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SIFT awarded Phase 2 contract for SAGA

SIFT has won a Phase 2 contract for SAGA. The SAGA project applies technology to provide therapeutic benefit to veterans suffering with PTSD. The technology creates an online game environment that combines therapy with creating graphic novelization (comics) of the PTSD patient's story. More information is available on the SAGA page.

Dr. Christopher Miller gives AAAI Fall Symposium address

Dr. Christopher Miller gave an invited address to the AAAI Fall Symposium on Human Interaction with Biologically-Inspired Swarms which took place in Washington D.C. in December. Dr. Miller spoke about the pros and cons of “true” swarms (which he defined as acting in accordance with an innate set of “instincts” or “source code” and not accepting any explicit tasking instructions) and contrasted them with explicit delegation approaches and adaptable automation in which explicit tasking instructions are a key feature.

SIFT sponsors Common-lisp.net

As part of SIFT's continued commitment to the open source software community, the company will serve as a sponsor to Common-lisp.net, the primary revision control host for open source libraries written in the Common Lisp programming language. SIFT's sponsorship will help common-lisp.net commission and maintain a new server.

Dr. Christopher Miller gives invited presentation to Human Factors and Ergonomics Society chapter

On Monday, February 25, Dr. Christopher Miller gave an invited presentation to the Southern Ohio chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.  Dr. Miller spoke in Dayton, OH on the topic of “Adaptable Automation Technology: Playbook®, Delegation, LoA3 and FLEX-IT” to an audience of Human Factors researchers from the Air Force Research Labs, Wright State and the University of Dayton.

Dr. Christopher Miller authors article in Human Robot Interaction

Dr. Christopher Miller has authored an article in a special issue of the journal Human Robot Interaction based on work conducted with and for the 25 members of the NATO Research and Technology Office Panel 270 on Supervisory Control of Uninhabited Military Vehicles. The panel involved representatives from eight different NATO countries sharing information and sometimes collaborating on the development of 13 different robotic vehicle projects. Dr.

SIFT begins experiments in NASA Bedrest Analog Study

As part of the NASA contract "Automated Detection of Attitudes and States through Transaction Recordings Analysis (AD ASTRA)," SIFT has begun a human subject study that takes place at the Human Test Subject Facility of the Johnson Space Center. The goal of this bed-rest experiment is to explore unobtrusive methods of emotion detection using socio-linguistics.

SIFT researcher to serve as editor and contributor on new Human Computation book

SIFT researcher Dan Thomsen has been invited to serve as section editor and contributor to a new book "Springer's Handbook on Human Computation."  The book will include a variety of visionaries contributing on what this technology can accomplish and what pitfalls might exist. The book is expected to be published in November 2013.

SIFT researcher guest edits IEEE Security & Privacy journal

SIFT researcher Dan Thomsen served as guest editor of the IEEE Security & Privacy special issue on Lost Treasures of computer security. The issue contains reviews of classic papers, key insights on security development projects and an article by Howard Shrobe and Daniel Adams asking the question: What if computer security research got a "do-over"?

SIFT researcher co-authors Security Informatics journal paper

At the completion of the SIFT massive collaborative problem solving program, SIFT researcher Dan Thomsen wrote a joint paper with SIFT competitors at MSI. The paper is now available at the open journal Security Informatics: http://www.security-informatics.com/content/1/1/12/abstract

Dr. Christopher Miller interviewed by Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

Dr. Christopher Miller was interviewed by Dr. Amy Pritchett, the Editor of the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, for a blog associated with that journal. The interview was conducted as a follow on to the article that SIFT researchers had published in that journal earlier this year on the interactions between etiquette usage and team membership in compliance with directives. The article is described in the June 24, 2012 news item below. Dr.

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