| The Need for NMCI (Navy Marine Corps Intranet) |
20 Feb 2009 |
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| Authors:
N Bukovac; MARINE CORPS WAR COLL QUANTICO VA
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 | The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) service contract was awarded on 6 October 2000 to Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), making NMCI the largest computer network in the world. Under the NMCI service contract, The service provider shall own and maintain all required desktop and network hardware and software, and provide all required IT services, including pier connectivity. Conceptually speaking, the NMCI contract was intended to centralize support so that ... |
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| An Investigation of Image Fusion Algorithms using a Visual Performance-based Image Evaluation Methodology |
Feb-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Kelly E Neriani; Alan R Pinkus; David W Dommett; GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION ENGINEERING SERVICES INC DAYTON OH
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 | It is believed that the fusion of multiple different images into a single image should be of great benefit to warfighters engaged in a search task. As such, more research has focused on the improvement of algorithms designed for image fusion. Many different fusion algorithms have already been developed; however, the majority of these algorithms have not been assessed in terms of their visual performance-enhancing effects using militarily relevant scenarios. ... |
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| DNS and Multilevel Secure Networks: Architectures and Recommendations |
Feb-2009 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Cynthia E Irvine; Paul C Clark; David J Shifflett; Timothy E Lavin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY STUDIES AND RESEARCH
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| The Domain Name System (DNS) protocol was introduced to solve a naming problem in TCP/IP networking, namely, to provide a translation service of system names to network addresses (i.e., Internet Protocol (IP) addresses). The protocol was not developed with a requirement to support multilevel secure (MLS) networks. However, the Department of Defense (DoD) vision for the Global Information Grid (GIG) entails support for multilevel networks. In the future, DNS installations ... |
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| Acquisition of the Air Force Second Generation Wireless Local Area Network |
16-Jan-2009 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| The overall audit objective was to review the acquisition of the Air Force Second Generation Wireless Local Area Network (2nd Gen). Specifically, we planned to determine whether the program achieved operational capabilities, contracts used to acquire the system supported those capabilities, and the program was implemented within information assurance capabilities. However, we identified material acquisition and contracting internal control weaknesses; therefore, we limited our scope to these areas for this ... |
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| Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry 2008 |
16-Jan-2009 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph O'Brien; Sara DeWitz; Timothy Deerr; John Parsons; Erika Souliere; DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE ALEXANDRIA VA COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICE
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| The Defense Security Service (DSS) is chartered to work in partnership with defense industry to protect critical technologies and information. An essential component of that effort is a requirement for defense contractors, who have access to classified material or Cleared Defense Contractors, to identify and report suspicious contacts and potential collection attempts, as outlined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). DSS publishes this annual report based on ... |
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| An Ethical Governor for Constraining Lethal Action in an Autonomous System |
Jan-2009 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick Ulam; Ronald C Arkin; Brittany Duncan; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA MOBILE ROBOT LAB
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| The design, prototype implementation, and demonstration of an ethical governor capable of restricting lethal action of an autonomous system in a manner consistent with the Laws of War and Rules of Engagement is presented. |
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| Joint Airspace Management and Deconfliction (JASMAD) |
Jan-2009 |
60 pages |
| Authors:
John Hitchings; DiLego; Francis A Jr; Chad Salisbury; Henry X Simmons; Joshua Sterling; Jialing Cai; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
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| Numerous Lessons Learned documents from Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Hurricane Katrina have detailed the need for more timely and effective airspace coordination during planning and execution phases. Better coordination between components, agencies, and allies has the potential to reduce fratricide and promote air safety. The Joint Airspace Management and Deconfliction (JASMAD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) is an effort by the Air Force Research Laboratory to address these ... |
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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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| Maritime Domain Awareness Architecture Management Hub Plan, Version 1.2 |
Jan-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF NAVY WASHINGTON DC CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
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| This document provides an initial high-level plan for carrying out the responsibilities of the national Maritime Domain Awareness Architecture Management Hub to deliver a standards-based service oriented architecture that will align MDA capabilities. It outlines key goals of the MDA Architecture Management Hub and how the hub will build on previous, current, and emerging information sharing initiatives. A discussion of necessary governance in the context of the MDA Architecture Management ... |
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| Frameworks and Tools for High-Confidence Design of Adaptive, Distributed Embedded Control Systems. Multi-University Research Initiative on High-Confidence Design for Distributed Embedded Systems |
