I2O PostDoc Fellowship

***NOTE -- REQUIRED TECHNICAL VOLUME DUE DATES (Stage 1a, 1b and 1c) *** o Stage 1a Required Technical Volume I Due Date: December 14, 2020, 4:00 p.m. o Stage 1b Required Technical Volume I Due Date: February 1, 2021, 4:00 p.m. o Stage 1c Required Technical Volume I Due Date: March 1, 2021, 4:00 p.m. o Stage 2a Full Proposal Due Date: April 5, 2021, 4:00 p.m. o Stage 2b Full Proposal Due Date: May 3, 2021, 4:00 p.m. o Stage 2c Full Proposal Due Date: May 31, 2021, 4:00 p.m. o Closing Date: May 31, 2021, 4:00 p.m. This Research Announcement (RA) constitutes a public notice of a competitive funding opportunity as described in 2 CFR § 200.203. Any resultant negotiations and/or awards will follow all laws and regulations applicable to the specific award instrument(s) available under this RA. A. Introduction The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is issuing this a Research Announcement (RA) inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in areas of interest to the Information Innovation Office (I2O) as described below. This I2O RA is specifically focused on supporting research by computer science postdoctoral fellows to drive innovation in these following Topic areas which are described more fully in Section I.E: • Topic 1: Computational Theory of Insecurity • Topic 2: Cross-Disciplinary Knowledge Discovery • Topic 3: Ego-Centric Emotion Recognition • Topic 4: Multi-Scale Models of Social Dynamics • Topic 5: Identifying Insecurity in Software of Unknown Provenance • Topic 6: Calming Advisor to Reduce Conflict Online • Topic 7: Rethinking Design through Imprecise Specifications • Topic 8: Software Source of Truth • Topic 9: Evaluating Generative Common Sense Question Answering • Topic 10: Computational Theory of Information Control I2O provides this funding opportunity to address challenges to the career planning processes of PhD graduates and the faculty hiring process of U.S. institutions of higher education that are emerging due to the pandemic. Because th