Network Technology

I2O explores game-changing technologies in the fields of information science and software to anticipate and create rapid shifts in the complex national security landscape. Conflict can occur in traditional domains such as land, sea, air, and space, and in emerging domains such as cyber and other types of irregular warfare. I2O’s research portfolio is focused on anticipating new modes of warfare in these emerging areas and developing the concepts and tools necessary to provide decisive advantage for the U.S. and its allies.

Modern society depends on information and information depends on information systems. Timely, insightful, reliable, and relevant information drives success. This is not lost on military leaders who well appreciate the critical importance of information for national security. As Sir Francis Bacon wrote in 1597, “Knowledge is power.”

Dr. Adam H. Russell joined DARPA as a program manager in July 2015. He is interested in new experimental platforms and tools to facilitate discovery, quantification, and "big validation" of fundamental measures in social science, behavioral science, and human performance.

Dr. Jonathan Pfautz joined DARPA as a program manager in June 2015. His principal research interests lie at the intersection of the computational and behavioral/social sciences.

Dr. Reza Ghanadan joined DARPA in 2013 as a program manager in the Defense Sciences Office. He has interests in data analytics, autonomy, machine learning and artificial intelligence in information and cyber-physical systems. At DARPA, he has been investigating the mathematical foundations and applications of these technologies to complex science and engineering problems, ranging from precision genomics and neuroscience, to robotics and human-machine collaboration.