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Proceedings Published for 2011 DHS S&T University Summit

The Journal of Homeland Security has published the proceedings of the 2011 DHS Science Conference – 5th Annual University Network Summit, focused on Catastrophes and Complex Systems: Transportation. Thirty-seven white papers from the Summit, held March 30–April 1 in Washington, DC, are now available in a special on-line issue published on June 21, 2011 at: Homeland Security Journal DHS University Summit 2011


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2009 SUMMIT ARCHIVE

Summit Materials

Speaker Presentations | Audio Recordings | Fact Sheets

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Tuesday, March 17

Grant Writing Workshop

Matt Clark
Joan Keiser
Linda Naney

Keynote Opening Speaker Bradley Buswell, Acting Under Secretary for Science and Technology (858 KB)
Plenary 1: Human Factors Behavioral Sciences

Topic: Data Needs for Radicalization Studies: Partnering Challenges

Moderator: Rick Lempert

Panel Members:
Gary Ackerman (1 MB)
Marc Sageman
Allison Smith

Plenary 2: Borders and Maritime

Topic: Achieving Border and Maritime Security: Partnership, Collaboration and Integration

Co-Moderators: Jeanne Lin and Theo Gemelas

Panel Members:
Michael Bruno (4.4 MB)
Jay Nunamaker
Jose Riojas
Roy Wilkens (5 MB)

Plenary 3: Centers of Excellence Projects

Research Project: Understanding the Dynamics that Drive IEDs

Panel Members:
Gary LaFree
Allison Smith

Research Project: Port Operations Modeling for Security Risk Management and Resource Allocation (PORTSEC)

Panel Members:
David Cooper
Michael Orosz
George Cummings
Isaac Maya

Keynote Lunch Admiral James Loy (3 MB)

 

Concurrent Panel Sessions 1-5

 
Panel 1: Risk Analysis for Homeland Security Solutions Moderator: Vicki Bier

Panel Members:
James Curren
Richard John
Don Kleinmuntz
Milind Tambe (1 MB)
Panel 2: The Global Terrorism Database: An Expanded and Revised Resource for Understanding Trends in Terrorism

Moderator: Kathleen Smarick

Panel Members:
Charles Blair (4 MB)
Laura Dugan
Gary LaFree
John Wigle

Panel 3: Detection and Rapid Screening in a Border Environment

Moderator: Elyse Golob

Panel Members:
Jason Ackleson
Bojan Cukic (1.4 MB)
John Denver
Jay Nunamaker (1.5 MB)

Panel 4: Sensor Technologies to Support Maritime Domain Awareness

Moderator: Roy Wilkens

Panel members:
Curt Dubay (4.2 MB)
Scott Glenn (4.4 MB)
Buck Sharpton (3.3 MB)
Frank Sisto

Panel 5: Student Research on Social Network Analysis of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism

Moderator: Kate Worboys

Panel Members:
Ian Anderson
David Caspi
James Hendrickson
Alexandra Jordan & Christine Bevc (3 MB)

   
Concurrent Panel Sessions 6-10  
Panel 6: Economic Consequence and Resilience Analysis

Moderator:
Adam Rose

Panel Members:
Brock Blomberg
Carol Mansfield
Bruce McCarl
Kerry Smith
Jeff Werling

Panel 7: Dissent, Extremism, and Terrorism: Understanding the Range of Actors

Moderator:
Kathleen Smarick

Panel Members:
Victor Asal
Joshua Freilich & Steven Chermak (6.3 MB)
Brent Smith (4.1 MB)
Jonathan Wilkenfeld

Panel 8: Interagency Cooperation and Customer-Based Support Approach to Border Security and Immigration

Moderator:
Luis Barker

Panel Members:
Ronald Colburn
Mark Haselkorn
Robert Jacksta
Richard Posthuma

Panel 9: Marine Transportation Systems (MTS) Resiliency and Continuity of Operations

Moderator:
Michael Bruno

Panel members:
Todd Owen
James Rice Jr.
Brian Sauser

Panel 10: Using Stakeholder Input to Develop Multi-Institutional Graduate Education Programs

