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SIFT will identify a set of linguistic events or strategies, occurring in on-line discourse and dialogues (such as email, tweets, blog discussions, etc.) that are expected to alter trust, affiliation, and/or regard on the recipients. The Brown and Levinson model suggests several of these such as "bullying", "buttering up", "discrediting", etc. A politeness-based linguistic analysis approach, augme ...

SIFT proposes to implement and validate GEMINI (Gestalt Mixed-Initiative Intelligence), a shared workspace for human-machine intelligence analysis that leverages human and machine cognitive strengths. Our Phase I prototype demonstrates the feasibility of the technology. GEMINIs information exploitation interface translates the users actions into structured knowledge and goals. It decomposes goa ...

This Phase I program sets out to capitalize on recent advances in epitaxial growth of -Ga2O3 which have the potential to significantly improve upon the performance of currently available power electronics devices. Specifically, -Ga2O3, offers fundamental properties such as its ability to withstand very large electric fields that suggest its use as a power electronics material will lead to device p ...

Cyber threats are increasing USAF simulator and training system sustainment costs and reducing available training time. Existing simulator architectures do not support rapid updating to incorporate new security features or address vulnerabilities. The Si

A Battlefield Air Operations (BAO) kit is a ruggedized, wearable command and control system for enhancing the Airmen ground and air tactical capabilities. For such a purpose, BAO should be explored with minimal manual complexity, simple, and time-effectiv

SIFT proposes Community of Measured Peers (COMPEER) an integrated collaboration environment that addresses the security and reputation requirements of the Intelligence Community (IC) for discovering new resources within isolated IC enclaves and on the Int

Fast Authentication for Tactical Interfaces (FATI) is a hardware/software approach to providing fast login to tactically deployed end user devices (EUDs) like the Battlefield Air Operations Kit. FATI provides multi-factor authentication that is more secu

During missions it is imperative to provide war fighters (such as a Joint Target Area Controller or JTAC) with the ability to confirm distant end communicators. These communicators could be other people or automated systems. If the remote communicator i

To more quickly analyze sensor and other data near the tactical edge, allowing faster reaction and ensuring mission success, the Air Force has expressed the need for an agile tactical cloud capable of in-mission data processing and storage. Architecture

SIFT, along with Drs. Julie Adams and Ramesh Sagili of Oregon State University (OSU), propose to develop Resilient Emergent Properties for Autonomous Agent InteRactions (REPAIR). Building upon recent innovative work in swarm control and optimization, and applying new observations of specific defensive and adaptive characteristics of honeybee colonies, REPAIR will provide biologically inspired meta ...