The Collective Judgment Formation (CJF) Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA) program is focused on basic research to create and expand theoretical and scientific understanding of human-agent interactions in AI-supported team decision making. The representative domain for the program is intelligence activities. Work within this program will require the problem space to be addressed from multiple disciplinary perspectives working in concert to discover novel knowledge and to advance our scientific foundations of (a) humans working with each other and with novel forms of software agents and (b) teams of intelligence analysts responding to novel methods that create verbose structured and unstructured content. Through this CRA, ARL seeks to partner with performers to advance the scientific state-of-the-art in human-agent systems for intelligence activities.
Beyond helping the Army, the research outcomes from this foundational, collaborative research program are intended to inform the public with regard to human-agent systems opportunities for information processing and to offer a perspective for understanding of and protecting against misinformation campaigns. Research conducted in the CJF CRA is also applicable to challenges in academia and industry.
Deadlines:
White papers Due: 25 September 2024, no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Final Proposals Due: 21 November 2024, no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
To address the human-agent systems for intelligence activities (HAS-IA) problem space, the CJF program will consist of three technical areas (TAs):
• TA1: Social Science Theories for HAS-IA
• TA2: Computational Models for HAS-IA
• TA3: Testing, Evaluation, and Transitions for HAS-IA
Eligible applicants under this BAA include institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations (i.e., large and small businesses) in the United States or its territories. White papers and proposals will be evaluated only if they are for fundamental scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the scientific state of the art or increasing basic knowledge and understanding. White papers and proposals focused on specific devices or components are beyond the scope of this BAA. More than one white paper and/or proposal is allowable from any single institution or organization, but each white paper and/or proposal must be limited to a single TA.