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Research Overview

Through its research programs, the Center aims to help the security problems of today and examine the defense issues of tomorrow. CADS is the thought leader in Intent-Centric Paradigm research and its military, diplomatic, and cyber security applications. We apply intent-based and interdisciplinary approaches to global security, which we define as consisting not only of physical and human security, but information and cyber security and economic security.

CADS performs research in the areas of

  • Global security policy
  • International relations and global security simulations
  • Cyber security and information assurance
  • Emerging Technology Ecosystems and Technology Transfer
  • Cognitive informatics
  • Decision making under conditions of uncertainty
  • Intent-centric paradigms
  • Integrated situational awareness
  • Policy and security analysis
  • Network-based distributed control systems

Projects
The Center's staff, fellows and associates are involved in various interdisciplinary projects.

Publications
The Center's members and partners have contributed publications on a broad range of topics, including information policy, information sharing and international law; intention awareness and cognitive science; mathematics; military information science and strategy; emerging technology; political psychology; political science and social sciences.

Research Partners
The Center parterns with research institutions in the U.S. and abroad, offering the Center's expertise in intent-centric research in cooperative projects and programs with world-class universities.


For more information about the Center's research programs, please write to info [at] c4ads [dot] org.