From: Jim Hendler (jhendler@darpa.mil)
Date: 02/07/01
Folks- Just so you know what is going on a bit better -- the interest in DAML among people in the intelligence community is very high, and a number of people who control research budgets are thinking of working with us. We had about 5 different groups who wanted us to schedule separate demos, and we realized that if we pulled them all together it would save you all a lot of wear and tear on travel. Also, a couple of other DARPA PMs are interested in DAML for their programs, and we thought this would be a great opportunity for them to get to see your stuff "up close and personal". Obviously we decided all this very last minute, and then needed to be sure the right people would attend. At this point we have only a small number of people registered, but they represent a lot of funding, so we hope this will lead to new opportunities for you and your colleagues. In addition, we are looking like we're going to be in pretty good shape for being able to pick up most people's outyear options (at least the FY 03 funding), but we need a little bit more "Buzz" to be sure we can weather transition to a new DARPA director - I think this is the right audience for that buzz. -JH Prof. James Hendler hendler@cs.umd.edu Computer Science Dept 703-696-2238 (phone) Univ of Maryland 703-696-2201 (Fax) College Park, MD 20853 http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hendler
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