The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
Stephen D. Crocker is an Internet pioneer. In 1969,he created the ARPA "Networking Working Group" and the Request for Comments series. He served as chair of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) from 2011 through 2017.
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is a research institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Housed within the Ray and Maria Stata Center,CSAIL is the largest on-campus laboratory as measured by research scope and membership. It is part of the Schwarzman College of Computing but is also overseen by the MIT Vice President of Research.
SRI International (SRI) is an American nonprofit scientific research institute and organization headquartered in Menlo Park,California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region.
Anthony J. Tether served as Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from June 18,2001,until February 20,2009. As Director,Dr. Tether was responsible for management of the Agency's projects for high-payoff,innovative research and development. In 2020,he became a consultant with MISTRAS Group,USA.
Edward "Pete" Cleveland Aldridge Jr. is an aerospace engineer and former government official in the U.S. Defense Department. He was also selected as a payload specialist for the Space Shuttle mission STS-62-A,scheduled to launch in July 1986. The mission was canceled after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986,and Aldridge never flew.
The DARPA FALCON Project is a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the United States Air Force (USAF) and is part of Prompt Global Strike. The first part of the project aims to develop a Small Launch System (SLS) capable of accelerating hypersonic gliding weapons as well as launching small satellites into Earth orbit. The second part of the project aims to develop Hypersonic Weapon Systems (HWS):a short term high performance hypersonic gliding weapon previously named the X-41 Common Aero Vehicle (CAV) that could be launched from Expandable Launch Vehicles (ELV),Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs),Hypersonic Cruise Vehicles (HCV),or Space Maneuvering Vehicles (SMP),and a long term hypersonic cruise aircraft named the Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle (HCV). This two-part program was announced in 2003 and continued into 2006.
George Harry Heilmeier was an American engineer,manager,and a pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays (LCDs),for which he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Heilmeier's work is an IEEE Milestone.
Lisa J. Porter is an American scientist and founding Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. Prior to this position,she was the Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research at NASA and a senior scientist in the Advanced Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Stephen Edward Cross is the executive vice president for research (EVPR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech),a position to which he was appointed in 2010. As EVPR,Cross coordinates research efforts among Georgia Tech's colleges,research units and faculty;and provides central administration for all research,economic development and related support units at Georgia Tech. This includes direct oversight of Georgia Tech's interdisciplinary research institutes,the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI),the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) and the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC).
Charles Maria Herzfeld was an Austrian-born American scientist and scientific manager,particularly for the US Government. He is best known for his time as Director of DARPA,during which,among other things,he personally made the decision to authorize the creation of the ARPANET,the predecessor of the Internet.
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,abbreviated USD (R&E),is a senior official of the United States Department of Defense. The USD (R&E) is charged with the development and oversight of technology strategy for the DoD. The post has at various times had the titles Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,or Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E). The latter title has itself historically varied between the rank of under secretary and that of assistant secretary.
Regina E. Dugan,is an American businesswoman,inventor,technology developer and government official. She was the first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),where she served from July 2009 until March 2012.
Arati Prabhakar is an American engineer and public official. Since October 3,2022,she has served as the 12th director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President.
Paul Eremenko is a Ukrainian American innovator and technology executive. He was formerly the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of United Technologies Corporation. Earlier,he served as the CTO of Airbus,and former CEO of Airbus Silicon Valley innovation center. He is a former Google executive and head of Google's Project Ara,an effort to create an open,modular smartphone platform. Eremenko was named one of the Top-10 Tech Leaders of 2015 in FORTUNE Magazine. Eremenko has also come out as a strong proponent of artificial intelligence and autonomy research. Eremenko has cited his desire to build a starship as the motivation underpinning his career.
Stephen Joseph Lukasik was an American physicist who served in multiple high-level defense and scientific related positions for advancing the technologies and techniques for national defense and the detection and control of diverse types of weapons of mass destruction,especially nuclear devices. He was the second longest serving Director of DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency –during which numerous new technologies including packet and internet protocols were developed. He was also the first chief scientist of the Federal Communications Commission where he created its Office of Science and Technology and which facilitated the commercial deployment of new technology that included spread spectrum technology.
Project Genoa II was a software project that originated with the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Information Awareness Office and the successor to the Genoa program. Originally part of DARPA's wider Total Information Awareness project,it was later renamed Topsail and handed over to the Advanced Research and Development Activity for further development.
Michael John Kotsakas Kratsios is an American business executive and government official. He served as the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this role,Kratsios served as President Donald Trump's top technology advisor. From July 10,2020 to January 20,2021,Kratsios was also the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Stefanie Tompkins is an American geologist. She is the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is an independent entity within the National Institutes of Health. Its mission is to "make pivotal investments in break-through technologies and broadly applicable platforms,capabilities,resources,and solutions that have the potential to transform important areas of medicine and health for the benefit of all patients and that cannot readily be accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity."
