OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FY84 PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF OFFICE OF DATA PROCESSING

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2012
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• Publication Date: June 13, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FY84 PROGRAM
IN SUPPORT OF
OFFICE OF DATA PROCESSING
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NEW STARTS IN FY84
*USER INTERFACES
COMPUTER-AIDED LANGUAGE TRAINING
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
PROJECTS COMPLETING IN FY84
SYSTEM DESIGN EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES
BENCHMARKING LARGE-SCALE MODELS
CONTINUING PROJECTS
PROJECTS
COMPUTER SECURITY:
RECON GUARD
AUDIT TRAIL
SYSTEMS RESEARCH:
DATA COMMUNICATIONS
ADVANCED TEXT RETRIEVAL
APPLICATIONS:
STATISTICAL CONTENT OF TEXT
LARGE-SCALE MODELING SYSTEM
FY84 PRODUCTS
TEST AND VERIFICATION
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
TECHNOLOGY FORECAST
PROTOTYPE TESTBED
EFFICIENT TECHNIQUES ( N-GRAM?)
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
CONTINUING PROJECTS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
Al SYMPOSIUM
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
GOLDEN TIGER (WITH DDI)
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NEW STARTS
USER INTERFACES
COMPUTER-AIDED LANGUAGE TRAINING
KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
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USER INTERFACES
OBJECTIVE: TO ENABLE USERS (INCLUDING PROGRAMMERS) TO GET WHAT THEY WANT FROM
COMPUTERS WITH LESS SPECIAL-PURPOSE PROGRAMMING.
APPROACH: SELECT PROMISING TECHNIQUES FROM RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN USER INTERFACE
TECHNOLOGY (E.G., GRAPHICAL INTERFACES, ADVANCED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTS, INTELLIGENT AGENTS, AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC
PROGRAMMING) AND EVALUATE THEM IN THE AGENCY ENVIRONMENT
STATUS: NEW START IN FY84
FUNDS: FY-84
$250K
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LANGUAGE TRAINING
OBJECTIVE: IMPROVE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO TRAIN PERSONNEL IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
APPROACH: APPLY COMPUTER-BASED TECHNOLOGIES TO LANGUAGE TRAINING TO REDUCE STUDENT'S
DEPENDENCE ON TRAINING BY AN INSTRUCTOR
STATUS: FY84: NEW START (DCI PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT)
ASSESS AREAS OF CRITICAL LANGUAGE TRAINING NEEDS AND CAPABILITIES
OF TECHNOLOGY; BEGIN DEFINITION DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE TRAINING
SYSTEMS
FUNDS: FY-84
$295K
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KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY
OBJECTIVE: TO DEVELOP CAPABILITY TO CAPTURE SENSITIVE AGENCY EXPERTISE IN KNOWLEDGE
BASES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECT AREAS WITH MINIMAL INVOLVEMENT OF
NON-AGENCY "KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERS.
APPROACH: DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE (BASED ON EXISTING KNOWLEDGE-ENGINEERING TOOLS SUCH AS
AGE, EMYCIN, KAS, OPS, ROSIE ETC.) TO AID IN THE ELICITING OF BASIC FACTS,
CONSTRUCTS, AND RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AN AREA OF EXPERTISE FOR
REPRESENTATION IN A KNOWLEDGE BASE; EVALUATE ITS USE BY AGENCY PERSONNEL.
(THIS IS A HIGH RISK PROJECT)
STATUS: NEW START IN FY84
FUNDS: FY84
268K
SECRET
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PROJECTS COMPLETING IN FY84
SYSTEM DESIGN EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES
BENCHMARKING LARGE-SCALE MODELS
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SYSTEM DESIGN EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES
0 DEVELOP A GENERAL-PURPOSE QUEUING SYSTEM EVALUATION FACILITY FOR SYSTEM DESIGN AND
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ALTERNATIVES
FY81: - DESIGNED SYSTEM AND BUILT EARLY PROTOTYPE
FY82: - EVALUATED PROTOTYPE FOR PREDICTING VM PERFORMANCE
FY83: - TRANSFER SYSTEM TO RUN ON VM
DESIGN USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACES AND DOCUMENTATION
FY33 CONTRACT IN NEGOTIATION
0 FUNDS: FY-81 FY-82 FY-83
$42K S55K SiOOK (ORD)
247K (ODP)
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SECRET
BENCHMARKING LARGE-SCALE MODELS
EVALUATE THE COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF CRAY (PARALLEL) COMPUTERS AGAINST IBM (SERIAL)
COMPUTERS ON A SET OF LARGE-SCALE MODELS
FY-83 PROGRESS:
? COMPLETE TESTING AND EVALUATION OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ALGORITHMS AND
APPLICATIONS:
OPTIMAL CONTROL - ECONOMETRIC MODEL
SIMULATION - PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ANALYSIS
NETWORKS - TRANSPORTATION/DISTRIBUTION
LINEAR PROGRAMMING - REFINERY ANALYSIS
SIMULATION - HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS
? COMPLETE A REPORT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO EACH DDI OFFICE AND ODP ANALYZING
THE COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS AND CONVERSION PROBLEMS
FY-84 PLAN:
? NO FURTHER RESEARCH IS PLANNED
FUNDS:
FY-83 FY-84
20K 0
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CONTINUING PROJECTS
COMPUTER SECURITY:
RECON GUARD
AUDIT TRAIL
SYSTEMS RESEARCH:
DATA COMMUNICATIONS
ADVANCED TEXT RETRIEVAL
APPLICATIONS:
STATISTICAL CONTENT OF TEXT
LARGE-SCALE MODELING SYSTEM
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RECON GUARD
OBJECTIVE: DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING INFORMATION IN A MULTILEVEL SYSTEM
FROM BEING RELEASED TO UNAUTHORIZED USERS.
