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Enhancing the Art of Investigation: A GPT-based Creativity Support Tool for Analysts

I paused in my work and glanced up at the clock– it was 3:00 a.m., and there seemed to be no end in sight. The desk was buried under a… 

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… 

TLDR: Like the President’s Daily Brief, But for Everyone

Researchers at NC State’s Summer Conference on Applied Data Science are building AI prototypes that can create personalized reports for anyone working with intelligence. When Susie B., a national security intelligence… 

Richland to Raleigh: A Model for University and National Lab Partnerships

North Carolina State University’s collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides unique research experiences for students and a talented workforce pipeline for the lab.  When… 

Students Lead Spring Semester Projects that Support Intelligence Analysts

Students play a vital role in research at the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences. From design to computer science and data prioritization, we’re spotlighting four of this year’s research projects at… 

Q&A with Amy Brown Gagnon, Director of LAS and Language Analyst

Amy Brown Gagnon has served as director of the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences for nearly 3 years. In her role, she works with government, academic and industry partners to research… 

LAS Celebrates 10 Years

The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences highlights 10 projects with national security impact as it marks a decade of research collaboration between government, industry and academia. It’s no secret that NC State… 

LAS Publishes SCADS 2022 Technical Report

The foundational report details key takeaways from the lab’s inaugural 8-week summer conference. Short, customized, instantaneous reports for intelligence analysts are feasible, but there’s still more work to be done,… 

Q&A with Missy Cummings: Fighter Pilot, Professor, AI Engineer and LAS Collaborator 

Missy Cummings, one of the U.S. Navy’s first female fighter pilots, is now a professor and principal investigator teaching and researching human systems engineering. She studies autonomous vehicles and the… 

Student Outreach to Build a Diverse Workforce

On May 15, the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS) will commemorate the 10-year anniversary of its academic partnership with North Carolina State University. Residing on a large college campus that… 

LAS Announces 2023 Collaborators

Twenty faculty from 12 universities and seven companies will conduct LAS research projects this year. The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences at NC State University will provide research funding to 20 faculty… 

Solutions to National Security at the 8th Annual LAS Research Symposium

Academic, industry and government collaborators shared their latest innovations at the signature end-of-year event for the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences. Searching hours of footage for the sound of gunshots. Turning…