Part of a team with OSU Computer Vision researchers that won an intense competition under NSF's Information Technology Research for National Priorities (ITR) program for a $1.3 million project on Multi-level, Active Attention Surveillance.

This is in an important recognition of the scientific value of CSEL work on event pattern recognition and collaborative autonomy in human-machine decision making.

Also example of successful interdisciplinary work, as stated in the NSF reviews and summary, “The review panel was very impressed with the well-integrated multidisciplinary team assembled to execute this research.” "Their multi-disciplinary team has formed a coherent research proposal that effectively leverages the capabilities inherent in each discipline to pursue a common goal." "systems such as that proposed here, that augment the capabilities of humans -- based on recognition and understanding of the limitations of the human sensory and cognitive systems -- will be essential in a world where data stream growth far outstrips the capabilities of humans to process directly."