Suitable for junior through to senior officers. May be useful for Command and Staff College and Capability and Technology Management College students. Offers technical insight that is valuable to those not familiar with the field of Artificial Intelligence and potential applications to Defence systems.

This article explores some of the important aspects of AI and its subfields, including a brief history of its development. It defines key AI terminology and language and set a useful start-state for further targeted study.

The Joint Military Appreciation Process (JMAP) is not able to achieve the ADF objectives in Pacific Step-up. As formal military planning processes, the JMAP is designed to draw out necessary considerations for the practical conduct of war.

This is a BLOG with articles drawn from multiple authors investigating different applications and uses of Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on commercial analytics although topics are diverse and cover subjects such as neural pathways. This will provide an understanding of how smart analytics can assist in making decisions at Tactical, Operational and Strategic levels.

Scientists have developed a means to 3D print electronics onto the skin as a form of wearable technology akin to a tattoo. It is proposed that further development of this technology will allow these tattoos to monitor our vitals, and feed us personalized health advice in real time.

Logistics! Its not something we usually think about. Not many people understand the concept, or its impact on the progress of society. It is the lifeblood of economy – of any home, organisation, city or country.

This article comments on the impact of Cognitive Bias, found in AI systems, on our future. It provides the examples of the biased systems and asks the fundamental questions on our strategy going forward. The article is suitable for all the levels of JMPE continuum, and will be of interest to those particularly interested in Cognitive computing or Artificial Intelligence.

In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.