Jan-2009 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Edmund Clarke; Edward Lee; Bruce Krogh; Stephen Boyd; J Sztipanovits; G Karsai; C Tomlin; S Sastry; VANDERBILT UNIV NASHVILLE TN INST FOR SOFTWARE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
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| This project aims to develop a comprehensive approach to the model-based design of high-confidence distributed embedded systems. We will take advantage and fully leverage a shared theoretical foundation and technology infrastructure in four focus areas: hybrid and embedded systems theory, model-based software design, composable tool architectures and experimental testbeds. The objectives of our research in the focus areas are the following: (1) Develop theory of deep composition of hybrid systems ... |
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| Secure Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) Supporting NEC (Architecture orientee service (soa) gerant la NEC) |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Michael Schmeing; Dominique Georgel; Ole-Erik Hedenstad; Marc Slimani; Jean-Yves Savery; Rolf Rasmussen; Marek Malowitzki; Raymond Haakseth; Anders Eggen; Peter-Paul Meiler; NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| This report describes the work of NATO/RTO IST-061 RTG-027 on Secure Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) Supporting Network Enabled Capabilities. The primary focus of this work has been the creation of a demonstrator for tactical data communication in a combined and joint scenario. In this scenario, Service Oriented Architecture technologies have been used to exchange information such as sensor data among different units belonging to different nations. The report explains how ... |
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| Bullets and Blogs: New Media and the Warfighter |
Jan-2009 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Deirdre Collings; Rafal Rohozinski; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| For the U.S. military, new media and the Global Information Environment (GIE) present sustained challenges and opportunities. In recent years, new adversaries -- armed with new media capabilities and an information-led warfighting strategy -- have proven themselves capable of stopping the most powerful militaries in the world. The current and future geo-strategic environment requires preparation for a battlespace in which symbolic informational wins may precipitate strategic effects equivalent to, or ... |
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| Co-Scheduling of Disk Head Time in Cluster-Based Storage |
Jan 2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew Wachs; Gregory R Ganger; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA PARALLEL DATA LABORATORY
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| Disk timeslicing is a promising technique for storage performance insulation. To work with cluster-based storage, however, timeslices associated with striped data must be co-scheduled on the corresponding servers. This paper describes algorithms for determining global timeslice schedules and mechanisms for coordinating the independent server activities. Experiments with a prototype show that, combined, they can provide performance insulation for workloads sharing a storage cluster-- each workload realizes a configured minimum efficiency ... |
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| United States Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC) Integrated Technologies Evolving to Meet New Challenges - A Study in Cross Command Collaboration |
Jan 2009 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
John W Diem; Jimmie S Smith; Lori A Butler; ARMY OPERATIONAL TEST COMMAND FORT HOOD TX
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| The United States Army Operational Test Command (USAOTC) conducts, under US Title 10, the operational testing of equipment, systems and system of systems destined for the troops in the field. Operational testing is accomplished by creating a relevant and operational realistic environment in which soldiers and leaders employ systems under test. Increasingly, this environment can only be created by employing the entire span of test support technologies -- modeling, simulation, ... |
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| Steering a Time Scale |
01-Dec-2008 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Judah Levine; NATIONAL INST OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY BOULDER CO TIME AND FREQUENCY DIV
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| A time scale is a procedure for combining the data from an ensemble of clocks or frequency standards. The input data to the ensemble algorithm are generally the time (or frequency) differences between each of the members and the reference device for the system. Therefore, the overall time and frequency of the ensemble are free parameters and must be continuously adjusted using external data and a steering algorithm. In addition, ... |
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| Web Services Integration on the Fly |
Dec-2008 |
214 pages |
| Authors:
Hoe W Leong; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In a net-centric environment, data, tools and people operate in a distributed network. A key research question is whether a software framework can become so usable and intelligent that integration of web services can be done on-the-fly as self-integration. Given data, software agents and supporting software infrastructure, web services integration on the fly means that human coding is not required to integrate web services into a Web Service Architecture. This ... |
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| An Analysis of Organizational Readiness at Anniston Army Depot for Information Technology Change |
Dec-2008 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Jermaine A Hailey; Frederick D Higgs; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this MBA Project is to assess the change readiness of Anniston Army Depot's (ANAD) organizational climate especially now as the Depot prepares for large-scale Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) information technologies (IT) change. ANAD is a highly important division of the United States Army Materiel Command (AMC) and is the Army's designated Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for a variety of combat vehicles, artillery equipment, bridging ... |
