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id: 20250826114550
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title: Heilmeier Catechism
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type: permanent
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created: 2025-08-26T15:45:50Z
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modified: 2025-08-26T16:02:59Z
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tags: []
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---
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# Heilmeier Catechism
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George Heilmeier was a program manager at the Defense
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Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA) who was
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flummoxed with research proposals for artificial
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intelligence. In order to quickly sort through the
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proposals, he developed an 8 question system to quickly cut
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through the muck.
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This is the Heilmeier Catechism:
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1. What are you trying to do? Articulate your research with
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absolutely no jargon.
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2. How is it done today and what are the limits of current
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practice?
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3. What's new in your approach and why will you be
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successful?
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4. Who cares? If you're successful, what difference will it
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make?
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5. What are the risks?
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6. How long will it take?
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7. How much will it cost?
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8. What are the midterm and final exams? How will you
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measure success?
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