Center for Advanced Study of Language
Coordinates: 38°58′26″N 76°55′32″W / 38.97398°N 76.92558°W The University of Maryland (UMD) Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) — which in 2018 became part of UMD’s new Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) — was created to be the national laboratory for advanced research and development on language and national security. Founded in 2003 under Department of Defense funding as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and located in College Park, Maryland, CASL was a partnership between the University of Maryland and the United States Government. In June 2013 CASL was said to be the largest language research center in the United States.[citation needed]
CASL areas of expertise:
- Second-language acquisition (SLA)
- Technology use
- Performance and analysis
- Less commonly taught languages and cultures
- Cognitive neuroscience
CASL’s mission was to defend and protect the United States by improving language readiness and capabilities of the U.S. Government workforce, with a particular focus on addressing the language needs of the Intelligence Community (IC).[1]
The Center was charged with bringing the best of academe and industry to the hardest government problems; providing the knowledge, resources, and technologies critical to analyst job performance; advancing workforce readiness for both regular and surge capabilities; improving operational performance; and underpinning critical leadership decisions on immediate and future staffing, technologies, and analyst workflow design and management.[1]
Vision[]
CASL’s vision was to be the premier strategic research partner to the DoD and IC on the most critical and challenging language problems, ultimately infusing language research into day-to-day job performance as well as critical leadership decisions that directly affect mission.[1]
Strategy[]
- Conduct independent, empirically based science guided by the strategic needs of the DoD and IC, coupled with an agility when solving the toughest current operational language problems.[1]
- Capitalize on the extraordinary talents of a permanent staff of nationally recognized, multidisciplinary research scientists and former and current DoD and IC outstanding practitioners, supported by a stronghold of language experts from academe and business in the United States and around the world.[1]
- Collaborate with DoD and IC thought-leaders, managers, and analysts to successfully transition rigorous research into the operational environment and assess its impact.[1]
Other News[]
According to press reports, Edward Snowden worked at the CASL for less than a year in 2005 as a "security specialist"[2] in what one report calls one of the National Security Agency (NSA)'s "covert facilities."[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "About". University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language. Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^ Investigators looking into how Snowden gained access at NSA // Washington Post, 2013-06-10: "University spokesman Brian Ullmann confirmed that in 2005, Snowden worked for less than a year as a “security specialist” for the school’s Center for Advanced Study of Language. The university-affiliated center, founded in 2003, is not a classified facility."
- ^ Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations, by Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong, The Guardian, 10 June 2013
External links[]
- University System of Maryland
- Educational institutions established in 2003
- Academic language institutions
- National Security Agency
- 2003 establishments in Maryland