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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s SocialCyber program aims to create a dynamic situational awareness capability that can preserve the integrity and security of open source software projects.
By Mark Rockwell Oct 19, 2020 It only takes one small breach to dent confidence in the nation’s election systems, according to a digital rights and technology expert. While the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other organizations have made great strides since 2016 to shore up local election infrastructure, “cybersecurity is an active process. Threats are constantly changing and evolving, so we need to keep making the case that election officials need to prioritize cybersecurity and not be complacent," said William Adler, senior technologist for elections and de...
By Nick Wakeman Mar 12, 2021 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to explore how artificial intelligence-enabled assistants can provide guidance -- in the form of just-in-time visual and audio feedback -- to help users expand their skillsets and minimize errors or mistakes. In the Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program, humans would wear microphones sensors, head-mounted cameras and an augmented reality headset that all send and receive data. The system could help medics or mechanics, for example, by understanding what they’re working on and offering AR-based ins...
By Itay Bengad Mar 12, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has made shockingly clear how thin emergency medical services teams have been spread. It’s a reality that many teams endured before the pandemic and it will continue to experience once it’s over. As a result, EMS teams must carefully allocate their emergency response resources to properly address every potential scenario. However, in one such scenario -- the car accident -- first responders face critical operational and technological challenges in dispatching the appropriate resources. Because they have no real-time data from the scene ...
As artificial intelligence advances, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to treat computers more as partners in helping solve complex military problems.