NASA Tournament Lab Progress Report June 2013

FY 2013 Team Goals –Modify Contract with NASA to Extend to Year 4 (10/2013 - 9/2014) –Staff  Changes: Design and Hire Data Scientist Position for Lab –Academic: Evaluate and analyze results for Signals v. Prize Experiment, write paper –Contests: Continually Develop and Run Software, Algorithm, and Studio Contests for NASA with TopCoder, Inc. –Business Development: Continue to find new partnerships with other federal government agencies with NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation   Reporting Period Updates: –ISS FIT app - Dietary Intake Tracker for Astronauts using iPad in Space – demo now available –ISS Robonaut, USAID Atrocity Prevention Algorithm Challenge, CMS Provider Enrollment, Environment Protection Agency’s mobile app & OPM Retirement Calculator challenges are on-going –National Geographic Image Machine Learning Challenge, QuakeFinder Algorithm Challenge, & in development –Research Meetings on “ISS Longeron Shadowing Challenge” commenced; paper to be written in fall/winter timeframe   Open issues, questions, or needs –NASA rejected cost and technical proposal for subcontractor activities; re-bid forthcoming in July/Aug   Metrics and/or attachments –N/A for this period