The acronyms for the four BRAIN Initiative related IARPA programs are ICArUS. MICrONS, KRNS, and SHARP.

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) invests in high-risk, high-payoff research programs to tackle some of the most difficult challenges of the agencies and disciplines in the Intelligence Community (IC). IARPA does not have an operational mission and does not deploy technologies directly to the field. Instead, IARPA facilitates the transition of research results to our IC customers for operational application.

Web Information

Website: www.iarpa.gov/ Neuroscience webpage: iarpa.gov/research-programs/neuroscience-programs-at-iarpa Wikipedia Entry: wiki/Intelligence_Advanced_Research_Projects_Activity

 

Contact Information

Email: dni-iarpa-info@iarpa.gov Phone: (301) 851-7500 Address: Office of the Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Washington, DC 20511

 

About IARPA

IARPA collaborates across the IC

to ensure that our research addresses relevant future needs. This cross-community focus ensures our ability to:

address cross-agency challenges leverage both operational and R&D expertise from across the IC coordinate transition strategies with our agency partners

IARPA does not have an operational mission and does not deploy technologies directly to the field. Instead, IARPA facilitates the transition of research results to our IC customers for operational application.

Our Leadership

IARPA is led by a distinguished group of accomplished scientists and researchers.

Our Organization

There are four research thrusts within IARPA embodied in four offices:

Office for Anticipating Surprise

The Office for Anticipating Surprise (OAS) focuses ...

 

The focus of the Integrated Cognitive- Neuroscience Architectures for Understanding Sensemaking (ICArUS)  Program is to understand and model how humans engage in the sensemaking process, both during optimal and suboptimal (biased) performance. Of particular interest are cognitive biases related to attention, memory, and decision making.

Sensemaking refers to the remarkable human ability to detect patterns in data, and to infer the underlying causes of those patterns – even when the data are sparse, noisy, and uncertain.

Web Information

IARPA Neuroscience programs page: iarpa.gov/neuroscience-programs-at-iarpa

ICArUS page: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/icarus

Program Office page: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/about-iarpa/incisive-analysis

Contact Information

Program Manager email: rita.bush@iarpa.gov

Phone: (301) 851-7431

Address: Office of the Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Washington, District of Columbia 20511

Program Office

Office of Incisive Analysis

The Office of Incisive Analysis (IA) focuses on maximizing insights from the massive, disparate, unreliable and dynamic data that are—or could be—available to analysts, in a timely manner. We are pursuing new sources of information from existing and novel data, and we are investigating innovative techniques that can be utilized in the processes of analysis. Our programs are in diverse technical disciplines but have common features:

Involve potential transition partners at all stages, beginning with the definition of success; Create technologies that can earn the trust of the analyst user by providing the reasoning for ...

 

The goal of the Knowledge Representation in Neural Systems (KRNS) Program is to develop and rigorously evaluate theories that explain how the human brain represents conceptual knowledge.

In part the evaluation will rest on how well concepts can be interpreted from neural activity patterns using algorithms derived from the theories. In addition to new theories and algorithms, KRNS seeks the development of innovative protocols for evoking and measuring concept-related neural activity using neural imaging methods such as (but not limited to) fMRI, and MEG.

Web Information

IARPA Neuroscience programs page: iarpa.gov/neuroscience-programs-at-iarpa

KRNS page: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/krns

Program Office page: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/about-iarpa/incisive-analysis

Contact Information

Program Manager email: jacob.vogelstein@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7497

Address: Office of the Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Washington, District of Columbia 20511

Program Office

Incisive Analysis

The Office of Incisive Analysis (IA) focuses on maximizing insights from the massive, disparate, unreliable and dynamic data that are—or could be—available to analysts, in a timely manner. We are pursuing new sources of information from existing and novel data, and we are investigating innovative techniques that can be utilized in the processes of analysis. Our programs are in diverse technical disciplines but have common features:

Involve potential transition partners at all stages, beginning with the definition of success; Create technologies that can earn the trust of the analyst user by ...

 

MICrONS, Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks,seeks to revolutionize machine learning by reverse-engineering the algorithms of the brain. The program is expressly designed as a dialogue between data science and neuroscience.

Participants in the program will have the unique opportunity to pose biological questions with the greatest potential to advance theories of neural computation and obtain answers through carefully planned experimentation and data analysis.

Web Information

IARPA Neuroscience programs page: iarpa.gov/neuroscience-programs-at-iarpa

MICrONS page: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns

Program Office page: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/about-iarpa/safe-and-secure-operations

Contact Information

Program Manager email: jacob.vogelstein@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7497

Address: Office of the Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Washington, District of Columbia 20511

Program Office

Office of Safe & Secure Operations

The Office of Safe and Secure Operations (SSO) focuses on the IC’s ability to operate freely and effectively in an often hostile and increasingly interdependent and resource-constrained environment. Key research focus areas for SSO include information assurance, advanced computing technologies and architectures, quantum information science and technology, and threat detection and mitigation.

