INDUSTRY AND ACDEMIA PARTICIPATION IN FORECASTS ON VISUALIZATION AND ATR/AFE/ADE The National Imagery & Mapping Agency (NIMA) is solicitating interest from industry and academia in participating in two upcoming technology forecasts on visualization technologies and ATR/AFE/ADE (automatic assisted target recognition, feature extraction, and data extraction). Respondents can participate in one or both of the forecasts. NIMA will define the technology area, discuss its needs/vision for three time frames-near(3-5 years), mid (6-10 years), and long term (10+ years). NIMA will also provide reference material such as its strategic plan, operational vision through 2010, and technical architecture documents. Participants will take part in a web-based Delphi survey where participants answer a series of questions and provide comments over the Internet on each of the technology domains. Type of questions addressed include the technology's revance to NIMA, maturity, ease of adoption, developments and pace, deficiencies and risks, and recommended investment strategies. Average length of timeto contribute for each of the two rounds is two to six hours. Participants will be acknowlwdged in the official publication, will receive a copy of the document, have access to reference materials on industry trends and NIMA needs, and be able to see the opinions of their peers. NIMA will use the findings fromthese studies to determine investment strategies for each of the technology domains as well as any organizational or business process areas recommended. Interested participants should contact NIMA by July 31, 2000. The on-line survey will begin in mid-August and run through the end of September, 2000. Previous forcasts can be viewed at this url: http://lga-inc.com/NIMA. This announcement is NOT a request for proposals. E-MAIL: click here to contact the point of contact, wallsk@nima.mil. Posted 07/21/00 (W-SN477582).

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