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IARPA to offer potential cure for employees’ ‘linkclickitis’ disease Logo

IARPA to offer potential cure for employees’ ‘linkclickitis’ disease

February 25, 2019
Federal News Network - The intelligence community, like every other federal and private sector organization, suffers from the common employee disease of “linkclickitis.” It’...
Mirror mirror on the wall, which is the best credibility assessment tool of them all? Logo

Mirror mirror on the wall, which is the best credibility assessment tool of them all?

January 17, 2019
fedscoop - What’s the best method for determining whether or not someone is trustworthy? Given the choice, should we trust a thorough background check, a polygraph, or a simple...
How a Trojan Can Turn an AI into a Manchurian Candidate Logo

How a Trojan Can Turn an AI into a Manchurian Candidate

December 31, 2018
Government CIO - In a near-future world of self-driving cars, delivery drones and even machine-piloted passenger planes whizzing about in a tidy, efficient metropolis, it’s not...
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Intelligence agency wants software to thwart AI trojan attacks

December 10, 2018
fedscoop - The most serious attack on an artificial intelligence system may not come from malware but rather from a single sticky note. ... Officials from the Intelligence Advance...
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Proteomics Forensics in the Making

December 01, 2018
Private Investigator - DNA, the fundamental building block of all life, is also the foundation of modern forensic science....one of the most futuristic new projects in DNA investi...
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The Outlook for Superconducting Computers

October 30, 2018
ACM News - Superconducting computers could extend Moore's Law beyond the limits of complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS) by cutting power requirements 100-fold—down to...
IARPA Announces “Proteos” Program to Utilize Proteins for Forensic Purposes Logo

IARPA Announces “Proteos” Program to Utilize Proteins for Forensic Purposes

October 10, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announces today the launch of the “Proteos” pro...
The Feds Need Geeks to Help Them 'Forecast the Future' Logo

The Feds Need Geeks to Help Them 'Forecast the Future'

September 20, 2018
PC Magazine - US national intelligence officials are looking for a few good geeks to participate in its Mercury Challenge, which is in search of machine learning tools that will i...
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New head of "DARPA for spies" warns that China is attracting top research talent

August 15, 2018
CBS News - China's outsize investment in technology industries and priority research areas like synthetic biology and artificial intelligence may mean top talent that might have r...
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DNI Coats Names New IARPA Director

August 14, 2018
WASHINGTON – Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats announced today the selection of Dr. Stacey Dixon to be the next director of the Intelligence Advance Research Projects A...

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