Office Director

Dr. William Vanderlinde (301) 851-7508 william.vanderlinde@iarpa.gov

Program Information

Solicitation Status: Open

IARPA-BAA-14-06 Proposers’ Day Date: July 17, 2014 BAA Release Date: January 8, 2015 BAA Question Period: January 8, 2015–February 9, 2015 Proposal Due Date: March 13, 2015

Despite significant progress in machine learning over the past few years, today’s state of the art algorithms are brittle ...

 

The Strengthening Human Adaptive Reasoning and Problem-Solving (SHARP) Program is seeking to fund rigorous, high-quality research to address these limitations and advance the science on optimizing human adaptive reasoning and problem-solving.

The goal of the program is to test and validate interventions that have the potential to significantly improve these capabilities, leading to improvements in performance for high-performing adults in information-rich environments.

 

Web Information

IARPA Neuroscience programs page: iarpa.gov/neuroscience-programs-at-iarpa

SHARP page: iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/sharp

Program Office page: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/about-iarpa/smart-collection

 

Contact Information

Program Manager email: alexis.jeannotte@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7517

Address: Office of the Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Washington, District of Columbia 20511

 

Program Office

Smart Collection

The Office of Smart Collection (SC) focuses on improving the value of collected data from all sources. The Office seeks to achieve this goal by, among other activities, 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, the Office pursues new mechanisms for combining information gathered from multiple sources to enhance the quality, reliability, and utility of collected information.

Areas of interest include:

Innovative methods or tools for identifying and/or creating novel sources of new information Sensor technologies that dramatically improve the reach, sensitivity, size, weight, and power for collection of broad signal or ...

Director, IARPA – Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency

Dr Matheny oversees research efforts to develop new capabilities for a range of events relevant to national security. He was also overseeing three IARPA programs: the Open Source Indicators (OSI) program, Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition (FUSE) and Forecasting Science and Technology (ForeST)

 

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/bios/Matheny_Bio.pdf

LinkedIn Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-matheny/1/8a8/161

Contact Information

Email: jason.matheny@iarpa.gov

Phone: (301) 851-7451

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

Biosketch

Dr. Matheny holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University, an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University, an M.B.A. from Duke University and a B.A. from the University of Chicago. He received the Intelligence Community’s Award for Individual Achievement in Science and Technology.

Matheny had been serving as director of IARPA’s new Office for Anticipating Surprise, overseeing research efforts to develop new capabilities for a range of events relevant to national security. He was also overseeing three IARPA programs: the Open Source Indicators (OSI) program, Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition (FUSE) and Forecasting Science and Technology (ForeST).

Matheny joined IARPA in 2009, when he started off helping grow programs related to forecasting geopolitical events. He helped create SciCast, the world’s largest science and technology forecasting tournament, which ...

 

Director, IARPA Office of Safe and Secure Operations (SSO)

Dr.Vanderlinde was an IARPA program manager from 2009 to 2012, leading the CAT and ATHENA programs. He re-joined IARPA in March 2015 as the SSO office director. Dr. Vanderlinde’s work has focused on microelectronics and advanced microscopy, with applications to supply-chain assurance and high-performance computing.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/files/resources/Vanderlinde_Bio.pdf

LinkedIn Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-vanderlinde/6/6a0/116

Contact Information

Email: william.vanderlinde@iarpa.gov

Phone: (301) 851-7508

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Dr. Vanderlinde  previous positions include Technical Director of the DOD Microelectronics Research Laboratory and as Team Leader for Nanotechnology at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences. He was General Chair of the International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis in 2010 and serves on the Electron Device Failure Analysis Society Board of Directors.

He holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Cornell University, an M.S. in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in physics from the University of Virginia. He is a DNI Fellow and an elected Fellow of ASM International.

 

Director, IARPA Incisive Analysis (IA) Office

Dr. Cotell’s career has been dedicated to delivering innovative technology-based solutions to both the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Department of Defense. Dr. Cotell holds seminal patents in the field of laser deposition of biocompatible coatings for medical implants.

 

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/files/resources/Cotell_Bio.pdf

LinkedIn Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/catherine-cotell/1/860/50 

Contact Information

Email: catherine.cotell@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301) 851-7685

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

Biosketch

Dr. Cotell joined IARPA in November 2014. She served as a science, strategy and transition advisor to the Basic and Applied Sciences Department at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for Analytic Services Inc. and as Chief Scientist at Noblis. As Vice President at In-Q-Tel, Dr. Cotell launched In-Q-Tel’s University Outreach program and managed In-Q-Tel’s largest technology practice, Applications Software & Analytics, investing on behalf of the IC in knowledge management, search and discovery, machine translation, data visualization, digital media, gaming, modeling and simulation, as well as collaboration and geospatial tools. Prior to In-Q-Tel, Dr. Cotell was head of Technology Transfer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory where she managed and licensed the largest intellectual property portfolio in the Department of Defense. Dr. Cotell holds seminal patents in the field of laser deposition of biocompatible ...

