Jan. 15 — IARPA announced the selection of Dr. Stacey Dixon as IARPA’s Deputy Director, effective January 25th. Dr. Dixon most recently served as the NGA Deputy Director of InnoVision, where she oversaw research and development for geospatial intelligence. Prior to InnoVision, she served as NGA’s Chief of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs. From 2007 to 2010 she worked on the HPSCI staff, serving as Program Monitor for many national intelligence science and technology activities, and later as Budget Director. From 2003 to 2007, she worked for the CIA where she was assigned to NRO’s Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate and served as the Chief of the Science Division for a satellite program. IARPA’s Director, Dr. Jason Matheny, noted that, “Stacey has the rare combination of outstanding technical expertise and management experience. I look forward to working with her to advance innovative research programs to achieve breakthroughs for national intelligence.”
IARPA announces two new Proposers’ Days and one new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
IARPA released details on new opportunities for academic and industry researchers to engage in IARPA research projects.
An IARPA Proposers’ Day provides a forum for the research community to learn about IARPA programs, present technical capabilities, and team with other researchers. Proposers’ Days were announced for the SuperToolsprogram, which aims to advance design tools for superconducting computers, and the Hybrid Forecasting Competition program, which aims to combine the best of human judgments and machine learning to forecast geopolitical events. Both Proposers’ Days are currently open for public registration.
BAAs solicit research proposals for specific programs. RAVEN, the most recent IARPA BAA, aims to develop new tools for verifying the features of microchips. All responses to the RAVEN BAA are due February 29, 2016.
IARPA also provides an opportunity to submit proposals not aligned with current programs, based on new ideas from the research community.
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Source: IARPA