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Construction of 3-D Terrain Models from BIG Data Sets

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W911NF-13-9-0018
Agency Tracking Number: A13A-005-0266
Amount: $149,443.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: A13A-T005
Solicitation Number: 2013.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-09-27
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-04-14
Small Business Information
2400 Huntscroft Ln Apt 203
Raleigh, NC -
United States
DUNS: 078886990
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Pankaj Agarwal
 Professor
 (919) 660-6540
 pankaj@cs.duke.edu
Business Contact
 Thomas Moelhave
Title: CEO
Phone: (848) 467-6686
Email: thomas@moelhave.com
Research Institution
 Duke University
 Pankaj K Agarwal
 
Department of Computer Science Box 90129
Durham, NC 27708-
United States

 (919) 660-6540
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The objective of this proposal is to design, analyze, and implement scalable algorithms for analysis-driven construction of high-resolution 3D terrain models from BIG terrain data sets, and to build a software infrastructure for making analysis-prepared terrain models available to data consumers on multiple platforms. Analysis-driven modeling means that the construction of the model is influenced by, and adapted for, the specific analysis that the terrain model will be used for by data consumers. The algorithms for constructing terrain models will be capable of handling heterogeneous and dynamic data. To handle large volumes of terrain data efficiently, the computational techniques will optimize both the CPU running time and the data communication cost. Models and algorithms will be developed that can construct hierarchical models at different levels of detail. Analysis-driven denoising algorithms, using techniques from persistent homology and machine learning, will be developed to handle noise in the data, and probabilistic models will be developed to handle uncertainty in data and to attach confidence levels to various features computed by the algorithm. Finally, computational methods and software infrastructure will be developed to make terrain models prepared for analysis available to data consumers on multiple different platforms.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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