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Towards Integration of Data for unBiased Intelligence and Trust (TID-BIT)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8750-12-C-0121
Agency Tracking Number: O113-DR5-1132
Amount: $150,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: OSD11-DR5
Solicitation Number: 2011.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2012
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2012-04-18
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
12 Gill Street Suite 1400
Woburn, MA -
United States
DUNS: 967259946
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jennifer Roberts
 Research Scientist
 (781) 496-2404
 jroberts@aptima.com
Business Contact
 Thomas Mckenna
Title: Chiefi Financial Officer
Phone: (781) 496-2443
Email: mckenna@aptima.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

To expedite intelligence collection process, analysts reuse previously collected data. This poses the risk of analysis failure, because these data are biased in ways that the analyst may not know. Thus, these data may be incomplete, inconsistent or incorrect, have structural gaps and limitations, or simply be too old to accurately represent the current state of the world. We propose the Towards Integration of Data for unBiased Intelligence and Trust (TID-BIT) system for characterizing the sources of error and bias specific to human-generated intelligence. TID-BIT will implement a novel Hierarchical Bayesian Model for high-level situation modeling, threat modeling, and threat prediction that allows the analyst to accurately reuse existing data collected for different intelligence requirements. By quantifying the reliability and credibility of human sources, TID-BIT will be able to estimate and account for uncertainty and bias that impact the high-level fusion process, resulting in improved situational awareness

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