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THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
EDINBURGH, EH89Y
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| Role | Agency | Description | Vehicle | Obligated | Action date | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | . 10926-GR Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Army Parent award NAICS: 541715 Parent award performance state: MA Parent award description: SERDP RC20-1362 View parent award on USAspending | — | $384,057 | Feb 21, 2025 | — – — |
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND:
MAJ W. TYLER DAVIS, MD, LOCATED AT THE 59TH MEDICAL WING EN ROUTE CARE RESEARCH CENTER, JOINT BASE SAN
ANTONIO, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX 78234, CONDUCTS RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND EN ROUTE CARE. DR.DAVIS IS ASSIGNED TO THE EN ROUTE CARE RESEARCH CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE, FAR FORWARD RESEARCH TO
ENHANCE PATIENT STABILIZATION, PREPARATION FOR MOVEMENT, STAGING, AND IN-FLIGHT/IN-TRANSIT CARE.
SCOPE OF WORK
DR. STEVEN YULE, EMPLOYED BY AND PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER OF THE PROJECT UNDER THIS CONTRACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, IS AN ACADEMIC PSYCHOLOGIST WITH 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE STUDYING TEAM PERFORMANCE AND NON-TECHNICAL
SKILLS IN HIGH RISK/ HIGH RELIABILITY INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS SURGERY AND HEALTHCARE, AND SPACE EXPLORATION. 6393 Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Defense Health Agency Parent award NAICS: 541715 Parent award performance state: MD Parent award description: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES View parent award on USAspending | — | $109,801 | Aug 20, 2024 | — – — |
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | STAFF
DR RORY HADDEN WILL WORK ON THE PROJECT 10% FTE. THIS WILL BE IN COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER
PROJECT PARTNERS AND SUPERVISION OF THE PHD STUDENT.
A PHD STUDENT WILL BE RECRUITED TO UNDERTAKE THE LABORATORY WORK IN EDINBURGH AND TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE FIELDWORK. THEY WILL BE RECRUITED IN YEAR 1 AND WILL WORK FOR 42 MONTHS
(STANDARD DURATION OF A PHD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH). THE STUDENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE LABORATORY SCALE EXPERIMENTS INCLUDING DESIGN AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE WEIRD AND
WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FIELD WORK. THE COST INCLUDES FEES AT THE INTERNATIONAL RATE TO ALLOW FOR
THE SELECTION FROM THE WIDEST POOL OF CANDIDATES.
THE PHD STUDENT WILL ALSO COORDINATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE MODELLING TEAM AND LARGE SCALE
LABORATORY WORK AT WPI.
TRAVEL
TRAVEL FUNDS ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND FACE TO FACE KICK OFF (YEAR1) AND COORDINATION MEETINGS
(YEARS 2-4) AND WRAP UP (YEAR 4) MEETINGS. TRAVEL IS ALSO REQUESTED FOR FIELDWORK IN YEARS 2
AND 3. THIS WILL ALSO COVER TRIPS TO DISSEMINATE THE WORK AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (IAFSS<
COMBUSTION SYMPOSIUM AND ICFFR).
CAP
A FORCE BALANCE ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE DRAG MEASUREMENTS ACCOUNTING FOR THE
DEFLECTION OF VEGETATION. THIS BESPOKE SYSTEM WILL BE FABRICATED EXTERNALLY TO THE UNIVERSITY.
THE COST REFLECTS COMPONENTS AND CONSULTING FEES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM.
MATERIALS
MATERIALS ARE REQUIRED TO MODIFY THE EXISTING WEIRD APPARATUS TO ALLOW MEASUREMENT OF
FLOW, TEMPERATURE AND DERIVED PROPERTIES. THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF A GAS ANALYSIS SYSTEM IN THE WEIRD. A BURNER WILL BE DEVELOPED (MAIN
COMPONENT MASS FLOW CONTROLLER) TO EXPLORE THE EFFECT OF FLOW ON VEGETATION BURNING. OTHER
SMALL ITEMS SUCH AS HEAT FLUX GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, INSULATION, VIDEO CAMERAS) WILL BE
PURCHASED IN YEAR 1 AND 2 PRIMARILY BUT ALSO BUDGET IN YEARS 3 AND 4 TO ALLOW FOR ATTRITION AND
MAINTENANCE.