 

Acting Director, IARPA Office for Anticipating Surprise Program Manager. ICArUS program

Dr. Bush previously served as Division Chief of the Information Exploitation (InfoX) Research Division in the Disruptive Technology Office (DTO), where she oversaw an extensive research portfolio in a variety of topics of interest to the Intelligence Community, including natural language understanding, video exploitation, collaborative work environments, social network analysis, modeling and simulation and information visualization.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/files/resources/Bush_biography.pdf

LinkedIn Webpage: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/rita-bush/0/997/15b

Contact Information

Email: rita.bush@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7431

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Prior to becoming a federal government employee, Dr. Bush was employed as a Program Manager at AT&T and at Telcordia Technologies. She began her career as a researcher in Human Factors at Bell Labs. She holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology.

Research Interests

Her current research interests include social psychology and group behavior, experimental design and quantitative methods, visualization techniques, usability engineering, user interface design, novel human-computer interaction techniques, virtual worlds, massive multiplayer online games (MMOGs), web 2.0 technologies

Acting Director, Office of Smart Collection Program Manager, Athena,  GHO, HFGeo, SLiCE

Dr. Reed has been an IARPA program manager since 2010, managing programs and projects on diverse topics that include geolocation, electrically small antennas, and reliability of information from sensor networks.  He has been involved in all development phases for systems for signals intelligence, communications, navigation, radar, and electronic warfare. He has patents in parallel computing, radar signal processing, and GPS.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/images/bios/Reed_Bio.pdf

 

 

Contact Information

Email: chris.reed@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7485

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Dr. Chris Reed is concurrently serving as the Acting Director of the Office of Smart Collection and as a Program Manager in the Office where he oversees the Athena,  GHO, HFGeo, SLiCE programs.

Prior to joining IARPA he worked with L-3 Communications, Statistical Signal Processing, Raytheon, Hughes, Compaq Computer, and the U.S. Army. He has been involved in all development phases for systems for signals intelligence, communications, navigation, radar, and electronic warfare. He has patents in parallel computing, radar signal processing, and GPS.

Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, and a master’s and doctorate in Electrical Engineering from UCLA

 

Research Interests

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Program Manager, IARPA SHARP and TRUST programs

Dr. Jeannotte held an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in the National Securities and Global Securities at the US Department of Homeland Security. Dr Jeannotte also was a contractor supporting the government in the development and management of programs that fund research and development to meet national security needs.

Web Information

IARPA Webpage: http://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/our-program-managers#Jeannotte

Contact Information

Email: alexis.jeannotte@iarpa.gov

Phone: 301-851-7517

Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

 

Biosketch

Dr. Jeannotte, at Avian, led a three of three as a systems engineering and technical assistant to her government customer. Alexis used her technical background in neuroscience to help develop, fund and manage research programs that will meet critical needs for U.S. government operations. She also acts as a cheerleader for the company in the Metro D.C. area and served as program manager for the AVIAN team.

 

Research Interests

Human cognition and intelligence, mobile sensing, wearable devices, social psychology and neuroscience, deception, trust, motivation, creativity, human performance, second language learning, cross-cultural training, identity

 

Summary

Program Manager, Office of Safe and Secure Operations, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Multi-Council Working Group (staff), BRAIN Initiative

As an IARPA Program Manager, Dr. Vogelstein’s areas of interest include neural computing, neuromorphic hardware, neuromimetic algorithms, brain-computer interfaces, neural prosthetics, and other topics in applied neuroscience.

 

Information

IARPA Webpage: iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns

LinkedIn Webpage: linkedin.com/pub/r-jacob-vogelstein/4/21b/658

Email: jacob.vogelstein@iarpa.gov Phone: 301-851-7497 Address: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Gate 5, 1000 Colonial Farm Rd. McLean, VA 22101

Biosketch

Partner

Gamma3 LLC July 2012 – Present (3 years 1 month)Baltimore, MD

Early-stage venture capital for Baltimore-based technology companies in all sectors.

Assistant Research Professor

Johns Hopkins University January 2008 – November 2013 (5 years 11 months)Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 Direct the Laboratory for Cross-disciplinary Research in Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.  Oversee and advise research activities of post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students enrolled in academic study programs at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.  Teach two courses: Product Design Lab (520.427) and Brain-Computer Interfaces (520.671)

Program Manager, Applied Neuroscience

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

January 2007 – November 2013 (6 years 11 months) | Research and Exploratory Development Department

 Responsible for conception, technical oversight, and management of a diverse portfolio of cutting-edge research and development programs in applied neuroscience and biomedical engineering. Duties include: o Establishing ...