CASL meaning in Academic & Science ?

The University of Maryland (UMD) Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) — which in 2018 became part of UMD’s new Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) — was created to be the national laboratory for advanced research and development on language and national security. Founded in 2003 under Department of Defense funding as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and located in College Park, Maryland, CASL was a partnership between the University of Maryland and the United States Government. In June 2013 CASL was said to be the largest language research center in the United States.

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CASL’s mission was to defend and protect the United States by improving language readiness and capabilities of the U.S. Government workforce, with a particular focus on addressing the language needs of the Intelligence Community (IC).

The Center was charged with bringing the best of academe and industry to the hardest government problems; providing the knowledge, resources, and technologies critical to analyst job performance; advancing workforce readiness for both regular and surge capabilities; improving operational performance; and underpinning critical leadership decisions on immediate and future staffing, technologies, and analyst workflow design and management.