At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, we have been developing a Koreanto-English machine translation system CCLINC (Common Coalition Language System at Lincoln Laboratory). The CCLINC Korean-to-English translation system consists of two core modules, language understanding and generation modules mediated by a language neutral meaning representation called a semantic frame. The key features of the system i...

Standard information exchange data models (IEDMs), such as the Joint Consultation Command and Control IEDM (JC3IEDM) managed by the Multilateral Interoperability Programme (MIP) and the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) managed by the US Department of Homeland Security, often are expressed as XML Schema Definition (XSD) documents. This choice of model representation comes with the bene...

To deliver Net-Centric capabilities more quickly and more responsive to the warfighter’s needs, the C4I system acquisition processes themselves must become more agile and adaptable. This whitepaper outlines some of the major challenges in acquiring C4I systems today, and presents an innovative approach to address these challenges using Net-Centric principles. The approach employs a roadmap-base...

of THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE IN WORLD WAR II SOME OPERATIONAL ART CONSIDERATIONS The World War II V-l and V-2 attacks by Germany were the first effective use of theater missiles, and the first instance of a requirement for theater missile defense (TMD). The Allied response to German cruise (V-l) and ballistic (V-2) missile attacks incorporated all the elements of modern TMD concepts—Active Defens...

A model has been devised to study the in vitro formation of desmonsomes. The model is based on the differential labeling of two subpopulations of a desmosome-forming human cancer line (C4I). The labeled subpopulations are dispersed, preincubated separately on a shaking water bath for 24 h to allow the internalization of desmosome fragments and the repair of the cell surface, and then mixed, and...

The US Defence Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) is leading an effort to produce the High Level Architecture (HLA), a common technical framework which aims to facilitate interoperability amongst models, simulations and C4I systems and the reuse of modelling and simulation (M&S) components. The US DoD M&S community has ensured continuing evolution in the HLA by giving it their highest priori...

DoD operates many system high enclaves with limited information ow between enclaves at di erent security levels. Too often, the result is duplication of operations and inconsistent and untimely data at different sites, which reduces the e ectiveness of DoD decision support systems. This paper describes our solution to this problem as it arises in installations of the Joint Maritime Command Info...

Achieving agile Command and Control in Maritime Operations requires composeability the ability to construct responses “on the fly” to queries about a given situation, by discovering and drawing upon the appropriate resources from among the vast collection of resources existing on a distributed network. Although net-centric architectures such as FORCEnet provide the necessary connectivity and co...

The growing economic and ecological damage associated with biological invasions, which will likely be exacerbated by climate change, necessitates improved projections of invasive spread. Generally, potential changes in species distribution are investigated using climate envelope models; however, the reliability of such models has been questioned and they are not suitable for use at local scales...

It is an understatement that both the theory and applications of probability –conditional or unconditional – play an essential role in the processing and use of disparate information in decision-making in C4I systems. Apropos to the theme of this symposium, “Making Information Superiority Happen”, the paper outlined here describes new applications, insights, and theoretical aspects of ongoing w...