December 2001
MITRE
Technology Assists in WTC Recovery Efforts
David Kaplan
Dave Kaplan was one of 42 MITRE staff members who received special
recognition from MITRE's CEO and President Marty Faga for their efforts
to help the rescue teams at Ground Zero after the September 11 attack.
October 2001
The San
Diego Perspective: Supporting Navy-Sponsored Projects
Elizabeth Wong
Elizabeth Wong, a MITRE networking and communications engineer, shares
her perspective on working at the San Diego site and discusses her
work on a few Navy-sponsored projects.
September 2001
Next
Generation Cell Phone Technology: Flexible Software and Wireless Networks
Joe Mitola
The explosion in wireless networks and cell phone use has both thrilled
and frustrated users worldwide. Incompatible transmission standards
among wireless networks and constantly evolving features on cell phones
cause major problems for the cell phone industry. The question is
"how can we make cell phones more versatile given the many standards
and functions the wireless revolution demands?"
August 2001
Bringing
All the Pieces Together
Margie Zuk
MITRE's CVE project involves community collaboration, promotion and
publicity, Web site management, technical content management, and
funding.
July 2001
MITRE
Supports the IRS Modernization Program
Krista Beenhouwer
MITRE has been working closely with the IRS to develop more effective
investment decision management processes and to integrate these with
its life cycle processes.
July 2001
Assurance
Mechanisms for Dynamically Composed Jini™ Systems: Developing
More Robust Service-Based Systems
John Warren
One research project at MITRE, Assurance Mechanisms for Dynamically
Composed Jini Systems, focuses on examining the tools and techniques
that can make Jini, a Java-based mobile code architecture, more reliable
on the battlefield. John Warren is the principal investigator of the
project.
May 2001
Safeflight
21: Improving Flight Safety and Increasing Airspace Capacity
Oscar Olmos
The FAA's Safeflight 21 Program is supporting the development and
implementation of ADS-B technology; ADS-B improves situational awareness
by enabling aircraft to see other aircraft in the vicinity as well
as vehicles on the ground.
March 2001
AlaskAlert
Darrell Ernst
After attending a conference presentation by MITRE staff a couple
of years ago, Alaskan officials asked MITRE to develop a proposal
for using our GEOcast™ technology to develop a statewide, geographically
based hazard and emergency notification system. The result is the
AlaskAlert project, which uses MITREcast™ technology.
January 2001
Quality
of Service (QoS)
Larry Stine
Anyone who has ever waited to log onto the Internet via a modem can
appreciate MITRE's Quality of Service (QoS) and Policy-Based Network
Management (PBNM) project.
January 2001
Joint
Battlespace Infosphere
Julie DeMeester
The Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI) is a concept for managing combat
information. It combines data from many different sources and systems
(new and legacy), brokers the information flow between previously
incompatible systems, and builds an aggregated picture from these
inputs to provide an unsurpassed view of the battlespace.
