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Precision Information Environment for Collaborative Emergency Support (PIECES)

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Homeland Security 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
94754 		Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
1011078 		Solicitation Year:
2010 		Solicitation Topic Code:
H-SB10.1-003 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Charles River Analytics Inc.
625 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, MA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Precision Information Environment for Collaborative Emergency Support (PIECES)
Agency: DHS
Contract: D11PC20109
Award Amount: $749,968.00
 

Abstract:

Decision makers responding to homeland security incidents must rapidly integrate and manage dynamic, time-sensitive information from many heterogeneous and multimodal information sources. Responders access this information through numerous software applications, all while attempting to collaborate in real-time. Based on the results of our Phase I design effort, we propose to develop and evaluate a Precision Information Environment for Coordinated Emergency Support (PIECES). Four core components characterize our approach. First, we will streamline access to multiple information resources by building PIECES on a software framework that uses emerging DHS data standards to fuse heterogeneous information for presentation through a single access point. Second, we will develop advanced, human-centered, multimodal displays within a fully tailorable environment to support manipulation, understanding, and exploitation of correlated data sources via an integrated view. Third, we will support collaboration between teams of local and distributed responders by providing a work environment that allows teams to share and manipulate data sources in real-time despite significant differences in hardware capability. Fourth, we will leverage existing, in-house technology and other emerging and planned DHS systems to rapidly prototype software components. This will allow us to evaluate PIECES capabilities and demonstrate to relevant stakeholders in regional EOCs.

Principal Investigator:

Ryan M. Kilgore
6174913474
rkilgore@cra.com

Business Contact:

Mark S. Felix
6174913474
mfelix@cra.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Charles River Analytics Inc.
625 MOUNT AUBURN ST CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138

EIN/Tax ID: 042803764
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No