Data Fusion for Regionally Aligned UnitsCDTs Caitlin Rowe, Jed Lee, Max Nugmanov, Ruben Vargas

Agenda for Project Proposal

• Introduce Regionally Aligned Units

• Problem Statement

• Summary of Modules

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Story: U.S. Forces in Eastern Europe

The U.S. military in Europe sent four company-sized infantry units to Eastern Europe in an effort to reassure NATO allies in light of Russian aggression in Ukraine

-Army Times

American special forces instructors are going to be stationed on the territory of the new NATO members states to train local special forces on various tactical skills

-Russia Today

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http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=5034

The intent is to focus unit or headquarters during its training cycle on specific mission profiles and unique environmental characteristics that make them available to the

combatant commander for employment in their area of responsibility. – GEN. Raymond Odierno

Regional Alignment

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What do these units need to know?

Potential Info needed- CIA Fact book- Culture- Recent History- Important People- Law- Non-state Actors- Military Capacity- Technology- Infrastructure- Geography- Important Days- Finance/Business- International Relations- Sentiment- Government structure

Problem Statement

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We will fuse open-source data to help tactical

leaders of regionally aligned units understand

and engage their areas of interest before and

during temporary deployments to austere

environments.

Who? Where? When? Sentiment?

Important Events

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“Nearly 120 feared drowned in Bangladesh ferry disaster”

“Clashes over Bangladesh protest leave 27 dead”

-The Telegraph05 August 2014

-BBC News06 May 2013

Important People

• Interested in the leaders of our Area of Operations (formal and informal)

• Understand the role of non-state actors in Area of Operations

• Use Global Knowledge Graph (GKG)

• Scrape Wikipedia Data for all individuals of interest

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2. Atiur Rahman is the Governor of Bangladesh Bank

5. Shabag is a major neighbourhood and a police precinct or thana in Dhaka

6. Ahmed Rajib was an atheist anti-Islamic blogger in Bangladesh

7. Hazrat was a man from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity

 

International Relations

The GDELT Event Databaserecords over 300 categories of physical activities around the world, from riots andprotests to peace appeals and diplomatic exchanges, Geo-referenced to the city or mountaintop, across the entire planet dating back to January 1, 1979 and updateddaily.

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Product:Ordered list of all important partners to the country or region of interest

Sentiment Analysis

Inform military leaders and personnel of an area’s sentiment.

Data collected through:– GDELT Tone

Measurement– Social Media Sources

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Iran loses Iran Iraq War and forces Syria to reintegrate with Arab World.

Important Terrain

• Key infrastructure by region• Dhaka, Bangladesh

– Data centers– Capital/government buildings– Dams/bridges– Airfields– Transportation/freight hubs– Key roads/highways

(paved/unpaved)– Hospitals– Energy (nuclear, oil, solar,

coal) plants

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Webtool Framework

Static Dynamic

Questions?

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