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AI & Machine Learning

AI that is measurable, governed, and built for the mission.

From classical machine learning to generative AI and retrieval-augmented assistants, SIS helps organizations move from promising prototypes to evaluated, monitored, and responsibly governed AI capabilities.

Predictive modeling & tabular MLGenerative AI & LLM applicationsRetrieval-augmented generationAgentic workflows
Overview

AI that is measurable, governed, and built for the mission.

Most AI efforts do not fail because of the model. They fail on data readiness, unclear success metrics, missing evaluation, and the gap between a notebook and an operational system. SIS approaches AI as an engineering discipline: define the decision the model supports, establish a baseline, measure honestly, and design for monitoring and human oversight from day one.

Our founder's background in data science and independent verification and validation shapes how we work: every model claim should be testable, every dataset traceable, and every deployment observable.

Focus areas
  • Predictive modeling & tabular ML
  • Generative AI & LLM applications
  • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Agentic workflows
  • Natural language processing
  • Computer vision
What's possible

Capabilities across AI & machine learning.

The technical areas SIS can support, and what each makes possible for your mission.

CAPABILITY 01

Predictive modeling & tabular ML

Classification, regression, and risk scoring on structured data — eligibility, fraud and anomaly flags, demand, and resource forecasting — with explainability built in.

XGBoostscikit-learnSHAPFeature engineering
CAPABILITY 02

Generative AI & LLM applications

Document summarization, drafting assistance, knowledge search, and structured extraction using large language models with guardrails, prompt management, and output validation.

LLMsPrompt engineeringGuardrailsStructured output
CAPABILITY 03

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)

Grounding AI answers in an organization's own policies, manuals, and records — with citations, access controls, and freshness so answers can be checked, not just trusted.

Vector searchEmbeddingsChunking strategyCitations
CAPABILITY 04

Agentic workflows

Multi-step AI assistants that call tools, query systems, and route work — scoped with permissions, approvals, and audit logs so humans stay in control of consequential actions.

Tool useOrchestrationHuman-in-the-loopAudit trails
CAPABILITY 05

Natural language processing

Entity extraction, classification, sentiment, and topic modeling across correspondence, case notes, contracts, and public comments.

NERText classificationTopic modelingOCR pipelines
CAPABILITY 06

Computer vision

Image and video analysis for inspection, change detection, object counting, and document digitization — including imagery from drones and fixed sensors.

Object detectionSegmentationChange detectionEdge inference
CAPABILITY 07

Time-series & forecasting

Workload, capacity, budget-burn, and sensor forecasting with uncertainty ranges so planners see confidence, not just a single number.

ProphetARIMAGradient boostingPrediction intervals
CAPABILITY 08

MLOps & model monitoring

Versioned data and models, reproducible training, automated evaluation gates, drift and performance monitoring, and safe rollback.

MLflowCI/CD for MLDrift detectionModel registry
CAPABILITY 09

AI evaluation, testing & assurance

Test sets, red-teaming, bias and robustness checks, hallucination measurement, and acceptance criteria — applying IV&V discipline to AI systems.

Evaluation harnessRed teamingBias testingAcceptance criteria
CAPABILITY 10

AI governance & responsible AI

Use-case inventories, risk assessments, model cards, documentation, and human-oversight procedures aligned to federal AI guidance and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.

NIST AI RMFModel cardsRisk assessmentTransparency
Mission applications

Where it makes a difference.

Representative ways organizations put these capabilities to work.

Document-heavy workflows

Summarize, classify, and route forms, claims, and correspondence to cut manual triage time.

Knowledge assistants

Give staff a cited, permission-aware assistant over policies, SOPs, and technical manuals.

Risk & anomaly detection

Flag unusual transactions, records, or system behavior for analyst review.

Operational forecasting

Anticipate call volume, workload, maintenance needs, or supply demand.

Imagery analysis

Detect change, damage, or objects of interest in aerial and ground imagery.

Quality & test intelligence

Use ML to prioritize test cases, cluster defects, and predict release risk.

Our approach

A disciplined path from need to outcome.

  1. 01

    Frame the decision

    Define the user, the decision the AI supports, success metrics, and the non-AI baseline.

  2. 02

    Assess the data

    Inventory sources, quality, labeling needs, sensitivity, and access constraints.

  3. 03

    Prototype & evaluate

    Build quickly, then measure against a held-out test set and agreed acceptance criteria.

  4. 04

    Harden & govern

    Add guardrails, documentation, security review, and human-oversight procedures.

  5. 05

    Deploy & monitor

    Ship with monitoring for drift, cost, latency, and quality — and a rollback plan.

Tools & technologies

Technology we work with.

We are tool-agnostic and start from what you already use. Representative technologies:

Modeling

Pythonscikit-learnXGBoostPyTorchTensorFlow

Generative AI

OpenAI / Azure OpenAIAmazon BedrockAnthropic ClaudeOpen-weight modelsLangChain / LlamaIndex

Data & retrieval

SQLAmazon RedshiftPostgreSQL + pgvectorOpenSearchPandas / Spark

MLOps

MLflowSageMakerDockerGit / JenkinsMonitoring dashboards
Standards & frameworks

Aligned to the guidance that matters.

  • NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)
  • Federal AI use-case inventory practices
  • NIST SP 800-53 security & privacy controls
  • Section 508 accessible interfaces
  • Data privacy and PII handling requirements
Questions

Frequently asked.

Can AI run inside a secure or restricted environment?

Yes. Options include government cloud regions, private model endpoints, and open-weight models hosted inside your boundary so data never leaves controlled infrastructure. The right choice depends on data sensitivity and authorization requirements.

How do you know if an AI model is good enough?

We agree on measurable acceptance criteria up front — accuracy, error types that matter, latency, cost — and test against data the model has never seen. For generative AI we add groundedness, citation accuracy, and refusal behavior checks.

Do we need a lot of data to start?

Not always. Many generative AI and RAG use cases work with existing documents. Predictive models need representative historical data; a short data assessment answers this quickly.

How is bias or misuse addressed?

Through documented risk assessment, subgroup performance testing, human review of consequential outputs, access controls, and audit logging — aligned to the NIST AI RMF.