{"id":1294,"date":"2019-09-06T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2019-09-05T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:04:35","slug":"2-ucsd-grad-students-join-military-x-force-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1294","title":{"rendered":"Two UC San Diego Graduate Students Joining Military X-Force Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Nicholas Vetrisek<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Two UCSD students have recently been chosen to join the military\u2019s new X-Force program.\u00a0<\/span>The students will join forces with military data scientists at <\/span>Commander, Naval Air Forces, at North Island Naval Air Station to become part of the X-Force and CNAF\u2019s first-ever collaboration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The X-Force is an interservice program between all four branches of the military designed to solve real-world problems that units encounter using data analysis. An example of this sort of problem-solving is the CNAF\u2019s Force Readiness Analytics Group (FRAG), which uses data to determine how to maximize aircraft efficiency and reduce the time that aircraft is unavailable for missions.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Senior Chief Machinist\u2019s Mate Aaron Thiss, a member of the FRAG Team, \u201cOur maintainers were already doing all the maintenance they could, but with so much demand on them, it was hard to figure out which aircraft to prioritize.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s where we came in. We started analyzing data we already had to streamline the maintenance process, which will have major positive effects down the line on readiness, maintainer experience, pilot experience and more,\u201d Thiss said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the X-Force program, the military can also increase efficiency in areas unrelated to aircraft. <\/span>\u201cWe have to man, train and equip the fleet, it\u2019s important that we really understand the problems in those areas and then figure out how to provide those solutions. So by analyzing this data and becoming more proficient at it, then we can spur other areas and other organizations through the fleet to do the same,\u201d Thiss later explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan Coursey, one of the students selected from UCSD, said, \u201cPersonally, I have learned so much from this program, working in such a large organization, working with several different clients\u2014those are all things that have been very beneficial to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AJ Langley, the other student selected for the program, said about working for the military, \u201cI think servicing the U.S. armed forces really benefits the world in a lot of ways, so I\u2019m really excited to be able to do that.\u201d He went on to say, \u201cI hope the program keeps going and I hope that as a result of this and the FRAG\u2019s efforts that the military is able to embrace predictive analytics and machine learning even more.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This push by the military to use data analysis to increase efficiency will strengthen the armed forces\u2014and thanks to these two students, it will certainly reflect well on UCSD and the San Diego community as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by IBM Research via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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