Centers of Excellence Displays

DHS 2011 Science Conference – Fifth Annual University Summit

Visit the DHS Centers of Excellence Research Innovation Showcase to see demos and discover more than 40 tools, technologies and other capabilities developed by our network of universities and their partners.

Showcase hours of operation
March 30th thru April 1st
7:30am-1:30pm

Guided walk-throughs at the Showcase are available upon request. Please contact Tom Kowalczyk for more information.

You are also invited to attend the
DHS Centers of Excellence Research Innovation Showcase Reception
Sponsored by the DHS Centers of Excellence
Wednesday, March 30th
Renaissance Ballroom East
Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Please RSVP by registering at http://www.usc.edu/esvp using code: DHSCOE

The following tools, educational programs and projects will be demonstrated or highlighted at the DHS Centers of Excellence Research Innovation Showcase:

  • Autonomous Power Station
  • AVATAR Kiosk (Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real-Time)
  • Bus Operator Behavior Awareness Training (BOARD)
  • CAMRA wiki
  • Coastal Radars
  • Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)
  • Evacuation Planning Tool (EPT)
  • FASTeggs
  • Food & Agriculture Sector Criticality Assessment Tool (FAS-CAT)
  • Gang Graffiti Analysis tool
  • Geovisual Analytics for Spatiotemporal Crime Analysis (GeoVISTA CrimeViz)
  • GeoXray tool
  • Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
  • Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis
  • Harbor Acoustic Monitoring
  • High Speed Rail Security
  • Homeland Security Summer Scholar’s Academy
  • Hyperspectral Image Analysis Toolbox (HIAT)
  • In situ Scour Evaluation Probe (ISEP)
  • Large-Scale Evacuation Traffic Models
  • Latest Generation in Coastal Hazard Modeling
  • Layered Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Maritime Domain Awareness Education and Training Program
  • Minorities at Risk for Organizational Behavior (MAROB) dataset
  • Modeling of Explosive Devices on the Human Body
  • MTI Database on Terrorist and Serious Criminal Attacks against Public Surface Transportation
  • Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit (CART)
  • CrimeMap
  • Curriculum Materials on terrorism
  • Electronic Mass Casualty Assessment and Planning Scenarios (EMCAPS)
  • Electro-Optics Surveillance
  • On-Line Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security Analysis
  • Pedestrian Tracking for Video Surveillance
  • Port Operations Modeling for Security Risk Management and Resource Allocation (PortSec)
  • QMRA wiki
  • Rift Valley Fever (RVF) research (vaccines, detection and epidemiology/modeling)
  • Risk Communication Best Practices for the food industry
  • Smart Randomized Monitoring
  • Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI)
  • Society for Disaster Health
  • Software tools for natural language processing
  • Supply Chain Benchmarking Diagnostic Tool
  • Supporting Secure and Resilient Inland Waterways
  • Terrorism & Preparedness Data Resource Center (TPDRC)
  • Terrorism Studies Undergraduate Minor Program
  • Terrorist Organization Profiles (TOPs) dataset
  • Unbiased pathogen detection methods
  • Unmanned Port Security Vessel (UPSV)
  • Visual Analytics Law Enforcement Toolkit (VALET)

The DHS Centers of Excellence bring leading experts and researchers from over 200 universities to conduct multidisciplinary research and education for homeland security solutions. Each Center is led by a university in collaboration with partners from other educational institutions, agencies, laboratories, think tanks and the private sector. The Centers are directly aligned with the DHS Science and Technology Directorate's six divisions, creating linkages between DHS and other customers as well as providing enduring cross-cutting technology and basic research needs for DHS and the nation.

Participating Centers of Excellence and University Partners:

  • Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA)
  • Center for Maritime, Island and Remote and Extreme Environment Security (MIREES)
  • Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
  • Center of Excellence in Command, Control and Interoperability (C2I)
  • Center of Excellence for Awareness & Location of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT)
  • Center of Excellence for Zoonotic and Animal Disease Defense (ZADD)
  • Coast Hazards Center of Excellence (CHC)
  • Kentucky Critical Infrastructure Protection Program (KCI)
  • National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI)
  • National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD)
  • National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER)
  • National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
  • National Transportation Security Center of Excellence (NTSCOE)
  • Southeast Region Research Initiative (SERRI)

For more information about the DHS Centers of Excellence visit: http://www.hsuniversityprograms.org/