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All MITRE Projects (with summaries and presentations where available)
Listing of project titles in alphabetical order
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Dynamic Incident Management (with UPITT)
Primary Investigator:Hay, Todd A.
Problems:
This effort attempts to analyze emergency risk management for first responders during preparedness and response phases. MITRE is working collaboratively with the University of Pittsburgh to demonstrate dynamic response management during a flooding scenario. MITRE is also working with Boston-area emergency managers to understand how municipalities perform risk analysis in support of preparedness planning and how this aggregates to the state level.
Objectives:
Analyze and understand first responder and emergency manager response decision making during a flood
Provide an enhanced visualization of real-time geophysical information, critical infrastructure, and vulnerability information to first responders and emergency managers for enhanced response decision making
Analyze the methodologies and tools used to perform risk analysis during preparedness planning
Prototype a simplified risk model for use by emergency managers to perform preparedness planning.
Activities:
1. Interviewed Pittsburgh-area (via University of Pittsburgh) and Boston-area emergency managers and first
responders
2. Developed user interface mockups and prototype displays for enhanced response decision making
3. Codified risk analysis model for preparedness planning and established initial software prototype.
Impact:
1. Identified key use cases, information needs, and flows for emergency managers and first responders
2. Quantify the impacts of improved situational awareness via exercise exposure to an enhanced decision support system
3. Enable use of a simple, yet effective methodology for capturing preparedness information for gap analysis/mitigation
4. Enable municipal to state aggregation of preparedness information to create a state preparedness report.
Public Release No:09-1281
[Presentation]
Dynamic Modeling of Multi-Modal Transportation Network
Primary Investigator:Masalonis, Anthony J.
Problems:
One goal of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is to mitigate congestion, especially in the dense corridors of major, multi-airport metropolitan areas. Although some elements of NextGen will increase airspace and airport capacity, congestion will remain an issue due to the corresponding increases in demand, especially in major metropolitan areas. One way to address congestion is through multimodal transportation analysis and planning, including consideration of ground transportation as well as alternatives to conventional commercial air transport, such as helicopters and very light jets.
Objectives:
We will identify internal and external modeling capabilities to use or enhance and a potential list of analyses. We will produce sample results regarding the viability of specific New York and Southern California area reliever airports, using an interim version of our model. We will document the modeling capability and demonstrate how it can support the identified analyses. We will also coordinate with stakeholder organizations and institutions performing related research.
Activities:
This modeling and simulation effort also entails outreach and relationship building with the research and stakeholder communities. To create a highly flexible and dynamic model of the multimodal transportation network, we will assess the relative costs and benefits of adding multimodal capabilities to MITRE's current aviation and economic modeling tool suite, as well as leveraging existing capabilities within the broader aviation research community. Problems to be studied may be classified as "air and ground" questions, that is transportation between the airport and the ultimate origin/destination, and "air or ground" questions (i.e., competing alternatives to air transport such as high-speed rail).
Impact:
This project will expand MITRE’s modeling and simulation capabilities to assess the big picture of the national transportation network. Modeling results will enable the FAA, Joint Planning and Development Office, and other stakeholders to implement NextGen airspace, security, and passenger experience initiatives in a more informed manner. In addition, the relationships built through this effort can lead to enhanced dialogue between these stakeholders, thus benefiting the overall transportation system and the traveling public.
Public Release No:09-1021
[Presentation]
Dynamic Web Service Composition for Homeland Security
Primary Investigator:Hawthorne, Lowell S.
Problems:
How can we dynamically compose, or build, a chain of web services to solve an unforeseen information need? Can we apply previous MITRE information alignment successes to semi-automatically find and assemble a sequence of web services? We will develop a set of solutions that will enable automatic characterization of the inputs and outputs of web services in support of subsequent composition/process optimization steps.
Objectives:
The goal of this research is to develop a set of solutions that will enable automatic characterization of the inputs and outputs of web services in support of automated composition and web service orchestration so that service threads may be dynamically defined with little or no human interaction required. We will specifically support design, development, and integration of services into the NORAD-USNORTHCOM homeland security demonstrations and initiatives that improve the integration and correlation of Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C2ISR) data.