Moderator:
Curtis Kastner

Panel Members:
Richard Linton & Abbey Nutsch (6.4 MB)

March 18

Keynote Speaker Detlof von Winterfeldt, Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Keynote Speaker Paul Morrissey, Assistant Director, Office of Protective Research, U.S. Secret Service
Plenary 4: Infrastructure Geophysical

Topic: Minimizing Disruptions for a Resilient America 

Moderator: Nabil Adam

Panel Members:
Chris Doyle
Keith Holtermann (1.2 MB)
Gabe Kelen (1.7 MB)
Colonel Merrick E. Krause (1.5 MB)
Gavin Smith (3 MB)

Plenary 5: Explosives

Topic: Basic Research Needs to Address the Counter-IED Threat

Moderator: Doug Bauer

Panel Members:
Ruth Doherty
Robert Dye
Daniel Shevitz
Michael Silevitch
Jimmie Oxley

Plenary 6: Centers of Excellence Projects

Research Project:
The Scientific Basis for the Creation of Medical Surge Capacity

Panel Members:
Gabor Kelen (1.7 MB)
Nitin Natarajan
James Scheulen

Research Project:
Community And Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI)

Panel Members:
Warren Edwards (1 MB)
Tom Wilbanks

Keynote Lunch W. Ross Ashley, III, Assistant Administrator, Grants Programs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
  Gale Rossides, Acting Administrator for the Transportation Security Administration

Concurrent Panel Sessions 11-15

Panel 11: Seeking Partnerships through New Research Initiatives

Moderator:
Rick Luettich

Panel Members:
Jennifer Butler
Margery Overton (2 MB)
Baxter Vieux (3.6 MB)

Panel 12: Infrastructure of the Future

Moderator:
Mila Kennett-Reston

Panel Members:
Michael Accorsi
A.F.M. Anwar (2 MB)
Kevin Hall
George Rossetti

Panel 13: Detection and Surveillance of Biothreats and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Moderator:
Lynn Goldman

Panel Members:
Frank Busta (1.1 MB)
Padmini Ramachandran (1.2 MB)
Richard Rothman

Panel 14: Towards a Comprehensive Counter IED Program: Video Analytics

Co-Moderators:
David Castañon
Michael Silevitch

Panel Members:
John Pearson (3.4 MB)
Jimmie Oxley
Richard Radke (2.9 MB)
Venkatesh Saligrama (2.3 MB)
Mario Sznaier

Panel 15: Intercity Bus and Rail Educational and Training Activities

Moderator:
Michael Tobia

Panel Members:
Vincent Henry
Chris Kozub
Abdul Turay (3.1 MB)


Concurrent Panel Sessions 16-20
Panel 16: Coastal and Ocean Engineering Education: Relative Focus on Natural Disaster

Moderator:
Robert Whalin

Panel Members:
Bob Dean (4.1 MB)
Billy Edge (2.1 MB)

Panel 17: Improving Security and Reducing Vulnerabilities in Transportation

Moderator:
Amy Donahue

Panel Members:
Frances Edwards
Carol Lewis

Panel 18: Community Resiliency

Moderator:
Lynn Goldman

Panel Members:
Terri Adams-Fuller
(1.3 MB)
Thomas Kirsch
Kathleen Tierney

Panel 19: Toward a Comprehensive Counter-IED Program

Moderator:
Jimmie Oxley
Co-Moderator:
Rich Moro

Panel Members:
Robert Lieberman
William Marinelli
Arun Shukla

Panel 20: Infrastructure Resiliency

Moderator:
Michael Matthews

Panel Members:
Mustafa Altinakar (3.5 MB)
Frank DeNap (1.5 MB)
Warren Edwards

March 19

Keynote Speaker Harold J. Raveché, President of Stevens Institute of Technology
Keynote Speaker Rear Admiral Wayne E. Justice, Assistant Commandant for Capability, U.S. Coast Guard
Plenary 7: Command, Control and Interoperability

Topic: Coast Guard, Port and University Co-Creation of Regional Research for Enhanced Maritime Security and Societal Resilience

