Overview of Information and Signal Processing Program

24 January 2007

Liyi Dai, Program ManagerComputing & Information Sciences Division

Mathematical & Information Sciences DirectorateU.S. Army Research Office

ARO’s ScientificDivision Structure

Director

Mathematical& Information

Sciences

Mechanical Sciences

Electronics

Physical Sciences

Engineering Sciences

Physics

MaterialsScience

Chemical Sciences

LifeSciences

Computing &Info Sciences

Mathematics

EnvironmentalSciences

Mathematical & Information Sciences Directorate

Mathematical & Information Sciences

Directorate

Mathematics Division

Computing & Information Sciences Division

• Cooperative Systems • Computational

Mathematics• Discrete Mathematics and

Computer Sciences• Modeling of Complex

Systems• Modeling, Simulation, and

Related Mathematics• Probability and Statistics

• Systems and Control• Information Assurance • Communications and

Network • Software and

Knowledge Based Systems

• Information and Signal Processing

ARO Overview

• The Army’s main funding agency for basic research

• Needs and opportunity driven, primarily fund extramural research

– Close collaboration with Army Research Lab and other Army organizations

– Potential ROI

– Balanced research: near-term, mid-term, and long-term needs

• ARO Web Site: http://www.aro.army.mil

“Heavy forces must be more strategically deployable and more agile with a smaller logistical footprint, and light forces must be more lethal, survivable and tactically

mobile. Achieving this paradigm will require innovative thinking about structure, modernization efforts and

spending.”

Driving Force

- The Chief of Staff, Army23 June 1999

Adv. Sensors

Objective Force Warrior

See First

Understand First

Act First

Finish Decisively

Objective Force

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(Direct & Indirect Fire)

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Future Combat Systems

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Technology Trends and Opportunities

• Miniaturization– Incorporation of more functions into smaller space

< 30 tons

< 40 lb load~100 lb load

70+ tons

Technology Trends and Opportunities

• Time compression– Ubiquitous availability of high performance computing– Real-time information processing and delivery

> 40 mph< 10 mph

Technology Trends and Opportunities

• Complexity– System of systems: Network science

1. Autonomous Systems2. Secure and Robust Information Systems 3. Networked Information Processing

CISD Thrust Areas

Research and develop methods to facilitate the creation of networked information systems over band limited mobile, wireless networks. This includes processing of sensor information, multi-hop mobile, wireless communication networks, fusing and interpreting data, and processing and presenting data for decision making. Information includes sensor data, and real-time voice, text, graphics, and video. The focus is on theory and fundamental limits of the problems as well as implementable solutions.

ISP Program Research Areas:

– Interpretation of sensor data, including multiple sensor modalities.

– Analysis, fusion, reduction, and representation of data for decision making.

– Data compression and coding, network and quality of service aware.

Develop image feature extraction and modeling, image/video compression, sensor fusion, and energy efficient processing to provide increased performance

and capability for processing signals, data, and information to enhance the warfighters’ decision

making, situation awareness, command and control and methods to improve targeting and the performance of

weapons systems.

Program Goal

Current Coverage

• Data and information fusion

• Automatic/Aided target recognition

• Target acquisition and tracking

• Video coding for wireless communication

• Battlefield modeling and visualization

• Image resolution enhancement

Thank you!