The  Intelligence  Advanced  Research  Projects  Activity  (IARPA) invests  in  high-risk/high-payoff  research  programs  that  have  the potential  to  provide  our  nation with  an overwhelming intelligence  advantage.  The  current  COVID-19  pandemic  focuses  attention  on the  need  for technologies to assist with:
•    detection and sensing;
•    supply chain management and integrity;
•    geo-spatio-temporal monitoring and mapping, with privacy protection;
•    information reliability and collaboration tools; and
•    modeling, simulation, and predictive analytics.