# ICE > **“Winter is coming.” — the words of [[wiki/House Stark|House Stark]], created by [[wiki/George R. R. Martin|George R. R. Martin]] in _[[wiki/A Game of Thrones|A Game of Thrones]]_ (1996); spoken by Eddard Stark in [[wiki/Winter Is Coming|_Game of Thrones_, S1E1, “Winter Is Coming”]] (HBO, 2011).** **Entity class:** Disambiguation and lexical-architecture router **Scope note:** These are distinct organizations, systems, programs, products, events, and fictional references. Shared initials or similar systems functions do not establish affiliation. ## Primary meanings - **Cross-disciplinary institute:** [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth]] — science–humanities bridge directed by Marcelo Gleiser. - **United States agency:** [[wiki/United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement|U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (@ICEgov) — DHS component with ERO and HSI directorates. - **Historical DHS analytical system:** [[wiki/ICEPIC|ICEPIC]] — identity resolution, relationship analysis, and information sharing; succeeded by [[wiki/DHS Pattern and Information Collaboration Sharing System|DPICS2]]. - **Earth-observation company:** [[wiki/ICEYE|ICEYE]] (@iceye_global) — synthetic-aperture-radar satellites, imagery, analytics, and sovereign ISR systems. - **Markets and data company:** [[wiki/Intercontinental Exchange|Intercontinental Exchange]] (@ICE_Markets) — exchanges, clearing, market data, mortgage technology, benchmarks, and commodity traceability. - **Open network:** [[wiki/Ice Open Network|Ice Open Network]] (@ice_blockchain) — the ION network and its evolving open-source, on-chain infrastructure; historical $ICE branding migrated toward $ION. ## “IC” and the intelligence/fusion branch Spoken aloud, **IC** often sounds like “ice.” In this vault it normally means the [[wiki/Intelligence Community|United States Intelligence Community]], not any ICE acronym. The important bridge is functional: shared environments and data-fusion systems make distributed sources mutually usable. - **DHS / CBP / ICE fusion lineage:** [[wiki/ICEPIC|ICEPIC]] → [[wiki/DHS Pattern and Information Collaboration Sharing System|DPICS2]] and [[wiki/DHS Law Enforcement Information Sharing Service|LEIS]], alongside [[wiki/FALCON Search and Analysis|FALCON-SA]], [[wiki/Investigative Case Management|ICM]], and [[wiki/RAVEn|RAVEn]]. - **NGA collaboration:** [[wiki/NGA International Collaboration Environment 2.0|International Collaboration Environment 2.0]]. - **Commercial mission sandbox:** [[wiki/InSequence Industry Collaboration Environment|InSequence Industry Collaboration Environment]]. - **Air and missile defense:** [[wiki/IBCS Integrated Collaborative Environment|IBCS Integrated Collaborative Environment]]. - **Cyber-electromagnetic convergence:** [[wiki/Integrated Cyber and Electronic Warfare|Integrated Cyber and Electronic Warfare]]. - **Distributed test environment:** [[wiki/Air Force Integrated Collaborative Environment|Air Force Integrated Collaborative Environment]]. - **Knowledge discovery:** [[wiki/Purple ICE|Purple ICE — Integrated Computing Environment]]. - **Worldwide intelligence IT support:** [[wiki/ICE2|ICE2 — Intelligence Information, Command-and-Control Equipment and Enhancements]]. - **Cyber information sharing:** [[wiki/Cyber Threat Information Collaboration Environment|Cyber Threat Information Collaboration Environment]]. - **Emergency interoperability:** [[wiki/NENA Industry Collaboration Event|NENA Industry Collaboration Event]]. - **Life-science computing:** [[wiki/Indian Biological Data Centre Integrated Computing Environment|Indian Biological Data Centre Integrated Computing Environment]]. - **Historical computing lineage:** [[wiki/ICE-MAN|ICE-MAN]]. ## Markets, satellites, and the observation-to-decision stack [[wiki/Intercontinental Exchange|Intercontinental Exchange]] is not [[wiki/ICEYE|ICEYE]]. The documented connection is an adjacent systems stack: **Earth state → optical/SAR observation → map and feature extraction → farm-plot identity → deforestation and protected-area tests → supply-chain traceability → compliance/risk classification → commodity-market decision.** [[wiki/ICE Benchmark Administration|ICE Benchmark Administration]] operates [[wiki/ICE Commodity Traceability|ICE Commodity Traceability]], which licenses forest and land-use mapping from the separate company [[wiki/Space Intelligence|Space Intelligence]]. Space Intelligence uses high-resolution satellite data, artificial intelligence, ecological expertise, and—within the published map methodology—[[wiki/Synthetic Aperture Radar|SAR]]. This places ICE Markets and ICEYE in adjacent geospatial-intelligence layers without implying a corporate relationship. ## Architectural family Across otherwise unrelated ICEs, the recurring words are **integrated, intelligence, information, computing, collaborative, collaboration, cross-disciplinary, exchange, environment**. The recurring verbs are **collect, connect, normalize, correlate, fuse, analyze, discover, share, decide, and disseminate**. This is a lexical and architectural convergence: an **interface layer that turns heterogeneous observations or disciplines into shared actionable state**. ## Relationships - **Source and relationship dossier:** [[research/ICE Ecosystem Source and Relationship Dossier - 2026-09-30|ICE Ecosystem Source and Relationship Dossier]]. - **Epistemic integration:** [[wiki/Convergence Research|Convergence Research]] and [[wiki/Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement|Dartmouth ICE]]. - **Intelligence integration:** [[wiki/Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]], [[wiki/Intelligence Fusion|Intelligence Fusion]], and [[wiki/Multi-Sensor Fusion|Multi-Sensor Fusion]]. - **Geospatial observation:** [[wiki/ICEYE|ICEYE]], [[wiki/Space Intelligence|Space Intelligence]], and [[wiki/Synthetic Aperture Radar|Synthetic Aperture Radar]]. - **Data-to-decision pattern:** [[wiki/Observation-to-Decision Stack|Observation-to-Decision Stack]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [ICE at Dartmouth](https://www.ice.dartmouth.edu/) - [ICE — Mission](https://www.ice.gov/mission) - [ICEYE — Company history](https://www.iceye.com/company/history) - [Intercontinental Exchange — About](https://www.ice.com/about) - [Ice Open Network — Documentation](https://ice.io/docs) - [ICE Commodity Traceability](https://www.ice.com/iba/commodity-traceability-service) - [U.S. Army — Integrated Collaborative Environment](https://www.army.mil/article/278092/us_army_receives_first_complete_ibcs_delivery) - [U.S. Air Force — AF-ICE](https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/130440/afmc-leads-ice-breaker/)