Today’s troops often confiscate the remnants of destroyed documents in war zones, but reconstructing them is a daunting task. DARPA’s Shredder Challenge calls upon computer scientists, puzzle enthusiasts and anyone else who likes solving complex problems to compete for up to $50,000 by piecing together a series of shredded documents.
The goal is to identify and assess potential capabilities that could be used by our warfighters operating in war zones, but might also create vulnerabilities to sensitive information that is protected through our own shredding practices throughout the U.S. national security community.
Do you have the skills to reconstruct shredded documents and solve the puzzle?
Can you form a team to help solve the complex physical and analytical problems associated with document reconstruction?
If so, register today for a chance to win $50,000!
via DARPA Shredder Challenge. Neat challenge, it would be cool to work on this problem but image analysis is so far out of my area of expertise. It’s nice to know also that as it stands a good cross-cut shredder renders your documents virtually useless to either law enforcement or criminals.