JUNE 2016

Defense Science Board Summer Study on Autonomy
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The machine intelligence ecosystem comprises a diverse array of applications and
industries.
SOURCE: www.shivonzilis.com/machineintelligence
• The U.S. credit, debit, and prepaid card industry monitors more than 1,200 transactions
per second with automated tools that identify fraudulent transactions within 10
milliseconds on a customer base of more than 1.3 billion cards. 7
• IBM’s Watson for Oncology system has ingested over 12 million pages of medical content,
including over 200 medical textbooks and 290 medical journals, and provides oncologists
with recommended courses of treatment within 30 seconds, largely from unstructured
records. 8
• Google machine-learning password classifiers authenticate users via multiple signals, such
as Internet protocol (IP) address, geolocation, and login time, resulting in 99.5 percent
reduction in accounts compromised by spammers. 9
• The mining industry has integrated autonomy into many systems. Both excavating and
hauling vehicles are equipped with vehicle controllers, high precision global positioning
system (GPS) sensors, and obstacle detection. These features allow safe operation through
a complex load, haul, and dump cycle, and the ability to integrate with other vehicles,
people, and obstacles that are also part of the autonomous system. 10
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The Nilson Report, U.S. General Purpose Cards ‐ Midyear 2015, Issue 1069. [August 2015].
IBM Watson for Oncology. Available at www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/watson‐oncology.html.
(Accessed January 2016.)
Google, An update on our war against account hijackers. [February 19, 2013]. .Available at
googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/an‐update‐on‐our‐war‐against‐account.html. (Accessed January 2016.)
Warner Norcross & Judd, Trucking, Mining Industries Blazing a Path to Vehicle Autonomy. [January 14, 2015].
Available at www.wnj.com/Publications/Trucking‐Mining‐Industries‐Blazing‐a‐Path‐to‐Vehic (Accessed
June 2016.)
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