Projects

A call for project proposals in 2019 resulted in 10 projects that encompass a total of 15 research workstreams. The projects engage more than 140 faculty, researchers, and students, who are affiliated with more than 20 different organizational units across MIT Campus and MIT Lincoln Laboratory. All project teams involve Air Force personnel, who are embedded in the research teams and serve as liaisons between projects and Department of Defense stakeholders.

The projects started in January 2020 and advance AI research in a broad range of areas, including weather modeling and visualization, optimization of training schedules, and enhancement of autonomy for augmenting and amplifying human decision-making. The research activities of the AI Accelerator have been successfully expanding, including seed research projects in collaboration with the Naval Postgraduate School  and the United States Space Force, as well as an AI Education Research project that started in January 2021.

Guardian Autonomy

The F-15EX, the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft, arrives to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida March 11. The aircraft will be the first Air Force aircraft to be tested and fielded from beginning to end through combined developmental and operational tests. The 40th Flight Test Squadron and the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron personnel are responsible for testing the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Earth Intelligence Engine

Airman 1st Class Michael Allison, 341st Operations Support Squadron weather forecaster, observes radar images and weather data Aug. 10, 2022, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The weather flight supports the 341st Missile Wing and 40th Helicopter Squadron missions by collecting mission-critical weather data that helps Airmen plan and prepare for hazards caused by adverse weather. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heather Heiney)

Fast AI: Data Center & Edge Computing

Staff Sgt. Jon Cetinel, 608th Air Communications Squadron cyber defense supervisor, sets up connections for laptops as part of the cyber vulnerability assessment-hunter weapon system kit. This is key to making sure all platforms and cables are connected before powering on the system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bria Hughes)

Multimodal Vision for Synthetic Aperture Radar

Capella Space synthetic aperture radar data console main page. The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command entered a no-cost cooperative research and development agreement with Capella Space in October, to integrate Capella synthetic aperture radar data into the U.S. Army's Payload Development Lab. (Capella Space graphic_

Conversational AI

16th Air Force Command team receive a brief from 690th Cyberspace Control Squadron Airmen on the Air Force Mission Assurance Center operations floor Sept. 8, 2022 at Port San Antonio, Texas.

Performance Prediction and Optimization

U.S. Air Force Second Lt. Charles Keller and Airman First Class Tyler Haselden, Pilot Training Next students, train on a virtual reality flight simulator at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Austin, Texas, June 21, 2018. PTN is an Air Education and Training Command initiative to explore and potentially prototype a training environment that integrates various technologies to produce pilots in an accelerated, cost-efficient, learning-focused manner. The six-month program leans on a variety of technologies, to include virtual and augmented reality, advanced biometrics, artificial intelligence and data analytics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)

Multi-Robot Learning for Rapid Disaster Response

Tyndall Air Force Base is using drones to construct a virtual and augmented reality replica of the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airmen Cheyenne Lewis)

Neural Differential Models for Magnetic Navigations

A team from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Force Research Lab, and Department of the Air Force/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator prepare a Mag in a Box, a navigation system for GPS denied environments, for testing on a 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III Aug 6, 2021. A team from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Force Research Lab, and Department of the Air Force/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator are working on magnetic-navigation research and brought a stand-alone sensor to test on the C-17 help characterize the platform.

AI Optimization of Training Schedules

U.S. Air Force Maj. Eric Robinson, right, Phoenix Spark software lead, discusses innovation to Col. Corey Simmons, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander, during Leadership Rounds Nov. 6, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. Robinson explained how the Puckboard is used; a new system utilized by 2500 Mobility Air Forces users for collaborative and mobile flight scheduling. The Leadership Rounds program provides 60th AMW leadership an opportunity to interact with Airmen and get a detailed view of each mission performed at Travis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chustine Minoda)

Spectral Awareness and Interference Rejection

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ricardo Hernandez, 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron network operations section chief, left, and Tech. Sgt. Chad Fisher, 1st CMXS unit training manager, discuss electromagnetic spectrum operations at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 5, 2022. In addition to providing traditional communications maintenance mission sets, the 1st CMXS enables warfighters to accomplish the 435th Air Ground Operation Wing’s Inside Out mission to get payloads on time, every time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John R. Wright)

Space Domain Awareness

Crews of the National Space Defense Center provide threat-focused space domain awareness across the nation security space enterprise. The NSDC was originally established in 2015 as the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center and was renamed in 2017 to more accurately reflect its mission. (U.S. Space Force photo by Kathryn Damon)

Education

TEST

Continual and Few-Shot Learning

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Trustworthy AI

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Better Networks

Better Networks via AI Enabled Hierarchical Connection Science