MODIFICATION
A -- Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Technologies
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 339999
— All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division A, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-1846
- ZIP Code
- 21005-1846
- Solicitation Number
- W56KGU15RA010
- Response Due
- 5/28/2015
- Archive Date
- 7/20/2015
- Point of Contact
- Myong Parker, 443-861-4650
- E-Mail Address
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ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division A
(myong.h.parker.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This modification is to provide for Questions and Answers and an Extension of submission to 28 May 2015. See Attachment. No other change has been made. Solicitation Number: W56KGU-15-R-A010 Questions and Answers (Attachment): Question 1: Questionnaire section 1 states quote mark The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is ____ million. quote mark a. Can we assume that the reference to quote mark this NAICS code quote mark is our primary NAICS code? b. Our primary NAICS code is based on the number of employees, not dollars. Please indicate of this change is acceptable: quote mark The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is 500 employees. quote mark Answer: See question number 2 Question 2. Does the Government intend to populate question #1 with their anticipated NAICS code(s) in which we can certify against? Answer: Submit your NAICS Code Question 3: Can the Government provide a technical point of contact to discuss the detailed aspects of this RFI? Answer: No. Question 4: Will the Government provide some use cases for HCI technology? Answer: The U.S. Army, Communications-Electronics, Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) is developing an Android Human Computer Interaction (HCI) service, for experimentation purposes, to allow soldiers to more naturally interact with Mission Command software, thereby improving situational awareness and reducing cognitive workload. Initial focus is proof-of-concept, laboratory testing using voice commands with the Nuance Speech Recognition Engine. Question 5: Will the Government provide a description of the software the HCI technology is planned to interface with? Answer: The government intends the utilize the HCI technology interfaced with mobile Army Mission Command software, which possibly includes the Project Manager Soldier Warrior (PM SWAR) Nett Warrior software. Question 6: The RFI states that the page limit is 3 pages, excluding questionnaire. Is the cover page is included in this page limit? Answer: No. Question 7: The RFI language specifies some target programs of records, such as PM SWAR Net Warrior EUDs. We wonder whether the proposed capabilities/effort are only expected to be applicable to these specific systems (e.g.., software and technologies to improve the interfaces to the Motorola Atrix smart phone), or generally applicable to other systems as well? Answer: This RFI is not specifically targeted to any specific programs of records. As such, HCI technologies requested should be applicable to other Army Mission Command systems, as well. Question 8: quote mark Multi-modal integration quote mark has been a key research challenge, particularly if/when some of the modalities are contradicting with each other (e.g., due to the stress that causes dismounted soldiers to speak one thing but gesture something different, or some input errors caused by their surrounding environments, such as background noise or various light conditions). Most approaches, such as W3C EMMA (Extensible Multi-Modal Annotation markup language), simply try to address this problem by standardizing the syntax of multiple modalities, but they do not - and cannot (due to the lack of a context-based reasoning capability) - regulate how to determine the semantics when inputs of different modalities contradict each other, and their solution of multi-modal inputs deconfliction is simply left to quote mark be carried out by the developer of the vendor/application specific annotations quote mark. Our question is: Is a general solution that aims to develop a novel underlying Multi-Modal Utterance Representation Language that unifies and integrates inputs of multiple modalities, and the associated algorithms to conduct the actual deconfliction of conflicting multi-modal inputs, inside the scope of this RFI, or is it out of scope possibly due to very specific development (instead of research innovation) requirement for this RFI? Answer: The scope of this RFI is to develop smart innovative software engines to combine, when needed, and differentiate multi-modal inputs, dependent upon the operational environments. Therefore, development of a novel underlying Multi-Modal Utterance Representation Language is within the scope of this RFI. Question 9: In addition to developing multi-modal human-machine interfaces, we also develop control systems for unmanned systems, including dual-arm dexterous mobile robots. We are also developing solutions for squad-level human-machine teaming. Are you interested in demonstrations of how the developed natural HMI for Nett Warrior might be used for command and control of unmanned systems as part of a squad, or is this out of scope? Answer: We're interested in learning more about your developed technology in command and control of unmanned systems. Therefore, demonstrations of natural HMI for Nett Warrior interfaced to unmanned systems are welcome. Question 10: In terms of wearable computing, are head-mounted displays acceptable? Answer: Yes, head-mounted displays acceptable input as part of this RFI. Question 11: What are the current versions of mission command software and are they accessible for future awardee to review? Can we be provided with example scenarios or use cases? Answer: This solicitation is for market research purposes only. However CERDEC Commander's Tool Kit (CTK) prototype mission command software is available for vendors to review, upon request. Question 12: Should the interface take into consideration the collaboration between soldiers or focus on commander-soldier interaction? Answer: Yes, the interface should be generic enough to accommodate interaction between soldiers as well as commander-soldier interaction. Question 13: The RFI mentions the solutions should be compatible with protective equipment, what is the protective equipment that we should consider? Answer: You should consider Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) gear used by military personnel in all environment conditions. Question 14: Beyond reviewing command related information and communicating with command, what are the major tasks the soldier has to accomplish with this software? Answer: Soldiers should have the ability to share mapping data while interacting with their mission command applications. Question 15: Is there any documentation of known issues with existing systems that we could review? Answer: No documentation is available at this time.
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