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| An Analysis of Collaborative Technology Advancements Achieved through the Center for Network Innovation and Experimentation |
Dec-2008 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Eric L Quarles; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The primary focus of this thesis is to produce an analysis of collaborative technology advancements experienced through the experimental cycles which the members of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Network Innovation and Experimentation (CENETIX) participate. These experiments, which include Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) and Tactical Network Topology (TNT) scenarios, have advanced a great deal since their inception and there is a need for a detailed study into which changes ... |
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| The Potential Transformative Impact of Web 2.0 Technology on the Intelligence Community |
Dec-2008 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Adrienne Werner; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Web 2.0 technologies can transform and improve interagency collaboration in the Intelligence Community in many of the same ways that have marked their use through the internet in the public domain and private industry. The potential for success is illustrated in the early stages of ODNI's implementation of the Analytical Transformation program within the sixteen agencies across the Intelligence Community. Intelligence analysts have already seen an impact in their ability ... |
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| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Network Archive (DNA) |
Dec-2008 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
B Flepp; NET-SCALE TECHNOLOGIES INC MORGANVILLE NJ
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| The purpose of this project is to gain practical experience with designing and implementing a secure distributed storage system. In particular, this project investigated the various relevant topics. We sought to identify the hard problems in combining usability with security. Typically ease of use, convenience, any time anywhere access and security are contradicting requirements. We sought to understand how this is best approached. Further we endeavor to understand whether today's ... |
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| A Discovery Process for Initializing Ad Hoc Underwater Acoustic Networks |
Dec-2008 |
115 pages |
| Authors:
Chee W Ong; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Seaweb is an underwater acoustic wide-area network connecting autonomous, distributed nodes. Prior iterations of Seaweb relied on operator intervention to initialize and manually configure the network routes. This thesis implements a network discovery process that enables a field of spontaneously deployed, ad hoc nodes to auto-configure for networking purposes. Network routing is initialized as nodes in the network are discovered, with routes chosen according to comparative evaluation of a cost ... |
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| Testbed Implementation of Loop-Free Soft Handoff in Wireless Battlefield Networks |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Ibrahim Hoekelek; Selcuk Cevher; Mariusz A Fecko; Provin Gurung; Sunil Samtani; Zhensbeng Zhang; Aristides Staikos; Jeffrey Bowcock; TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC PISCATAWAY NJ
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| A fundamental challenge in wireless mobile battlefield networks (WMBNs) is frequent occurrence of wireless link congestion and failures due to blockage, mobility, interference, etc. In case of a link or node failure, the end-to-end session will be disrupted until the underlying routing protocol converges to its new path. We propose an innovative distributed architecture for a seamless multi-layer soft handoff protocol in WMBNs to provide the sub-second convergence in case ... |
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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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| Defense Graphs and Enterprise Architecture for Information Assurance Analysis |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Ulrik Franke; Teodor Sommestad; Mathias Ekstedt; Pontus Johnson; ROYAL INST OF TECH STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
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| The JQRR metrics for Information Assurance (IA) and Computer Network Defense (CND) are combined with a framework based on defense graphs. This enables the use of architectural models for rational decision making, based on the mathematical rigor of extended influence diagrams. A sample abstract model is provided, along with a simple example of its usage to assess access control vulnerability. With the advent of Network Centric Warfare, Information Assurance (IA) ... |
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| Sniper Localization for Asynchronous Sensors |
Dec-2008 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Thyagaraju Damarla; Gene Whipps; Lance Kaplan; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| This paper describes a novel sniper localization method for a network of sensors. This approach relies only on the time difference of arrival (TDOA) between the muzzle , and shock wave from multiple singlesensor nodes, relaxing the need for precise time synchronization across the network. This method is best suited where an array of sensors, on a per-node basis, is not feasible. We provide results from data collected in a ... |
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| Database for TA (PL) and UTC (PL) |
Dec-2008 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
M Marszalec; A Czubla; D Nerkowski; NATIONAL INST OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS WARSAW (POLAND)
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| Since the early years of this decade, the set of Polish metrology and science laboratories have been organized in a group for the local independent ensemble atomic timescale TA (PL). From the beginning, Lithuania (SPI) has participated in the calculations. This year, the laboratory in Latvia (LNMC) also joined our group. The number of standards which form our timescale have changed from 7 to about 15. In 2004, the National ... |
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| Dynamic Network Change Detection |
