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Executive Office of the President Big Data Across the Federal Government March 29, 2012 Here are highlights of ongoing Federal programs that address the challenges of, and tap the opportunities afforded by, the big data revolution to advance agency missions andfurther scientific discovery and innovation. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) The Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) program addresses the problem of anomaly detection and characterization in massive data sets. In this context, anomalies in data are intended to cue collection of additional, actionable information in a wide variety of real- world contexts. The initial ADAMS application domain is insider threat detection, in which anomalous actions by an individual are detected against a background of routine network activity. The Cyber-Insider Threat (CINDER) program seeks to develop novel approaches to detect activities consistent with cyber espionage in military computer networks. As a means to expose hidden operations, CINDER will apply various models of adversary missions to normal activity on internal networks. CINDER also aims to increase the accuracy, rate and speed with which cyber threats are detected. The Insight program addresses key shortfalls in current intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. Automation and integrated human-machine reasoning enable operators to analyze greater numbers of potential threats ahead of time-sensitive situations. The Insight program aims to develop a resource management system to automatically identify threat networks and irregular warfare operations through the analysis of information from imaging and non-imaging sensors and other sources. The Machine Reading program seeks to realize artificial intelligence