Corner and Jensen named to DARPA study groups

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) named Computer Science Professors Mark Corner and David Jensen to two of its highly selective research study groups this fall.

Prof. Mark Corner

Assistant Professor Mark Corner was selected to be a member of the next class of the DARPA/Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Computer Science Study Group (CSSG).  The CSSG is a program that supports university research in computer science and related fields, while aligning a new generation of researchers with Department of Defense (DoD) information technology needs and priorities. The CSSG is a multi-year program, consisting of a one-year funded education experience to familiarize the participants with DoD practices, challenges and risks, followed by up to three additional years of funded research to explore and develop technologies that have the potential to transition material computer science and technology advances to the government. Resulting from his participation in this group, Corner could receive up to $1 million in research funding over 2 to 4 years.

Prof. David Jensen

Associate Professor David Jensen continues to serve on the DARPA Defense Science Study Group (DSSG), a program to introduce outstanding young professors of science and engineering to the challenges facing national security, and he was also recently named to a three-year term on the DARPA Information Science and Technology Study Group (ISAT).  The ISAT advisory group was established by DARPA in 1987 to support its technology offices, providing continuing and independent assessment of the state of advanced information science and technology and their relationship to DoD issues.

In addition to Corner and Jensen’s participation in the DARPA study groups, two UMass Amherst Computer Science Ph.D. alums have also participated.  Carla Brodley (Ph.D. ’94) was in the DSSG 2004-2005 class and Jennifer Neville (Ph.D. ’06) was in the CSSG 2007 class.