Activities:
The Dynamic Web Service Composition MOIE will explore the use of semantics and ontologies to create alignment data for schemas and services in order to input this data into theorem prover technologiesthat will use back-chaining techniques to develop an automated service composition thread. This technique will be used in the design, development, and integration of services into the NORAD-USNORTHCOM Gap Filler Joint Capability Demonstration and homeland defense initiatives.
Impact:
The Dynamic Web Service Composition MOIE will directly support, and transition into, the NORAD-USNORTHCOM Gap Filler Joint Capability Demonstration in support of its risk reduction and development activities. The design direction provided by this MOIE will be incorporated into the demonstration’s technical plan and used to ensure all services developed will be compliant with the MOIE results. These capabilities will be transitioned into the operator’s gap filler prototyping environment for further use by other homeland defense technical efforts to solve warfighter needs.
Public Release No:09-0842
[Presentation]
Efficient End-to-end Service Delivery (Planning and Provisioning) for DoD SATCOM Networks
Primary Investigator:Zhang, Kevin Z.
Electric Grid Management for Contingencies (EGMC)
Primary Investigator:Koester, David P.
Problems:
This MIP research will advance power grid science by examining mathematics and computational science to assure the integrity and resiliency of the nation’s power grid in the presence of multiple, simultaneous, sudden-onset failures. Our research hypothesis is: if each reliability coordinator has access to accurate state and load flow information for all transmission lines that affect their operations and we perform the calculations in a tiered-distributed manner – then it is possible to deploy a electrical grid contingency management capability that is more capable than that currently envisioned by the power reliability and research communities.By aligning global network calculations with the existing hierarchy of regional grid governance, we can avoid building a centralized, interconnection-wide analysis capability.
Objectives:
1. We will demonstrate substantial progress in applying Diakoptic graph theory algorithms to the tiered-distributed concept.
2. We will demonstrate preliminary capabilities to prevent the occurrence of or minimize the effects of cascading power outages and to analyze the forensics of initiating events to determine whether outages are caused by natural or terrorist events.
3. We hope to develop positive interest from Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Energy (DOE), and at least one reliability region.
Activities:
We will demonstrate that our enhanced technologies can improve grid management tools and provide two homeland security benefits: (1) prevent or minimize severe, long lasting damage to the electric power critical infrastructure; (2) alert private and public sector authorities to the likely cause of an outage.These first prototype grid management capabilities will be limited. Future research will enable our tools to be capable of interfacing directly with other power grid demonstration facilities or interfacing directly with telemetry at existing reliability regions. We will strive to develop active relationships/partnerships with groups at a regional reliability coordinator and the Department of Energy (DOE) to promote our research goals.
Impact:
This research can help assure integrity and resiliency of the North American power grid in the face of multiple sudden onset failures including those caused by terror attacks. This research will demonstrate the value of a tiered-distributed regional/national power grid management capability to provide top-down security and resiliency regardless of sub-system failure cause, be it natural, accidental, or deliberate. There are strong national economic and homeland security incentives to develop this capability. It is our desire that potential sponsors and their funding authorities will support new standards and full-scale tool development efforts based on our MIP research.
Public Release No:09-1294
[Presentation]
Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG)
Primary Investigator:Best, Steven R.
Problems:
Omnidirectional and directional antennas often require a metal ground plane (typically a vehicular platform) for operation. The metal ground plane is significant in establishing the performance properties of the antenna. The metal ground plane limits or degrades the performance of the antenna, particularly its operating bandwidth and radiation patterns. The EBG surface is a replacement for the metal ground plane.
Objectives:
The objective of this MSR is to investigate, understand, and characterize the interaction between an EBG surface and antenna so that a new EBG surface-antenna combination can be designed to mitigate the negative effects that a metal ground plane has on the performance properties of the antenna. A new EBG surface and antenna design will provide improved antenna performance.
Activities:
Activities include a review of the technical literature to understand the current state-of-the-art in this field. Using simulation and experiment, we will establish the baseline performance of a simple EBG surface antenna combination. Using simulations, we will design new EBG surfaces and antennas with the objective of reducing the antenna size and improving its performance. Design prototypes will be fabricated.
Impact:
When successful, the new EBG surface antenna design(s) will allow antennas to have reduced size and lower profile when installed on vehicular platforms. The EBG surface based antenna will offer improved performance in terms of operating bandwidth and radiation patterns. These designs can be used in a number of military systems requiring low profile, wideband antennas.
