Research

National Security

3DTV
3D Terrain Visualization

This image contains a screenshot of the 3D Terrain Visualization (3DTV) application in which there is a first-person view of rolling hills textured with military raster imagery, clickable icons of units in the field, a overhead scrolling map inset marking the user's position and orientation, and a text area indicating the user's latitude and longitude. Also pictured is the hardened and ruggedized military system running the 3DTV application.

Developed a 3D terrain visualization capability integrated by Lockheed Martin into the digital Army Battle Command System (ABCS) that provides accurate line of sight and real-time unit locations on an optimally adapting mesh terrain overlayed with military terrain imagery and unit symbology.

Sponsor: U.S. Army Central Technical Support Facility

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Data Visualization, Decision Support
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies

Athena
Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) Decision Simulator

Screenshot of the Athena Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) decision simulation application in which a 2D thematic map is overlayed with colored regions and unit icons.

Executed political, military, economic, social, infrastructure, information, physical environment, and time-based (PMESII+2) scenarios to anticipate trends over 1-3 month turns within 1-3 year periods to provide comprehensive analysis of coercion tipping points, insurgent growth rate, relationally based information exchange from competing non-combatant groups, and irregular battle command/PSYOP.

Sponsor: U.S. Army TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies

BCOP
Biosurveillance Common Operating Picture

Screenshot of the Biosurveillance Common Operational Picture (BCOP) web application that consists of a 3D view of the U.S. Capitol in the center and surrounded by numerous dashboard components providing various modeling data and information.

A web-based information dashboard that provides analysts from the National Biosurveillance Integration Center the ability to track and monitor disease outbreaks across the world. This tool provides a common integrated view of the information for both situational awareness and decision-making, and is has been deployed for use in a 24/7 Department of Homeland Security command center.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Science and Technology Directorate

Competencies: Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Data Analytics
Industries: Agriculture, Emergency Response, Federal Agencies, National Security

BFES
Biosurveillance Field Entry System

Image containing a photo of a person in a cattle pasture clicking an iPad tablet to fill out an animal assessment. Also shown is the BFES application login screen.

A cross platform mobile application that can be used by veterinarians for easily capturing of syndromic symptoms of animals in the field. This application allows for form-based submission in both a live and store-and-forward fashion for use in even very rural locations. The results can be queried and displayed in both a geospatial and temporal fashion within an analyst workstation. This is one perspective of the AgConnect system.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Science and Technology Directorate

Competencies: Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Data Analytics
Industries: Agriculture, Emergency Response, Federal Agencies, National Security

CGDS
Coast Guard Display System

Screenshot of the Coast Guard Dashboard System that consists of a center map of the Puget Sound, Washington, area overlayed with vessel icons. The map is surrounded by numerous dashboard components providing various modeling data and information.

A web-based information dashboard that provides a user-defined common operating picture across multiple echelons and within different functional areas. This tool was used as part of an on-the-water exercise by the Coast Guard’s Sector Seattle Command Center in August of 2009. These dashboards provided integration of live data feeds describing the current operational environment, real-time video and sensors for providing monitoring and surveillance capabilities, and custom simulation and visual analytic products. The common integration of these diverse tools supported the full decision-making process.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Science and Technology Directorate

Competencies: Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Data Analytics
Industries: Agriculture, Emergency Response, Federal Agencies, National Security

COIN
Counter-Insurgency

Designed, executed, and analyzed scenarios within a Human Social Cultural Behavior (HSCB) simulation developed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to assess irregular warfare effects and operations to influence violent extremist organizations.

Sponsor: U.S. Army TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Decision Support
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies

CQMA
Configuration Management Quality Assurance Tool

Screenshot of the Welcome page for the Configuration Management Quality Assurance (CQMA) tool, an online software configuration management tool that provided an environment for running quality assurance checks on battlefield functional area system software.

An online software configuration management tool that provided an environment for running quality assurance checks on battlefield functional area system software. It was flexible enough to operate for both UNIX and Windows-based operating systems and had suitable protections to ensure the integrity of each quality assurance check. It has become a pivotal tool in the Army’s configuration management process.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense

Competencies: Configuration Management
Industries: National Security, Federal Agencies

DPS
Dynamic Preparedness System

Screenshot of the Dynamic Preparedness System (DPS) prototype that consists of a 2D map overlaid with various icons, weather, and plume models in the center and surrounded by numerous dashboard components providing various modeling data and information.

Designed, developed, and deployed an information dashboard to provide relevant, integrated, and real-time information to decision-makers by presenting a user-defined common operating picture synthesizing authoritative data sources.

Sponsor: Texas A&M AgriLife Research – Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases

Competencies: Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Data Analytics
Industries: Agriculture, Emergency Response, Federal Agencies, National Security

E2E
Engage to Excel

Screenshot of the Engaged to Excel (E2E) web application that consists of a 2D U.S. map overlaid with various icons and animal movement lines as well as colored states. The map is surrounded by numerous dashboard components providing various modeling data and information.

Developed innovative technology to support secure data compartmentalization, sharing, visualization, and analysis that enables animal producers to maintain business continuity and perform risk management during an active animal disease outbreak, thereby minimizing business downtime and negative effects on the U.S. economy.

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Science and Technology Directorate

Competencies: Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Data Analytics
Industries: Agriculture, Emergency Response, Federal Agencies, National Security

Event-based Image Sensing

Supported edge and corner detection and analysis algorithms and visual modeling and rendering for a real-time 3D trajectory tracking and guidance system utilizing novel event-based image sensing for vehicle docking.

Sponsor: Private Industry Partner

Competencies: Modeling & Simulation, Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Data Analytics
Industries: Federal Agencies, National Security, Training