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Dec 1, 2023

Structured Annotation of Audio Data

Rob Capra, Jaime Arguello, Bogeum Choi, Mengtian Guo School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Overview Analysis of audio data is an important activity in…

Dec 1, 2023

The Analysts’ Hierarchy of Needs: Grounded Design Principles for Tailored Intelligence Analysis Tools

Antonio Girona (Pennsylvania State University), Grace B. (DoD), James Peters (NC State), Wenyuan Wang (UNC-Chapel Hill), R. Jordan Crouser (Smith College) Introduction In the high-stakes arena of national security, intelligence…

Dec 1, 2023

Synthetic Cyber Knowledge Graphs

Blog Authors: Felecia ML., James S., Donita R. Team: James S. (Fall 2023 Lead), Donita R., Felecia ML., Chris L., Shanita T., Al J. (Spring 2023 Lead), The University of…

Dec 1, 2023

A Practical Guide to Running Image Segmentation Experiments on Mechanical Turk

Benjamin Bauchwitz, Duke University Part 1: Introduction Image segmentation is a set of powerful computer vision processes in which images are divided into semantically meaningful regions. Different types of image…

Dec 1, 2023

Rare and Uncommon Object Detection

Felecia ML., James S., Donita R. Background What happens when open-source computer vision models such as You Only Look Once (YOLO) try to detect objects such as customized weapons or…

Dec 1, 2023

ORBS: Operationalizing Recommender-Based SIGINT

Blake Hartley, Mike Geide, Mattia Shin, PUNCH Cyber Analytics Group Stephen W., Lori Wachter, Pauline M., Al J., Jacque J., Stephen S. What our recommender system does Over the past…

Dec 1, 2023

Diagramming Explanatory Narratives

Causal Storyboards: Augmented Interactive Visualisation for Narrative Abduction   Tim van Gelder, Director, Hunt Laboratory for Intelligence Research, University of Melbourne Project team members: University of Melbourne: Richard de Rozario, Morgan…

Dec 1, 2023

An Introduction to the LAS Model Deployment Service

Troy W., Brent Y., Michael G., Aaron W. The LAS Model Deployment Service (MDS) is a prototype system providing a cloud provider agnostic environment for deploying, scaling and monitoring ML…

Dec 1, 2023

PandaJam: Understanding Triage of Speech-to-Text

Patti K., Sue Mi K., Susie B., Jessica E., Pauline M., John S., Jascha S., Brent Y. Gaining a deeper understanding of analyst workflows is a fundamental step towards implementing…

Sep 20, 2023

Speech Emotion Recognition: Using High Arousal to Find Intriguing Conversations

If we can search audio recordings by the emotions in a speaker’s voice, we could pinpoint a heated argument or surprise celebration.  A team of researchers at the Laboratory for…