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Representing networks and complex associations, graphs are an important data structure within the Department of Defense.Applying graph analytics and mining to large data sets enables conducting operations, gathering intelligence, and defending the nations critical capabilities.Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are demonstrated to provide 10-1000X acceleration for graphs.Building analytics for GPUs ...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being used extensively by the military for operations in theatre, but they are largely remotely piloted.In particular, for smaller UAVs, added autonomy would make them much more useful.Current FAA regulations make commercial operation of UAVs very difficult and expensive, and a prerequisite for changing the status quo would be added autonomy.The development of s ...

Insuring the safety and control of littoral waters is problematic because of the difficulties of surveillance. The preferred methods of surveillance in the ocean are acoustic. In littoral waters, acoustic methods fail because noise from the surf and reflections from the shallow bottom convolute acoustic signatures beyond our capacity to discern them. Water absorbs light, reducing the effectiven ...

In phase I, Dot Metrics Technologies demonstrated the feasibility of a new method of introducing deep-green luminescent nanostructure into semiconductor materials for light-emitting device applications. The materials were used to fabricate and characterize preliminary optoelectronic device test structures. In phase II, Dot Metrics Technologies proposes to leverage these new materials and methods i ...

Power generation, power distribution and electric propulsion on ships and aerospace vehicles could be made smaller, lighter, more efficient, more versatile, and lower maintenance by operating these systems—partly or entirely—at cryogenic temperatures. Our goal is to demonstrate the advantages of cryogenic operation in regard to electronic components, specifically semiconductor devices (power d ...

Massive blood loss is the most common cause of death in potentially survivable battlefield casualties, yet no definitive medical innovations have been made for reducing these deaths in the past several decades. It is still highly impractical to carry large volumes of refrigerated blood into battle, and substantial research for developing blood substitutes and extending the durability and portabili ...

Conducting operations and defending the nations critical networks in cyberspace requires processing and analyzing massive quantities of graph data in near-real time.New approaches for high performance graph analytics and query are needed for cyber defense and operations at massive data scales. Scaling graphs is a hard problem.Due to non-locality, CPU-based solutions are limited bymain memory bandw ...