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Speech deception and voice "hijacking" techniques are now sophisticated beyond the ability of any single detection methodology. Deceptive speech detection requires an array of analysis tools to collectively provide an acceptable probability of detection. An effective Voice Authentication Monitoring System is envisioned as a "work bench" tool set to detect, analyze and assess speech deception. Deve ...

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THIS PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH PROJECT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW REGIONAL SEISMIC DISCRIMINANTS, DEVELOPA STATISTICAL METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING EVENTS, DEVELOP QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES FOR ALLOWING FOR EFFECTS OF NOISE AND REGIONAL PROPAGATION EFFECTS ON DISCRIMINANTS, AND TO STATISTICALLY ANALYZE THE DISCRIMINATION CAPABILITY OF THESE REGIONAL DISCRIMINANTS. THE LARGE DATABASE OFREGI ...

SMART MATERIALS OFFER EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES. SMART MATERIALS ARE A NEW CLASS OF MATERIALS, WHICH CONTAIN THEIR OWN INTERNAL SENSOR, ACTUATOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, ELEMENTS. THESE STRUCTURALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY INTEGRATED ELEMENTS GIVE THE MATERIAL THE CAPABILITY TO DETECT CHANGES IN ITS ENVIROMENT, CHANGE ITS STRUCTURAL, ELECTROMAGNETIC AND/OR CHEMICA ...

IMPROVED SPACECRAFT SHIELDING CAN BE REALIZED THROUGH CERAMIC AND ADVANCED ARMOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE MASS EFFICIENCY, THE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE COST BENEFIT OF SPACECRAFT SHIELDING WILL RESULT. OUR MATERIAL SELECTION, DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM WILL FURTHER THE STATE OF THE ART IN ADVANCED SPACECRAFT ARMORS. INT ...

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES A FIRST-PHASE PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTING AN ENVIRONMENT TO DESCRIBE, PROTOTYPE, AND MANAGE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES. KEY TOOLS OF THIS ENVIRONMENT INCLUDE SEMANTICALLY RICH GRAPHICAL EDITORS TO DESCRIBE PROCESSES AND AN INTERPRETER FOR PROCESS SIMULATION AND INTERACTIVE EVALUATION OF SCHEDULING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION AGAINST THE MODEL. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE BUILT ON PROT ...

THE GOAL OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY LOOKING TO THE FIERCE COMPETITION OF THE NEXT DECADE IS TO MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS (1) AT REDUCED COSTS, (2) WITH SHORTER LEAD TIMES, AND (3) AT A HIGHER QUALITY. COMPONENTS THAT WOULD ASSIST IN ACHIEVING THIS GOAL INCLUDE (1) AUTOMATED PROCESS PLANNING, (2) DESIGN RETRIEVAL, AND (3) PRODUCIBILITY/VALUE ANALYSIS. NEEDED TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS FOR EFFECTIVE COMPUTER- ...

CERAMICS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE DEFEAT OF A WIDE RANGE OF KINETIC ENERGY (KE) THREATS. HOWEVER, THE USE OF CERAMICS IN ARMORED VEHICLES HAS BEEN LIMITED DUE IN MOST PART TO THEIR HIGH COST. CERAMIC PARTICULATE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES (MMCS) PRODUCED BY PRESSURELESS LIQUID METAL INFILTRATION ARE INEXPENSIVE RELATIVE TO MONOLITHIC CERAMICS DUE TO THE LOWER COST OF THE ...

The goal of the proposed project is to develop a hybrid photonic inference machine to exploit the latent parallelism whic often underlines inferential or deductive processes. The resulting technology will not only serve to accelerate logical programs, but also other inferential processes involving search. In fact, a basic theme of artificial intelligence is that search is the foundation of intelli ...

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