Moderator: Joe Kielman

Panel Members:
Suzanne Englebert
Mark Haselkorn
Gael Tarleton

Plenary 8: Chemical and Biological

Topic: Research Needs of the Chemical and Biological Division

Moderator: Keith Ward

Panel Members:
Neville Clarke (1.6 MB)
Chuck Haas
Pete Pesenti (2.6 MB)

Plenary 9: Centers of Excellence Projects

Research Project: Food Agriculture Sector Criticality Assessment Tool (FAS-CAT)

Panel Members:
John Hoffman
Paul Williams

Research Project:
Industry Applications of Modeling Catastrophic Disease Effects in Confined Livestock Operations

Panel Members:
Neville Clarke
Bruce McCarl
Ross Wilson (1.8 MB)

Research Project:
Future Needs and Uses for Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA)

Panel Members:
Stephen Morse
Stig Regli
Alan Roberson

Keynote Lunch David V. Aguilar, Chief, United States Border Patrol
  Harold Schmitz (1.5 MB), Chief Science Director, Mars Inc.

Concurrent Panel Sessions 21-25

Panel 21: Consequence Modeling for Systems-Based Infrastructures

Moderator:
Frank Busta

Panel Members:
Emma Hartnett
John Hoffman
Mike Orosz (2.6 MB)
Fred Roberts (1.3 MB)

Panel 22: Biological Systems for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Defense

Moderator:
Gary Snowder

Panel Members:
Garry Adams (5.1 MB)
Tammy Beckham (1.3 MB)
George Bettinger
Mike McIntosh

Panel 23: Advancing Exposure Science

Moderator:
Chuck Haas

Panel Members:
Ryan Austin
Patrick Gurian
Syed Hashsham (1.2 MB)
Mark Weir (2 MB)

Panel 24: Research to Reality

Moderator:
David Ebert (1.2 MB)

Panel Members:
Alan MacEachren 
William Pike
William Ribarsky & Remco Chang (2 MB)

Panel 25: Critical Pathways to 21st Century National Security Careers

Moderator:
Van Reidhead

Panel Members:
Lenora Peters-Gant
Sandra Hansmann & Xi Chen (1.8 MB)
Jason Ackleson & Justin Kastner
Anne Ohlrich
Raphael Isokpehi
Edu Suarez-Martinez (1.9 MB)


Concurrent Panel Sessions 26-30
Panel 26: Risk Communication as an Intervention Strategy

Moderator:
Timothy Sellnow (2.3 MB)

Panel Members:
Anthony Flood
Robert Littlefield
Matthew Seeger

Combined Panel Presentation (2.3 MB)

Panel 27: Models and Databases for Decision-Makers on Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Diseases

Moderator:
Neville Clarke

Panel Members:
John Hoffman
Mark Teachman
Jim Wall (1.4 MB)

Panel 28: Advancing Consequence Modeling and Decision-Making

Moderator:
Chuck Haas

Panel Members:
Jade Mitchell-Blackwood
Patrick Gurian
Tao Hong
Yin Huang
Toru Watanabe
Mark Weir

Panel 29: Visual Analytics and Discrete Science Integration into the DHS Center of Excellence Program

Moderator:
David Ebert (3.8 MB)

Panel Members:
Mark Haselkorn (1.4 MB)
Bill Ribarsky & Remco Chang (1.2 MB)

Panel 30: Student Research in Visual Analytics For A Safer Nation

Moderator:
Alan MacEachren

Panel Members:
Carsten Görg
Ross Maciejewski (9.2 MB)
Brian Tomaszewski (3.2 MB)

 

Fact Sheets
DHS Centers of Excellence (COE)
Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD)
National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD)
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER)
Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA)
University Affiliate Centers to the Institute for Discrete Sciences (IDS-UACs)
Regional Visualization and Analytics Centers (RVACs)
Southeast Region Research Initiative (SERRI)
Maritime, Island and Port Security (MIPS)
Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management (NDCIEM)
Border Security and Immigration (BSI)
Awareness & Location of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT)
National Transportation Security Center of Excellence (NTSCOE)

For more information about each of the Centers, please follow the links below:

National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)

National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD)

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER)

National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD)