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Computational Cultural Understanding (CCU) program is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA's CCU program seeks to develop natural language processing (NLP) technologies that recognize, adapt to, and recommend how to operate within the emotional, social, and cultural norms that differ across societies, languages, and communities.
The goal is to create a cross-cultural language understanding service to improve situational awareness and interaction with diverse international audiences, which strongly aligns with cultural memory and social impact. Note: The most recent search result for this program indicates a past deadline of July 2, 2021.
However, DARPA consistently invests in AI research with similar goals through various initiatives like 'AI Forward' and 'AI Next', making it relevant for this search.
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