Proteus Genealogy

In 2003–2004, the Naval Postgraduate School, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Research Council of Canada, the U.S. Army War College and the National Reconnaissance Office formed the Proteus Consortium, a group dedicated to advancing the development and use of advanced “critical thinking” technologies in the assessment of national security intelligence. In the fall of 2004, a first computerized simulation game involving some hundred Canadian and American participants was held very successfully at the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C. Proteus (the game and the concept) is the result of modeling and simulation work lead by Professor John Hiles of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. In August 2005 a series of games was held in Maryland to demonstrate the effects of bias for intelligence professionals from a number of agencies.