Snowden Archive
——
The SIDtoday
Files
Browse the Archive

SIGDEV Brown Bag Presentation: The APSTAR Tool

SUMMARY

Staffers are invited to a presentation on a new system in development for exploitation of open source information.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Apr 12, 2005

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Feb 05, 2018

1/2
Download
Page 1 from SIGDEV Brown Bag Presentation: The APSTAR Tool
DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U//FOUO) SIGDEV Brown Bag Presentation: The APSTAR Tool FROM: SIGINT Development, Strategy and Governance (SSG) Unknown Run Date: 04/12/2005 What: (U//FOUO) Brown Bag with offered in three separate sessions , Target, Trends, Technology Center (T3C)-- TOPIC: (U//FOUO) APSTAR, Advanced Processing System for Target, Technology, Trends Analysis and Research When: Wednesday, 20 April 2005 Session #1 1100-1200 (CRSK 1500, Class 6927 ) Session #2 1230-1330 (CRSK 1500, Class 6928 )& Friday, 22 April 2005 Session #3 1200-1300 (CRSK 1500, Class 6929) Where: TAC Conference Room, 2B3104 Advance registration is required; see instructions below: (U//FOUO) SIGINT Development Strategy and Governance (SSG) is pleased to announce another brown bag discussion focused on SIGINT Development topics of interest. We believe these sessions will be of interest to those who are working in SIGINT Development, or who are interested in learning more about NSA's SIGINT Development activities. (S//SI) will be discussing the Automated System (APSTAR), being developed for the exploitation of Open Source information. Below is a brief description of his planned presentation. (S//SI) The T3C's Tools Division is researching and prototyping tools for automating data harvesting, entity/relationship extraction, machine translation, and knowledge discovery. This system will allow multiple means of query and provide novel methods of data presentation and visualization. Among the advanced methods being implemented are Semantic Technologies and the use of ontologies for data modeling. The APSTAR system will eventually be available enterprise-wide on the NSA classified desktop. Come learn about what we're developing and see if there is something to benefit you. Our guess: There is! (U//FOUO) To register for one of these sessions, Military and Civilian employees can call or send an e-mail to the alias. Please include the CRSK 1500 class number, your Social Security Number and session preference. (U) If you are a contractor, please contact or order to attend these sessions, you must have approval from your COR. at In (U) NCS course credit is now being awarded for attending these brown bag sessions. Please be sure to "sign-in" on the day of the event, so we can note your attendance and ensure you receive credit. (U//FOUO) This brown bag session is classified TOP SECRET//COMINT. This session will be videotaped for future posting on the SIGDEV learning portal. "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
Page 2 from SIGDEV Brown Bag Presentation: The APSTAR Tool
DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108