SBIR-STTR Award

In our proposal the basis of conceptual graph technology is described and a baseline system design is presented that would allow systems to share large amounts of knowledge securely using literally bytes of bandwidth. This innovative approach is based upon the use of conceptual graphs in a connectionist architecture to store knowledge in a secure compressed and open standard format using state tables of only ones and zeros that can be rapidly retrieved and decompressed after transmission.

Benefit:
The Phase I program will lay the groundwork for full-scale development of an approach to define and demonstrate a concept for using conceptual graphs to transmit large amounts of knowledge using bytes of bandwidth that could be used for applications throughout the Navy and DoD. The Phase I program will identify those major knowledge-handling functions necessary to perform these tasks and to demonstrate some of their functionality. The Phase II program will fully develop and test the individual components and resolve key technical issues before going on to Phase III in which institutional funding will be sought to build a formal commercial software architecture.

Keywords:
Semantic Networks, Semantic Networks, Finite State Machines, Neural networks, Cognitive Reasoning, Domain Knowledge,, , State Tables , Conceptual Graphs

Semiotic Digital Encoding is a secure lossless, low bandwidth communications paradigm that promises to change the way that war fighters communicate on the battlefield. The technique shows promise as a method of secure communications in anti-access area denial situations, either between platforms or between the ground and platforms within the A2AD area of operations. Using conceptual graphs as a framework SDE encodes structured messages, transmits them low bandwidth as an encoded digital stream, and reconstructs the original structured messages at the receiving end

Benefit:
This technology shows great promise as a method of communicating vast amounts of knowledge between platforms in situations where bandwidth is severely limited. In addition to its use as a battlefield multiplier SDE has obvious commercial benefits as well. These include secure business communications and secure Internet communications for businesses, banks, law enforcement, and other applications where either security of communications or bandwidth limitations are an issue.

Keywords:
Conceptual Graphs, digital encoding, knowledge management, Semiotic, low-bandwidth communications