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Phase I has proven that the current setup achieves better than 8mm spatial resolution for 2.2MeV prompt gammas. However, 1mm spatial resolution presents a significant challenge for the current setup due in part to limited timing resolution and count rate. A new analog ASIC will be developed to replace the current analog ASIC that will have better timing resolution and deliver higher count rates. I ...

Methods for interconversion between cell types (cellular reprogramming) are currently discovered through resource intensive trial and error. Experiments may test a multitude of transcription factors to identify correct combinations that influence cell fate. In addition, reprogramming approaches commonly use stem cell intermediates such as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are generated ...

Many demanding photonic applications require high-efficiency and high-speed photon counting. For these applications, superconducting nanowire photon detectors have capabilities that exceed those of conventional single-photon counting devices such as vacuum tubes and semiconductor devices. Comparatively, nanowire detectors exhibit higher infrared sensitivity, higher speed, lower intrinsic noise, an ...

We propose to design, build, and test a) a low-power instrumentation package for use on small Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, b) autonomous algorithms to detect, characterize, and locate natural and man-made objects on the sea floor, and c) simultaneous localization and navigation algorithms, for use along optimally designed paths, to produce extremely accurate environmental maps that will be used t ...

The discovery of textual information on digital media - emails, documents, messages, and the like - during tactical operations can provide evidence to the warfighter about possible future enemy operations, movements, or attacks. Unfortunately, the sheer volume of such information that may be discovered during tactical operations precludes extensive, on-site computational analysis. High throughput ...

Today, simulation systems capable of training a maneuver battalion require specially designed simulation centers with infrastructure that requires significant upfront planning, maintenance, and operational labor. This constrains the potential training opportunities, as there are few suitably equipped simulation centers and they are not geographically convenient to all potential trainees. Eliminati ...

The need for automation within the US Army’s intelligence collection processes is a well known problem. Intelligence teams do not have the tools to support dynamic battlefield situation management and prediction – two processes that are required for effective and efficient intelligence gathering. The Predictive OPFOR for Planning and Simulation (PROPS) system addresses this need by providing ...

Intelligence analysts are faced with the demanding tasks of identifying suspicious patterns in large volumes of complex, disparate information sources and predicting numerous possible outcomes based on perceived patterns. The challenge is in transforming information from these unstructured and massive collections into small and precise chunks suitable for reasoning. This effort will develop the Ad ...

Infrared counter-measures require a mid-infrared laser operating between 2-5 microns with time-averaged powers of 5W and more. Omni Sciences, Inc.'s (OSI's) Mid-Infra-Red FIber Laser (MIRFIL) will generate continuous light over the mid-IR, 2-5 microns, with time-averaged power scalable to more than 5W. The MIRFIL is a practical super-continuum (SC) source using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) la ...

THE PRESENT PROGRAM HAS THREE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES. THE FIRST IS TO CONSTRUCT A COMPUTER CONTROLLED VERSION OF A CONFIGURABLE OPTICAL SUPERCLASSIFIER THAT IS CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING A SYSTOLIC STREAM OF INPUT DATA. THE NEXT MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE BUS STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO FEED DATA INTO THE OPTICAL SUPERCLASSIFIER AT RATES THAT ARE CO ...