Thomas E. Potok, Ph.D.
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Image to Intelligence Archive (I2IA)
Laboratory Directed Research and Development
More Data: The volume of digital image data is exploding Increasing number of satellites and airborne sensors with very high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions

Fewer Analysts: House Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss “That there is a persisting shortage of trained intelligence analysts who must sift through the giant haystack of information we collect to find the little needles that are really important”

Higher Stakes: “Bin Laden Alive, Taped Message Asserts More Al Qaeda Attacks Threatened” Washington Post, 6/24/2002.

We propose to Develop an agent-based system that autonomously manages a massive but dynamic image data archive and transforms that to an intelligence archive to aid national security needs.

I2IA is being build to use agents to find “features” in satellite images and remote sensing data, using

Agent Technology

Geoconformance Technology

Image Analysis Technology