Quantum Programs at IARPA
As part of its mission to address some of the most difficult challenges in the Intelligence Community by investing in high-risk, high-payoff research, IARPA sponsors several applied research programs that explore the potential and possibilities in quantum computing. Current and previous quantum computing programs include:
- Coherent Superconducting Qubits (CSQ), which is designed to demonstrate a reproducible, ten-fold increase in coherence times in superconducting qubits;
- Logical Qubits (LogiQ), which aims to build the first logical qubit;
- Multi-Qubit Coherent Operations (MQCO), which is working to develop the foundation of an error-free quantum computer;
- Quantum Computer Science (QCS), which developed the world’s first high-level quantum programming language and compilers; and
- Quantum Enhanced Optimization (QEO), which seeks to harness quantum effects required to enhance quantum annealing solutions to hard combinatorial optimization problems.
IARPA is always seeking novel ideas aligned with our mission, and quantum research is a specific focus of the Computing research thrust. If you are interested in working with IARPA through one of our existing solicitations, prize challenges, requests for information, or other mechanisms, please see this link for more details.
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Neuroscience Programs at IARPA
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that invests in high-risk, high-payoff research to tackle some of the most difficult challenges in the Intelligence Community. As part of this mission, IARPA sponsors several applied research programs that use multidisciplinary approaches to advance our understanding of cognition and computation in the brain. Currently active neuroscience programs include:
- Integrated Cognitive- Neuroscience Architectures for Understanding Sensemaking (ICArUS), which uses models to understand how the human brain is able to make sense of sparse, ambiguous data;
- Knowledge Representation in Neural Systems (KRNS), which seeks insights into the brain’s representation of conceptual knowledge;
- Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS), which will reverse-engineer the algorithms of the brain to revolutionize machine learning;
- Strengthening Human Adaptive Reasoning and Problem-solving (SHARP), which will develop non-invasive neural interventions for optimizing reasoning and problem-solving.
IARPA is always seeking novel ideas aligned with our mission. If you are interested in working with IARPA through one of our existing solicitations, prize challenges, requests for information, or other mechanisms, please see this link for more details.
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Research Programs
Below is a list of IARPA’s research. If there is a specific area of your interest that is not listed here, please contact one of our Program Managers for additional information. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your ideas for future research.
Current Research | View Past Research
| Program | Research Area | Program Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Amon-Hen | Space situational awareness, optical interferometry, fiber optics, image reconstruction, computational imaging, small aperture telescopes, adaptive optics, astrometry, astronomy, optical sensors, optics, optical design | Merrick J. DeWitt |
| BETTER | Human language technology, natural language processing, information extraction, information retrieval, active learning, multilingual processing | John Beieler |
| C3 | Advanced/alternative computing technologies, superconducting microelectronics | Marc Manheimer |
| CAUSE | Cybersecurity, cyber-event forecasting, cyber-actor behavior and cultural understanding, threat intelligence, threat modeling, cyber-event coding, cyber-kinetic event detection | Robert Rahmer |
| CORE3D | Multi-view satellite image processing, multi-modal information fusion, deep learning, remote sensing, photogrammetry, image segmentation and classification, multispectral imagery processing, and geospatial volumetric 3D data representation methods | HakJae Kim |
| CREATE | Logic, human judgment, critical thinking, forecasting | Steven Rieber |
| DIVA | Machine learning, deep learning or hierarchical modeling, artificial intelligence, object detection, recognition, person detection and re-identification, person action recognition, video activity detection, tracking across multiple non-overlapping camera viewpoints, 3D reconstruction from video, super-resolution, stabilization, statistics, probability and mathematics | Jeff Alstott |
| FELIX | Biological detection, systems biology, synthetic biology, genome editing, bioinformatics, evolutionary biology | Dion-SchultzAmanda Dion-Schultz |
| FOCUS | Counterfactual reasoning, evidence-based approaches to lessons-learned analyses, analytic tradecraft, cognitive biases | Paul Lehner |
| Fun GCAT | Bioinformatics, DNA sequence screening, functional genomics, systems biology, infectious disease, and synthetic biology | John Julias |
| HECTOR | Secure multiparty computation, homomorphic encryption, verifiable computing, compilers, programming languages, automated security analysis | Mark Heiligman |
| HFC | Forecasting, human judgment, machine learning, decision making, human/machine interfaces, text analysis | Seth Goldstein |
| HFGeo | Communication systems, ionosphere, antennas, geolocation, electromagnetics, radio frequency | Torreon Creekmore |
| Ithildin | Sorbent chemistry, polymer chemistry, encapsulation, nanotechnology, micro-engineered materials, reaction kinetics, chemical analysis techniques | Kristy DeWitt |
| Janus | Computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition, biometrics, facial recognition, identity intelligence, computer graphics | Lars Ericson |
| LHO | Low acoustic small UAV aircraft, novel access, acoustic perception & minimum infrastructure | Sam Wilson |
| LogiQ |
Advanced/alternative computing platforms, quantum information sciences, qubit systems |
Brad Blakestad |
| MAEGLIN | Liquid and gas chromatography, flow cytometry, ion mobility spectrometry, preconcentrators and sorbants, ionization techniques, mass spectrometry, MEMS technology, microfluidics, computational fluid dynamics, signature library construction and use, clutter detection, multicomponent fits, basis set transformations, micro vacuum pump technology, low power electronics, device SWAP optimazation, regenerative energy sources and energy harvesting techiques. | Kristy DeWitt |