APPROACH: I EMPLOYMENT OF A NEW, VERIFIABLE HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
TECHNIQUE TO DEVELOP A GUARD EXTENSION ON WHICH TO IMPLEMENT AN
AUTHENTICATED RECORD RELEASE STRATEGY. (A CHECKSUM IS ATTACHED TO
EACH RECORD, AND CHECKED BY THE GUARD SYSTEM PRIOR TO RELEASE OF THE
RECORD).
STATUS: FY83/84 - DEMONSTRATE AND EVALUATE THE SECURITY FEATURES PROVIDED BY THE
GUARD SYSTEM DESIGN CONCEPT, THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION WITH A
PROTOTYPE GUARD SYSTEM CONNECTED TO THE RECON DATA BASE.
FUNDS: FY-83 FY-84
$200K $300K
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AUTOMATED AUDIT TRAIL
OBJECTIVE: ? IMPROVE THE SECURITY OFFICERS' CAPABILITY TO MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO
DETECT IMPROPER USE
APPROACH: ? THE CONTRACTOR WILL EVALUATE VARIOUS STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR
AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING ABNORMAL SYSTEM USAGE. IF THIS SHOWS PROMISE,
THE APPROACH WILL BE BROADENED AND A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM WILL BE BUILT TO
HELP ISSG TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF THE METHOD.
STATUS: I FY83: RFP FOR STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES ISSUED -- TWO RESPONSES IN
EVALUATION (15 JUL 83 START ANTICIPATED)
O FY84: PROTOTYPE AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT (IF WARRANTED)
FUNDS: FY-83 FY-84
$240K $200K
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DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
(TECHNOLOGY FORECAST)
OBJECTIVE: O DETERMINATION OF THE SECURITY, ARCHITECTURAL, AND USAGE IMPACT ON
AGENCY INFORMATION SYSTEMS/NETWORKS IF CURRENT COMMERCIAL AND
ACADEMIC R&D EFFORTS IN COMMUNICATION AND DEVICE TECHNOLOGY REACH
EXPECTATION.
APPROACH: 0 EXAMINATION OF CURRENT DATA COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND PROJECTION
OF FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTION AND POSSIBLE RESULTS TO DETERMINE THE
TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT AND FUTURE AGENCY EFFORTS IN THIS AREA.
STATUS: - SOW WRITTEN
- PROGRAM BEING DISCUSSED WITH POSSIBLE CUSTOMERS: ODP, COMMO, OS/ISSO
FUNDS:
FY-83 FY84
$150K $150K
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ADVANCED TEXT RETRIEVAL
OBJECTIVE: 0 TO PROVIDE A GENERAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR TEXT RETRIEVAL WHICH CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED IN A VARIETY OF USER ENVIRONMENTS.
APPROACH: I DEVELOP A GENERAL-PURPOSE TEXT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
QUERY LANGUAGE, SOFTWARE, HARDWARE - MODULAR DESIGN
- INDEX & SCAN ALGORITHMS - PORTABLE IMPLEMENTATION
- PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT - TESTBED ENVIRONMENT
? PROJECT STEERING GROUP OF POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS
- FBIS - ODP - OSO - CPAS
- NPIC - ORD - SAFE
STATUS: I PHASE I: JUN 82 - JUL 83
- SURVEYED AGENCY REQUIREMENTS AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS
- CONDUCTED SIMULATIONS OF ALTERNATIVES
? PHASE II: AUG 83 - DEC 83
- DESIGN SYSTEM
- BUILD LISP PROTOTYPE
? PHASE III: JAN 84 - SEP 84
- IMPLEMENT C PROTOTYPE
- EXPERIMENT WITH VARIOUS ALGORITHMS & INTERFACES
FUNDS: FY-82 FY-83 FY-84
$147K $200K $200K
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STATISTICAL CONTENT ANALYSIS OF TEXT
(SCAT)
OBJECTIVE: DEVELOP APPLICATION-INDEPENDENT TECHNIQUES TO CHARACTERIZE THE CONTENTS OF
TEXT DATABASES
APPROACH: INVESTIGATE USE OF STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES TO CHARACTERIZE DATABASE CONTENTS
STATUS: FY81/82 - DEVELOPED STATISTICAL CONTENT ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS TO CLUSTER
RELATED DOCUMENTS BASED ON CO-OCCURRENCE OF TERMS.
