DARPA\Defense Sciences Office (DSO): Mathematics of Boosting Agentic Communication (MATHBAC)

This solicitation contains an abstract phase. Abstracts are strongly encouraged but not required. Abstract Due Date: April 30.

The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals that advance the foundational mathematics, systems theory, and information theory required to enable/accelerate and understand science discovery by autonomous agents and agent collectives. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that promote revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in incremental improvements to the existing state of practice.

Mathematics of Boosting Agentic Communication (MATHBAC) will enable the next generation of Agentic Artificial Intelligence Platforms that systematically evolve to transform the nature of scientific discovery for defense. MATHBAC will develop the science of AI communication, leveraging/deriving mathematical theory, systems theory, and information theory to govern how AI agents collaborate and share information, as well as how they disentangle complex data streams to extract generalizable principles. MATHBAC enables agentic platforms to not only solve complex problems but also to understand the fundamentals behind their own functioning and solutions.

https://sam.gov/opp/3b5f6dd94f45409b8b7995c83e4e7f94/view