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The "Computational Methods for Decision Making" grant opportunity focuses on advancing algorithms and systems that support automated decision-making processes in complex, dynamic environments. The primary aim is to enhance autonomous information processing systems that can effectively utilize multiple data sources for mission-critical tasks while ensuring security and trustworthiness.

This initiative addresses several significant challenges inherent in developing automated decision systems. These include processing diverse data types, managing uncertainty and imprecision, and ensuring reliable operations within distributed networks. The quality of the decisions made by these systems is heavily dependent on the quality and relevance of the underlying data, necessitating models that capture the mission context and help identify necessary data for situational awareness.

The grant is divided into four main areas of focus, known as thrusts:

1. **Resource Optimization**: This thrust aims to create mathematical optimization techniques for efficient resource allocation in naval operations, specifically in maritime mission planning and sensor management. The goal is to enhance the effectiveness of naval assets and optimize sensor networks.

2. **Automated Image Understanding**: Here, the focus is on developing computational methods for better image recognition and understanding through the fusion of different imaging modalities and platforms. This includes improving object detection in various environments and creating robust recognition methods that integrate low-level and high-level knowledge.

3. **Information Integration**: This thrust seeks to develop algorithms for organizing and interpreting high-dimensional data from multiple sources. The goal is to enable efficient fusion of diverse datasets to support naval applications, addressing issues related to data quality and its implications for decision-making.

4. **Cyber Security**: This area focuses on improving the security of software systems to mitigate vulnerabilities that arise from flawed implementations. The thrust aims to create a development environment that enhances code robustness and security, while also streamlining the software coding process by capturing important design decisions.

Overall, this grant opportunity emphasizes the development of technologies that enable rapid and accurate decision-making in the face of complex situations, ultimately supporting various naval missions through improved situational awareness and resource management.

• The Office of Naval Research in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Computational Methods for Decision Making" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 6, 2014 and posted on Jul 31, 2014.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 9, 2014 Refer to the BAA or application instructions for white paper due dates.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $7,500,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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