The Analysis of Knowledge Information Research and Development Activities for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Focusing on the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity(IARPA)

Abstract

Leading the fourth industrial revolution era requires science and technology strategies that establish original research directions at the national level. To this end, it is necessary to look at the research and development activities for the fourth industrial revolution of technology-leading countries. In this study, the research programs of the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity(IARPA), an organization focusing on cutting edge research on science and technology information such as artificial intelligence, are investigated by using network analysis. The findings show that, resolving around the information identification and forecasting, decision making and cybersecurity clusters, IARPA’s research programs largely focus on finding hidden information and predicting specific events, supporting decision making by considering changes in and outside organizations or establishing cybersecurity. Also, this study finds that China and Japan, representative technology-leading Asian countries, refer to the research programs of IARPA to establish their science and technology policies. The results of this study suggest implications for Korea’s science and technology policies in response to the fourth industrial revolution era. ■ keyword :∣IARPA∣Information Identification and Forecasting∣Decision Making∣Cybersecurity∣ * 본 연구는 한국과학기술정보연구원(KISTI)의 연구비 지원에 의해 수행되었으며, KISTI에서 발간한 “과학기술 지식정보 고도화 연구 활동 조사·분석” 보고서를 수정·보완한 것입니다. 접수일자 : 2019년 10월 28일 수정일자 : 2019년 12월 23일 심사완료일 : 2019년 12월 25일 교신저자 : 문희진, e-mail : hjmun99@kisti.re.kr 한국콘텐츠학회논문지 '20 Vol. 20 No. 2 2