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Research Programs

IARPA sponsors cutting-edge research on a broad range of subjects to benefit and support the Intelligence Community. Our Program Managers are currently engaged in four primary research areas, including, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, machine learning and synthetic biology.    

To learn more about the types of programs our program managers have supported and are currently supporting, please see the below list. 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.

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The goal of analysis research is to maximize insights from the massive, disparate, unreliable and dynamic data that are--or could be--available to analysts, in a timely manner. Our programs are in diverse technical disciplines but have common features involving potential transition partners at all stages, beginning with the definition of success, creating technologies that can earn the trust of the analyst user by providing the reasoning for results, and addressing uncertainty and data provenance explicitly.

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The goal of collections research is to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources by developing new sensor and transmission technologies, new collection techniques that more precisely target desired information, and means for collecting information from previously inaccessible sources. In addition, IARPA pursues new mechanisms for combining information gathered from multiple sources to enhance the quality, reliability, and utility of collected information.

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Dr. Michael Patterson
The Biointelligence and Biosecurity Research Topics of Interest (B24IC) program seeks to develop...
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BETTER

Dr. Timothy McKinnon
Massive volumes of multilingual, unstructured text present an overwhelming challenge for analysts...
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BRIAR

Dr. Lars Ericson
The BRIAR program aims to provide the U.S. Intelligence Community with the ability to perform...
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DIVA

Dr. Jack Cooper
Monitoring security video at airports, border crossings, or government facilities is critical for...
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FELIX

Dr. David Markowitz
New biotechnologies have enabled the development of diverse biological systems, with potential...
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HAYSTAC

Dr. Jack Cooper
HAYSTAC aims to develop novel capabilities that produce large scale...
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HIATUS

Dr. Timothy McKinnon
HIATUS seeks to develop novel human-useable AI systems for attributing authorship and protecting...
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MATERIAL

Dr. Timothy McKinnon
The MATERIAL program is a 47-month venture seeking to address this challenge by building robust,...
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MICrONS

Dr. David Markowitz
The MICrONS program aims to close the performance gap between human analysts and automated pattern...
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Odin

Dr. Lars Ericson
Biometrics are used by the U.S. government to verify identities and locate persons of interest.
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SMART

Dr. Jack Cooper
Manual exploitation methods do not scale with the volumes of data available from single individual...
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TEI-REX

Dr. Michael Patterson
The goal of the Targeted Evaluation of Ionizing Radiation Exposure (TEI-REX) program is to...
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TrojAI

Dr. Donald Hornback
The TrojAI program seeks to defend AI systems from intentional, malicious attacks, known as...
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WRIVA

Ashwini Deshpande
WRIVA aims to develop software algorithm-based systems that can create photorealistic, navigable...
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AGILE

Dr. Bill Harrod
The AGILE program aims to develop revolutionizing computer architectures and associated integrated...
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EQuAL-P

Dr. Paul Kolb
The Intelligence Community (IC) and the Department of Defense (DoD) missions often require the use...
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Fun GCAT

Dr. Sherrie Pilkington
The Fun GCAT is developing methods to rapidly assess the function of DNA sequences to determine if...
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GRAIL

Dr. Donald Hornback
GRAIL aims to create an in-situ system capable of laboratory-level sensitivity measurements at...
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LHO

The Little Horned Owl program is developing ultra-quiet mini UAVs (defined as having a take-off...
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LogiQ

Dr. Michael Di Rosa
The LogiQ program aims to advance quantum computing by creating an error-corrected logical qubit,...
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MAEGLIN

Dr. Sherrie Pilkington
The MAEGLIN program aims to develop an ultra-low power chemical analysis system for remote,...
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MicroE4AI

Noel Wheeler
The MicroE4AI program aims to drive innovations in hardware/software and algorithm-architecture...
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MIST

Dr. David Markowitz
The MIST program launched in September 2019 to deliver a new category of resource-efficient...
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RAVEN

Dr. Bill Harrod
The RAVEN program seeks to develop technology that will ensure the manufacturing quality of...
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RESILIENCE

Dr. Dawson Cagle
The IC needs reliable power sources for missions in extreme and challenging environments. This...
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SCISRS

Dr. Paul Kolb
The goal of the SCISRS program is to develop smart radio techniques to automatically detect and...
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SMART ePANTS

Dr. Dawson Cagle
SMART ePANTS program aims to develop sensor systems that can record and store audio, video and...
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SuperCables

Dr. Bill Harrod
The SuperCables program began in June of 2019, with the goal to develop an optical fiber...
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SuperTools

Dr. Pedro Espina
Superconducting electronics offers the possibility of faster and lower power circuits, but the...
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