The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Office of Central Processing is seeking machine learning solutions to translate weather forecasts into Spanish and other languages. Currently, NOAA manually translates announcements from the National Hurricane Center Atlantic into Spanish through the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office San Juan, according to a request for information posted on […] Read more
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to strategically use artificial intelligence to enhance its defensive cyber capabilities. Rear Adm. William Chase III, deputy commander of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network, said that the threat of malware has grown to become “essentially organized crime on an international scale,” Nextgov reported Monday. The agency […] Read more
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.K. Defense Science and Technology Laboratory have demonstrated new joint machine learning algorithms that are designed to support warfighters. During the activity, operators used a common platform to share data and algorithms to support wide-area situational awareness efforts. The exercise provided information to military groups to help […] Read more
The Department of Energy is providing a total of $16 million for five research projects aimed at developing artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms that will enable scientific insights and discoveries using data produced by computation simulations, experiments and observations. The projects will produce capabilities for a broad range of scientific needs, including forecasts for […] Read more
The Defense Information Systems Agency is pursuing efforts aimed at utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to boost cyber defense. One of those efforts is underscored in a cooperative research and development agreement with NT Concepts. According to DISA’s Roy Hendrix, work under the agreement will be focused on identifying candidate state-of-the-industry ML technologies and […] Read more
Machine learning is a subfield of artificial intelligence that has gained significant traction over the past decade. Technologists have shown that machine learning has moved on from mere technology demonstrations and can now be applied to real-world business applications, according to a timeline published by Dataversity. The government has taken notice of the tool’s potential […] Read more
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has awarded $2 million for the development of non-contact, inexpensive machine learning and classification technologies. Physical Sciences Inc. and Alakai Defense Systems each received about $1 million in Small Business Innovation Research Phase II funding, DHS said. Following a successful Phase I technology demonstration, the two […] Read more
Vantiq has partnered with computer vision company Chooch AI to develop real-time edge applications that can help companies apply machine learning to real-world tasks. Vantiq said it will combine its low-code development environment with Chooch AI’s visual detection technology to develop applications for monitoring. The combination will have applications for workplace safety, environmental awareness and […] Read more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has turned to machine learning techniques to streamline the assignment of patent applications to examiners, according to a top official at the office. USPTO Chief Information Officer Jamie Holcombe said the agency asked Google to train its top engineers on machine learning and TensorFlow application programming interfaces, FedScoop reported […] Read more
U.S. Army and university researchers have created a machine learning algorithm capable of decoding signals emitted by the human brain. The innovation can help with the development of artificial limbs and the management of soldier performance in the field. Dr. Hamid Krim told Army Times in an interview that his team's algorithm is the "first […] Read more
