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'''The Living Plan'''
:Erik Thomsen, Fred Read, William Duncan, Tatanya Malyuta and Barry Smith, “[http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1304/STIDS2014_T02_ThomsenEtAl.pdf Ontological Support for Living Plan Specification, Execution and Evaluation]”, Proceedings of the Conference on Semantic Technology in Intelligence, Defense and Security, Fairfax, VA, (STIDS 2014), CEUR, vol. 1304, 10-17.
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Tutorial organized as part of the 2014 [http://stids.c4i.gmu.edu/ Semantic Technologies for Intelligence, Defense, and Security] (STIDS) Conference
Tutorial organized as part of the 2014 [http://stids.c4i.gmu.edu/ Semantic Technologies for Intelligence, Defense, and Security] (STIDS) Conference
*Date: November 18, 2014
*Date: November 18, 2014
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*Venue: Dewberry Hall, [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Johnson+Center,+George+Mason+University,+Fairfax,+VA+22030/@38.8300726,-77.3077621,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b64e60e8f5562f:0x1d78172a5be4946 Johnson Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030]
*Venue: Dewberry Hall, [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Johnson+Center,+George+Mason+University,+Fairfax,+VA+22030/@38.8300726,-77.3077621,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b64e60e8f5562f:0x1d78172a5be4946 Johnson Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030]


The background of this tutorial is a US Air Force Research Laboratory initiative to transform Air Force planning and operations assessment from a disjointed static approach based on paper documents into a unified dynamic approach based on a computational 'living plan'. Part of this initiative will rest on the development of an ontology of plans and of military operations, viewing the latter as forming a three-stage cycle of plan specification, plan execution, and post-execution review. This cycle is seen as continuously unfolding on the strategic, operational and tactical levels – hence 'living plan' – and a special role is played by the issue of coordinating collaborative agency across large organizations. The tutorial will deal with issues such as the following:
The background of this tutorial is a US Air Force Research Laboratory initiative to transform Air Force planning and operations assessment from a disjointed static approach based on paper documents into a unified dynamic approach based on a computational 'living plan'. Part of this initiative will rest on the development of an ontology of plans and of military operations, viewing the latter as forming a three-stage cycle of plan specification, plan execution, and post-execution review. This cycle is seen as continuously unfolding on the strategic, operational and tactical levels – hence 'living plan'. A special role is played by the issue of devising a framework for the coordination of collaborative agency across large organizations. How can we build feedback mechanisms into the planning and outcomes assessment process in such a way as to enable evolutionary improvement in the framework over time?
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'''Schedule'''


The ontology of shared agency across large organizations, including the role of command and control and planning doctrine
13:00 Barry Smith (NCOR) [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/plan-ontology/STIDS-Tutorial-2014/1-Smith.pptx Slides]


Assessing assessments: how can we build feedback mechanisms into the planning and outcomes assessment process in order to ensure improvement over time?
:The role of doctrine in the planning process
:Why planning needs a controlled vocabulary
::An Example: The CALL (Center for Army Lessons Learned) Thesaurus
:Need for a plan ontology as part of a suite of interoperable military ontology modules
:Basic Formal Ontology as upper level architecture
::Populating ontology modules through iterative extension
:Plans vs plan specifications
::The Information Artifact Ontology
::Anatomy of a plan specification
:Elements of the planning process: Informational, Mental, Action-related
:What is the living plan?
:Appendix: Draft Plan Ontology based on military doctrine
::See current version of the ontology [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/plan-ontology/planning-ontology-draft.owl here]
::See additional slides on the ontology of deontic elements and on collaborative plan execution [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/plan-ontology/STIDS-Tutorial-2014/1-Smith-2.pptx here]


From tactical to strategic: how can we create computational environments that will take account of single- and multi-level collaborative agency?
13:50 Frederick Reed (Charles River Analytics) [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/plan-ontology/STIDS-Tutorial-2014/2-Reed.pptx Slides]
               
:The current state of planning
Kinetic sensors, video and HUMINT: how do we take account of multi-channel information?
::Strategic level
               
