Reasoning about Complex and Uncertain Worlds in Physical, Social, and Virtual Realms: A Report of the Army Science Planning and Strategy Meetings Held in Fiscal Year 2018 at the US Army Research Laboratory

Abstract

Since 2013, responding to a request from the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, the US Army Research Laboratory has been conducting an annual series of meetings. The intent of these meetings is to explore novel scientific opportunities that may lead to providing the Army with an advantage in future conflicts. The temporal scope of these explorations is strategic in nature, with time horizon being on the order of 20 to 30 years. The meetings pay particular attention to the identification of research gaps and barriers that may hinder the achievement of the potential novel capabilities; and of possible approaches of overcoming these gaps and barriers. These meetings are called the Army Science Planning and Strategy Meetings. This report covers the findings and recommendations developed in 4 meetings held in the first half of fiscal year 2018, covering the following topics: Reasoning About and Interacting with the Physical World, Learning and Reasoning in Complex Data Environment, Sensing and Modeling Social Dynamics, and Uncertainty Quantification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1052445

Entities

People

  • Alexander S. Kott
  • Brent Kraczek
  • Brett Piekarski
  • Brian J. Henz
  • Brian Jalaian
  • Brian M. Sadler
  • Bryan Glaz
  • Ernest Chin
  • Jaroslaw Knap
  • Lisa Troyer
  • Maryann Fields
  • Peter Khooshabehadeh
  • Purush Iyer
  • Tien Pham

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Cognition
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Distance Learning
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • National Security
  • Neural Networks
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • Target Recognition
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management