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2008 Defense Science Board Report on Integrating Sensor-Collected Intelligence

There are five bottom-lines on remote sensors, this report addresses four of them: 1.  Managing sensors together adds value that cannot be achieved from advances in technology. 2.  Meta-tagging the data at source (something we recommended in 1988) enables a huge jump in both sensor processing and inter-sensor sense-making. 3.  All satellites are vulnerable to …

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Worth a Look: Book Reviews on the War on Science

War on Science Review: The Republican War on Science NOTE:  Included in the above review are three other books: Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion by Daniel Greenberg is the best over-all review, has a strong ethical component, and shows how the competition for money, rather than scientific progress, is diverting scarce …

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Review: Thank God for Evolution–How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World

Michael Dowd 5.0 out of 5 stars Useful Bridge, Provokes Reflection October 28, 2007 It was my good fortune to receive a copy of this book in galley form, and then again when published, because the author was scheduled to speak at one of my conferences. Having read a number of books on religion in …

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2006 Markowitz (US) Open Source Information and US Transitions to and from Hostilities (Defense Science Board Report, December 2004), in Relation to Information-Sharing with non-DoD and Froeign Parties

NOTE: By “off the record” Dr. Markowitz has clarified that this information may be shared as we are sharing it, but those benefiting from our sharing should treat the knowledge as if they had acquired it “off the record,” as personal views that should not be attributed nor accepted as anything other than background perceptions. …

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