Laboratory for Analytic Sciences Publishes 2023 Impact Report
See how LAS research is making a difference in real-world intelligence analysis.
The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS) at North Carolina State University released its 2023 Impact Report highlighting the organization’s recent progress in its efforts to revolutionize the field of intelligence analysis. The report reflects on noteworthy projects and research accomplishments made by students, faculty, industry, and government collaborators during 2023.
“We work with a broad group of experts who strive to provide real solutions for real problems, so we’re pleased to share these engaging stories about the impact of our research on national security,” says Alyson Wilson, principal investigator for LAS.
In 2023, LAS funded year-long research projects with 20 faculty members from 12 universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, NC State, and Fayetteville State University. In addition, it collaborated with eight industry partners, including SAS Institute and Amazon Web Services. These partnerships led to the development of dozens of research projects and prototypes, which aimed to aid intelligence analysts in their workflows of analyzing large volumes of data.
The lab also hosted 50 participants for its 2023 Summer Conference on Applied Data Science (SCADS), which yielded additional projects, prototypes and datasets. These results provide a strong foundation for next year’s SCADS researchers to continue developing a tailored daily report for intelligence workers.
Stories with Impact
From facts and figures to spotlights on collaborators, the 2023 Impact Report provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the important work being done at LAS, including stories like:
- Impact to Mission: Data Generation with Fayetteville State University
- Impact on NSA Initiatives: Knowledge MiNER with Lithios
- Spotlight on NC State Professor Helen Armstrong
- Impact in Academia: A Prototype Tool for Annotation in Audio Data with UNC-Chapel Hill
- 2023 Scholarly Publications
- Impact on Capabilities: Searching Video with EyeReckon
- Summer Conference on Applied Data Science
- Valuable NC Partnerships: Spotlight on SAS Institute
- From LAS to NSA: A Workforce Pipeline
- Spotlight on Industry Collaborator Chris Argenta
About LAS
LAS is a partnership between the intelligence community and NC State that develops innovative technology and tradecraft to help solve mission-relevant problems. Founded in 2013 by the National Security Agency and NC State, each year LAS brings together collaborators from three sectors – industry, academia and government – to conduct research that has a direct impact on national security.
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