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The International Technology Alliance
inNetwork and Information
Sciences
Peer Review Meeting Peer Review Meeting
John GowensARL Collaborative Alliance Manager
Graham George MoD Collaborative Alliance Manager
Dinesh Verma & David WatsonProgram ManagersIBM
21-25 September 2009
THE PROGRAM Initiated in May 2006
Fundamental research in network and information sciences
IBM-Led Consortium The Consortium and the US/UK
Governments establish an Alliance 5-year program with 5-year option
Awarded a fundamental research agreement and two transition contracts
Total funding for first 5 years = $58M
Approximately 40-60% split industry-academia
Consortium cost share ~ 12%
Builds on UK Defence Technology Centres and US ARL Collaborative Technology Alliances
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP UK MOD/Dstl and US Army Research Laboratory
working together closely to jointly lead programme Single coherent fundamental research programme Involves US/UK industry, academia, and government
Promotes collaboration between leading industrial and academic organizations in both countries
Collaboratively push the state-of-the-art Critical mass of researchers focused on key
challenges Staff rotations to deepen collaborations Develop a deep understanding of how technologies
can contribute to future defence capabilities
The ITA ProgramThe ITA Program
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PROGRAM OBJECTIVESPROGRAM OBJECTIVES
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT The technical quality and significance of the advances made under the
program
MILITARY RELEVANCE The value to the U.S. and UK stakeholders of the advances made under
the program
COLLABORATION The extent to which the program has delivered greater value to both
governments through effective and true collaboration across international boundaries, organizational boundaries and technical area boundaries
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The ITA TeamThe ITA Team
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11 INDUSTRY 8. IBM UK
9. Logica
10. Roke Manor Research
11. Systems Engineering
and Assessment
ACADEMIA1. Cranfield University
2. Imperial College, London
3. Royal Holloway University of London
4. University of Aberdeen
5. University of Cambridge
6. University of Southampton
7. University of York
ACADEMIA1. Carnegie Mellon University
2. City University of New York
3. Columbia University
4. Pennsylvania State University
5. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
6. University of California Los Angeles
7. University of Maryland
8. University of Massachusetts
INDUSTRY9. BBNT Solutions
10. Boeing
11. Honeywell
12. IBM Research
13. Applied Research Associates
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ITA Areas of InvestigationITA Areas of Investigation
Distributed Coalition Planning and Decision Making (TA4)
Security Across a System-of-Systems (TA2)
Sensor Information Processing and
Delivery (TA3)
Network Theory (TA1)
TECHNICAL AREAS
GRAND CHALLENGES Rapid Collaboration between coalition war-
fighters Share knowledge, trust and risk Across cultural boundaries
Get the right information at the right time to coalition war-fighters
Before they realize they need it mediation based on risk & context
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ITA Recent Activities TimelineITA Recent Activities Timeline
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
AWARD
Initial PlanInitial Plan Biennial Program Plan (BPP07)Biennial Program Plan (BPP07) Biennial Program Plan (BPP09)Biennial Program Plan (BPP09)
Possible Option Extension
Formal Launch
BPP Planning Meeting (Hursley)
Collaboration Boot Camp (CUNY)
BPP Planning Meeting (Hawthorne)
Collaboration Boot Camp (Hawthorne)
1st ITA Conference 2nd ITA Conference 3rd ITA Conference 4th ITA Conference
Washington London Washington LondonPeer Review
Peer Review
Activities Reviewed 2008Activities Reviewed 2008
Changed Changed BPP07BPP07
Biennial Program Plan (BPP09)Biennial Program Plan (BPP09)
Current Review
Collaboration Boot Camp (Southampton)
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SIGNIFICANT CHANGES POST PEER REVIEW
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES POST PEER REVIEW
NEW MEMBERS Brought several new members to bolster team strength in various
projects in all technical areas
RESHAPED PROJECT FOCUS Significant changes in research scope and focus for some projects,
EVALUATION PROCESS FOR BPP 09 Projects and Activities selected in consultation with peer reviewers
CURRENT PEER REVIEW SCOPE Reshaped Projects of BPP 07 ~ work continued till May 09 Results of BPP 09
Most new activities are in-progress (started May 09)
ITA Projects
Project1. Theoretical Foundations for Design and Analysis of * Wireless and Sensor Networks
2. Interoperability of Wireless Networks and Systems *
3. Dynamic Self-Organizing Wireless Networks*
4. Policy Based Security Management *5. Energy Efficient Security Architectures/Infrastructures
6. Trust and Risk Management in Dynamic Coalition Environments
7. Quality of Information of Sensor Data *
8. Task-Oriented Deployment of Sensor Data
Infrastructures *
9. Agile Sensor Networks and Data Discovery *
10. Mission Adaptive Collaborations
1111. . Cultural Analysis Cultural Analysis *
12. Semantic Integration and Collaborative Planning * 8
Noteworthy changes
Increased focus on dynamic graphs
Significant change, focus on metadata aspects
Increased focus on functional models and db paradigm
P11 successfully transitioned
Emphasis on network enabled cognition
Increased focus on cross-organization issues
* Projects with transitions
Increased focus on distributed aspects of policy
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Peer Review PanelPeer Review Panel
Provides independent assessment of each project by internal and external experts with respect to:
The relevance of the problems addressed
The technical merit of the approaches adopted
The significance of the research
The quality of the results achieved
The utility of the outcomes
ITA ContactsITA Contacts
ALLIANCE MANAGERS John (Jay) Gowens (ARL) [email protected]
Graham George (UK MOD) [email protected]
Dave Watson (IBM-UK) [email protected]
Dinesh Verma (IBM-US) [email protected]
WEBSITESPublic Website http://usukita.org
ITA Collaboration System https://www.usukitacs.com
AGREEMENTS/CONTRACTSPatty Fox (ARL) [email protected]
Peter Chatwal (UK MOD) [email protected]
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