DEFENSE AND SECURITY STIDS 2010

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Preface  

    STIDS  2010  provided  a  forum  for  academia,  government  and  industry  to   share   the   latest   research   on   semantic   technology   for   defense,   intelligence  and  security  applications.    Formerly  known  as  Ontology  for   the   Intelligence   Community   (OIC),   the   conference   was   broadened   in   scope   to   encompass   a  larger   range   of   problems   in   defense,   intelligence   and   security.   Semantic   technology   is   a   fundamental   enabler   to   achieve   greater   flexibility,   precision,   timeliness   and   automation   of   analysis   and   response  to  rapidly  evolving  threats.     The   conference   was   an   opportunity   for   collaboration   and   cross-­‐ fertilization   between   researchers   and   practitioners   of   semantic-­‐based   technologies   with   particular   experience   in   the   problems   facing   the   Intelligence,  Defense,  and  Security  communities.  It  will  featured  invited   talks  from  prominent  ontologists  and  recognized  leaders  from  the  target   application  domains.     To  facilitate  interchange  among  communities  with  a  clear  commonality   of   interest   but   little   history   of   interaction,   STIDS   hosted   two   separate   tracks.   The   Research   Track   showcased   original,   significant   research   on   semantic  technologies  applicable  to  problems  in  intelligence,  defense  or   security.   The   Applications   Track   provided   a   forum   for   presenting   implemented   semantic-­‐based   applications   to   intelligence,   defense,   or   security,   as   well   as   to   discuss   and   evaluate   the   use   of   semantic   techniques  in  these  areas.      

Fairfax,  VA,  October  2010.  

  Paulo  Costa  and  Kathryn  Laskey   STIDS  2010  Chairs        

Location  

Paulo  Cesar  G.  Costa     George  Mason  University   Kathryn  Blackmond  Laskey     George  Mason  University  

    SCIENTIFIC  COMMITTEE   Name     Werner  Ceusters     Paulo  Costa     Tim  Darr     Katherine  Goodier     Kathleen  Stewart  Hornsby     Terry  Janssen     Kathryn  Blackmond  Laskey     Robert  Latiff     Nancy  Lawler     Kevin  Lynch     Dan  Maxwell     Leo  Obrst     Robert  Schrag     David  Schum     Marvin  Simpson     Barry  Smith     Gheorghe  Tecuci     Andreas  Tolk     Duminda  Wijesekera     Syed  Abbas  Zaidi    

Affiliation  

University  at  Buffalo   George  Mason  University   Knowledge  Based  Systems,  Inc.   NCI,  Inc.   University  of  Iowa   Lockheed  Martin  Co.  (SC  Chair)   George  Mason  University   George  Mason  University   US  Department  of  Defense   CIA   KaDSci,  Inc.   MITRE  Corporation   Global  Infotek,  Inc.   George  Mason  University   Optech,  Inc.   NCOR,  University  at  Buffalo   George  Mason  University   Old  Dominion  University   George  Mason  University   George  Mason  University    

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