DARPA
MIND’S
EYE
PROGRAM
Industry
Day
Announcement
DARPA
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March
15,
2010
Defense
Advanced
Research
Projects
Agency
3701
North
Fairfax
Drive
Arlington,
VA
22203
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1714
DARPA
MIND’S
EYE
PROGRAM
–
INDUSTRY
DAY
ANNOUNCEMENT
-
M
ARCH
15,
2010 2
DARPA
MIND’S
EYE
PROGRAM
INDUSTRY
DAY
ANNOUNCEMENT
DARPA
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SN
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INTRODUCTION
The
Defense
Advanced
Research
Projects
Agency
(DARPA)
will
conduct
a
briefing
to
Industry,
on
April
20,
2010,
in
support
of
the
anticipated
Mind’s
Eye
program
Broad
Agency
Announcement
(BAA).
This
announcement
serves
as
a
pre
‐
solicitation
notice
and
is
issued
solely
for
information
and
program
planning
purposes.
When
released,
the
BAA
will
be
found
on
the
FedBizOpps
website,
EVENT
OVERVIEW
The
Mind’s
Eye
program
seeks
to
develop
in
machines
a
capability
that
currently
exists
only
in
animals:
visual
intelligence
.
Humans
in
particular
perform
a
wide
range
of
visual
tasks
with
ease,
which
no
current
artificial
intelligence
can
do
in
a
robust
way.
Humans
have
inherently
strong
spatial
judgment
and
are
able
to
learn
new
spatiotemporal
concepts
directly
from
the
visual
experience.
Humans
can
visualize
scenes
and
objects,
as
well
as
the
actions
involving
those
objects.
Humans
possess
a
powerful
ability
to
manipulate
those
imagined
scenes
mentally
to
solve
problems.
A
machine
‐
based
implementation
of
such
abilities
would
be
broadly
applicable
to
a
wide
range
of
applications.
This
program
pursues
the
capability
to
learn
generally
applicable
and
generative
representations
of
action
between
objects
in
a
scene
directly
from
visual
inputs,
and
then
reason
over
those
learned
representations.
A
key
distinction
between
this
research
and
the
state
of
the
art
in
machine
vision
is
that
the
latter
has
made
continual
progress
in
recognizing
a
wide
range
of
objects
and
their
properties—what
might
be
thought
of
as
the
nouns
in
the
description
of
a
scene.
The
focus
of
Mind’s
Eye
is
to
add
the
perceptual
and
cognitive
underpinnings
for
recognizing
and
reasoning
about
the
verbs
in
those
scenes,
enabling
a
more
complete
narrative
of
action
in
the
visual
experience.
One
of
the
desired
military
capabilities
resulting
from
this
new
form
of
visual
intelligence
is
a
smart
camera
,
with
sufficient
visual
intelligence
that
it
can
report
on
activity
in
an
area
of
observation.
A
camera
with
this
kind
of
visual
intelligence
could
be
employed
as
a
payload
on
a
broad
range
of
persistent
stare
surveillance
platforms,
from
fixed
surveillance
systems,
which
would
conceivably
benefit
from
abundant
computing
power,
to
camera
‐
equipped
perch
‐
and
‐
stare
micro
air
vehicles,
which
would
impose
extreme
limitations
on
payload
size
and
available
computing
power.
For
the
purpose
of
this
research,
employment
of
this
capability
on
man
‐
portable
unmanned
ground
vehicles
(UGVs)
is
assumed.
This
provides
a
reasonable
yet
challenging
set
of
development
constraints,
along
with
the
potential
to
transition
the
technology
to
an
objective
ground
force
capability.
Mind’s
Eye
strongly
emphasizes
fundamental
research
.
It
is
expected
that
technology
development
teams
will
draw
equally
from
the
state
of
the
art
in
cognitive
systems,
machine
vision
,
and
related
fields
to
develop
this
new
visual
intelligence.
To
guide
this
transformative
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research
toward
operational
benefits,
the
program
will
also
feature
flexible
and
opportunistic
systems
integration
.
This
integration
will
leverage
proven
visual
intelligence
software
to
develop
prototype
smart
cameras.
Integrators
will
contribute
an
economical
level
of
effort
during
the
technology
development
phase,
supporting
participation
in
phase
I
program
events
(PI
meetings,
demonstrations,
and
evaluations)
as
well
as
development
of
detailed
systems
integration
concepts
that
will
be
considered
by
DARPA
at
appropriate
times
for
increased
effort
in
phase
II
systems
integration.
The
goals
of
Industry
Day
are
threefold:
1)
to
familiarize
participants
with
DARPA’s
interest
in
the
Mind’s
Eye
research
area
and
the
forthcoming
program
requirements,
2)
to
promote
understanding
of
the
BAA
proposal
guidelines,
and
3)
to
promote
discussion
of
synergistic
capabilities
among
potential
program
participants.
It
is
DARPA’s
desire
to
facilitate
the
formation
of
strong
teams
and
business
relationships
in
order
to
develop
comprehensive,
quality
responses
to
any
potential
DARPA
solicitation.
Information
on
the
Mind’s
Eye
BAA
will
be
available
at:
following
the
publication
of
the
BAA
in
FedBizOpps.
Following
the
Industry
Day,
the
web
site
will
contain
Frequently
Asked
Questions,
presentations
from
the
Industry
Day,
and
an
attendance
list
for
teaming
purposes.
Attendance
at
the
Industry
Day
is
voluntary
and
is
not
required
to
propose
to
subsequent
Broad
Agency
Announcements
(if
any)
or
research
solicitations
(if
any)
on
this
topic.
DARPA
will
not
provide
reimbursement
for
costs
incurred
to
participate
in
this
Industry
Day.
The
Industry
Day
does
not
constitute
a
formal
solicitation
for
proposals
or
abstracts.
Attendance
is
limited
to
two
(2)
representatives
per
organization.
Tentative
Agenda
1:00
–
2:00
pm
Opening
Remarks
and
Program
Manager
Presentation
This
session
will
include
the
introduction
of
the
DARPA
Mind’s
Eye
Program
vision
and
philosophy,
objectives
and
goals
2:00
–
2:15
pm
Break
2:15
–
3:30
pm
Q&A
Session
REGISTRATION
Registration
must
be
completed
by
April
16,
2010
via
the
following
site
–
NOTE:
Attendance
is
limited
to
two
(2)
representatives
per
organization.
DATE
&
LOCATION
The
Industry
Day
will
be
held
on
April
20,
2010,
at
the
Washington
Marriott
at
Metro
Center,
located
at
775
12
th
Street
NW,
Washington,
DC
20005.
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