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ALGORITHMS FOR PARALLEL COMPUTERS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 9190
Amount: $49,996.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
760 Las Posas Rd - Ste A-4
Camarillo, CA 93010
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 EDWIN M WINTER
 (805) 987-1972
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Abstract

THE TECHNOLOGY OF INFRARED AND OPTICAL SURVEILLANCE IS AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING. INCREASED SENSITIVITY AND GREATER COVERAGE HAS GREATLY MAGNIFIED THE OVERALL PROCESSING PROBLEM. TRA WITH MRJ PROPOSES TO UTILIZE A STATE-OF-THE-ART PARALLEL PROCESSOR, THE CONNECTION MACHINE, TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE ALGORITHMS FOR TARGET DETECTION. TRA AND MRJ FEEL THAT THE APPLICATION OF PARALLEL PROCESSING TO THIS PROBLEM WILL OPEN NEW AVENUES FOR SOLVING THIS COMPUTATIONALLY INTENSE PROBLEM. ALGORITHMS WILL BE EVALUATED ON HICAMP DATA ON THE CONNECTION MACHINE AND COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL PROCESSOR IMPLEMENTATIONS.

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