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Patrick Marshall

Patrick Marshall is a freelance technology writer for GCN.
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Army brings game theory to cloud security

An algorithm assigns virtual machines to hypervisors in a way that minimizes the chances of rendering a highly secure client vulnerable to attack through a client with weaker security.

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Teaching robots to 'follow the leader'

Army Research Laboratory scientists are teaching robots to learn how to navigate environmental features following examples provided by humans.

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Cyber X-Games takes on critical infrastructure defense

The Army's latest Cyber X-Games competition featured attack scenarios on industrial control networks in the finance, public utility and health care sectors.

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Preparing for the internet of battlefield things

The Army Research Lab is exploring technology that enhances collaboration between autonomous agents and human warriors on the battlefield.

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DOD brings biometrics to bases in Iraq

The Army's team for DOD biometrics developed a portable system that could be deployed wherever needed to enroll and screen people and allow rapid comparison with DOD and FBI databases.

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The DARPA of geospatial

The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s University Research Initiatives awards grants to investigate topics related to geospatial intelligence, some of which seem, at first, to be pretty far afield.