University of Texas at Austin
Jah Decision Intelligence Group

Jah Decision Intelligence Group

From Data to Discernment

The Jah Decision Intelligence Group (JDIG) explores how knowledge arises, evolves, and guides action in complex, uncertain domains. We focus not on simplification, but on honoring the full epistemic landscape, where uncertainty is not noise to be minimized, but structure to be understood. Our work lies at the intersection of dynamical systems, possibility theory, information theory, and ethical AI.

We design systems that reason, not just compute. That decide, not just simulate. That explain, not just predict. Our goal is to enable inference architectures that support planetary stewardship, space security, and decision-making under deep uncertainty.

Core Thrusts

  • Epistemic Inference and Possibility Theory
    Modeling uncertainty where data is sparse, ambiguous, or contested, not through optimization, but through compatibility and surprise.

  • Space Object Behavior and Decision Intelligence
    From satellite anomaly detection to space traffic coordination, we develop frameworks that, inter alia, contextualize and interpret orbital behaviors.

  • Agentic Knowledge Graphs and Abductive Reasoning
    Building self-reflective AI systems that connect facts, hypotheses, and actions through structured, explainable graphs.

  • Digital Twins for Dynamic Domains
    Real-time, physics-informed replicas of systems, from orbital regimes to environmental processes, for monitoring, diagnostics, and intelligent intervention.

Philosophy of Knowing

We believe:

  1. Measurements yield data

  2. Data have structure, aleatory or epistemic

  3. Structure supports models; models support inference

  4. Inference enables prediction and decision

  5. Prediction must be falsifiable, explainable, and ethically grounded

Knowledge is not the end of ignorance. It is what remains when ignorance is removed with care, rigor, and purpose.

 

Directors

Moriba Jah
Moriba Jah
Computational Astronautics Data Science

Faculty and Research Staff

Brandon A. Jones
Brandon A. Jones
Uncertainty Quantification Computational Astronautics Data Science
Renato Zanetti
Renato Zanetti
Autonomy Inverse Problems Scientific Machine Learning

Students

Staff

Members outside the Oden Institute

Hariskumar Sellamuthu