::Operations level
Schedule
::Ops assessment
 
::Re-tasking
13:00 Erik Thomsen
:What works; what doesn’t
:Review of existing military planning and operations assessment regimes
:What’s needed
:Identification of resulting problems
:Gap assessment
14:40 Break
:Need: Ontology for Smart Information Grids for multi-level planning agencies
   
   
13:45 Barry Smith
15:00 Erik Thomsen (Charles River Analytics) [http://ncor.buffalo.edu/plan-ontology/STIDS-Tutorial-2014/3-Thomsen.pptx Slides]
:Motivations and approach
:Types
:Typed ontologies
:Typed Ontology-driven planning systems
:Conclusions


:Review of the history of approaches to military planning and operations assessment
16:30 BS, FR, ET and tutorial participants
:Role of doctrine
:Document control ontology
:Role of speech-act theory and document-act theory
:Plans vs Plan specifications
14:30 Break
14:45 Barry Smith
Introduction to the ontology of plans and of operations assessment rooted in the Information Artifact Ontology
15:30 Erik Thomsen
:Realizing a computational framework for the living plan
:Modules:
::Situational Awareness
::Plan Preparation
::Plan Execution
::Plan Evaluation and Operations Assessment
:The underlying multidimensional information system
:Data ingestion
::Sensors
::Text
16:15 Break
16:30 ET, BS and tutorial participants
:Exploratory session to allow critical review, presentation of alternative approaches, identification of potential secondary uses  
:Exploratory session to allow critical review, presentation of alternative approaches, identification of potential secondary uses  


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'''Background'''
'''Background'''


[http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp5_0.pdf Joint Operation Planning]
*[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/document_ontology/ Document Acts]
[http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_30.pdf Command and Control of Joint Air Operations (JP 3.30)]
*[http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Distributed_Development_of_a_Shared_Semantic_Resource#Publications Papers on Military Ontology]
[http://www.iwar.org.uk/rma/resources/c4i/jp3_13_1.pdf Joint Doctrine for Command and Control Warfare (JP 3.13.1)]
*[http://ncor.buffalo.edu/plan-ontology/planning-ontology-draft.owl Planning Ontology Draft (.owl)]
*[http://milportal.ncor.buffalo.edu/ontologies Military Ontologies]
*[https://code.google.com/p/information-artifact-ontology/ Information Artifact Ontology]
*[http://stids.c4i.gmu.edu/STIDS2013/presentations/tutorial2013.php Information Ontologies for the Intelligence Community]
*[http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp5_0.pdf Joint Operation Planning]
*[http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_30.pdf Command and Control of Joint Air Operations (JP 3.30)]
*[http://www.iwar.org.uk/rma/resources/c4i/jp3_13_1.pdf Joint Doctrine for Command and Control Warfare (JP 3.13.1)]
 


'''Faculty'''
'''Faculty'''


[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/erik-thomsen/2/553/164 Erik Thomsen] is Senior Scientist - Cognitive Systems at Charles River Analytics in Boston, MA. He has over 20 years experience creating analytical software and business applications with an emphasis on intelligent systems and socio-economic and environmental models. He is also the author of multiple publications on data integration and fusion, semantic technologies, visualization, pattern recognition, foundations of logic, language and mathematics, and of the influential textbook OLAP: Building Multidimensional Information Systems (Wiley, 2nd edition).
[https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=40584132&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=zfaU&locale=en_US&srchid=27153661416339901989&srchindex=2&srchtotal=145&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A27153661416339901989%2CVSRPtargetId%3A40584132%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary Frederick Reed], scientist at Charles River Analytics working in areas such as man-machine systems analysis, human factors, organizational learning and development, knowledge management, and applied philosophy (particularly Pragmatism of C.S. Peirce).


