Tools 

NCTs


Information and Communication

 
High-Density Data Storage thin-film recording head transducers   
recording media  
high-density RAM  
format compatibility/standards for optical storage  
magneto-optical storage General In-depth
Detailed
holographic optical elements In-depth  
parallel data storage controllers  
High Definition Displays lithography  In-depth
 
circuitry pattering  
glass sheet production  
thin-film techniques  Detailed
holographic displays  
Data Compression chaotic graphics compression  
Telecom / Data Routing broadband switching  In-depth
 
programmable radios  
wireless communication technology  
cable General In-depth
Detailed
fiber   
satellite-ground communication protocols  
mobile computing systems  
 
Interoperability data interchange standards  
product data exchange  
Parallel Processing MIMD (Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data Stream)  
 
SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data Steam)   
VLIW (Very Large Instruction Word) In-depth  
systolic arrays  
specialized parallel coprocessors  
hypercubes  In-depth
Detailed
parallel data storage architecture  
Data Fusion multi-spectral data processing  
distributed array processing  
Large-Scale Information Systems very large database management tools  
real-time large scale information retrieval tools  
Health Systems and Services integrated systems of electronic patient records and decision support systems  
user interfaces  
Integrated Navigation Systems electronic charts data information systems  
on-the-fly DGPS positioning In-depth 
real-time environmental information systems  
Autonomous Robotic Devices sensors  
signal processing  
software  
robotics  
Artificial Intelligence knowledge representation  
computer-based reasoning methods  
machine learning methods  
Physical Devices microsensors  
biosensors  
chemical sensors  
passive thermal imagers  
IRST systems (point source passive thermal images)  
high yield & high-density photo/IR detectors  
multi-spectral integrated sensors  
Integrated Signal Processing IR/radar sensors  
Education Training Software military training  
multi-media authoring tools  
Network and System Software navigation and resource discovery tools  
directories  
registries  
transparent embedding software  
operating systems  
run-time execution systems  
programming languages  
interpreters  
compilers  
Modeling and Simulation virtual battlefields & weapons systems  
atmospheric and global systems  
computational and fluid dynamics  
agriculture  
cellular/biomolecular function  
computational physics  
computational chemistry  
economic systems  
numerical control simulation  
manufacturing  
Software Engineering Tools CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) tools  
user interface design tools  
software testing tools  
IC design tools  
Pattern Recognition virtual reality software  
natural language recognition (speech, handwriting)  
multi-media operating systems  
Software Production rapid prototyping  
modular/object-oriented programming