Larry Solecki

Larry Solecki, ITT-FPS director of engineering, said, “By recognizing our educators and engineers’ accomplishments, we stimulate improving U.S. students skills in science, technology, engineering, and math which are critical to our country’s future competitiveness. With engineers at its core, ITT (Exelis) has become a great company that is prepared for the challenges ahead - where technology will be the main game.”

Webster-ACE is a set of versatile software applications which allows military users to discover, connect, and visually present seemingly unrelated information in support of intelligence and information operations. Its design allows for customized use and supports the NCES goal of providing adaptive IT tools that can readily expand to a much larger user group, the so-called community of unanticipated users and uses. Once fully operational, Webster-ACE will leverage the existing software system… Show more

Webster-ACE is a set of versatile software applications which allows military users to discover, connect, and visually present seemingly unrelated information in support of intelligence and information operations. Its design allows for customized use and supports the NCES goal of providing adaptive IT tools that can readily expand to a much larger user group, the so-called community of unanticipated users and uses. Once fully operational, Webster-ACE will leverage the existing software system to provide search models, collaboration tools, and data characterization, filtering, and planning services via the Global Information Grid (GIG). Show less

The essence of information assessment is the process of distinguishing signals from noise. In the military, intelligence analysts are constantly searching for signals that might suggest an adversary's intentions. In each case, the analyst must search through a quantity of data, searching for meaningful patterns within the preponderance of noise. In many cases, it becomes necessary to divide the work among a team of collaborators. The team of 21st Century Systems, Incorporated and Colorado State… Show more

The essence of information assessment is the process of distinguishing signals from noise. In the military, intelligence analysts are constantly searching for signals that might suggest an adversary's intentions. In each case, the analyst must search through a quantity of data, searching for meaningful patterns within the preponderance of noise. In many cases, it becomes necessary to divide the work among a team of collaborators. The team of 21st Century Systems, Incorporated and Colorado State University is pleased to propose to continue researching and developing our successful Cognitively-Based Rapid Assessment Methodology (C-RAM) concept. C-RAM manages multiple users interacting with multiple information sources and provides both textual and visual methods for viewing these data. The C-RAM system allows the analysts to organize the information using different presentation modalities. These separate presentations are used to collect and fuse information. Our goal is to continue development and enhancement of a set of tools and intelligent agents for collaborative information assessment that will improve group performance by reducing the cognitive effort. Intelligent software agents assist the user in visually decluttering their information and directing their attention. We are developing software agents that, along with human analysts, form a socio-technical system for information assessment. Show less

The recent outbreak of E. coli only served to remind us of the vulnerability of our food production. It stirred memories of an amateur bio-terror attack using salmonella in local salad bars in an attempt to influence a local election in Oregon. In handling any bio-terrorism event, there are two facets to consider, pre-event crisis management and post-event consequence management. Crisis management includes measures to identify, acquire, and plan the use of resources necessary to anticipate… Show more

The recent outbreak of E. coli only served to remind us of the vulnerability of our food production. It stirred memories of an amateur bio-terror attack using salmonella in local salad bars in an attempt to influence a local election in Oregon. In handling any bio-terrorism event, there are two facets to consider, pre-event crisis management and post-event consequence management. Crisis management includes measures to identify, acquire, and plan the use of resources necessary to anticipate, prevent, detect, and resolve the event. Post-event consequence management entails outbreak control, treatment, and more. 21st Century Systems Incorporated is pleased to propose the research and development of a tool to provide state-of-the-art data source aggregation, interpretation, visualization, and decision support for pre-event indications and warning, crisis response, and consequence management. We call our Phase I concept Webster-Med. Webster-Med product encompasses both facets of the challenge: crisis response and consequence management. The crisis response portion encompasses a pre-event tool for detection and situational awareness. The sources of data for the detection process could include open sources, ED data, intelligence reports, battlefield sensors, and more. The consequence management portion will incorporate decision aids for monitoring the outbreak, mitigation (treatment, resource allocation, etc.), and resolution. Show less