Publications
A framework to improve evaluation of novel decision support tools
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Organizations that introduce new technology into an operational environment seek to improve some aspect of task conduct through technology use. Many organizations rely on user acceptance measures to gauge technology viability, though misinterpretation of user feedback can lead organizations to accept non-beneficial technology or reject potentially beneficial technology. Additionally, teams...
Detect-and-avoid closed-loop evaluation of noncooperative well clear definitions
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Four candidate detect-and-avoid well clear definitions for unmanned aircraft systems encountering noncooperative aircraft are evaluated using safety and operational suitability metrics. These candidates were proposed in previous research based on unmitigated collision risk, maneuver initiation ranges, and other considerations. Noncooperative aircraft refer to aircraft without a functioning transponder. One million...
Graded index dielectric superstrate for phased array scan compensation
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This paper presents the use of additively manufactured graded index materials to improve the scan impedance variation of phased arrays. Solvent-based extrusion permits the programmatically controlled printing of chosen material properties with relative permittivity ranging from 2 to 24.5. This low-loss material shows promise for improvement of scan impedance variation...
Predicting cognitive load and operational performance in a simulated marksmanship task
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Modern operational environments can place significant demands on a service member's cognitive resources, increasing the risk of errors or mishaps due to overburden. The ability to monitor cognitive burden and associated performance within operational environments is critical to improving mission readiness. As a key step toward a field-ready system, we...
Adjoint analysis of guidance systems for time-series inputs using Fourier analysis
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The adjoint technique is a proven technique for analysis of linear time-varying systems and is widely used in the missile design community. It is a very efficient technique that can solve for both deterministic and stochastic disturbances and can develop a miss distance budget in a single computer solution of...
Deep implicit coordination graphs for multi-agent reinforcement learning [e-print]
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Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) requires coordination to efficiently solve certain tasks. Fully centralized control is often infeasible in such domains due to the size of joint action spaces. Coordination graph based formalization allows reasoning about the joint action based on the structure of interactions. However, they often require domain expertise...
Control systems need software security too: cyber-physical systems and safety-critical application domains must adopt widespread effective software defenses
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Low-level embedded control systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries, and there is a strong need for stronger software defenses for such systems. The cyber-physical nature of such systems impose real-time performance constraints not seen in enterprise computing systems, and such constraints fundamentally alter how software defenses should be designed...
COVID-19: famotidine, histamine, mast cells, and mechanisms [eprint]
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SARS-CoV-2 infection is required for COVID-19, but many signs and symptoms of COVID-19 differ from common acute viral diseases. Currently, there are no pre- or post-exposure prophylactic COVID-19 medical countermeasures. Clinical data suggest that famotidine may mitigate COVID-19 disease, but both mechanism of action and rationale for dose selection remain...
75,000,000,000 streaming inserts/second using hierarchical hypersparse GraphBLAS matrices
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The SuiteSparse GraphBLAS C-library implements high performance hypersparse matrices with bindings to a variety of languages (Python, Julia, and Matlab/Octave). GraphBLAS provides a lightweight in-memory database implementation of hypersparse matrices that are ideal for analyzing many types of network data, while providing rigorous mathematical guarantees, such as linearity. Streaming updates...
The 2017 Buffalo Area Icing and Radar Study (BAIRS II)
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The second Buffalo Area Icing and Radar Study (BAIRS II) was conducted during the winter of 2017. The BAIRS II partnership between Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory (LL), the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) was sponsored by the Federal Aviation...