•December 2004: The US Army has awarded IAI a project for differential games.
•December 2004: IAI receives an award from the US Army for a project on DEC-POMDP games.
•December 2004: The US Army has awarded IAI with subcontractor Georgia Institute of Technology a contract for Army intrusion detection.
•November 2004: IAI receives an award from NASA Ames Research Center for Agent-based health monitoring system.
•November 2004: NASA Glenn Research Center has awarded IAI a contract with Time Domain as a purposed subcontractor for Ultra-Wideband relative navigation.
•October 2004: IAI receives an award with University of New Orleans as a subcontractor for a project on maneuver detection.
•October 2004: IAI has been awarded a Grant from the Department of Education for Story Tiles II.
•October 2004: The US Army has awarded IAI a Phase II award for barrel stabilization.
•October 2004: The Air Force has awarded IAI a contract with Penn State University as subcontractor for ERCM fault diagnosis.
•September 2004: The Air Force has awarded a contract to IAI for Phase II of Engine Builder.
•September 2004: IAI has been awarded a Phase II contract from the Air Force for Asset Tracking.
•September 2004: The U.S. Army has awarded IAI an award for Phase II of evolvable curves.
•September 2004: The US Army has awarded IAI a SBIR Phase II Plus modification to Survivable Networks.
•September 2004: The Air Force has awarded IAI an award for a project on human fatigue.
•September 2004: IAI has been awarded a Phase II award with NC State University as subcontractor by the US Army for traffic control.
•September 2004: The Air Force has awarded IAI a Phase II contract with UT Arlington as subcontractor for Corona Monitoring.
•July 2004: IAI has received a new award from the US Army Aviation & Missile Command for a contract on Cognitive Hardware Elements.
•July 2004: IAI has received a new contract from Naval Surface Warfare Center for a project on Communication Intrusion Detection.
•June 2004: The Office of Naval Research has awarded IAI a new contract for GEMS Speech Recognition.
•June 2004: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new contract to IAI for Path Planning.
•June 2004: IAI has received a new contract from the Office of Naval Research for Maximum Entropy.
•June 2004: The Office of Naval Research has awarded IAI a new contract for Angle Sensor.
•June 2004: The Office of Naval Research awards IAI a new contract for Ultra-Wideband Antenna.
•June 2004: IAI has been awarded a Phase II contract from NAVAIR for the SCORM Frameworker II project.
•June 2004: The US Army has awarded a new Phase II Plus project to IAI for Ammunition Monitoring.
•June 2004: IAI lauches CybelePro Intelligent Agent Infrastructure.
•May 2004: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new contract to IAI for Collision Avoidance.
•May 2004: IAI has been awarded a new contract from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for Enhanced Speech Recognition.
•May 2004: IAI relocates.
•April 2004: The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a new contract to IAI for Crisis Ops.
•April 2004: The NAVAL Sea Logistics Center has awarded IAI a new contract for Attenuation Technologies.
•April 2004: The Air Force Research Lab has awarded a new contract to IAI for Bandwidth Efficient Receiver.
•April 2004: IAI has received a new contract from NAVAIR for Multipath Signals.
•April 2004: The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a new contract to IAI for Time Synchronization.
•January 2004: IAI Army awards IAI project to measure orientation of an aviator's helmet in a Comanche helicopter.
•January 2004: IAI Navy awards IAI project involving shipboard handling of offboard vehicles.
•January 2004: IAI receives Army award on Control of Mobile Communications.
•January 2004: Navy awards IAI project on Collaboration in Underwater Sensor Networks.
•January 2004: Air Force contracts IAI to design Wireless Explosives Detection.
•January 2004: IAI receives Air Force award on Inspection of Composite Structures.
•January 2004: CBD awards IAI project on Spectral Unmixing and Classification of Chemical Biological agents.
December 2004: The Naval Air Warfare Center has awarded IAI a project with Penn State as a subcontractor for anomaly detection.
