SMART INFORMATION FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SB171-009
SMART INFORMATION FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,497,910 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
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- Amount
- $1,497,910
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- SB171-009
- Solicitation
- 17.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MN
- Period
- 2019-05-08 → 2022-04-21
Description
TYBALT (Transcending cYber Barriers with Automated Language Tracking) primary goal is the automatic detection of adverse intentions against US forces via publicly available information (PAI). Our “Intent to Act Adversely Detector” (ITAAD) is based on empirically-driven cognitive models linked to features detectable in the structure (rather than content) of written language: Integrative Complexity (IC) - a model reflecting the ability to integrate contradicting perspectives - and Moral Disengagement (MD) - a theory of linguistic strategies used when disengaging from one's own moral agency. During Phase II, we will build a fully functional ITAAD and validate and test the tool in lab studies as well as on real-world social media data. Equally important to this effort is the continuation of our ongoing discussions around commercial applications within the domain of cyber warfare, misinformation and hate speech with stakeholders at Silicon Valley technology companies.