Issues and Opportunities for Improving the Quality and Use of Data in the Department of Defense

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DoD) is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of data quality to its operations, leading to an interest in methods and techniques that can be used to determine and improve the quality of its data. The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OSD [AT&L]), Director, Defense Research & Engineering (DDR&E) sponsored a workshop to bring together leading researchers and practitioners to identify opportunities for research focused on data quality, data analysis, and data use. Seventeen papers were accepted for presentation during the workshop. During workshop discussions participants were asked to identify challenging areas that would address technology gaps and to discuss research ideas that would support future DoD policies and practices. The Software Engineering Institute formed three primary recommendations for areas of further research from the information produced at the workshop. These areas were integrating data from disparate sources, employing provenance analytics, and developing models, methods, and tools that support data quality by design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA549332

Entities

People

  • David Zubrow
  • Erin Harper
  • Mark Kasunic

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Network Science
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Software Development
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development