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We propose to develop novel FPGA-based algorithmic technology that will enable unprecedented computational power for the solution of large sparse linear equation systems. In Phase I, we will develop a prototype of a non-von-Neumann linear equation solver equipped with our technology, and demonstrate an intermediate milestone for its operational speedup and performance gains using at least two of t ...

It is estimated that over 70% of supercomputing usage today is dedicated to solving large systems of linear equations, such as those at the core of DOE computational problems in fusion research, accelerator simulations, and astrophysics. This project will develop technology to provide unprecedented computational power to the solution of large, unstructured, dense and sparse linear equations. The ...

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are at the core of Air Force scientific priorities in air vehicle design. The goal of this STTR is to provide unprecedent computational power to the solution of large-scale PDE problems in 3D through the use of reconfigurable computing linear equation solvers based on iterative methods. The result of this research will be packaged in a system that, by the e ...

The primary focus of this investigation is to develop techniques to bring all the “parts” together by creating the models that comprise the cybercraft system and to investigate methods that support commanders in deploying cyber assets to achieve a specific mission task. This effort fills an important niche in the evolving concept of cybercraft.

This proposal describes an ontological approach for the development of the cybercraft concept. A methodology is presented to capture and define the cybercraft components, data, and interfaces. The methodology is used in a collaborative effort to ensure the knowledge capture process includes relevant players in the cybercraft community. A number of technological tools are proposed to assist in the ...

3 Sigma Research proposes an innovative approach to develop an enterprise-wide software solution to security classification re-grading that facilitates secure information assurance in a Global Information Grid (GIG) framework. Our Packaged ONtology Certificate (PONC) Investigation (PONC-I) explores the concept for an enterprise information architecture that makes use of a PONC to extend automated ...

This STTR phase II proposal addresses AFOSR's task to: "Develop seamless, easy to use, efficient code to calculate electronic wave functions and potential energy surfaces of molecules and predict kinetic rate constants for reactions a priori." This is a long-unsolved problem, fundamental to chemistry, where quantum chemical methods must be extremely accurate to yield reliable rate constants. Yet u ...

The aims and opportunities of Photo-Automatic-Linking for 3-D Facial-Imaging System(PALS-3D) are focused on innovative development, iterative evolving, and near-term fielding of modular inexpensive imaging systems that enable users to capture a person’s face in three dimensions(3-D) and identify the individual based on two dimensions(2-D) and/or 3-D baseline imagery using lightweight, low power, ...

Users of OneSAF are offered the potential to specify entity behaviors using a flowchart-based composer. However, that tool lacks utility because it is schematic instead of graphical, and does not foster intuitive understanding of temporal relationships. The goal of the proposed project is to simplify the behavior composing process, supplementing the composer architecture with a graphical interfa ...

The conceptual design of a novel, hypersonic electromagnetic launch system has been developed. Phase-1 assumed a 100-kg projectile leaving the launcher at 7,000 m/sec. The projectile is propelled and levitated by electromagnetic forces inside a tube filled with low pressure helium. A controlled acceleration profile, fully adjustable to the requirements of various missions, is used to reach 5000 ge ...