INDIRECT COSTS
OVERHEAD IS APPLIED PER FTE (FULL TIME EQUIVALENT) OF RESEARCH ACTIVE STAFF - NOT PHD
STUDENTS OR TECHNICIANS. THE RATES ARE CALCULATED ANNUALLY USING TRAC METHODOLOGY
(TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO COSTING) WHICH IS THE STANDARD METHOD NOW USED FOR COSTING IN
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UK. THEY ARE APPROVED BY THE RESEARCH COUNCILS UK. 10926-GR Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Army Parent award NAICS: 541715 Parent award performance state: MA Parent award description: SERDP RC20-1362 View parent award on USAspending | — | $183,413 | Mar 14, 2024 | — – — |
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | EDINBURGH IS INVOLVED IN TASKS 4, 5, AND 6. IN TASK 4, EDINBURGH WILL WORK ON ADAPTIVE
MULTILINGUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION AND THE EXTRACTION OF METADATA FROM ACOUSTIC DATA. THIS WORK WILL
FOCUS ON MODELS TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF LOW RESOURCE SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND MITIGATION OF
ERROR PROPAGATION USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS REGULARIZATION AND ADAPTATION. IN TASK 5, EDINBURGH
WILL FOCUS ON THE MACHINE TRANSLATION OF LOW-RESOURCE LANGUAGES ACROSS DIFFERENT DOMAINS AND
GENRES USING STATISTICAL AND NEURAL APPROACHES, AND A FOCUS ON ERROR MITIGATION. OUR WORK IN TASKS
4 AND 5 WILL BE TIGHTLY INTEGRATED, WITH A FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROACHES BASED ON SHARED
DISTRIBUTED REPRESENTATIONS. IN TASK 6, EDINBURGH WILL FOCUS ON THE INTEGRATION OF SPEECH PROCESSING
AND MACHINE TRANSLATION COMPONENTS WITH THE SCRIPTS END-TO-END SYSTEM. 1(GG008712) Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force Parent award NAICS: 541712 Parent award performance state: NY Parent award description: IGF::OT::IGF MACHINE TRANSLATION FOR ENGLISH RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION IN ANY LANGUAGE View parent award on USAspending | — | $4,686 | Jan 24, 2022 | — – — |
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | EDINBURGH IS INVOLVED IN TASKS 4, 5, AND 6. IN TASK 4, EDINBURGH WILL WORK ON ADAPTIVE
MULTILINGUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION AND THE EXTRACTION OF METADATA FROM ACOUSTIC DATA. THIS WORK WILL
FOCUS ON MODELS TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF LOW RESOURCE SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND MITIGATION OF
ERROR PROPAGATION USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS REGULARIZATION AND ADAPTATION. IN TASK 5, EDINBURGH
WILL FOCUS ON THE MACHINE TRANSLATION OF LOW-RESOURCE LANGUAGES ACROSS DIFFERENT DOMAINS AND
GENRES USING STATISTICAL AND NEURAL APPROACHES, AND A FOCUS ON ERROR MITIGATION. OUR WORK IN TASKS
4 AND 5 WILL BE TIGHTLY INTEGRATED, WITH A FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROACHES BASED ON SHARED
DISTRIBUTED REPRESENTATIONS. IN TASK 6, EDINBURGH WILL FOCUS ON THE INTEGRATION OF SPEECH PROCESSING
AND MACHINE TRANSLATION COMPONENTS WITH THE SCRIPTS END-TO-END SYSTEM. 1(G008712) Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force Parent award NAICS: 541712 Parent award performance state: NY Parent award description: IGF::OT::IGF MACHINE TRANSLATION FOR ENGLISH RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION IN ANY LANGUAGE View parent award on USAspending | — | $13,818 | Dec 13, 2021 | — – — |
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | EDINBURGH IS INVOLVED IN TASKS 4, 5, AND 6. IN TASK 4, EDINBURGH WILL WORK ON ADAPTIVE
MULTILINGUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION AND THE EXTRACTION OF METADATA FROM ACOUSTIC DATA. THIS WORK WILL
FOCUS ON MODELS TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF LOW RESOURCE SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND MITIGATION OF
