Installing a Copy of the ARPA/DMA Image Understanding Testbed at the U. S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
Abstract
The principal objective of this effort is to establish a functional copy of the SRI Image Understanding (IU) Testbed system of hardware and software at the U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories (ETL) Research Inst. at Fort Belvoir, Va. Initial tasks included advising on preparation of the ETL site for the Testbed system, purchasing the required hardware and arranging for its installation at ETL, and arranging for availability of Testbed software systems. Subsequent major tasks included additional hardware acquisition, installation and testing, installing Testbed software systems, and developing support software to enhance the overall capabilities of the system. We assisted in establishing the ETL system as a node on the DDN MILNET network as well as on a local Symbolics Lisp Machine Chaosnet/Ethernet network. Recent efforts included system software enhancement, system management consultation, and general assistance with system hardware and software troubleshooting. The main beneficial result of this project is the transfer to ETL of a large body of research technology developed by SRI and numerous other contributors to the DARPA Image Understanding research program; in addition, SRI is providing the necessary consultation and training to enable ETL to maintain such a research facility independently.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA145154
Entities
People
- Andrew J. Hanson
Organizations
- SRI International