Charles River Analytics has filed a patent application for a tool that works to predict cyber attacks and defend networks from security breaches. The Cyber Vaccine platform is designed to help users come up with defense measures against potential attacks before they reach data systems and computers, the company said Friday. Avi Pfeffer, chief scientist […] More

Charles River Analytics has developed an open-source interface that employs a hybrid reality approach to military medical training and education. Virtuoso is based on a multimodal interface to allow natural human interactions within virtual and augmented reality environments and facilitate transfer of knowledge to trainees, the company said Thursday. The platform works to automatically assess a trainee’s skill […] More

Mike Farry, principal scientist and vice president for socio-cognitive systems at Charles River Analytics, has said drone swarm technology offers new research opportunities related to human-machine collaboration. He delivered a presentation about the Swarm Algorithms and Tactics for Urban Reconnaissance and Isolation project and similar efforts during a recent workshop held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln […] More

Charles River Analytics has introduced a tool that analyzes cybersecurity vulnerabilities in information technology systems using linguistics techniques. The HAMLET tool, developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency“™s Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware program, quantifies cyber risks and creates optimized test plans based on the data, Charles River said Monday. HAMLET uses an […] More

Charles River Analytics has received a contract option for work under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s effort aiming to develop swarm tactics. The company said Tuesday it will work to apply swarm algorithms and tactics for urban reconnaissance and isolation or SATURN into DARPA’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program. SATURN applications are made to manage […] More

Charles River Analytics showcased a tool built to predict traumatic injury at an open house held last month at U.S. Army‘s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center in Georgia. The company said Wednesday it presented during the event its EPIC3 application meant to aid in medical screening of wounded soldiers and help combat medics predict patient outcomes such as […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded Charles River Analytics a 29-month, $1M contract to continue to develop a mobile application designed to predict outcomes in military patients with traumatic injury. Charles River said Thursday it aims to help the service branch cut the rate of preventable trauma deaths through the Ensemble Prediction for Combat Casualty Care tool. Max Metzger, principal […] More

Charles River Analytics has developed a tool for the U.S. Navy to predict environmental conditions and interpret weather forecast data the service branch can use for mission planning. CRA said Monday it collaborated with Clear Science and the University of Miami to create the COMPASS technology designed to measure the probability of conditions differing from statistical averages or mission benchmarks. […] More

Charles River Analytics has received a two-year contract to develop tools that will work to help Missile Defense Agency analysts model human behavior for simulation efforts. The company said Thursday it will build and integrate human behavior modeling tools into the Modeling Operator Reasoning and Performance for Human-in-Control Simulation platform using the Hap architecture. Charles River has used Hap to […] More

Charles River Analytics will lead a development program for a toolkit that will help the U.S. Army determine the impact of fatigue and other causes of stress on soldiers and warfighting operations. Peter Weyhrauch, vice president of the Cambridge, Mass.-based firm“™s human effectiveness division, said in a statement published Friday that the military will leverage […] More

Charles River Analytics and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary will collaborate on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded effort to develop modeling tools for military planners to comprehend potential causes of a conflict. The industry team aims to produce military planning tools using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques as part of DARPA’s Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments program, Charles […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Charles River Analytics to develop and evaluate swarm tactics, primitives, and algorithms that would aid troops deployed in urban environments. The company said Wednesday its Swarm Algorithms and Tactics for Urban Reconnaissance and Isolation effort supports the Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program that aims to provide over 100 swarm tactics for use with groups of unmanned […] More