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TABLE 2—INFORMATION AND NETWORKS
Research area Emphasis areas (not inclusive) Program officer
Complex network systems
Methods of consideration in network modeling,
characterization of network behavior, and design and
management of advanced networks.
James H. Lawton
703.696.5999
Computational cognition and
machine intelligence
Innovative basic research on the fundamental principles and
methodologies needed to enable intelligent machine behavior
in support of autonomous and mixed-initiative systems.
James H. Lawton
703.696.5999
Computational mathematics
Multiscale and multiphysics algorithms, high-order spatial and
temporal algorithms, mesh-free and particle methods,
high-order moving interface algorithms, rigorous model
reduction techniques, and uncertainty quantification.
Jean-Luc Cambier
703.696.1141
Dynamics and control
Adaptive control/decision-making for coordinated
autonomous/semi-autonomous aerospace vehicles; methods
for understanding and mitigating the effects of uncertainties in
dynamical processes; and control of large complex, multiscale,
hybrid, and highly uncertain nonlinear systems.
Frederick A. Leve
703.696.7305
Dynamic data driven
applications systems
Cyber infrastructure software frameworks, applications
modeling, advances in mathematical and statistical algorithms,
and application measurement systems and methods.
Frederica Darema
703.588.1926
Information operations and
cybersecurity
Composition of security properties and protocols, abstract
formulations, information flow security and noninterference in
dynamic and distributed settings, and rigorous formulation and
construction of obfuscation techniques.
Tristan Nguyen
703.696.7796
Optimization and discrete
mathematics
New nonlinear, integer, and combinatorial optimization
algorithms, including those with stochastic components; and
techniques designed to handle uncertain, evolving, incomplete,
conflicting, or overlapping data sets.
Jean-Luc Cambier
703.696.1141
Science of information,
computation, and fusion
New techniques that address disparate and complex
data types, expressive data structures for reasoning
and computation, local-to-global data-fusion problems,
mechanized reasoning, and computing, high-dimensional,
and massive datasets.
Doug Riecken
703.696.9736
Sensing, surveillance, and
navigation
Develop resilient algorithms for data representation in fewer
bits (compression), image reconstruction-enhancement,
and spectral/frequency estimation in the presence of
external corrupting factors.
Arje Nachman
703.696.8427
Systems and software New technology research, legacy system research concerning
existing AF platform operating systems and software.
Kathleen M. Kaplan
703.696.7312
Trust and influence
Empirical studies to examine drivers of trust; impact of socially-
designed cues; trust metrics and other relevant constructs;
modeling of human-machine teaming; antecedents of trust in
cross-cultural interactions; sources of influence and persuasion;
social, cognitive, and neural mechanisms; influence in the cyber
domain; and behavioral effects of influence tactics.
Benjamin A Knott
703.696.1142
The AFOSR also manages several
university research initiatives that pro-
vide resource opportunities for funding
and equipment. The multidisciplinary
research program of the university
research initiative (MURI) are DoD
sponsored programs that support basic
research involving multiple engineering
or science disciplines.
Awards typically cover three
years for up to $1.5M per year, depend-
ing on available funds. The proposal
submission includes review of short
program descriptions and full project
proposals. The current list of MURI top-
ics is available at grants.gov. Contact
Chakila Tillie at 703.588.1773 or
for more information.