Public Release No:09-0811
[Presentation]
Emerging Technologies for VLSI Applications
Primary Investigator:Skey, Kevin M
Problems:
The warfighter requires small, low-power, and more capable electronic equipment to identify and counteract threats. The increased complexity in electronics systems is creating a government dependence on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components that is leading to increased system Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) to maintain specifications and performance. The innovative use of leading edge microelectronics technology can address these challenges. This project will consider hardware/software impacts, semiconductor process technology, and specialized design methodologies to realize a practical solution for reducing SWaP in electronic systems.
Objectives:
The goal of this project is to research and apply advances in microelectronics technology to develop an innovative, low-power device in support of system solutions specific to our sponsors’ mission. Towards this goal, we will leverage our expertise semiconductor process, hardware/software architectures, and wireless communications to design and implement a sophisticated low-power Platform System-on-a-Chip (SoC) device with applicability to a family of sponsor applications.
Activities:
1. Researched multicore processor and software defined radio (SDR) architectures as well as in-depth analysis of JTRS requirements
2. Selected handheld tactical radios as application target due to high volume application, which is well-suited for Platform SoC and for addressing increasing SWAP with an SDR approach using COTS.
3. Performed waveform complexity analysis for SINCGARS and SRW waveforms.
4. Developed and fabricated 90 nm 9LP ARM-based programmable, reconfigurable transceiver device in 2007 through NSA Trusted Foundry Program.
5. Currently designing and implementing highly programmable, low power SDR-on-a-Chip (SDRoC) Multicore device with 4 ARM9 processors. This device is due in fabrication in May 2009.
Impact:
This project has enabled MITRE to promote design reuse and portability practices in major acquisition programs: Air Force FAB-T and HDR-RF, JTRS AMF, GPS. Specific impacts:
1. Enhanced MITRE’s capability to deliver next generation Platform SoC designs targeted for our sponsor’s applications to maintain MITRE’s in-depth understanding of advanced semiconductor process and integrated circuit design techniques
2. Developed innovative virtual radio technology for adoption by AMF JTRS to reduce risk in software development and waveform porting
3. Influencied JTRS program towards System-on-a-Chip solutions for next increment as well as working to define the technology roadmap for JTRS HMS
4. Provided insights into potential suitability of Single Event Effects (SEE) to UAVs and currently working with Los Alamos Radiation Lab through the ESC MILSATCOM Terminal program
5. Developing next generation architecture for GPS MUE program
Public Release No:09-0817
[Presentation]
Exhibit Date(s):May 6, May 7
Empire Challenge 09, Collaborative Situational Awareness and the Common Core for Sensor Planning
Primary Investigator:King,Greg
Exhibit Date(s):May 6
Enabling Capabilities for Tactical Edge Networking (ECTEN)
Primary Investigator:Rigano, Christopher P.
Problems:
Emerging Navy systems and capabilities that will support tactical edge networking and distributed operations include the Communications Airborne Layer Expansion Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (CABLE JCTD), the Dynamic Tactical Communications Network Enabling Capability (DTCN EC), and Naval Tactical Networking (NTN). These systems will use heterogeneous links including airborne relays, SATCOM, tactical edge networks (e.g. EPLRS), and LOS links (e.g. HFIP, SNR) to interconnect high-reliability IP backbones and disadvantaged tactical networks. These links will change constantly as a function of aircraft position (for links that use airborne relays), and shadowing and terrain (airborne, SATCOM, and LOS networks), and will likely be subject to errors and packet loss even when connected. These topology changes and error rates will pose difficulties for end-to-end IP services, even those that use only UDP/IP. Services that use TCP such as chat and web that CABLE intends to host on the aircraft will also under-perform, limiting warfighters’ timely access to information.
Recent research work funded by DARPA and NASA has developed an overlay network technology called Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking(DTN). DTN implements a store-and-forward model where messages may be stored at routers for long periods of time, such as for a few minutes when waiting to re-establish SATCOM connectivity after an outage. A proof-of-concept demonstration of the ability of DTN to improve tactical edge systems was carried out at Fort AP Hill in November 2007. The demonstration used only rudimentary dynamic routing and did not include support for multicast DTN messages, two key capabilities that will be needed to support systems such as CABLE and DTCN. The FY08 Fleet Wireless Network Stability MOIE examined the use of DTN in the NAVY Automated Digital Network Services (ADNS) environment and showed that by using DTN, end-to-end paths can be broken into a series of shorter transmissions. These shorter transmissions can use mechanisms such as NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast (NORM) and TCP Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEPs) to increase hop-by-hop throughput and to provide efficient, reliable, end-to-end communications in disrupted and heterogeneous environments.