[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/barry-smith/0/aab/486 Barry Smith], founder of the Ontology for the Intelligence Community (now STIDS) conference series, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of ontology and semantic technology. He is Professor of Philosophy, Biomedical Informatics, Neurology, and Computer Science and Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Director of the National Center for Ontological Research.
[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/barry-smith/0/aab/486 Barry Smith], founder of the Ontology for the Intelligence Community (now STIDS) conference series, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of ontology and semantic technology. He is Professor of Philosophy, Biomedical Informatics, Neurology, and Computer Science and Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Director of the National Center for Ontological Research.
[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/erik-thomsen/2/553/164 Erik Thomsen] is Senior Scientist - Cognitive Systems at Charles River Analytics in Boston, MA. He has over 20 years experience creating analytical software and business applications with an emphasis on intelligent systems and socio-economic and environmental models. He is also the author of multiple publications on data integration and fusion, semantic technologies, visualization, pattern recognition, foundations of logic, language and mathematics, and of the influential textbook OLAP: Building Multidimensional Information Systems (Wiley, 2nd edition).

Latest revision as of 15:05, 30 November 2014

The Living Plan

Erik Thomsen, Fred Read, William Duncan, Tatanya Malyuta and Barry Smith, “Ontological Support for Living Plan Specification, Execution and Evaluation”, Proceedings of the Conference on Semantic Technology in Intelligence, Defense and Security, Fairfax, VA, (STIDS 2014), CEUR, vol. 1304, 10-17.

Tutorial organized as part of the 2014 Semantic Technologies for Intelligence, Defense, and Security (STIDS) Conference

The background of this tutorial is a US Air Force Research Laboratory initiative to transform Air Force planning and operations assessment from a disjointed static approach based on paper documents into a unified dynamic approach based on a computational 'living plan'. Part of this initiative will rest on the development of an ontology of plans and of military operations, viewing the latter as forming a three-stage cycle of plan specification, plan execution, and post-execution review. This cycle is seen as continuously unfolding on the strategic, operational and tactical levels – hence 'living plan'. A special role is played by the issue of devising a framework for the coordination of collaborative agency across large organizations. How can we build feedback mechanisms into the planning and outcomes assessment process in such a way as to enable evolutionary improvement in the framework over time?

Schedule

13:00 Barry Smith (NCOR) Slides

The role of doctrine in the planning process
Why planning needs a controlled vocabulary
An Example: The CALL (Center for Army Lessons Learned) Thesaurus
Need for a plan ontology as part of a suite of interoperable military ontology modules
Basic Formal Ontology as upper level architecture
Populating ontology modules through iterative extension
Plans vs plan specifications
The Information Artifact Ontology
Anatomy of a plan specification
Elements of the planning process: Informational, Mental, Action-related
What is the living plan?
Appendix: Draft Plan Ontology based on military doctrine
See current version of the ontology here
See additional slides on the ontology of deontic elements and on collaborative plan execution here

13:50 Frederick Reed (Charles River Analytics) Slides

The current state of planning
Strategic level
Operations level
Ops assessment
Re-tasking
What works; what doesn’t
What’s needed

14:40 Break

15:00 Erik Thomsen (Charles River Analytics) Slides

Motivations and approach
Types
Typed ontologies
Typed Ontology-driven planning systems
Conclusions

16:30 BS, FR, ET and tutorial participants

Exploratory session to allow critical review, presentation of alternative approaches, identification of potential secondary uses

Background


Faculty

Frederick Reed, scientist at Charles River Analytics working in areas such as man-machine systems analysis, human factors, organizational learning and development, knowledge management, and applied philosophy (particularly Pragmatism of C.S. Peirce).

Barry Smith, founder of the Ontology for the Intelligence Community (now STIDS) conference series, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of ontology and semantic technology. He is Professor of Philosophy, Biomedical Informatics, Neurology, and Computer Science and Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Director of the National Center for Ontological Research.

Erik Thomsen is Senior Scientist - Cognitive Systems at Charles River Analytics in Boston, MA. He has over 20 years experience creating analytical software and business applications with an emphasis on intelligent systems and socio-economic and environmental models. He is also the author of multiple publications on data integration and fusion, semantic technologies, visualization, pattern recognition, foundations of logic, language and mathematics, and of the influential textbook OLAP: Building Multidimensional Information Systems (Wiley, 2nd edition).

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