Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making: Dutch Position Paper
conference paper
Within the NATO Sience and Technology Board, the Dutch Ministry of Defense is mentor of the theme ‘Big data and artificial intelligence for decision making’. This theme is highly relevant to the military and to NATO in particular, because it addresses innovations leading to improved (joint) C4ISR. However, the theme is also complex because it encompasses a wide variety of relevant topics, ranging from architectures to data analytics and to human decision making. In order to provide support for developing the theme, and to bolster its effectiveness, this positioning paper aims to provide guidance for: • Organizing the theme by describing (five) guiding principles for focusing the work contributing to the theme; • Managing the theme by proposing technology roadmapping as structured method for balancing technological and operational requirements. In this way we hope to stimulate collaboration and innovation within the NATO research community while at the same time maintaining focus so as to make optimum use of the resources that member nations provide. Specific attention will be given to creating synergy and complementarity with the other STO themes, in particular the theme ‘Autonomy from a System Perspective’. Furthermore, efforts should be devoted to the dissemination and demonstration of results, paving the way for further development and utilization of these novel and exciting technologies.
TNO Identifier
871921
ISBN
978-92-837-2181-9
Source title
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Military Decision Making : Specialist Meeting Big Data & Artificial Intelligence for Military Decision Making, 30th May to 1st June 2018, Bordeaux France