ITSR Project
Information Technology Strategic Research
The goal of the ITSR Project is to:
Research, develop, and evaluate a broad portfolio of
fundamental information
and bio/nano technologies for infusion into NASA missions.
The IT Strategic Research Project provides a technology incubator where high-risk, high-payoff, and long-range technologies are identified, explored, developed, verified, and transferred to other parts of the CICT Program as well as other NASA programs. This is a project where a number of related and unrelated technologies can be explored simultaneously, and evaluated for suitability for further development either as spinoff projects or as technologies that may be transferred to other research groups. The ITSR development strategy is based on accomplishing the following objectives:
- Prototype breakthrough technologies on a continuing basis and evaluate them for suitability for application to NASA missions
- Demonstrate new technologies suitable for transfer or spinoff
- Transfer technologies to other portions of the CICT Program or other NASA programs.
Key Project Areas:
- Intelligent Controls and Diagnostics - Improve component and
subsystem safety
and integrated system performance for aircraft applications,
launch vehicles,
and robotics systems, reducing development time and operational costs.
- Automated Software Engineering Technologies - Develop technologies and tools to
significantly enhance the safety of digital aeronautics systems
and the productivity
of engineers who develop these systems.
- Bio-Nanotechnology - Develop an in-house nanotechnology infrastructure
emphasizing sensors (chemical, mechanical, and biological), nanoelectronics
and computing, and structural materials.
- Evolvable Systems - Develop hardware and software systems that can adapt,
self-improve, self-repair, and self-reconfigure.
- Revolutionary Computing Algorithms - Create alternative computing methodologies and models suitable for the space environment with the high speed, low mass, and low power consumption needed for future spacecraft.
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