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International Technology Alliance
in Network & Information
Sciences
Principle investigator: Professor
Kin K. Leung
@ Electrical Engineering Department
10-year research
project
Jointly funded by the UK
Ministry of Defence and US Army Research Lab
Beginning in May 2006
PROJECT OVERVIEW
ITA (International Technology Alliance) is a collaborative partnership
between the US Army Research Laboratories, the UK Ministry of Defense and a
consortium of industries and universities in US and UK. The goal of the alliance is
to foster a new way of working among researchers in both nations, where the
members of the alliance seek to break down barriers, build relationships,
develop mutual understanding and work in partnership to develop technology
for the US and UK military.
The alliance
will address research issue in four technical areas: Network Theory,
Security Across a System of Systems; Sensor Information Processing &
Delivery and Distributed Coalition Planning & Decision Making. It will
illustrate the application of the synergistic combination of these
technical areas to network centric warfare and network enabling
capabilities in support of all missions required of today's military forces
including humanitarian support, peacekeeping, and full combat operations in
any kind of terrain, but especially in complex and urban terrain.
The alliance
will create a critical mass of private sector and Government scientists and
engineers focused on solving the military technology challenges in network
centric warfare for both countries as well as supporting and stimulating dual-use
applications of this research and technology to benefit commercial use.
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