Dec-2008 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Ian McCulloh; Kathleen M Carley; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY
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| Network data provides valuable insight into understanding complex organizations by modeling relational dependence between network agents. Detecting subtle changes in organizational behavior can alert analysts before the change significantly impacts the larger group. Statistical process control is applied to dynamic network measures of longitudinal data to quickly detect organizational change. The performance of 10 network measures and three algorithms are evaluated on simulated data. One of the algorithms and one ... |
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| Knowledge Management for Distributed Tracking |
Nov-2008 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Marion G Ceruti; Tedd L Wright; David J Swanson; Scott C McGirr; Dwight R Wilcox; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| Modeling and simulation, intelligent software agents, and other technologies can support network-centric distributed tracking. These technologies came together in the Knowledge Management for Distributed Tracking (KMDT) research and development program to improve naval command, control, and decision support. The program's approach is based on the use of simulated data from sensor and motion models, intelligent software agents, integrated sensor ontology, and a line-of-bearing cross-fix algorithm. Modeling and simulation was used ... |
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| Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 21, Number 11 |
Nov-2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
John Colombi; William B Anderson; Shamlan Siddiqi; Chuck W Turner; Brannen C Cohee; Jo A Lane; George Jr; Rebovich; Judith S Dahmann; Kristin Baldwin; Nanette Patton; Philip Boxer; George Webb; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER HILL AFB UT
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| As the Acting Director of Software and Systems Engineering in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology), I occupy a uniquely advantageous position to witness the challenges that interoperability imposes on the engineering community. In particular, I have observed that very distinct cultures distinguish the software engineering and systems engineering communities and the subtle differences in their perspectives, and how these have undermined the DoD's ... |
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| TREC 2008 at the University at Buffalo: Legal and Blog Track |
Nov 2008 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Jianqiang Wang; Ying Sun; Omar Mukhtar; Rohini Srihari; STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO DEPT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
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| In the TREC 2008, the team from the State University of New York at Buffalo participated in the Legal track and the Blog track. For the Legal track, we worked on the interactive search task using the Web-based Legacy Tobacco Document Library Boolean search system. Our experiment achieved reasonable precision but suffered significantly from low recall. These results, together with the appealing and adjudication results, suggest that the concept of ... |
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| Fact or Fiction: Internet Surveillance and Reconnaissance Cell |
31-Oct-2008 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Erin M Anderson; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| In today's society, cyberspace is at the heart of daily living and is both a gift and a burden. The United States is taking measures to ensure that cyberspace continues to be a gift to the population. However, those measures can be a burden on those implementing them if the underlying command and control is immature or complex. The Department of Defense (DOD) has taken a proactive approach to viewing ... |
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| Words Mean Things: The Case for Information System Attack and Control System Attack |
31-Oct-2008 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Mark J Matsushima; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| War fighters in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) need a more precise, focused lexicon and a common understanding of cyberspace-related terminology; the term Computer Network Attack (CNA) is too broad. DoD should incorporate two new terms into the DoD information operations (IO) lexicon as CNA subcategories: Information Systems Attack (ISA) and Control Systems Attack (CSA). Use of these two new terms will help the joint force commander (JFC) and ... |
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| The Department of Defense Must Combat Cyber Terrorism with Cyber Attacks |
20-Oct-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
P A Snyder; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| U.S. and Allied critical infrastructure assets are exploited daily by terrorist actors from around the world. Terrorists use the Internet to plan attacks, train recruits, gain political support, and finance their operations. To prevent terrorist cyberattacks, new strategies must be employed against terrorist organization members, their assets, and their competencies. These strategies must degrade terrorists' ability to wage both information and kinetic warfare against the United States and its Allies. ... |
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| DoD Business Mission Area Service-Oriented Architecture to Support Business Transformation |
01-Oct-2008 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis E Wisnosky; Dimitry Feldshteyn; Wil Mancuso; Al E Gough; Eric J Riutort; Paul Strassman; OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
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| The DoD is perhaps the largest and most complex organization in the world, employing nearly 1.4 million people and holding approximately $1.4 trillion in assets. IT spending for business support activities in the DoD BMA-funds to operate, maintain, and modernize business systems-comprise $15.7 billion of annual DoD IT spending, roughly equal to the rest of the federal government. |
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| Distributed Planning in a Mixed-Initiative Environment: Collaborative Technologies for Network Centric Operations |
Oct-2008 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph A Carozzoni; Chad C DeStefano; Kurt K Lachevet; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY INFORMATION DIRECTORATE