The Naval Air Warfare Center has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract with Penn State as subcontractor for failure precursors and anomaly detection in complex electrical systems using symbolic dynamics. IAI and Penn State will develop a real-time anomaly sensing and monitoring system for early detection of faults in electrical systems and to experimentally validate the proposed concept on an active nonlinear electrical circuit.
December 2004: The US Army has awarded IAI a project for differential games.
The US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command Acquisition Center awarded a SBIR Phase I contract entitled “Novel Approaches to Scholastic Pursuit-Evasion Differential Games with Multiple Players.” This proposal explores multiple evaders and pursuers in random environment and continuous time. This system causes a loss in predictability which makes players no longer stick to equilibrium strategies.
December 2004: IAI receives an award from the US Army for a project on DEC-POMDP games.
The US Army CECOM has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the project entitled “DEC-POMDP Stochastic Game Approach for Uncertain Multi Agent Systems.” IAI proposes to model unmanned vehicles that engage in stochastic game formulations for collaborative teaming and computing joint optimal policies.
December 2004: The US Army has awarded IAI with subcontractor Georgia Institute of Technology a contract for Army intrusion detection.
The US Army RDECOM has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with subcontractor Georgia Institute of Technology for the project entitled “Agent Based Distributed and Cooperative Intrusion Detection for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks.” IAI proposes an architecture that an anomaly and fault detection agent runs at each “monitoring” node and performs local detection and local data collection.
December 2004: IAI receives an award from NASA Ames Research Center for Agent-based health monitoring system.
NASA Ames Research Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase II award to IAI with Penn State as a subcontractor for a project entitled “Agent-Based Health Monitoring System.” The objective of this work is to achieve integrated system health management and self-reliant systems. This includes integration of the maintenance and logistics scheduling systems in order to achieve fully automated systems.
December 2004: NASA Glenn Research Center has awarded IAI a contract with Time Domain as a purposed subcontractor for Ultra-Wideband relative navigation.
NASA Glenn Research Center has awarded IAI a SBIR Phase II contract with Time Domain as subcontractor for Ultra-wideband transceiver for integrated communication and relative navigation. UWB radios can be made with low power, lightweight, compact, and low-cost and are suitable for the ranging and communication needs of spacecraft, space missions, and navigation.
October 2004: IAI receives an award with University of New Orleans as a subcontractor for a project on maneuver detection.
The Naval Air Warfare Center has awarded a SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with University of New Orleans as subcontractor for the project entitled “A Novel Target Maneuver Detection Technique with Range Rate Measurement.” IAI proposes a surveillance system that reliably indicates the magnitude and presence of target maneuvers. This technique uses a radar measurement for tracking.
October 2004: IAI has been awarded a Grant from the Department of Education for Story Tiles II.
The US Department of Education has awarded IAI a new Phase II Grant for the project entitled “Programmable Manipulative to Improve Language, Sequencing, and Imaginative Play Skills in Children with Autism.” IAI will conduct a study with the Story Tiles prototype in a preschool classroom setting. IAI will also improve on device and software design. The Story Tiles device allows children to experiment with torytelling.
October 2004: The US Army has awarded IAI a Phase II award for barrel stabilization.
The US Army has awarded a new SBIR Phase II award to IAI for barrel stabilization. The project entitled “Piezoelectric Actuation System for Small Arms Gun Barrel Stabilization” focuses on the skilled marksman in ideal firing situations. The main objective is to develop a stabilized riffle to help soldiers under extreme emotional and physical stress.
October 2004: The Air Force has awarded IAI a contract with Penn State University as subcontractor for ERCM fault diagnosis.
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded a new STTR Phase II contract to IAI with subcontractor Penn State University for the project entitled “A Novel Self-Diagnosis Approach to Nondestructive Inspection of Composite Structures.” The main purpose of the Phase II project is to combine ERCM or Electrical Resistance Change Method, the robust processing algorithms for nondestructive evaluation, guided wave inspection method, and inspection of composite structures.
September 2004: The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI for the project entitled “Agent-Based Generic Scheduling Engine Builder.”
In the Phase II effort, IAI will focus the effort on a set of tools and framework that enforces a new powerful approach to developing agent-based scheduling engines by identifying agents, designing the basic components, and designing interaction protocols and behavior to meet the system requirement. IAI proposes the use of the Generic Scheduling Engine Builder (GenSEB), a tool developed in Phase I of the project, which allows users to design scheduling components.
September 2004: The Air Force has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase II contract entitled “Wireless Asset Tracking and Management System for Depot Shops.”
IAI proposes a system architecture that provides supervising components for tracking, assigning, monitoring, and scheduling assets for any work environment using active tags. Phase I prototype software was developed and active tags were used to track workers and equipment. In Phase II, a fully functional version will be implemented and Ultra Wideband radios will be used to track the active tags.
September 2004: The U.S. Army has awarded a new STTR Phase II contract to IAI with subcontractor Duke University for the project entitled “Using Evolvable Curves to Track Dynamic Boundaries.”
The Phase II effort will continue to further develop and optimize the algorithms from the Phase I effort and develop software for distributed, multi-robot detection and surveillance of rapidly changing perimeters.
September 2004: The US Army has awarded a SBIR Phase II Plus modification to the Survivable Networks project to IAI.
In this task, IAI will modify the capabilities of the ad-hoc MAR protocol. These modifications are necessary to support potential military operational, test and training applications.
September 2004: The Air Force has awarded IAI an award for a project on human fatigue.
The Air Force Research Office of Scientific Research has awarded IAI a new STTR Phase I award with the University of Pennsylvania as subcontractor for the project entitled “A Novel Non-Intrusive Approach to Detect Human Fatigue in Real Time.” IAI will optimize performances and work schedules by evaluating individual job performances and detecting early signs of fatigue.
September 2004: IAI has been awarded a Phase II award with NC State University as subcontractor by the US Army for traffic control.
The US Army has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with North Carolina State University as a subcontractor for the project entitled “A Novel Heavy Traffic Approach to Stochastic Optimal Control of Mobile Communications.” Phase II will continue further with the optimal control policy of Phase I, hardware prototype development, and carry out practical demonstrations.
September 2004: The Air Force has awarded IAI a Phase II contract with UT Arlington as subcontractor for Corona Monitoring.
Arnold Air Force Base has awarded a new SBIR Phase II contract to IAI with the University of Texas at Arlington as subcontractor for the project entitled “A Novel Approach to Corona Monitoring.” Detecting CD early can prevent failures during normal operations. In Phase II, IAI will develop and implement algorithms, develop motor/switchgear test beds, and perform tests at Arnold Air Force Base.
July 2004: The US Army Aviation & Missile Command has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Hardware Architecture for Flexible Component-Based Hybrid Cognitive Systems.”
IAI proposes to define a set of detailed requirements and designs for flexible hardware platforms that support both existing cognitive architectures and the next generation of component-based cognitive agents. The requirements and specifications of the hardware will be based on the existing set of knowledge representations, reasoning representations, and cognitive models and architectures.
July 2004: The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Communication Analysis System for intrusion Detection System (IDS).”
IAI proposes using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to provide real-time characterization of communication between distributed processors, and then use the that characterization for real-time detection of attacks. PCA allows for real-time processing of very high data rate communications, producing a characterization of that communication in a reduced dimensional space.
June 2004: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with Carnegie Mellon University as subcontractor for the proposal entitled “A Novel Recognition Approach in Non-Stationary and Chaotic Environment.”
Currently available speech recognition software works well in a quite, stationary environment, but performance levels drop in a non-stationary, chaotic environment such as emergency rooms, control rooms, factory floors, and battle stations. IAI proposes a novel system to improve speech recognition in noisy and chaotic environments. IAI will use a new sensor called General Electromagnetic Movement Sensor or GEMS to identify voiced and unvoiced regions of speech. This innovative technology will greatly improve the recognition rate in chaotic and non-stationary environments.
June 2004: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with Ohio State University as subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Adaptive Cooperative Path and Mission Planning for Multiple Aerial Platforms.”
Path and mission planning are two important steps to effectively utilize the capabilities of multi-level cooperative control of multiple aerial platforms. IAI proposes the development of algorithms and software tools that are built on a hierarchical game –theoretic framework to automate path and mission planning for multiple unmanned platforms. This will enhance system effectiveness and robustness.
June 2004: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with Penn State University as subcontractor for the proposal entitled “A Novel Maximum Entropy Inference Engine for Data Fusion in Fault Diagnosis.”
IAI proposes the development of a new inference engine based on maximum entropy. The main capabilities include: making effective use of both continuous and discrete features; solving basic inference tasks; and handling large feature space.
June 2004: The Office of Naval Research has awarded a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with the University of Central Florida as subcontractor for the proposal entitled “Ultra Wide Band Time Difference of Arrival Sensor.”
IAI proposes the development of an innovative way to wirelessly synchronize multiple RF receivers using ultra wideband transceivers or radios. This method does not rely on GPS, so the synchronization will be maintained even when the GPS signal is not available. The link used for time synchronization can also carry two-way radio communications.
June 2004: The Office of Naval Research awards a new STTR Phase I contract to IAI with subcontractor Penn State University for the proposal entitled “Miniaturized Ultra-Broadband Antenna Design by the Shape and Topology Optimization.”
Due to the low dielectric constants of available material, it is difficult to reduce the size of antennas while increasing bandwidth. There is a growing demand for a reduction in size of antennas. Shape and material optimizations will be the focus of this project. IAI will incorporate Finite-Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method with Generic Algorithm (GA) to realize optimizations.
June 2004: NAVAIR has awarded IAI a new Phase II contract for the proposal entitled “Shareable Content Object Resource Model (SCORM) Frameworker: A Pedagogically Principled Meta-data Coding Tool.”
In the Phase II project, IAI will continue the development of Frameworker. Frameworker helps developers quickly and prudently code metadata for learning objects. Metadata define a set of elements and values that allow learning objects to be found and used together. Metadata is designed to make learning objectives easier to locate and reuse.
June 2004: The US Army TACOM has awarded IAI a new Phase II Plus contract for the project entitled “Ultra-Wideband Intelligent Ammunition Monitoring System.”
In this project, IAI will build a low cost, low power, and reliable intruder detection system. The Phase I system uses a large amount of power with low frequency wave attenuates, and is very expensive. IAI will develop a new system to reduce cost, battery power, and reliability of intruder detection by employing the software from the Phase I effort.
June 2004: IAI lauches CybelePro Intelligent Agent Infrastructure.
Intelligent Automation announces the release of CybelePro- a robust and efficient agent infrastructure for the rapid development and deployment of Java-based large-scale agent applications. Features include event-driven agents, publish-subscribe based communications, discrete and continuous clock support, browser-based agent management, directory service, performance driven event sorting and ordering capabilities, PDA support and compliance with FIPA standards. Visit www.cybelepro.com for more information.
May 2004: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded IAI a new SBIR Phase I contract for the proposal entitled “Ultra-Wideband Collision Avoidance Technology for UAVs.”
In this project, IAI will use Ultra-wideband radar to directly measure the direction and range of nearby traffic. IAI’s UWB solution offers two major advantages: digital electronics that are also low cost and the development and corroboration of new software agent-based Air Traffic Control (ATC) algorithms.
May 2004: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with subcontractor Carnegie Mellon University for the proposal entitled “Expanded Speech Recognition to Include Foreign Accents.”
IAI proposes an integrated system to improve speech recognition for non-native English accents. In order to accomplish this task, IAI will employ five steps: a speaker verification algorithm to identify a speaker; a speech enhancement module that will eliminate background noise; a speaker adaptation algorithm that uses training data to update the speakers’ models in speech recognition and speech verification; a speech coding module to compact speech for transmission and storage; a speech recognition system in order to recognize speech.
May 2004: IAI relocates.
IAI has moved to a new location: 15400 Calhoun Place, Suite 400, Rockville, MD 20855. Our telephone and fax numbers remain the same.
April 2004: The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “New Information Technologies for Crisis Operations.”
IAI will develop Cognitive Pedestrian software agents that integrate physical, emotional and rational aspects of behavior. The results will examine information covering these three areas including: reasonable behavior in fearful and curious Cognitive Pedestrian agents when encountering fire hazards; recovery of evolving behavior typical for crowd motion; how physical barriers are used to break-up crowds.
April 2004: The NAVAL Sea Logistics Center has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Wireless LAN Emissions Attenuation Technologies.”
IAI proposes to implement reliable and flexible RF communication throughout a ship without violating EMCON requirements. IAI will use a combination of Time Modulated Ultra-Wideband (TM-UWB) radio and ad hoc mobile network technologies. IAI has been working with both technologies over many years.
April 2004: The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI with subcontractor The University of Texas at Dallas for the proposal entitled “A High Performance, Low Complexity, and Bandwidth Efficient Receiver.”
IAI proposes the utilization of Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM) and bandwidth efficient modulation to aid in the alleviation of available usable frequency spectrums for military communications. IAI will implement a low complexity, high performance, and bandwidth efficient receiver for CPM signals.
April 2004: NAVAIR has awarded a new SBIR Phase I contract to IAI for the proposal entitled “Multipath Encryption and Authentication System.”
IAI proposes to develop a fail-proof method that will allow wireless users’ to verify each others identity based on the details of the physical environment only available to those users. IAI’s method will employ simple and compact hardware other than radios. This idea is most easily explored with the use of impulse radio (Ultra Wide Band or UWB).
April 2004: The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awards a new SBIR Phase I contract for the proposal entitled “Multisensor Time Synchronization Using Ultra-Wideband Technology.”
IAI proposes an innovative way to synchronize multiple sensor packages using ultra wideband (UWB) transceivers (radios). This approach can be applied to synchronize sensor packages in both single airborne platform or distributed sensors in multiple airborne platforms.
January 2004: IAI Army awards IAI project to measure orientation of an aviator's helmet in a Comanche helicopter.
The Army has awarded IAI a project to measure the orientation of an aviator's helmet in a Comanche helicopter. It is necessary to determine the helmet orientation so that targeting and pilot displays can be accurately aligned with the helmet. Existing measurement systems have a time lag between helmet movement and display presentation. IAI's measurement system uses LEDs mounted on the helmet and PSDs mounted inside the cockpit.
January 2004: IAI Navy awards IAI project involving shipboard handling of offboard vehicles.
The Navy has awarded IAI a project to develop an automated system for shipboard handling and stowage of multiple organic offboard vehicles of different types and sizes on small deck Navy ships. The system will have minimal impact at high ship speeds and will operate in a variety of sea states. The system consists of a smart, automated hand truck and a carousel-type stowage mechanism.
January 2004: IAI receives Army award on Control of Mobile Communications.
The Army has awarded IAI and Noth Carolina State University a SBIR Phase 1 contract, A Novel Heavy Traffic Approach to Stochastic Optimal Control of Mobile Communications, to solve the problem of modeling and power control of mobile systems with time-varying channels due to increased usage of wireless communications. See Project Page
January 2004: Navy awards IAI project on Collaboration in Underwater Sensor Networks.
IAI with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville have been awarded a new Phase 1 SBIR award, A New Computing Paradigm for Energy-Efficient Collaboration in Underwater Sensor Networks, on a novel mobile-agent-based computing paradigm for collaborative information exchange among distributed sensor nodes. See Project Page
January 2004: Air Force contracts IAI to design Wireless Explosives Detection.
IAI has received a new Phase 1 SBIR award to build high performance, low cost, compact, and wireless e-nose devices for explosives detection. See Project Page
January 2004: IAI receives Air Force award on Inspection of Composite Structures.
IAI, with Pennsylvania State University, has been awarded a new Phase 1 STTR award to detect and classify faults in composite structures. See Project Page
January 2004: CBD awards IAI project on Spectral Unmixing and Classification of Chemical Biological agents.
IAI and University of Maryland at Baltimore have been awarded a new Phase 1 SBIR award to detect and classify chemical and biological agents. See Project Page