Ali Agha - Bryant McGill

# Ali Agha **Entity class:** Person **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Definition **Ali Agha** is a person. Ali Agha leads [[wiki/FieldAI|FieldAI]]. Ali Agha was formerly affiliated with [[wiki/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]. Ali Agha was formerly affiliated with [[wiki/MIT|MIT]]. The entry centers on this person's documented work, affiliations, and institutional roles, separating those facts from the activities of collaborators and organizations around them. ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], and [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]], and [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### People and institutional relationships - **Ali Agha** leads [[wiki/FieldAI|FieldAI]]. - **Ali Agha** was formerly affiliated with [[wiki/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]. - **Ali Agha** was formerly affiliated with [[wiki/MIT|MIT]]. - **Ali Agha** was formerly affiliated with [[wiki/Qualcomm|Qualcomm]]. - **Ali Agha** has as principal investigator [[wiki/DARPA Subterranean Challenge work|DARPA Subterranean Challenge work]]. - **Ali Agha** has as principal investigator [[wiki/DARPA RACER|DARPA RACER]]. - **Ali Agha** has as principal investigator [[wiki/NASA Autonomous Mars Cave Exploration|NASA Autonomous Mars Cave Exploration]]. - **Ali Agha** has as principal investigator [[wiki/Coordinated Autonomy for Prototype Mars Helicopter-Rover|Coordinated Autonomy for Prototype Mars Helicopter-Rover]]. ### Key Relationships - **Ali Agha** led [[wiki/CoSTAR|CoSTAR]].  ## Research Edges  #### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 341 — `leads` → [[wiki/FieldAI|FieldAI]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 342 — `former_affiliation` → [[wiki/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 343 — `former_affiliation` → [[wiki/MIT|MIT]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 344 — `former_affiliation` → [[wiki/Qualcomm|Qualcomm]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 345 — `principal_investigator` → [[wiki/DARPA Subterranean Challenge work|DARPA Subterranean Challenge work]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 346 — `principal_investigator` → [[wiki/DARPA RACER|DARPA RACER]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 347 — `principal_investigator` → [[wiki/NASA Autonomous Mars Cave Exploration|NASA Autonomous Mars Cave Exploration]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 348 — `principal_investigator` → [[wiki/Coordinated Autonomy for Prototype Mars Helicopter-Rover|Coordinated Autonomy for Prototype Mars Helicopter-Rover]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`. - **Edge 349 — `led` → [[wiki/CoSTAR|CoSTAR]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.   #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 455 — `leads` → [[wiki/FieldAI|FieldAI]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.