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| The USAF Command and Control (C2) is undergoing a transformation to enable a full-spectrum, joint warfighting capability. To be able to meet the future challenge of employing forces anywhere in the world in support of national security objectives, the USAF requires a highly synchronized, distributed planning and re-planning capability that is flexible to adapt to any level of conflict. This paper describes an in-house program underway at the USAF Research ... |
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| Innovative GIS and Information Technologies Supporting Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites |
Oct-2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Foley; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR
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| Demonstration of Innovative GIS and Information Technologies for Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites documents the development and use of Geographic Information Systems and Information Technologies for the management, analysis and communication of data for Wide Area Assessment surveys. Funding for this project was provided by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Office. This project offered the opportunity to develop and standardize procedures to manage, manipulate, process and visualize the ... |
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| Acquisition of the B-1 Fully Integrated Data Link |
22-Sep-2008 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Richard B Jolliffe; Michael Y Kwan; Tracey E Dismukes; Celia J Harrigan; James A Hoyt; Kevin W Klein; Bruce A Burton; Meredith H Johnson; John E Meling; Jennifer M Haake; OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AUDITING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| The audit objective was to evaluate the overall management of the Air Force B-1 Fully Integrated Data Link (FIDL) Program. Because the program is in the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase, we determined whether management was effectively preparing the program for the low-rate initial production (LRIP) phase of the acquisition process. We also evaluated the internal controls as they related to the audit objectives. Appendix B provides a glossary ... |
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| Handling Massive Models: Representation, Real-Time Display and Interaction |
16-Sep-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Dinesh Manocha; Ming C Lin; NORTH CAROLINA UNIV AT CHAPEL HILL
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| We propose to address some fundamental research issues in handling and visualizing massive models, composed of millions of primitives. These include efficient representations, interactive display and real-time interaction. These models arise in many applications, including computer-aided design, simulation-based design, lethality and vulnerability analysis, medical simulation, surgical training and scientific visualization. Our goal is to develop efficient algorithms and systems, and demonstrate their performance on massive environments composed of millions of ... |
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| Baiting Inside Attackers using Decoy Documents |
16-Sep-2008 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Shlomo Hershkop; Salvatore J Stolfo; Angelos D Keromytis; Brian M Bowen; COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK OFFICE OF PROJECTS AND GRANTS
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| The insider threat remains one of the most vexing problems in computer security. A number of approaches have been proposed to detect nefarious insider actions including user modeling and profiling techniques, policy and access enforcement techniques, and misuse detection. In this work we propose trap-based defense mechanisms for the case where insiders attempt to exfiltrate and use sensitive information. Our goal is to confuse and confound the attacker requiring far ... |
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| DOD Systems Modernization: Maintaining Effective Communication Is Needed to Help Ensure the Army's Successful Deployment of the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System |
08-Sep-2008 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Brenda S Farrell; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD has taken some recent steps to improve communications with the Army about DIMHRS's capabilities in an effort to better prepare the Army for deployment of the system in March 2009. However, Army officials still have some concerns about the extent to which Army requirements are being incorporated into DIMHRS. In addition, DOD has not established a clear, well-defined process for maintaining effective communications to better prepare the Army to ... |
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| The Common MANET Framework |
01-Sep-2008 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory Frazier; BAE SYSTEMS NATIONAL SECURITY SOLUTION INC BURLINGTON MA
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| This effort researched, developed and demonstrated a Common Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (MANET) framework (CMF) to provide a uniform abstraction for wireless discovery, communication, and routing of network traffic over heterogeneous transmission technologies. The application program interface (API) supports the development of MANET-appropriate Internet Protocol (IP)- based applications and also provides observability and controlability interfaces to the CMF. The research uses two complementary algorithms: one uses application behavior to identify initial ... |
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| CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 21, Number 9 |
01-Sep-2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Steve Cook; Karen M Goertzel; Michael Atighetchi; Partha Pal; Michael Howard; John Morley; Peter H Feiler; Joergen Hansson; Walter Chang; Calvin Lin; Corey P Cunha; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER HILL AFB UT
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| CONTENTS: 1) Securing Legacy C Applications Using Dynamic Data Flow Analysis by Steve Cook, Dr. Calvin Lin, and Walter Chang: Describes an extensible, compiler-based system to ensure that C programs enforce a wide variety of user-defined security policies with a minimum of runtime overhead and disruption to development processes. 2) Building Secure Systems Using Model-Based Engineering and Architectural Models by Dr. Joergen Hansson, Dr. Peter H. Feiler, and John Morley: ... |