| MATERIAL | Natural language processing, machine translation, cross-lingual information retrieval, domain recognition and adaptation, multilingual ontologies, Multilingual speech recognition, cross-lingual summarization, keyword search algorithms, low resource languages, automatic language identification, machine learning, rapid adaptation to new languages, domains and genres | Carl Rubino |
| Mercury | SIGINT analytics, event forecasting, machine learning, streaming data, data fusion, disease outbreak | Kristen Jordan |
| MICrONS | Theoretical neuroscience, computational neuroscience, machine learning, connectomics, brain activity mapping | David Markowitz |
| MIST | Polymer science, synthetic biology, synthesis technology, sequencing technology, storage controller technology, error-correcting codes | David Markowitz |
| MOSAIC | Behavioral science, cognitive psychology, human performance, mobile computing, context sensing, signal processing, data fusion, machine learning, data privacy and security | Alexis Jeannotte |
| Odin | Biometrics, presentation attack, machine learning, computer vision | Lars Ericson |
| QEO | Quantum annealing, combinatorial optimization, quantum error correction, non-stoquastic quantum interactions, multi-spin entanglement, classical annealing, Quantum Monte Carlo, population annealing, parallel tempering, adaptive annealing schedules with measurement feedback | Brad Blakestad |
| Proteos | Proteomics, single amino acid polymorphisms, genetically variable peptides, genomics, statistical analysis, molecular biology, human identification, forensic analysis, trace evidence samples | Kristen Jordan |
| RAVEN | Microelectronics, nondestructive analysis, nanoscale imaging, hardware assurance | Bill Harrod |
| SCITE | Engineering enterprises that detect low probability events with low accuracy sensors, innovative research methods to evaluate analytic and forecasting tradecraft, innovative statistical methods to estimate performance of systems addressing complex analysis and forecasting problems, scientific research on organizational lessons-learned methods, evidence-based forecasting methods, inductive logic, probabilistic reasoning and its application to analytic tradecraft | Paul Lehner |
| SHARP | Cognition, psychometrics, fluid reasoning and intelligence, neuroscience, human performance | Alexis Jeannotte |
| SILMARILS | Chemical detection and identification (including standoff, remote, and ultra-compact/low power approaches), spectroscopy/spectrometry/chromatography, optical sensors, novel laser designs, frequency combs, nonlinear optics, fiber optic sensors/lasers/devices | Kristy DeWitt |
| SuperCables | Superconducting electronics, photonics, cryogenics, optical communications | Marc Manheimer |
| SuperTools | Superconducting electronics, advancements/alternatives to semiconductor-based exo-scale computing, cryogenic computing | Mark Heiligman |
| VirtUE | Computer virtualization, operating systems, cyber security, vulnerability analysis, insider threat remediation and detection, active defense, big data analytics, sensor fusion, user interfaces, anomalous event detection | Kerry Long |
Past Research
| Program | Research Area |
|---|---|
| ACE | Forecasting, human judgment, machine learning, logic, critical thinking |
| Aladdin Video | Image, photograph, video, multimedia, computer vision, natural language processing, image processing, big data, video analytics, machine learning, speech processing |
| ATHENA | Cybersecurity |
| Babel | Multilingual/multidialectal speech recognition, keyword search algorithms, speech reconition in noisy environments, low resource languages, rapid adaptation to new languages and environments, machine learning |
| BEST | Biometrics, facial recognition, sensors, perception |
| BIC | Weapons of mass destruction, chemical/biological warfare, human biomarkers, emerging biotechnologies |
| CAT | Cybersecurity and information assurance, hardware assurance, microelectronics |
| CSQ | Advanced/alternative computing platforms, quantum coherence, coherent qubit, quantum information sciences |
| Finder | Geolocation, localization, geospatial fusion, data fusion, machine learning, big data, image processing, image, photograph, multimedia, computer vision, natural language processing |
| ForeST | Forecasting, human judgment, machine learning, technical emergence, text analytics, big data, natural language processing |
| FUSE | Technical emergence, text analytics, knowledge discovery, big data, social network analysis, natural language processing, forecasting, machine learning |
| GHO | Low acoustic aircraft propulsion, low acoustic power generators, novel access, sensors, perception |
| ICArUS | Knowledge discovery, brain, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cognitive bias, judgment, decision making, behavioral science, human factors, training, tradecraft, data sense-making |
| KDD | Ontologies, alignment, information extraction, clustering, natural language processing, social network analysis, summarization, query expansion, document similarity, machine learning |
| KRNS | Knowledge discovery, brain, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cognitive bias, judgment, decision making, behavioral science, human factors, training, tradecraft, data sense-making, linguistics, language, semantics, culture |
| MQCO | Advanced/alternative computing platforms, quantum information sciences, qubit systems |
| Metaphor | Natural language processing, cognitive science, cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphors, metaphors, culture, automatic cultural insights from metaphors |
| OSI | Large/errorful data sets, forecasting, public health, machine learning |
| QCS | Quantum information sciences |
| Reynard | Social media, online games, virtual worlds, socio-cultural and linguistic factors |
| Sirius | Analytic insight and productivity, serious games, judgment, decision making |
| SCIL | Natural language processing, sociology of groups, sociolinguistics, group behavior, social groups, online interaction, social roles |
| SHO | Usability of analytic products, visualization |
| SLiCE | Communication systems, geolocation, electromagnetics, radio frequency |
| SPAR | Secure multiparty computation, private information retrieval, privacy and civil liberties protections |
| STONESOUP | Cybersecurity and information assurance, software assurance, vulnerability detection and mitigation |
| TIC | Cybersecurity and information assurance, hardware assurance, microelectronics |
| TRUST | Interpersonal trust, neurophysiology, behavioral science, advanced data analytics, social science |
