Everyone knows DARPA developed the Internet, but it’s lesser known that DARPA shepherded inventions like pocket-sized GPS, Siri, night vision goggles, self-driving cars, and countless other technologies. DARPA hires brilliant engineers, entrepreneurs, and scientists to identify impossible problems and then allocates millions of dollars to solve them. Dan Kaufman, director of DARPA’s Information Innovation office, believes in impossible things. And he thinks no is a lazy answer. The Silicon Valley veteran and former co-COO of Dreamworks Interactive has assembled a team of experts to solve some of the biggest problems in cybersecurity and big data. Join Dan as he discusses his journey to DARPA, how the agency is applying software innovation to issues like human trafficking, how computers will soon self-heal after a hacking attempt, and how technologies designed for national security will also make the world a better place.
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