FY83/84 - INVESTIGATE POTENTIALLY MORE EFFICIENT TECHNIQUES
FY84/85 - APPLY STATISTICAL CONTENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO FOREIGN
LANGUAGE TEXT
FUNDS: FY83 FY84
100 100
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LARGE-SCALE MODELING SYSTEM
(PROJECT LSMS)
DEVELOP A HIGH-LEVEL MODELING SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION, MANAGEMENT, AND SOLUTION OF
LARGE-SCALE MODELS AND FOR FACILITATING THE USE OF MODELS
FY-83 PROGRESS: RFP RELEASED: RESPONSES ARE DUE 5 JULY 1983
O DEVELOP LSMS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
O DEVELOP EXAMPLES OF EXTERNAL INTERFACES
O PREPARE ESTIMATES OF THE COST AND SCHEDULE
O DEFINE COMPUTER RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS
FY-84 PLAN:
O BASED UPON THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DEVELOPED ABOVE AND THE RELATED
DOCUMENTS, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT SOME PHASES OF THE LSMS WILL BE
INITIATED IN FY-84.
FUNDS:
FY-83 FY-84
197K 400K
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CONTINUING PROJECTS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
AT SYMPOSIUM
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
GOLDEN TIGER (WITH DDI)
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Al SYMPOSIUM
OBJECTIVE: ? TO EXPOSE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL TO THE TECHNOLOGY OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
- CAPABILITIES - PROJECTS - HARDWARE
- LIMITATIONS - CONTRACTORS - SOFTWARE
APPROACH: ? HOST A 2-DAY SYMPOSIUM
- AGENCY ANALYST/MANAGER FOCUS
- BRIEFINGS. DEMONSTRATIONS, VIDEO TAPES
STATUS: 11 FIRST SYMPOSIUM HELD 30 NOV - 1 DEC 1982 (JOINT OSWR SPONSORSHIP)
- SELECTED TOPICS (EXPERT SYSTEMS. INTELLIGENT DATA BASES, NATURAL
LANGUAGE)
- HIGHLY FAVORABLE RESPONSE (300 ATTENDEES)
? SECOND SYMPOSIUM BEING PLANNED FOR FALL 83 (JOINT AISG SPONSORSHIP)
- EXPANDED TOPIC SET (IMAGERY. SIGNALS. VOICE)
- OPEN ATTENDANCE TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
FUNDS: FY-82 FY-83
$1/K $ 30K (DCI)
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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
OBJECTIVE: 11 TO IMPROVE ANALYST AND CARTOGRAPHER PRODUCTIVITY IN THE USE OF DIGITAL
MAPS
APPROACH: ? DEVELOP A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM TO HANDLE GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPTS AND
SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
? KBGIS WILL INTERFACE WITH EXISTING AGENCY GEOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS AND DATA
BASES (TACK, WDBII) MAINTAINED BY ODP AND CPAS
STATUS: ? COMPETITIVE RFP (EST. JUL 83 START)
? PHASE I: JUL 83 - FEB 84
- ANALYZE REQUIREMENTS
- SURVEY STATE OF THE ART
- DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
- BUILD LISP PROTOTYPE
O PHASE II: MAR 84 - FEB 85
- DEVELOP DETAILED DESIGN
- IMPLEMENT INITIAL CAPABILITY
FUNDS: FY-83 FY-84
$200K $300K
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GOLDEN TIGER
OBJECTIVE: e TO EVALUATE NEW METHODS OF MAN/MACHINE INTERACTION AND ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY
APPROACH: ? DEVELOP APPLICATIONS ON XEROX 1100 (DOLPHIN)
- SAFE-LIKE SCENARIO (MAIL, MAPS, SYSTEM ACCESS. TOOLBOX)
- Al TOOLS (DADM, DISCIPLE, HYDRO, IPL, ROSIE, ...)
STATUS: I PHASE I: JUN 82 - FEB 83
- INSTALLED 1100 300 MB DISK IN DDI/ASG SPACE
- DEVELOPED PROTOTYPE WINDOWS/SCENARIOS FOR DI ANALYSTS
PHASE II: MAR 83 - SEP 83
- ADD PRINTER, COLOR TERMINAL, DISK, MEMORY
- DEVELOP ODP INTERFACE (VM, SAFE, ETC.)
- DEVELOP ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS
- DEMONSTRATIONS & FEEDBACK
PHASE III: OCT 83 - JUL 84
- ACQUIRE 1132 PROCESSOR (DORADO)
- INSTALL MULTIPLE COPIES OF GOLDEN TIGER
- EXPERIMENT WITH UTILITY TO ANALYSTS
FUNDS: FY-82 FY-83
(DDI) 8203K 8312K
FY-84
(UNKNOWN)
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ORD FY 84 Total
$16,468K
FY84 R&D Program
Funding by Directorate
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FY84 R&D Program
DDA Funding by Office
DDA Total $2220K
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