Summary Record of the GFF Community of Interest on the Practice and Organization of Intelligence Ottawa Roundtable: What Can the Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences Contribute to Intelligence Analysis? Towards a Collaborative Agenda for the Future

Abstract

This document summarizes two days of discussion between a number of cognitive and behavioural scientists and professional intelligence analysts from 12 countries and a multilateral organization, which was co-hosted in Ottawa by DRDC, Canada's Privy Council Office, and the US Department of State, February 23-24, 2009. This experimental roundtable explored the question of whether and how behavioural and cognitive sciences can contribute to improved intelligence analysis. It concluded that there are many relevant crossovers between these fields, and the time and cost of further collaboration and "bridging" between the scientist-intelligence practitioner perspectives would be fully justified in terms of strengthened intelligence performance and worthwhile scientific discovery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA514614

Entities

People

  • Anthony Campbell
  • David R Mandel

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Cognitive Science
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Group Dynamics
  • Human Behavior
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Intelligence Analysts
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Language
  • National Security
  • Psychology
  • Security
  • Teamwork
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics