language research in service to the nation language, regional expertise, and culture (lrec) team...

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION

Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC)

Team Members:Amy Weinberg

Henk Haarmann Joseph Dien

Shawn MaloneySergey Blok

Nina HamedaniKristina Kayton

Jason White Meredith Lee

Shuchi WadhwaPat Gray

Presented by:Sharon Glazer



Overarching goal To depict the current landscape of LREC research

DoD Question: Does DoD-supported LREC research reflect a shared vision and priorities with significant impact throughout the DoD?

–CASL will present findings on DoD-supported LREC research.

–Sustainable Solution: Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool for research, knowledge sharing, and management of DoD-supported LREC research.

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LREC project structure

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LREC

Culture & Regional Expertise

Cognitive Neuroscience of Second Language Acquisition

Technical reportand

Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool



Objective• To identify state-of-the-art and collaborative research

efforts throughout the DoD Culture & Regional Expertise research community

• Why? – To aid DoD managers to better align research with

DoD strategic goals and to reduce redundancy.

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What we’ve done so far• Planned course of action with Defense Language

Office (DLO)

• Interviewed and surveyed approximately 50 SMEs

• Gathered over 200 open source USG media on Culture and Regional Expertise

• Compared foci of DoD and academic research

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Broad focus of data collection

Identify

• Research brands, investigators, topics, programs, agendas

• Groups and individuals involved in culture and regional expertise research

• Intellectual leaders (leading LREC DoD scientists, decision-makers, analysts, and policy-makers)

• Print and electronic media

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Current findings• “Regional expertise,” per se, is not studied

– Research applies culture theory to regions (e.g., Negotiations in the Middle East)

– Human performance within context• Meta-themes of culture research

– Socio-cultural interaction & communication (e.g., What are key skills and attributes that Army leaders need to be effective in cross-cultural missions?)

– Curricula development• Training, education, simulation

– Modeling

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Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool• Examples of social collaboration tools:

– Wikis, blogs, online data repositories, chat/virtual conference rooms

• Purpose:– Research repository of information– Reduce redundancy– Create network– One-stop shop (for managers and military personnel

addressing culture and/or regional expertise matters)

• Audience: – Analyst and researcher – Manager and policy-maker

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• DoD/open activities and opportunities for collaboration and dissemination of research

• Conferences

• Research Online web lists

• DoD/open activities and opportunities for collaboration and dissemination of research

• Conferences

• Research Online web lists

• Find people/ agencies with data or tools needed to work on project

• Avoid duplication efforts in retrieving data or building tools

• Find people/ agencies with data or tools needed to work on project

• Avoid duplication efforts in retrieving data or building tools

Find relevant work in research areaFind relevant work in research area

• Inform of fast breaking news

• Use of site

• FAQs

• Inform of fast breaking news

• Use of site

• FAQs

• Find people with particular expertise

• Find people with particular expertise

• Find related projects

• Publicize projects

• Find related projects

• Publicize projects

• Share ideas informally with colleagues before proceeding with project or conference presentation

• Share ideas informally with colleagues before proceeding with project or conference presentation

Analyst and researcher

Analyst and researcher

Research tools:

(shareable tools for research hosted on

server)

Research tools:

(shareable tools for research hosted on

server)

Research activities

Research activities

PublicationsPublications

Informalcollaboration

space

Informalcollaboration

space

People &partners

People &partners

Alerts &administration

Alerts &administration

ProjectsProjects

Data:Shareable

data & dataresources

Data:Shareable

data & dataresources

R-SpaceAn analyst’s and researcher’s perspective

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Summary view of laboratories, including their role in satisfying mission requirements, people, projects, size, collaborations, POCs.

Summary view of laboratories, including their role in satisfying mission requirements, people, projects, size, collaborations, POCs.

Align people with expertise to requirements

Align people with expertise to requirements

Find consultants outside the USG

Find consultants outside the USG

Publicize community- wide events

Publicize community- wide events

• Guidance on the best use of this site

• FAQs and hints for getting information

• Guidance on the best use of this site

• FAQs and hints for getting information

Store relevant planning documents (roadmaps, minutes from summits, etc.)

Store relevant planning documents (roadmaps, minutes from summits, etc.)

• Publicly establish and track mission requirements

• Find who is involved in satisfying which requirement, which milestones have been satisfied, and which remain

• Publicly establish and track mission requirements

• Find who is involved in satisfying which requirement, which milestones have been satisfied, and which remain

Manager andpolicy-maker

Manager andpolicy-makerPlanning

documents/minutes

Planningdocuments/

minutes

AdministrationFAQs

AdministrationFAQs

ConsultantsConsultants

Calendar of events

Calendar of events

Missionrequirements

Missionrequirements

PersonnelPersonnelLabpages

Labpages

R-SpaceA manager’s and policy-maker’s perspective

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Bottom line: What we’ll deliver• Technical report

• Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool

• DLO will sponsor out-brief

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Next TREC presentation

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LREC

Culture & Regional Expertise


Technical reportand

Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool



For more informationSharon Glazer, CASL, co-PI

Culture and Regional Expertise

[email protected]

Joseph Dien, CASL, co-PI


[email protected]

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