With over 5 billion cellphones in a world of 7 billion inhabitants, mobile phones are the most quickly adopted consumer technology in the history of the world. Miniaturized, power-efficient sensors, especially video-capable cameras, are becoming extremely widespread, especially when one factors in wearable technology like Apple's Pebble, GoPro video systems, Google Glass, and lifeloggers. Tablet computers are becoming more common, lighter weight, and power-efficient. In this report the authors explore recent developments in mobile computing and their potential application to on-site inspection for arms control verification and treaty compliance determination. We examine how such technology can effectively be applied to current and potential future inspection regimes. Use cases are given for both host-escort and inspection teams. The results of field trials and their implications for on-site inspections are discussed.
The increasing use of on-site inspection (OSI) to meet the nation's obligations with recently signed treaties requires the nation to manage a variety of inspection requirements. This document describes a prototype automated system to assist in the preparation and management of these inspections. DISCLAIMER Portions of this document may be illegible in electronic image products. Images are produced from the best available original document. DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by a n agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disdosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commeraal product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessan'ly comtitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Notice AutoCAD, AutoDesk, and AutoLISP are registered trademarks and ACAD, Animator Pro, and DXF are trademarks of AutoDesk, Inc. ARC/INFO and ESRI are registered trademarks and ArcCAD and ArcVIEW are trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.. dBase is a registered trademark of Ashton-Tate Corporation Folio Views is a registered trademarks of Folio Corp. HP is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Corporation. Intergraph is a registered trademark of Intergraph Corporation. Microsoft and MS-DOS are registered trademarks and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ORACLE is a registered trademark of Oracle Corp. POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Sun Workstation and PC-NFS are registered trademarks and OpenWindows, Sun, Sun OS, and NFS are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Toshiba is a registered trademark of Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba. Tracer for AutoCAD and CADCORE are registered trademarks of Information Graphics Systems Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
The on-site inspection provisions in many current and proposed arms control agreements require extensive preparation and training on the part of both the Inspection Teams (inspectors) and Inspected Parties (host). Current training techniques include table-top inspections and practice inspections. The Augmented Computer Exercise for Inspection Training (ACE-IT), an interactive computer training tool, increases the utility of table-top inspections. ACE-IT has been designed to provide training for "challenge inspections" under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC); however, this training tool can be modified for other inspection regimes. Although ACE-IT provides training from notification of an inspection through post-inspection activities, the primary emphasis of ACE-IT is in the inspection itself -particularly with the concept of "managed access." ACE-IT also demonstrates how inspection provisions impact compliance determination and the protection of sensitive information. This Technical Manual describes many of the technical aspects of the ACE-IT training software. 3-.
This report is the final summation of Sandia's Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project #151316, -Open Source Information Verification‖ (OSIV) which ran from FY11 through FY12. The aim of OSIV was to research, develop, and evaluate relevant geospatial analysis capabilities that address open-source information needs for international safeguards.OSIV generated a number of technical, programmatic, and cultural advances, detailed in this report. There were new methodological insights and research that resulted in ten publications and presentations; this report concludes with an abstract-annotated listing of all materials. OSIV generated a substantial prototype, GeoSafeguards, that not only achieved its intended goal of testing our hypothesis, but which also served as a vehicle for customer education and program development. OSIV, as intended, has catalyzed future work in this domain; by the end of two years, it has already brought considerable attention to this work both domestically and with our international partners. Finally, the OSIV project knit together previously disparate research staff and user expertise in a fashion that not only addressed our immediate research goals, which has created cross-understanding, in service of Sandia's national security responsibilities in safeguards and nonproliferation.
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