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COLLEGE PARK, Md – Dr. Adele Merritt has been named the new Chief Research Officer of the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), one of 15 designated Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) in the U.S., and the only UARC dedicated to intelligence and national security.

What can bilingual brains teach us about how we navigate the noisy world around us?That question brought the work of Nick Pandža, associate research scientist in the Intelligent Human-Machine Systems Division at ARLIS, to Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, where his team was invited to present at the 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15). The symposium is one of the world’s leading forums for research in bilingualism and multilingualism, bringing together scholars from linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology.

Julie Marble, Intelligent Human-Machine Systems Division Leader at ARLIS, was recently appointed to the Board of Human Systems Integration (BOHSI) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). 

Imagine being able to ask a computer to “show me the buildings next to the river,” and it instantly highlights them on a satellite map. Picture typing “create a neighborhood with shops, homes, and a park,” and seeing a realistic satellite-style image generated on the spot.

ARLIS, through its INSURE academic consortium, is supporting a research project to develop context-aware multimodal information retrieval systems - a next-generation capability that could transform how intelligence and security professionals access and analyze complex data.

ARLIS, through its Intelligence and Security University Research Enterprise (INSURE) academic consortium, is funding a study with Arizona State University (ASU) researchers to identify factors that increase the adoption of AI and autonomy for intelligence tasks.