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Technology Policy and Assessment Center

Compilation of activities relating to "Technology Opportunities Analysis"

Research Support

  • Technology Opportunities Analysis for Program Manager's Associate, subcontract to Search Technology, Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), 1994-95
  • Technology Opportunities Analysis System, subcontract to Search Technology, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 1996-98
  • 21st Century Telecommunications Technology: Asynchronous Transfer Mode, subcontract to GTRI to perform TOA, Maryland Procurement Office, 1997-98
  • Mining Bibliographic Information on Emerging Technologies, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2000 (Abstract)
  • Technology Opportunities Analysis for Open Source Intelligence, subcontract to Search Technology, Inc., DARPA and U.S. Army, 1998-2001
  • "Center for International Business Education & Research" (CIBER), participant, "Global Technology Opportunities" Section, Department of Education, 1993-99

ARTICLES

  • Watts, R.J., Porter, A.L., and Newman, N.C., "Innovation Forecasting Using Bibliometrics," Competitive Intelligence Review, Vol. 9, No. 4, p. 11-19, 1998.
  • Watts, R.J., Porter, A.L., and Courseault, C., "Functional Analysis: Deriving Systems Knowledge from Bibliographic Information Resources," Information, Knowledge, Systems Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, to appear.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Forecasting: An Empirical Perspective," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, to appear.
  • Watts, R.J., and Porter, A.L., "Innovation Forecasting," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 56, p. 25-47, 1997.(Abstract)
  • Porter, A.L., and Detampel, M.J., "Technology Opportunities Analysis,"Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 49, p. 237-255, 1995. (Abstract)
  • Porter, A.L., Jin, X-Y., Gilmour, J.E., Cunningham, S., Xu, H., Stanard, C., and Wang, L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis: Integrating Technology Monitoring, Forecasting & Assessment with Strategic Planning, SRA Journal (Society of Research Administrators), Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 21-31, 1994.

PRESENTATIONS

  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," International Symposium on Forecasting (International Institute of Forecasters), Toronto, 1995.
  • Porter, A.L., "Mining for Information: Technology Opportunities Analysis, AT&T InfoEdge, San Diego and Los Angeles, 1995.
  • Porter, A.L., "Emerging Technology Opportunities Analysis," Design Supercon, Santa Clara, CA, 1996.
  • Porter, A.L., and Rzeszotarski, P., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals [SCIP], Chicago, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., "Bibliometric Tools for Intelligence on Emerging Technologies," Product Development & Management Conference, Atlanta, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., Detampel, M.J., Jin, X-Y., and Porter, D., "Technology Opportunities Analysis: Patterns in the Literature on Environmental Technologies," Proceedings, First International Association for Technology Assessment and Forecasting Institutions Conference, Bergen, Norway, 1994.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," Kodak, Rochester, NY, 1995.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis: Profiling the Emergence of Notebook Computers," Proceedings, Technology Transfer Society: Technology Commercialization and Economic Growth, Washington, D.C., 1995.
  • Watts, R.J., Porter, A.L., Cunningham, S.W., and Zhu, D., TOAS: Intelligence Mining, an Analysis of NLP and Computational Linquistics, Proceeding, First European Symposium on Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, [Bergen, Norway]; New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 323-334, 1997.
  • Newman, N.C., Porter, A.L., Cunningham, S.W., "Technology Opportunities Analysis for Malaysia," Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland, OR, 1997 [CD].
  • Porter, A.L., and Jin, X-Y., "Technology Opportunities Analysis: Integrating Technology Monitoring, Forecasting, and Assessment," IAIA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 1992.
  • Detampel, M.J., Porter, A.L., Jin, X-Y., and Porter, D.L. "Environmental Technology and Impact Assessment: A Profile Based on Electronic Database Information," IAIA Annual Conference, Quebec, 1994.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," INFORMS, Atlanta, 1997.
  • Newman, N.C., and Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," International Symposium on Forecasting, Barbados, 1997.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," Institute for National Technology, Rio de Janeiro, 1997.
  • Nayak, A., Porter, A.L., and Furukawa, M.F., "Bibliometric Information Mining for the Management of Technology," 7th International Conference on Management of Technology, Orlando, FL, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., "Innovation Forecasting: Counting Contextual Clues to Forecast Technology," International Symposium on Forecasting, Edinburgh, 1998.
  • Watts, R.J., and Porter, A.L., "Innovation Forecasting using Functional/Capabilities Analyses," International Symposium on Forecasting, Edinburgh, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., "Using Publication & Patent Information in Managing Technology," Universidad de Anahuac, Mexico City, Mexico, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," National Science Foundation, Washington, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis on Public Health Information," Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," Institute for National Technology [INT], Rio de Janeiro, and Brazilian Institute for Information in Science & Technology [IBICT], Brasilia, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., "Technology Opportunities Analysis," National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health [NIOSH] Panel on Bibliometrics and Research Assessment, Washington, 1998.
  • Porter, A.L., and Zhu, D., "Bibliometric Indicators of Technological Innovation," Office of Naval Research Technology Roadmapping Workshop, Washington, 1998.