Distributed analytics and information science

To address future coalition operations in congested, cluttered, contested, connected and constrained battlespace, the US Army Research Laboratory and the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory are developing a new research program on Distributed Analytics and Information Science International Technology Alliance. In this paper, we present an overview the two interrelated Technical Areas which when jointly studied will advance the theoretical foundations of distributed analytics and information science in the context of coalition operations. These areas are (1) Dynamic, Secure Coalition Information Infrastructures and (2) Coalition Distributed Analytics and Situational Understanding.