Networked Searches & Searches in Networks:New Horizons in Search Theory

September 3-4, 2003 : Newport, RI

This website captures the essential aspects of our Search Theory workshop. Collected on this site are presentations, photos and artwork produced during the session. We hope that it serves as a useful tool in continuing our discussion on Search Theory and its applications.

Special thanks to all participants, speakers and sponsors.

Day 1: Wed., Sept 3, 2003

Day 2: Thurs., Sept 4, 2003

Artwork Gallery

Participants

Candid Photos

Introduction
Jeff Cares, Alidade Consulting

A Short History of Distributed Search
Jeff Cares, Alidade Consulting

Distributed Networked Forces
Raymond Christian, Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Simulation and Evolution
Dave Davis, NuTech Solutions, Inc.

Another View of Small World
Brian McCue, Center for Naval Analyses

Agent Searches in the Bay of Biscay
Raymond Hill, Wright State University

Social and Organizational Search
Peter Dodd, Columbia University

 

Morning Colloquium

  • Cultural Change in the Navy
  • Introducing UAVs
  • Budget Authority
  • Snowball Effect of New Ideas
  • Fear of Change
  • Revolutionary Events Bring Change
  • Support on the Inside or Outside
  • Beginnings of Acceptance
  • Why we are here?
  • Recent Innovations
  • Paradox
  • What cognitive aspects of the search problem
    deserve further study?
  • What are some of the human integration issues associated with distributed systems?
  • Human Integration
  • Where does the human integration not belong ?
  • Boid Simulation
  • Distributed Forces
  • Blame
  • Use of Robots
  • Culture question for SSG. The culture does not buy into the kill only the sense. The autonomous sensors are everywhere. Only sensors can bridge. It is only worth it if we can do the kill chain.
  • Trust
  • Loyalty
  • System Failures
  • How might some of the new analytical techniques be employed to juggle/analyze the multivariate trade space faced by the various services?
  • Socialization in Models
  • Speed of Navy Ships
  • Constraint in Models

Afternoon Colloquium

  • What kinds of groupings should be looked for in emergent or established networks (particularly those that can be exploited)?
  • What are the military advantages of network centric theories?
  • Who is winning: the Hiders or the finders?
  • Is there a counter in the search area that can overcome the advantage of the Hider?
  • What does winning mean?
  • Hiding Theory
  • Final Thoughts
  • Closing Comments
  • Next year's suggested topics

 



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