Networking, Information Management & Decision Support Using Machine Learning

The Army Research Laboratory Research Associateship Program (ARL-RAP) offers research opportunities in networking and decision support technologies, focusing on developing software algorithms and techniques to support human or machine information interactions for information retrieval, dissemination, analysis and decision making. Research areas include developing algorithmic frameworks for network characterization and optimization, investigating system and network architectural layers, researching information retrieval and dissemination, analyzing and developing network transport protocols, understanding networked information systems, generating computational algorithms for data processing using machine learning models, and developing applications for deterministic and stochastic optimization. The program is designed to increase involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas relevant to the Army. Researchers work with the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (CISD), which conducts research in disciplines relevant to the digital battlefield, focusing on communications, atmospheric modeling, battlefield visualization, and computing.