SG1B Technical Reqwosell For ReleasGEGRETY NOFORBS-00789R003100200001-5 1.4.2.3 Fuzzy Sets (U) (U) We will continue to improve our standard fuzzy set approach to qualitative analysis of AC. In par- ticular, we will determine if the sensitivity of the method can be improved by redefining the visual ele- ments that are in current use.>4 1.4.2.4 Intelligence Application Test-bed (S/NF) (S/NF) One primary difficulty in assessing the quality of AC in intelligence applications is that fre- quently there is little or no ground truth. Thus, we have had to rely upon other collection methods to provide corroborating evidence. Even in those cases, the kind of information that is obtained is fre- quently not helpful in learning how to improve AC for the collection of intelligence data. (S/NF) Under an earlier program, we carried on two intelligence-like AC trials.5556 These trials were conducted just as if they were real-world problems except that the targets were chosen by the sponsor specifically because complete ground-truth could be obtained. Thus, it was possible to provide quanti- tative assessment in near-operational conditions. (S/NF) We propose to conduct up to five such AC trials. We will provide up to four receivers for this activity. The sponsor will provide a variety of different targets, most of which will contain elements that would normally be of interest to the intelligence community. As a calibration, we suggest that some of the targets be AC sites that are used during laboratory investigations (e.g., bridges, buildings, etc.), and that SAIC personnel should remain blind to the entire target pool. (U) At the end of each trial, the sponsor and SAIC will construct an evaluation matrix, which may include fuzzy sets, to compute the accuracy and reliability of the AC session. The results of that evaluation will be entered into the tracking database so that receiver-dependent historical records will be preserved. SAIC will provide summaries and raw data in a report at the end of each trial. 1.4.3 Intelligence Applications (SOW 6.2.3) (S/NF) (S/NF) At the sponsor’s request, SAIC will provide personne! to participate in intelligence applica- tions of AC. This will include access to up to four receivers for a total of five separate target systems. SAIC will provide summaries and raw data in a report at the end of each task. Approved For ReleasS BQO REHAN OR QBHWN6-00789R003100200001-5 14
SG1B Technical Rspposetl For ReleasGHCRER/ NORA MN -00789R003100200001-5 1.5 Research Methodology and Support (SOW 6.3) (U) 1.5.1 Committees (SOW 6.3.1) (U) (U) We propose to use the existing committees as support and quality control for methodological and policy issues. These committees are the Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC), the Institutional Re- view Board (IRB), and the Policy Oversight Committee (POC). 15.11 The Scientific Oversight Committee (U) (U) The five voting members of the SOC are respected scientists from the following disciplines: physics, astronomy, statistics, neuroscience, and psychology. The membership is as follows: @ Steven A Hillyard, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego @ S. James Press, Ph.D. Professor of Statistics, University of California, Riverside © Garrison Rapmund, M.D. Liaison with the Institutional Review Board (see below) @ Melvin Schwartz, Ph.D. Director, High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Brookhaven NL @ Yervant Terzian, Ph.D. . Chairman, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University @ Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Stanford University (U) The SOC is tasked with three major responsibilities: @ Review and approve all experimental protocols prior to the collection of data. ® Critically review all experimental final reports as if they were submissions to technical scientific jour- nals. All remarks are in writing and are included in the final technical report to the sponsor. © Suggest directions for further research. (U) In addition to these three responsibilities, the SOC members are encouraged to exercise un-announced drop-in privileges to view experiments in progress. 1.5.12 Institutional Review Board (U) (U) The IRB’s responsibility is to assure the safety of human subjects in experiments and to assure the sponsor that all research involving the use of human subjects is in compliance with all appropriate feder- al regulations. The IRB members represent the health, legal, and spiritual professions in accordance with government guidelines. The membership is as follows: @ Byron Win. Brown, Jr., Ph.D. Biostatistics, Stanford University © Gary R. Fujimoto, M.D. Occupational Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation @ John Hanley, M.D. ‘ Neuropsychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles @ Robert B. Livingston, M.D. Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego © Robin P. Michelson, M.D. Otolaryngology, University of California, San Francisco @ Ronald Y. Nakasone, Ph.D. Buddhist Studies, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, CA ® Garrison Rapmund, M.D. (Chair) Air Force Science Advisory Board ® Louis J. West, M.D. Neuropsychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles Approved For ReleasSEQREMAN GORGQBHI6-00789R003100200001-5 15
Technicalypposad For ReleaseGhOBHEIB/MOROPH00789R003100200001-5 1.5.1.3 Policy Oversight Committee (U) (S/NF) The POC’s responsibility is to advise SAIC and assure the Defence Intelligence Agency that the activity under this contract fulfills the requirements of the intelligence community and the Depart- ment of Defense. In addition, the POC recommends policy for the establishment of a long-term pro- gram for the application of AMP to problems of interest to these communities. 1.5.2 Management and Research Support (SOW 6.3.2) (U) (U) We will provide technical, management, and administrative support for all research activity, which will include the production of financial and interim technical reports. 1.5.3 National/International Conferences (SOW 6.3.3) (U) (U) We will provide SAIC personnel to attend selected national/international conferences that relate to biophysics, AMP, and neuroscience. 2. Quick Reaction Capability (SOW 7.0) (U) (U) We propose to reserve approximately five percent of the program effort in order to respond rapidly to the sponsor’s request for briefings, technical papers, conference attendance, or unanticipated ex- periments or applications. Approved For ReleasSEXQQAEMANOER @QBHN6-00789R003100200001-5 16
