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Information Awareness Office

Information Awareness Office
The Information Awareness Office (IAO) was established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in January 2002 to bring together several DARPA projects focused on applying surveillance and information technology to track and monitor terrorists and other asymmetric threats to U.S. national security, by achieving "Total Information Awareness" (TIA).[4][5][6] This was achieved by creating enormous computer databases to gather and store the personal information of everyone in the United States, including personal e-mails, social networks, credit card records, phone calls, medical records, and numerous other sources, without any requirement for a search warrant.[7] This information was then analyzed to look for suspicious activities, connections between individuals, and "threats".[8] Additionally, the program included funding for biometric surveillance technologies that could identify and track individuals using surveillance cameras, and other methods.[8] History[edit] Related:  DARPA

DARPA reveals Avatar program, robot soldiers incoming DARPA, the bleeding-edge research wing of the United States Department of Defense, has revealed that it will spend millions of dollars on a project called “Avatar.” If you’ve seen the movie of the same name — the highest-grossing movie of all time — let me put your mind at rest: DARPA isn’t looking to genetically engineer blue-skinned aliens that humans can control; no, they’re developing robots. In the words of DARPA itself, the Avatar program will work on “interfaces and algorithms to enable a soldier to effectively partner with a semi-autonomous bipedal machine and allow it to act as the soldier’s surrogate.” If you’ve been following ExtremeTech for the last few months, you’re probably experiencing sweaty a mix of terror and excitement right now. Then there’s the interface: A joystick and multi-monitor display would probably do the job, or, if you really wanted to become one with your robotic avatar, you could use a virtual reality visor and a suit with sensors and actuators.

Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations Purdue University's Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations, or SEAS, is currently being used by Homeland Security and the US Defense Department to simulate crises on the US mainland.[1] SEAS "enables researchers and organizations to try out their models or techniques in a publicly known, realistically detailed environment."[2] It "is now capable of running real-time simulations for up to 62 nations, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and China. SEAS was developed to help Fortune 500 companies with strategic planning. Sentient World Simulation is the name given to the current vision of making SEAS a "continuously running, continually updated mirror model of the real world that can be used to predict and evaluate future events and courses of action Development and use[edit] In 2006 JFCOM-J9 used SEAS to war game warfare scenarios for Baghdad in 2015. Sentient World Simulation[edit] The Sentient World Simulation project (SWS) is to be based on SEAS. Personnel[edit] Alok R.

Integrated Coastal Surveillance System A coastal surveillance radar station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; November 2012. The Integrated Coastal Surveillance System (ICSS) is a coastal surveillance system operated by India with the goal to protect its coastline, ensure regional security, and assist friendly navies by quickly detecting, locating and monitoring maritime activity in the Indian Ocean.[1][2] The system was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Bharat Electronics, and forms part of the National Command Control Communication and Intelligence System (NC3I). Although the ICSS was built primarily for coastal and maritime security, the system can also be used for vessel traffic management, harbour surveillance and navigation. The core of the ICSS is a network of remote ground-based radar stations called the Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN). History[edit] By 2015, India had also set up coastal surveillance radar stations overseas. System components[edit] Indian AIS[edit]

DARPA Program Aims to Help Counselors Spot Signs of Stress, PTSD Every day, 22 veterans commit suicide—a startling number prompting experts to probe for methods to curb the national epidemic. Officials are fielding a new program, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which can help experts assess the psychological state of troops and veterans early on and possibly get them the help needed before it’s too late. The Detection and Computational Analysis of Psychological Signals (DCAPS) program joins the growing inventory of measures to combat depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicides. It has tools to analyze facial expressions, body gestures and speech, both content and delivery, and inform experts on a user’s psychological state of mind or alert them to behavioral changes that could indicate problems. “We are now beginning to bring objective assessment to hard quantifiable data to make data-driven analysis, to come up with the indicators of distress,” explains Col. “There is no human in the loop here.

Home | Palantir Indiscriminate monitoring Indiscriminate monitoring is the mass monitoring of individuals or groups without the careful judgement of wrong-doing.[1] This form of monitoring could be done by government agencies, employers, and retailers. Indiscriminate monitoring uses tools such as email monitoring, telephone tapping, geo-locations, health monitoring to monitor private lives. Organizations that conduct indiscriminate monitoring may also use surveillance technologies to collect large amounts of data that could violate privacy laws or regulations. These practices could impact individuals emotionally, mentally, and globally.[2] The government has also issued various protections to protect against indiscriminate monitoring.[3] Surveillance methods[edit] Indiscriminate monitoring could occur through electronic employee monitoring, social networking, targeted advertising, and geological health monitoring. Electronic Employee monitoring uses many tools to monitor employees. Privacy in the U.S. Research[edit]

Topics researched by Jack Arneson The content of the pages provided here at Pegasus was collected and written by Jack with additions by other members of Pegasus to provide corroborating evidence as well as new pertinent data. All Jack's original work, including some pages not on Pegasus yet, can be found at his website... Visit Jack's Website Welcome To The Moon Page Resume brief: 1967-70 Army... Petroleum Storage industrial mechanics...Training in industrial handling and mechanics of fuel storage and it's equipment.Including on and off-loading of tankers. I didn't do it to get out of it, I wanted to put my skills to better use to help the effort. I met other photographers in the AF and went to their labs on official invites and saw some astounding things. 1970-77... acquired employment with government contractors involved with mining operations overseas... Most of my work consisted of maintaining industrial machines and equipment. I was injured on the job in 2001 and don't do that kind of work any more. - Jack

General Information Dates:July 16-18, 2013 Location: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada Attendance: Limited to 75 participants Fee for Tutorial: $400 per participant ($200 for students and post-doctoral fellows) Contact: healthpolicymodelingworkshop@cs.usask.caThis email address is being protected from spambots. *Orientation Information Download: PDF version of Orientation Information Speakers Include: Lix L. The Annual Workshop on Dynamic Modeling for Health Policy is a forum for convening small groups of computational/systems modelers, policymakers, health researchers, community organizations, and domain experts who share a common interest in applying dynamic modeling to pressing health policy concerns. Why Dynamic Modeling? Despite widespread progress in extending the length of life over the past century, many illnesses continue to impose troublingly high health burdens. Why Digital Epidemiology?

In-Q-Tel American defense industry venture capital firm The firm is seen as a trend-setter in the information technology industry,[5] with the average dollar invested by In-Q-Tel in 2016 attracting fifteen dollars from other investors.[6] History[edit] Originally named Peleus and known as In-Q-It, In-Q-Tel was founded by Norm Augustine, a former CEO of Lockheed Martin and by Gilman Louie, who was In-Q-Tel's first CEO.[4][5][7] In-Q-Tel's mission is to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve United States national security interests. Origins of the corporation can be traced to Ruth A. Former CIA director George Tenet says, We [the CIA] decided to use our limited dollars to leverage technology developed elsewhere. In-Q-Tel sold 5,636 shares of Google, worth over $2.2 million, on November 15, 2005.[10] The shares were a result of Google's acquisition of Keyhole, Inc, the CIA-funded satellite mapping software now known as Google Earth.[11] Governance[edit] Biotech

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