Objectives:
Advance DTN capabilities to make it useful in deployed tactical scenarios:
Multicast Support
Unicast Routing for Tactical Environments
Congestion Control
Activities:
Define reliable multicast support for DTN
* Standardize mechanisms with IRTF/IETF
* Implement in DTN2 reference implementation
Define unicast routing mechanism suitable for intermittently-connected/scheduled environments (e.g. airborne)
* Prototype in DTN2
* Circulate to DTN research community
Define congestion control (storage management) mechanisms for DTN
* Define protocol
* Feed drafts to DARPA program and standards community
* Prototype in DTN2
Work with NRL to include DTN in their MANET and other testbed capabilities. Investigate addition of DTN to NRL-related work in SOA and groupwise communications (with follow-on to funded work).
Impact:
DTN Technology transitioned via Dynamic Tactical Communications Networks (DTCN) EC, ADNS, and eventually Naval Tactical Networking (NTN) will eventually flow into CANES, providing more robust communications.
Public Release No:09-0788
[Presentation]
Exhibit Date(s):May 6
Energy Systems and Natural Resources Modeling
Primary Investigator:Schoener, Bradley C.H.
Problems:
The large uncertainties and complexities regarding energy and economic security, coupled with the timing and severity of potential impacts of climate change, pose complex challenges and confound planning and decision processes across our sponsor base. Agency programs in these areas are being expanded rapidly, emphasizing technology strategies and policies that are not well integrated This limits the effectiveness of proactive and reactive actions. Improved models and methods are needed to integrate and prioritize major national initiatives, agency and commercial plans and programs, critical infrastructure protection, and plans to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
The project will explore systems analysis and engineering concepts, techniques and prototypes to help Government agencies (e.g., DoD, DOE, DHS, DOC/NOAA) prepare their adaptation strategies and contingency plans (e.g., future site planning for our naval bases). We will focus on the energy, materials, and agriculture systems as major influences on climate change and identify strategies for dealing with this national challenge. We will identify and analyze the potential of multi-agency programs in an integrated techno-economic framework.
We will develop a Climate Change Modeling Lab to host major DOE, USDA, DHS and other models. The Lab will initially be used to describe currently planned mitigation and adaptation strategies as a base-line; then applied to support multiple agency Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation (PA&E) efforts to develop and realign program plans and incorporate them in consolidated multi-agency scenarios and strategies.
Objectives:
Develop a Climate Change Modeling Lab to host major DOE, USDA, DHS and other models, and reduced form versions to address mitigation and adaptation scenarios and strategies.
Apply a novel integrating decision-analysis framework (Reference Energy/Materials System) coupled with a Geographic Information System (GIS) to model adaptation scenarios and major Greenhouse Gas (GHG) source and impact models for mitigation scenarios and strategies:
·MARKAL for energy
·Century for Agriculture
·ESRI ArcInfo GIS to portray risks and adaptation strategies for critical at-risk infrastructure involving industry, government, and the public.
Activities:
1) Connections with key agencies such as the Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Commerce
2) Established cooperative research connections with the Energy Modeling Forum and University of Maryland, INFORUM
3) Established an ESNR Modeling Lab
4) Apply Modeling Capabilities (Products)–Backup Generation & Storage Capacity for Wind Generated Electricity
–The Regional Effect Of PHEVF Subsidies On The Light Duty Vehicle Mix
–Applied Biofuels Modeling.
Impact:
Many agencies have expressed interest in a comprehensive modeling effort. Their efforts to date have been thwarted by the complexity of the challenge and the fragmented governance structure. Multiple agencies have expressed strong interest in our capabilities, including DOE, DOC and USDA and in our tax and subsidy focus that encompasses all agencies. Some very preliminary results based on earlier work have been applied by agencies. Federal government agencies, commercial industries, and the public at large will benefit from MITRE developing mitigation and adaptation strategies to address climate change. This work will save lives and property. The capabilities developed may be applied across MITRE program areas to help sponsors in developing programs and strategies.
Public Release No:09-1154
[Presentation]
Exhibit Date(s):May 7
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