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| Architecting a Net-Centric Operations System of Systems for Multi-Domain Awareness |
01-Sep-2008 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Keith L Ruegger; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Maritime domain awareness (MDA) entails knowing what is happening in the oceans and waterways that could affect the security or environment of the United States. With a focus on potential attack vessels (PAV) as threats in the maritime domain, a multidomain system of systems (SoS) is needed to exploit and integrate information from multiple sources, including sensors, databases, and intelligence, to provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and information used in the formulation ... |
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| The Next Step to Creating a More Efficient Form of Paperless Contracting |
01-Sep-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Gerald L Sweet; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this project is to explore the early years of paper-based procurement and chart the progression to paperless contracting. This will be followed by the Department of Defense's next step to further improve procurement software and user interfaces. This will be contrasted against the Army's further refinement of their enterprise system that only removes the paper from an otherwise archaic procurement system. The author, a contracting officer whose ... |
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| A Conceptual Framework for Tactical Private Satellite Networks |
01-Sep-2008 |
207 pages |
| Authors:
Brian H Conrad; Ioannis Tzanos; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this research is three-fold. First is to examine the current state of military satellite communications and to analyze current trends in the commercial satellite communications market that support military Command and Control, as well as facilitate network operations. Second is the operational implementation of such private satellite networks within the context of Net Centric Operations, as well as within the context of a coalition environment. Third, this ... |
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| Conversation Thread Extraction and Topic Detection in Text-Based Chat |
01-Sep-2008 |
191 pages |
| Authors:
Paige H Adams; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Text-based chat systems are widely used within the Department of Defense, but the standard systems available do not provide robust capabilities for search, information retrieval, or information assurance. The objective of this research is to explore methods for the extraction of conversation threads from text-based chat systems in order to enable such tasks. As part of the research, we manually annotated over 20,000 Internet Relay Chat posts with conversation thread ... |
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| Enhanced Detection of Orthogonal Radar Waveforms Using Time-Frequency and Bi-Frequency Signal Processing Techniques |
01-Sep-2008 |
135 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick B Kistner; David M Crescitelli; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis investigates the periodic autocorrelation function (PACF) and periodic ambiguity function (PAF) for orthogonal continuous waveform (CW) modulations used in netted low probability of intercept (LPI) radar. Three orthogonal polyphase sequences and one frequency coding sequence are examined and their PACF and PAF characteristics are quantified. The Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD) and quadrature mirror filter bank (QMFB) time-frequency signal processing techniques and the cyclostationary bi-frequency technique (often used in non-cooperative ... |
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| The Hydrographic Survey Meta Database |
Sep-2008 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel E Neumann; NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION/NESDIS SILVER SPRING MD
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| In 2005, the design and future considerations of this Hydrographic Survey Metadata Data Base (HSMDB) were presented at the Marine Technology Society Proceedings. This paper will provide an update. The HSMDB now offers a user interface to previously unavailable hydrographic survey data, data products and metadata conveniently and freely over the internet. The product descriptive report images alone have had over 90,000 hits over the last year. Moreover, over 1,500 ... |
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| Improved Channel Allocation for Multicarrier CDMA with Adaptive Frequency Hopping and Multiuser Detection |
29-Aug-2008 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Alexandra Duel-Hallen; Tao Jia; NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV AT RALEIGH OFFICE OF CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
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| Multicarrier code-division multiple access (MC-CDMA) system with adaptive frequency hopping (AFH) has attracted attention of researchers due to its excellent spectral efficiency. A suboptimal water-filling (WF) channel allocation algorithm was previously proposed for the reverse link of this system. To overcome the limitations of the WF algorithm in the presence of fading-induced near-far problem, a new allocation algorithm is proposed and demonstrated to improve performance when the conventional matched filter ... |
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| Interim Report on Iraq Reconstruction Contract Terminations |
28 AUG 2008 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
David R. Warren; Shawn Kline; Richard McVay; Dan Haigler; Ziag Buhaissi; OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ARLINGTON VA SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
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| Rebuilding Iraq is a U.S. national security and foreign policy priority, and constitutes the largest U.S. assistance program since World War II. Since the beginning of Iraq reconstruction activities in 2003, approximately $42.23 billion has been appropriated for Iraq reconstruction activities and, as of January 2008, approximately $35.30 billion of this amount has been obligated, much of it under contractual arrangements. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) has ... |
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