ERROR PROPAGATION USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS REGULARIZATION AND ADAPTATION. IN TASK 5, EDINBURGH
WILL FOCUS ON THE MACHINE TRANSLATION OF LOW-RESOURCE LANGUAGES ACROSS DIFFERENT DOMAINS AND
GENRES USING STATISTICAL AND NEURAL APPROACHES, AND A FOCUS ON ERROR MITIGATION. OUR WORK IN TASKS
4 AND 5 WILL BE TIGHTLY INTEGRATED, WITH A FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROACHES BASED ON SHARED
DISTRIBUTED REPRESENTATIONS. IN TASK 6, EDINBURGH WILL FOCUS ON THE INTEGRATION OF SPEECH PROCESSING
AND MACHINE TRANSLATION COMPONENTS WITH THE SCRIPTS END-TO-END SYSTEM. 1(G008712) Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force Parent award NAICS: 541712 Parent award performance state: NY Parent award description: IGF::OT::IGF MACHINE TRANSLATION FOR ENGLISH RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION IN ANY LANGUAGE View parent award on USAspending | — | $0 | Nov 4, 2021 | — – — |
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | EDINBURGH IS INVOLVED IN TASKS 4, 5, AND 6. IN TASK 4, EDINBURGH WILL WORK ON ADAPTIVE
MULTILINGUAL SPEECH RECOGNITION AND THE EXTRACTION OF METADATA FROM ACOUSTIC DATA. THIS WORK WILL
FOCUS ON MODELS TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF LOW RESOURCE SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND MITIGATION OF
ERROR PROPAGATION USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS REGULARIZATION AND ADAPTATION. IN TASK 5, EDINBURGH
WILL FOCUS ON THE MACHINE TRANSLATION OF LOW-RESOURCE LANGUAGES ACROSS DIFFERENT DOMAINS AND
GENRES USING STATISTICAL AND NEURAL APPROACHES, AND A FOCUS ON ERROR MITIGATION. OUR WORK IN TASKS
4 AND 5 WILL BE TIGHTLY INTEGRATED, WITH A FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROACHES BASED ON SHARED
DISTRIBUTED REPRESENTATIONS. IN TASK 6, EDINBURGH WILL FOCUS ON THE INTEGRATION OF SPEECH PROCESSING
AND MACHINE TRANSLATION COMPONENTS WITH THE SCRIPTS END-TO-END SYSTEM. 1(G008712) Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force Parent award NAICS: 541712 Parent award performance state: NY Parent award description: IGF::OT::IGF MACHINE TRANSLATION FOR ENGLISH RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION IN ANY LANGUAGE View parent award on USAspending | — | $7,075 | Oct 12, 2021 | — – — |
| Subcontractor | Department of Defense | TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE COUPLING BETWEEN VEGETATION HETEROGENEITY, FIRE BEHAVIOR AND PLUME
DEVELOPMENT, A MULTI-SCALE APPROACH WILL BE ADOPTED. THE APPROACH WILL ALLOW DECONSTRUCTING THE
COMPLEX COUPLED EFFECTS IN THE LABORATORY BEFORE PUTTING THEM BACK TOGETHER IN THE FIELD. STATIC AND
DYNAMIC EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE SMALL-, LARGE- AND FIELD-SCALES TO INVESTIGATE MORE AND MORE
COMPLEX AND REALISTIC COUPLING BETWEEN VEGETATION, FIRE AND PLUME. SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS WILL BE
CONDUCTED USING THE WEIRD PLATFORM IN EDINBURGH, PLUME AND FIRE-SPREAD EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED
IN WPI€„¢S LARGE LABORATORY, AND STATIC AND DYNAMIC EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE FIELD AT TALL
TIMBERS. THE QUANTIFIED INTERACTIONS WILL BE THEN INTEGRATED IN STAGES OF INCREASING SCALE AND COMPLEXITY
IN TWO CFD-BASED FIRE SPREAD MODELS: WFDS AND FIRETEC. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE COUPLING IS WELL
REPRESENTED, INCREASING THE MODELS€„¢ CAPACITY TO CAPTURE A WIDE RANGE OF PRESCRIBED-BURN CONDITIONS. 10926-GR Parent award context Parent award agency: Department of Defense · Department of the Army Parent award NAICS: 541715 Parent award performance state: MA Parent award description: SERDP RC20-1362 View parent award on USAspending | — | $141,540 | Oct 7, 2021 | — – — |
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