Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide BAA is sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This Broad Agency Announcement is DARPA's primary entry point for AI, cybersecurity, autonomy, and information science researchers. It seeks revolutionary research ideas in areas such as trustworthy AI, resilient and secure software, and offensive and defensive cybersecurity.

Department of War organization. Information Processing Techniques Office About the Information Processing Techniques Office The Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) creates technological surprise through groundbreaking information science, technology development, and the delivery of fundamentally new information capabilities for national security.

AI innovation and Execution We envision vastly more energy-efficient and assured AI systems to advance asymmetric capabilities at the edge of the network and to provide trustworthy, understandable AI to warfighters where and when they need it. We also seek to mitigate risks of misalignment of machine actions and human interests.

Inherent Security and Privacy We seek to create a new generation of systems that are inherently secure, and inherently private, together with security and privacy tools that are more effective and more adaptable – both in the moving target and reactive senses – than current solutions.

We aim to develop more trustworthy and resilient systems based on the fundamental principles of the cyber networking, computing, and storage environment, and to create an asymmetric advantage in cyberspace.

We aim to develop machine-derived abstractions and models that expose the governing principles of highly complex and interconnected systems – like supply chains and power grids – to identify hidden systemic risks and emergent properties, and to enable the precise targeting of interventions and the proactive assurance of mission-critical functions.

RSS feed for Opportunities IPTO leadership is responsible for guiding and overseeing the research and development activities within specific technical areas. Opportunities to engage include R&D programs and efforts, challenge competitions, and technology transition efforts for the Information Processing Techniques Office.

| See all DARPA Opportunities | RSS feed for Opportunities Use these filters to narrow your results by research topic or date. Search by keyword to find your specific IPTO opportunity. Pushing Technology's Limits Our IPTO research programs are finite in duration, but the revolutionary advancements they drive create lasting change.

Learn more about recent and ongoing efforts across our key thrust areas. | See all DARPA programs Use these filters to narrow your results by research topic or status. Search by keyword to find your specific IPTO program.

Before an idea becomes a program, it gets mulled, kicked around, and questioned. During this period of contemplation, our program managers talk – a lot – to experts, potential transition partners, and each other. But we often wonder: What information are we missing that would provide much-needed context for program development?

Read through our "Ideas under Incubation" and if inspired, share your thoughts. * See important disclaimers and notes AI FORGE: Fostering Research and Growth in Emerging Artificial Intelligence In partnership with the U.S. National Science Foundation, AI FORGE aims to establish an industry/university/government consortium on AI research focused on solving AI critical challenges for national security.

The goal is to accelerate adoption by industry and federal agencies. | Contact Program Manager Matthew Marge See all of DARPA's Ideas Under Incubation Brightest Minds in Science and Engineering Our IPTO program managers are visionary leaders whose experience spans industry, government, and academia. They conceive, plan, and oversee the high-risk R&D efforts for which we are best known.

| See all DARPA program managers Use these filters to narrow your results by research topic or date. Search by keyword to find a specific IPTO program manager or their research interests. Energy-aware machine learning The Mapping Machine Learning to Physics program aims to strike the balance between energy usage and performance.

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