Computer systems that interact with their environment, such as self-driving vehicles, autopilot systems, and other robotic devices, may sometimes operate without people supervising or otherwise directly controlling their actions. Although not strictly independent of us, they may be said in some respects to be “autonomous,” insofar as they are sensing and interpreting the world,...

Computer systems that interact with their environment, such as self-driving vehicles, autopilot systems, and other robotic devices, may sometimes operate without people supervising or otherwise directly controlling their actions. Although not strictly independent of us, they may be said in some respects to be “autonomous,” insofar as they are sensing and interpreting the world, choosing actions, and adjusting their behavior to meet pre-defined goals through a feedback process. They are to some degree self-directed and self-sufficient. As such systems become more capable, people may assign them responsibilities and give them authority previously relegated to...

Future infrastructures will be adaptive to comply with security policies established at the time of deployment and to allow systems to autonomously learn, by example, about acceptable changes in configuration and applications. Policies and trust inferences will be based on distributed similarity estimates within hierarchical functional groups which are autonomously formed as nodes exchange...

Future infrastructures will be adaptive to comply with security policies established at the time of deployment and to allow systems to autonomously learn, by example, about acceptable changes in configuration and applications. Policies and trust inferences will be based on distributed similarity estimates within hierarchical functional groups which are autonomously formed as nodes exchange information about their configuration and state. These self-regulating and self-healing infrastructures will provide the much needed flexibility and robustness to enable system security and information assurance capabilities for future military and civilian tactical infrastructures. To realize this vision, IHMC research scientists...

IHMC researchers are working on natural language computer interfaces and digital companions for conversational understanding, with the aim of developing computerized assistants that accommodate a range of abilities, desires, and needs of users through adaptable natural language processing.  Managing a variety of both spoken and written natural language phenomena and adaptation to conversational conventions...

IHMC researchers are working on natural language computer interfaces and digital companions for conversational understanding, with the aim of developing computerized assistants that accommodate a range of abilities, desires, and needs of users through adaptable natural language processing.  Managing a variety of both spoken and written natural language phenomena and adaptation to conversational conventions are central foci of research led by James Allen, Bonnie Dorr, and the late Yorick Wilks, and a team of internationally recognized scientists: Archna Bhatia, Adam Dalton, Greg Dubbin, Lucian Galescu, Kristy...