ADA CTA
Advanced Decision Architectures
Collaborative Technology Alliance
Final RMB Meeting and Workshop:
Supporting the Soldier Decision Maker
Welcome
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• The bi-annual Research Management
Board Meeting is a time for planning
• The ADA CTA research will continue
through 1QFY10, pending receipt of funds
1 years
• Our charge over the next 2 days is to look
at the research and continue the
transition…
Laurel Allender, Collaborative Alliance Manager, and
Sue Archer, Consortium Program Manager
Parking
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Social
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ADA Social
Departure from the Gangplank Marina is
6:00 PM Sharp.
Attire
Business casual recommended. Odyssey
does not allow jeans, shorts, tank tops,
halter-tops, gym shoes or flip-flops on any
cruise.
Directions
From the Alion Building:
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Return to the Metro Station across the street.
Take the Green line towards Greenbelt.
Travel one stop
Exit at the Waterfront SEU Station.
Turn Right on M ST, which turns into Maine Ave.
Turn Left onto 6th.
Odyssey is located at Gangplank Marina, 6th
and Water Street.
For parking, turn into the Gangplank Lot off of
Water Street.
POC – Cathi Brents (303)960-5748
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Agenda
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
0800 – 0830 Registration
0830 – 0845 Meeting Opening
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Dr. Laurel Allender, Advanced Decision Architectures Collaborative Technology Alliance Consortium
Alliance Manager
0845 – 0915 Welcome
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Mr. John Miller, Director, Army Research Laboratory
0915 – 1030 Collecting, processing, and distributing battlefield information: Part I
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Kathleen Carley, Carnegie Mellon University Dynamic Network Analysis Applied to Experiments from the
Decision Architectures Research Environment
Rama Chellapa, The University of Maryland 3D Modeling and Visualization of Static and Moving Entities
Niranjan Suri, The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Agile Computing and Its Applications to
Tactical Military Environments
1030 – 1100 Break
1100 – 1215 Collecting, processing, and distributing battlefield information: Part II
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Joshua Eckroth, The Ohio State University From Background Subtraction to Threat Detection in
Automated Video Surveillance
Larry Bunch, University of West Florida Regulating the Exchange of Tactical Military Information Using the
KAOS Policy Services Framework
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Agenda
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
1100 – 1215 Collecting, processing, and distributing battlefield information: Part II
Cont’d
• Marco Carvalho, The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition XLAYER: A Cross-Layer
Communications Substrate for Tactical Environments
1215 – 1330 Lunch, on-site
1330 – 1510 Presenting Battlefield Information to Warfighters
• Alex Morison, The Ohio State University Integrating Diverse Feeds to Extend Human Perception into
Distant Scenes
• Shaun Hutchins, Alion Science and Technology An Interactive Decision Support Architecture for
Visualizing Robust Solutions in High Risk Military Environments
• Lynette Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Communication via the Skin: The Challenge of
Tactile Displays Nadine Sarter, University of Michigan Multi-Modal Information Exchange and Dynamic
Adaptation
1510 – 1700 Demonstrations and Refreshments
• Kevin Bennett, Wright State University Advancing the State-of-the-Art in Military Command & Control
Interfaces: Ecological Interface Design
• Mike Matessa, Alion Science and Technology GRBIL: A Tool for Dynamic Operator and Environment
Modeling
• Phillip Smith, The Ohio State University Asynchronous Communication of Army Operations Orders
• Mica Endsley, SA Technologies Future Combat Systems Warfighter Machine Interface
• Jeffrey Bradshaw, The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Policy-Guided Data Dissemination and
Reputation Service
1800 Social aboard Odyssey Cruises
Agenda
Thursday, 23 July 2009
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0800 – 0830 Registration
0830 – 0835 Welcome, Dr. Laurel Allender
0835 – 0935 Technical Transition Panel,
• Mr. Brett Burland, Chief, Science and Technology Branch, BCBL, Capability Development
Integration Directorate
• Mr. Mike Barnes, US Army Research Laboratory
• Mr. Kenneth Grippo, CERDEC THINK ATO Manager, CERDEC-C2D Battle Command Technology
Branch
0935 – 1025 Acting on Battlefield Information: Part I
• Robert Hoffman, Institute for Human Machine Cognition
• How Good is that New Software Tool? The Mathematical Modeling of Performance Metrics
• Walter Warwick, Alion Science and Technology A Computational Model of Naturalistic Decision
Making and the Science of Simulation
1025 – 1050 Break
Agenda
Thursday, 23 July 2009
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1050 – 1230 Acting on Battlefield Information: Part II
• Cleotilde Gonzalez, Carnegie Mellon University Modeling and Measuring Situation Awareness in
Individuals and Teams
• Stoney Trent, The Ohio State University Reading Intent and Other Cognitive Challenges in
Intelligence Analysis
• Patricia McDermott, Alion Science and Technology Five Lessons Learned in Human-Robot
Interaction
• John Yen, Pennsylvania State University Cognitively-Inspired Agents as Teammates and Decision
Aids
1230 – 1330 Lunch, on-site
1330 – 1535 Communicating Information Across the Team
• Laura Strater, SA Technologies Tools to Support Ad Hoc Teams
• Peter Foltz, New Mexico State University Models, Methods, and Tools for the Adaptability of Teams
• Gary Klein, Applied Research Associates, Klein Associates Division Advancing Our Understanding of
Battlefield Decision Making
• William Ogden, New Mexico State University A Task-Based Evaluation Method for Embedded
Machine Translation in Instant Messaging Systems
• B. Chandrasekaran, The Ohio State University Diagrammatic Reasoning in Army Situation
Understanding and Planning: Architecture for Decision Support and Cognitive Model
1535 – 1545 Closing Remarks
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Susan Archer, Collaboration Manager of the Advanced Decision Architectures Collaborative
Technology Alliance