Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)

NITRD WorkshopWhat are the Biggest Opportunities in Networking Problem?

Sept. 20, 2012Timothy Ashenfelter, PhDProgram Manager Transformation and Applied Research

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

Department of Homeland Security

Goals for Networking in Nuclear Detection

Human-to-Technology Interface Improvements

• Capture Human Response Data to Sensor Data

• Provide feedback analyses for predictions of performance

• Reduce the operational burden of advanced technology

Goal 2: Technologies that improve the human actions and their response

consistency to increasingly complex and diverse sensor data

Integrated Nodes

Cross-Mission Networking Benefit

• Improve situational awareness

• Leverage existing infrastructure and tools for multiple missions

• Manage data and archiving for flexible use and adaptive learning

• Deploy Adaptable Detection Architectures

Nodes/Vignettes

Detectors

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Goal 1: Technologies that span across missions

Transformational and Applied Research Goals for Networking Systems

Use video/imaging and spatial analysis for increased sensitivity Example: SBIR Topic on “Embedding of Advanced Search Technique for Detect,

Locate, and Track for Pedestrian-based Search”

Use networked-sensor fusion for increased sensitivity and flexibility Example: Intelligent Radiation Sensing System (IRSS) Advanced Technology

Demonstration

Exploit prior data to improve sensitivity and reduce operational burden

Increase connectivity between sensors and modeling

Accelerate timeline for search, detect, locate, track, interdict, identify, and resolve through data visualization and reporting Example: SBIR Topic on “Smartphone Applications for Reachback”

Leverage capabilities of smartphones or other low-cost MEMs devices

– Spatial tracking beyond GPS for radiation mapping

– Time synchronization and advance algorithms for tracking and locating

Robust algorithms at sensor node

– Smartphone or other embedded processors

– Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)

– Filtering of actionable information to smallest transmission need

Connecting sensors to cloud computing and archiving

Layerless architectures for scalability and resilience

Hybrid Power sources for sensors beyond batteries

– System power management within networked systems

Opportunities for Networking