Technical Asppoesed For Release 20INGALAS GIHFREBo6-00789R003100200001-5 IV. GLOSSARY (U) (U) Not all the terms defined below are germane to this report, but they are included here for complete- ness. In a typical anomalous mental phenomena (AMP) task, we define: ¢ AC—A form of information transfer in which all known sensorial stimuli are absent. That is, some individuals are able to gain access, by as yet an unknown process, to information that is not available to the known sensorial channels. @ Agent—An individual who attempts to influence a target system. @ Analyst—-An individual who provides a quantitative measure of AC. @ Feedback—After a response has been secured, information about the intended target is displayed to the receiver. ° itor——An individual who monitors an AC session to facilitate data collection. @ Protocol——A template for conducting a structured data collection session. ° iver-—An individual who attempts to perceive and report information about a target. © Response—Material that is produced during an AC session in response to the intended target. © Sender/Beacon—An individual who, while receiving direct sensorial stimuli from an intended target, acts as a putative transmitter to the receiver. ® Session—A time period during which AC data are collected. © Specialty-—A given receiver’s ability to be particularly successful with a given class of targets (e.g., people as opposed to buildings). ; © Target—An item that is the focus of an AMP task (e.g., person, place, thing, event). © Target Designation—A method by which a specific target, against the backdrop of all other possible targets, is identified to the receiver (e.g., geographical coordinates). Approved For Release é0@44AS StHEBP96-00789R003100200001-5 17
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TechnicaFnppweed For Release 2UIWOILASON-AREB26-00789R003100200001-5 Edwin C. May, Ph.D. Director, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory EDUCATION Ph.D., Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 1968 B. S., Physics, University of Rochester, 1962 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1991 ~— Date Director, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory Science Applications International Corporation, Menlo Park, California 1985 — 1990 Program Manager, Cognitive Sciences Program SRI International, Menlo Park, California 1979 — 1985 Senior Research Physicist for the Psychoenergetics Program SRI International, Menlo Park, California 1976 — 1979 Consultant to the Psychoenergetics Program SRI International, Menlo Park, California 1973 — 1979 Research Conslultant and Hardware Engineer The Biofeedback Institute of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 1972 — 1979 Technical Consultant and Software Engineer Digital Pathways, Inc., Mountain View, California 1972 — 1976 Physics Instructor City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 1972 — 1976 Technical Consultant Psychophysical Research Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey 1968 — 1971 Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Davis,California 1960 — 1964 Summer Position, Earh and Planetary Sciences Department The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE Currently, Dr. May is the Director of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory (CSL) which currently employs over twenty full or part-time researchers from a variety of disciplines. He refined his management skills while being the Program Manager for a similar, five-year program at SRI International. Dr. May has been involved in various forms of anomalous cognition research for over 19 years. Prior to that, he accu- mulated over 12 years experience in experimental physics research, nuclear reaction mechanisms, and nuclear structure. His accelerator experience includes a three-stage tandem Van de Graaff (18 Mev); a 76-inch, variable energy cyclotron (50 Mev); an FM cyclotron (450 Mev protons); fixed frequency cyclo- tron (8 Mev); FN tandem Van de Graaff (18 Mev); and an EP tandem Van de Graaff (30 Mev). Other specialize experience includes four years of y-ray spectroscopy (on and off line), one year of trace-ele- ment analysis (x-ray, and a particle techniques), numerical analysis, Monte Carlo techniques, digital signal processing, and cardiac blood flow research. For over thirty years, Dr. May has participated in the design and construction of fast (< 0.1 ns) digital electronics, and in the programming and implementation of sophisticated computer systems. Platforms include UNIX workstations and various main frames. Besides C, Dr. May is fluent in Fortran and a variety of assembly and 4GL languages. Approved For Release 2000414 SG HARE B26 -00789R003100200001-5 22
Technicalyppyeed For Release 2Q0SCALRS GIH-HEBb6 -00789R003100200001-5 DISSERTATION “Nuclear Reaction Studies via the (p,pn) Reaction on Light Nuclei and the (d,pn) Reaction on Medium to Heavy Nuclei,” B. L. Cohen, advisor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (1968). PUBLICATIONS Author or co-author of a total of 130 reports: 11 papers in experimental nuclear physics, 12 papers pres- ented at technical conferences on anomalous cognition; 19 abstracts presented at professional confer- ences on physics and cognitive science; 79 technical or administrative reports to various clients of SRI International; and 9 miscellaneous reports and proposals. GENERAL INTERESTS Application of experimental nuclear physics technology and methodology to other fields of interest (e.g., psychology, psychophysics, neuroscience, cognitive science, and medicine); compute technology, AI, biofeedback, Indian religions, music, exotic food and soaring. SAIC. Approved For Release 20 G4AS SIEHEB96-00789R003100200001-5 23