LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Team Members: Amy Weinberg Henk Haarmann Joseph Dien Shawn Maloney Sergey Blok Nina Hamedani Kristina Kayton Jason White Meredith Lee Shuchi Wadhwa Pat Gray Presented by: Sharon Glazer

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Overarching goal To depict the current landscape of LREC research DoD Question: Does DoD-supported LREC research reflect a shared vision and priorities with significant impact throughout the DoD? –CASL will present findings on DoD-supported LREC research. –Sustainable Solution: Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool for research, knowledge sharing, and management of DoD-supported LREC research. 2

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) LREC project structure 3 LREC Culture & Regional Expertise Cognitive Neuroscience of Second Language Acquisition Technical report and Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Objective To identify state-of-the-art and collaborative research efforts throughout the DoD Culture & Regional Expertise research community Why? –To aid DoD managers to better align research with DoD strategic goals and to reduce redundancy. 4

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) What we’ve done so far Planned course of action with Defense Language Office (DLO) Interviewed and surveyed approximately 50 SMEs Gathered over 200 open source USG media on Culture and Regional Expertise Compared foci of DoD and academic research 5

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Broad focus of data collection Identify Research brands, investigators, topics, programs, agendas Groups and individuals involved in culture and regional expertise research Intellectual leaders (leading LREC DoD scientists, decision-makers, analysts, and policy-makers) Print and electronic media 6

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Current findings “Regional expertise,” per se, is not studied –Research applies culture theory to regions ( e.g., Negotiations in the Middle East) –Human performance within context Meta-themes of culture research –Socio-cultural interaction & communication (e.g., What are key skills and attributes that Army leaders need to be effective in cross-cultural missions?) –Curricula development Training, education, simulation –Modeling 7

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool Examples of social collaboration tools: –Wikis, blogs, online data repositories, chat/virtual conference rooms Purpose: –Research repository of information –Reduce redundancy –Create network –One-stop shop (for managers and military personnel addressing culture and/or regional expertise matters) Audience: –Analyst and researcher –Manager and policy-maker 8

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION DoD/open activities and opportunities for collaboration and dissemination of research Conferences Research Online web lists DoD/open activities and opportunities for collaboration and dissemination of research Conferences Research Online web lists Find people/ agencies with data or tools needed to work on project Avoid duplication efforts in retrieving data or building tools Find people/ agencies with data or tools needed to work on project Avoid duplication efforts in retrieving data or building tools Find relevant work in research area Inform of fast breaking news Use of site FAQs Inform of fast breaking news Use of site FAQs Find people with particular expertise Find related projects Publicize projects Find related projects Publicize projects Share ideas informally with colleagues before proceeding with project or conference presentation Analyst and researcher Research tools : (shareable tools for research hosted on server) Research tools : (shareable tools for research hosted on server) Research activities Publications Informal collaboration space Informal collaboration space People & partners People & partners Alerts & administration Alerts & administration Projects Data: Shareable data & data resources Data: Shareable data & data resources R-Space An analyst’s and researcher’s perspective 9

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Summary view of laboratories, including their role in satisfying mission requirements, people, projects, size, collaborations, POCs. Align people with expertise to requirements Find consultants outside the USG Publicize community- wide events Guidance on the best use of this site FAQs and hints for getting information Guidance on the best use of this site FAQs and hints for getting information Store relevant planning documents (roadmaps, minutes from summits, etc.) Publicly establish and track mission requirements Find who is involved in satisfying which requirement, which milestones have been satisfied, and which remain Publicly establish and track mission requirements Find who is involved in satisfying which requirement, which milestones have been satisfied, and which remain Manager and policy-maker Planning documents/ minutes Planning documents/ minutes Administration FAQs Administration FAQs Consultants Calendar of events Mission requirements Mission requirements Personnel Lab pages Lab pages R-Space A manager’s and policy-maker’s perspective 10

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Bottom line: What we’ll deliver Technical report Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool DLO will sponsor out-brief 11

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) Next TREC presentation 12 LREC Culture & Regional Expertise Cognitive Neuroscience of Second Language Acquisition Technical report and Proof-of-concept online collaboration tool

LANGUAGE RESEARCH IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) For more information Sharon Glazer, CASL, co-PI Culture and Regional Expertise Joseph Dien, CASL, co-PI Cognitive Neuroscience of Second Language Acquisition 13