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Accelerating Commercial Technology for National Security 1
Using AI to Understand Relationships Between People, Places, and Things
March 2021Distro A: Cleared for Public Release
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PANELISTS
● Jaime FitzgibbonProgram Manager, AI/ML Portfolio Defense Innovation Unit
● Jared DunnmonTechnical Director, AI/MLDefense Innovation Unit
● Carol SmithSr. Research Scientist in HMI Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
● William “Russ” SearsSr. Intelligence Officer, Innovation & Information DivisionUnited States Africa Command
● Brian DrakeBranch Chief, Executive Support OperationDefense Intelligence Agency
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WHAT IS A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH?
A collection of nodes -- usually people, places, or things -- connected by a set of edges defining the relationships between them
Mona Lisa
Da Vinci
Louvre
Person
Museum
Bill
Mar 8 1994
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Place
Florence
is a
is a
has seen
born on
likes
is in
is a
painted
lived in
is in
Nodes
Edges
is a
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Disambiguation: Leonardo
Summarization: Leonardo da Vinci
Question Answering: How tall was Leonardo da Vinci?
Discovery:Other Artists and Leonardos
WHAT ARE KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS USED FOR?
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HOW ARE KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS BUILT, STORED AND COMPUTED ON?
Quote: “Mona Lisa.” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting
Step 1: Gather Unlabeled Data
Entity 1 Entity 2 Painted By? Lives In?
Mona Lisa Leonardo 1 0
Leonardo Florence 0 1
Mona Lisa Florence 0 0
Step 2: Extract Entities and Relations
Step 3: Iterate, Refine, and Scale
Step 4: Graph Analysis
GraphDatabase
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Real Life Applications
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HOW DIU LEVERAGES THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS
ADDRESSING CAPABILITY GAPS
● Efficient Data Aggregation for Augmented Intelligence
● Entity Linking at Scale
● Extracting Risk Patterns from Noisy Signals
● Analyst Upskilling
TO SOLVE REAL WORLD MISSION CHALLENGES
● Evaluating unofficial influencers’ global activity
toward advancing an adversary’s priorities.
● Identifying anomalous activities in an area
of interest (AOR) by organizations/persons
tied to adversaries.
● Assessing an adversary’s strategic plans
via supply chain analysis.
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PANELISTS
● Jaime FitzgibbonAI/ML PortfolioDefense Innovation Unit
● Jared DunnmonTechnical Director, AI/MLDefense Innovation Unit
● Carol SmithSr. Research Scientist in HMISoftware Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
● William “Russ” SearsAnalystUnited States Africa Command
● Brian DrakeLeadership Team ChiefDefense Intelligence Agency
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