The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) - Various opportunities

*Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS): The goal of the MICrONS program is to revolutionize machine learning by reverse-engineering the algorithms of the brain. IARPA seeks multidisciplinary approaches that combine neuroscience and data science to understand the cortical computations underlying neural information processing and to deploy mathematical abstractions of these operations in novel machine learning algorithms. Award unspecified/duration 18 months to 5 yrs.

*High Frequency Geolocation (HFGeo) Phases 2 and 3: The HFGeo program aims to dramatically improve the ability to detect and geolocate High Frequency (HF) signals that have been refracted from the ionosphere and are observed by sensors located on the surface of the earth. Award unspecified/duration 18-33 months.

*Office for Anticipating Surprise: Proposals for research to develop new methods to forecast events relevant to national security demonstrating the feasibility of revolutionary concepts that may deliver real-time indications and warnings of areas such as: * detection and forecasting of emergent phenomena; * automated generation and maintenance of taxonomies; * analysis and forecasting of rare events; * quantitative risk assessments of emerging dual-use technologies; * causal inference from observational data; * methods of assessing capability and intent to develop weapons of mass destruction; * and methods for assessing capability and intent to leverage cyber capabilities against critical infrastructure. No limit specified in costs/1 yr.

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