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Workshop Agenda
AUGUST 9-10, 2017
The Keck Center of the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Washington, D.C.
Objectives
Research Challenges:
- Machine-based methods for generating analytic products.
- Machine-based methods for automating the evaluation of analytic products.
Research Questions:
- What are the technical objectives and metrics needed for success?
- What are the primary issues?
- What are the current and “next level” key performance metrics?
- What is the “level after next” of expected research and development performance?
- What is the research knowledge base?
- How can the government best prepare the scientific workforce to enhance discovery in this area?
- What are the requisite enabling technologies?
Day 1: August 9, 2017
7:30 A.M. | Registration and breakfast (on your own) |
SESSION 1: Plenary
8:00 | Sponsor Remarks and Expectations of the Workshop Dr. David M. Isaacson, ODNI |
8:15 | Generation of Capability Technology Matrix Dr. Rama Chellappa, UMCP, Planning Committee Chair Dr. George Coyle, RSO, AFSB/ICSB |
8:30 | Progress in Machine Learning Dr. Tom Dietterich, Oregon State University |
9:05 | Industry Perspective Dr. Josyula R. Rao, Watson IBM Fellow |
9:45 | Operational Perspective—Project MAVEN Dr. Travis W. Axtell, OSD OUSD (I) |
10:25 | Break |
SESSION 2: Machine Learning from Image/Video/Map Data
10:45 | Learning from Overhead Imagery Dr. Joe Mundy, Vision Systems, Inc. |
11:20 | Deep Learning for Learning from Images and Videos: Is It Real? Dr. Rama Chellappa, UMCP |
11:55 | Learning about Human Activities from Images and Videos Dr. Anthony Hoogs, Kitware, Inc. |
12:30 P.M. | Lunch |
SESSION 3: Machine Learning from Natural Languages (ML-NLP)
1:15 | Machine Learning from Text: Applications Dr. Kathy McKeown, Columbia University |
1:50 | Deep Learning for NLP Dr. Dragomir Radev, Yale University |
2:25 | Machine Learning from Conversational Speech Dr. Amanda Stent, Bloomberg |
3:00 | Break |
SESSION 4: Learning from Multi-Source Data
3:15 | Situational Awareness from Multiple Unstructured Sources Dr. Boyan Onyshkevych, DARPA |
3:50 | Discussion on Preparing the Capability Matrix Compile enabling technologies from 1st Day |
5:30 | Adjourn |
Day 2: August 10, 2017
7:30 A.M. | Breakfast in cafeteria (on your own) |
8:00 | Sponsor Remarks Dr. David Honey, Director of Science & Technology, ODNI |
SESSION 5: Learning from Noisy, Adversarial Inputs
8:15 | Harnessing Machine Learning for Global Discovery at Scale Dr. Mikel Rodriguez, MITRE |
SESSION 6: Learning from Social Media
8:50 | Large-Scale Multi-Modal Deep Learning Dr. Rob Fergus, NYU |
9:25 | What Can We Learn from Social Media Posts? (Presentation withdrawn) |
10:00 | Break |
SESSION 7: Humans and Machines Working Together with Big Data
10:15 | Sensemaking Systems and Models Dr. Peter Pirolli, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition |
10:50 | Crowd Sourcing for Natural Language Processing Dr. Chris Callison-Burch, University of Pennsylvania |
SESSION 8: Use of Machine Learning for Privacy Ethics
11:25 | Toward Socio-Cultural Machine Learning Dr. Mark Riedl, Georgia Institute of Technology |
12:00 P.M. | Lunch |
SESSION 9: Panel on Evaluation of Machine-Generated Products
1:00 | Dr. Anthony Hoogs, Kitware Dr. Jason Duncan, MITRE Mr. Jonathan Fiscus, NIST Dr. Rob Fergus, NYU |
2:00 | Break |
SESSION 10: Capability Technology Matrix Panel: NSF, DoD, NIST, DoE
2:10 | Machine Learning for Energy Applications Dr. Devanand Shenoy, DOE |
2:30 | Using Metrology to Improve Access to “Unstructured” Data Dr. Ellen Voorhees, NIST |
2:50 | Challenge Problems for Multi-Source Insights Dr. Travis W. Axtell, OSD OUSD (I) |
3:10 | An Overview of NSF Research in Data Analytics Mr. James Donlon, NSF |
3:30 | Discussion on Preparing the Capability Matrix Compile enabling technologies from 2nd day Complete matrix |
5:00 | Adjourn |