Publications

A copy of the latest issue of The Edge, the MITRE Corporation's
newsletter about our contributions to advanced information systems
technology, is available online at
http://www.mitre.org/pubs/edge/august_00/,  along with archived issues.

The topic of this issue is Data Mining.  The articles explore this
burgeoning field, sometimes called knowledge discovery in databases, and
showcase our internal initiatives as well as our sponsors' growing
commitment to data mining.

Specifically, you will read about the origins of data mining,
enhancing decision making in crisis situations using component-based
software composition, mining airline incident reports to identify
safety-related trends, facilitating airspace design using data mining
techniques to identify dominant air traffic flows, automatically
detecting changes in satellite imagery, and using data mining in
intrusion detection to sort through thousands of suspicious activity
alarms.

The Edge reports on information technologies and applications that are
strategic to the future of our country's national security.

The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit corporation working in the
public interest.  It addresses issues of critical national importance,
combining systems engineering, and information technology to develop
innovative solutions that make a difference.

Dr. Mark Maybury		Dr. Steve Huffman
maybury@mitre.org shuffman@mitre.org
Co-Publisher, The Edge		Co-Publisher, The Edge