Competed BOHSI Project

Committee on Unifying Social Frameworks

Publications: Report - Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Towards a Unified Social Framework

Workshop Highlights

Free .PDF of the Report

Workshop: August 17, 2010 - Workshop Bios, Commissioned Papers, Event Pictures, and Think Tank Summary.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) requested the Committee on Human-Systems Integration to appoint an ad hoc committee to plan and conduct a public workshop focused on the methods and tools relevant to the subject of Unifying Social Data Frameworks. The workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions that will include: 1) an analysis of what sorts of data are needed to provide a comprehensive picture of a given region or country (e.g. Iraq, Afghanistan) in order to provide cultural and diplomatic knowledge for DoD personnel, 2) an examination of current frameworks and data bases used by ONR, while considering alternatives and additions which may prove to be more useful, and 3) an analysis of methods and tools that may effectively combine disparate data sources into a meaningful whole (e.g. through data management and data mining). After the workshop, the discussion and major themes that emerge from the workshop will be synthesized in an individually authored workshop summary.