st Century: Regional Frameworks for Emerging State Assistance |
Dec-2008 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Justin Y Reese; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The U.S.-led effort to form transnational institutions and processes contributes to the decreasing relevance of the nation-state in relation to what has become known as globalization. Globalization has modified the essential role of the nation-state towards managing global flows of resource, capital, and populations rather than, as in the past, presiding over distinct national economies. The relationship between ICT and political stability is explored in order to determine the existence ... |
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| Introducing Professional Writing Skills to Future Naval Officers: An Adjunct to NPS Distance Learning |
Dec-2008 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Brandon M Booher; Derek S Waisanen; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Newly-minted naval officers will be judged by seniors on the merits of their writing skills. Required undergraduate English composition courses do not prepare officers to write clear, well-organized correspondence required during active duty service. This project answers the following question: will written communication training provided to midshipmen prior to commissioning enable them to report to their first assignments with the written communication knowledge and skills to communicate their intentions clearly ... |
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| Qualia: A Prescription for Developing a Quality Health Threat Assessment |
Dec-2008 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Beverly A Pritchett; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The 9/11 Commission Report called for consolidation of intelligence assets in order to unify the knowledge base of the intelligence community agencies. This concept gave rise to the fusion center as a place for the fusion of multiple information sources from local, state, and federal levels of government. Although the need for inclusion of health and medical information in fusion centers has been documented, relatively few have done so, and ... |
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| A Comparative Analysis of Wiki Discretionary Access Control in a CONOPS Environment |
Dec-2008 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Frederick L Crawford; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This research conducts a comparative analysis of discretionary access controls of current wikis by experimenting with their discretionary access controls and functionality, comparing the wiki software cost of implementation, and comparing the scalability for possible enterprise use. Most importantly, the author will analyze wikis discretionary access control capabilities and suitability in regards to which wiki will be more beneficial in a particular CONOPS. The derivation of the author's thesis focuses ... |
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| Lateral Coordination of Interdependent U.S. Army Information Tasks |
Dec-2008 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Bren Workman; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether the U.S. Army is adequately prepared or organizationally structured at the operational and tactical levels of warfare and command to execute synchronous information operations in light of recent doctrinal changes. Implementation of the new Army Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations, will significantly affect the conduct of information and influence operations in the U.S. Army at the operational and tactical levels of ... |
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| Connecting Our Nation's Crisis Information Management Systems |
Dec-2008 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Voss; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Many states and localities have implemented Crisis Information Management Systems (CIMS) to integrate situational awareness, notification and disaster assessment tools utilized in Emergency Operation Centers (EOC)s and to eliminate separate stovepipe communications. In February 2004, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the deployment of the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) as the primary means for all jurisdictions and levels of government to share information. The system is redundant with ... |
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| Integration of Information Operations in Combat |
Dec-2008 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Quick; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the U.S. military is fully integrating information operations in combat operations. Using the organizational theories of Henry Mintzberg and the work of Richard Daft as one frame of reference, and the information theories of Claude Shannon, John Diebold, and Martin Libicki as the second frame of reference, this thesis produced testable propositions to determine which theory had a greater ability to ... |
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| Coalition Information Interoperability (Interoperabilite d'informations de coalition) |
Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| This report provides a general and high level description of the activities of NATO RTO IST-028/RTG-010, Task Group on Coalition Information Interoperability. The main objectives of the TG were to identify major needs and potential technical solutions to provide information interoperability across NATO coalitions, and with other Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). The work developed along two related but distinct lines, firstly investigating the potential value of ontologies for describing military situations, ... |
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| CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 21, Number 12 |
Dec-2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Sandy Schwalb; Walt Lipke; George Jackelen; Quentin W Fleming; Joel M Koppelman; Karen McRitchie; Kasey Thompson; Joseph P Avery; Rick Spiewak; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER HILL AFB UT
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| Data drives decisions. This statement may sound too simplistic, but the truth remains that humans need, crave, and desire data. Data is used in nearly every choice we make, from the most mundane decisions such as where to dine to the selection of a fabric softener. Data inundation and analysis paralysis are real dangers due to the ease of access and abundance of information. Additionally, the mobility of personal computing ... |
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| KMAPPER - An Automated Knowledge Assets Discovery Application in Support of the Armed Forces |
Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
Regine Lecocq; Alexandre B Guyard; Marc-Andre Morin; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| This paper presents a newly developed knowledge mapping (k-mapping) application called KMapper along with its underlying multidimensional approach. The KMapper, as a network science technology, is an automated application allowing the discovery, identification, localization, access and support for the exploitation of KAs by the Commander and the Soldier. Subsequently to presenting the concept of k-mapping in general, we describe the foundations for the KMapper developed by DRDC Valcartier. We then ... |
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| Self-Adaptive Dissemination of Critical Data in Dynamic Wireless Networks |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
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Jose-Luis Sagripanti; David Dorsey; Bjorn J Carandang; Moshe Kam; Chris Gaughan; DREXEL UNIV PHILADELPHIA PA
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| The distribution of data in large-scale dynamic wireless networks presents a difficult problem for network designers due to node mobility, unreliable links, and traffic congestion. In this work, we propose a framework for adaptive data dissemination protocols suitable for distributing data in large-scale dynamic networks without a central controlling entity. The framework consists of cooperating mobile agents and a reinforcement-learning component with value function approximation. A component for agent coordination ... |
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