IARPA - Reynard Program

Reynard

Program Manager
Rita M. Bush

   - Rita's Areas of Interest
Social psychology and group behavior; Experimental design and quantitative methods; Visualization techniques; Usability engineering; user interface design, and novel human/computer interaction techniques; Virtual Worlds and Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs); Web 2.0 Technologies

   - Rita's Phone
     (301) 851-7431

   - Rita's Email
     rita.m.bush@ugov.gov

Program(s)

   Reynard
     - Reynard Proposers' Day Briefing

   Sirius
     - Sirius Proposers' Day Briefing

Key Articles & Results

Broad Agency Announcement(s)

   - Reynard Program
   - Sirius Program

Starting from the premise that Real World (RW) characteristics are reflected in VW behavior, the IARPA Reynard program seeks to identify behavioral indicators in VWs and MMOGs that are related to the RW characteristics of the users. Performers in the Reynard program will be expected to produce one or more VW behavioral indicators that serve to identify RW attributes of individuals or groups. Attributes of interest include the following: gender, approximate age, economic status, educational level, occupation, ideology or "world view", degree of influence, "digital native" vs "digital immigrant," approximate physical geographic location, native language, and culture.