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February 26, 2014

DARPA Open Catalog Makes Agency-Sponsored Software and Publications Available to All
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2014
DARPA has invested in many programs that sponsor fundamental and applied research in areas of computer science, which have led to new advances in theory as well as practical software. The R and D community has asked about the availability of results, and now DARPA has responded by creating the DARPA Open Catalog, a place for organizing and sharing those results in the form of software, publications, data and experimental details. The Catalog can be found at http://go.usa.gov/BDhY. Many DoD a ... read more

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Kerry peace proposals 'unacceptable': Palestinian source

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Hardline Iran cleric warns against resuming US ties

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