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Tuesday August 21, 2007

 

Plenary Session

Opening Remarks: Dr. Kevin Kremeyer, PM&AM Research and Conference Chair, Welcome and Thank You!

Welcome Remarks: Dr. Leonard Ferrari, Provost and Academic Dean, Naval Postgraduate School, California Homeland Security & Defense Operational Field Experimentation Program

Keynote AddressRobert Hooks, Director of Transition, DHS S&T, S&T Overview and Transition

Presentations:

Matt Clark, Director of University Programs, DHS S&T, DHS University Programs: Research, Education, Integration

Dr. Terry Pierce, Associate Dean for the School of International Graduate Studies, NPS, Homeland Security PhD Program-Disruptive Technology

Ervin Kapos, Director, Operations Analysis, DHS S&T, Operations Analysis and the Homeland Security Institute in Resource Allocation and Utilization

Pete McNall, Deputy Director Unmanned Aircraft Systems, DHS/CBP, CBP Unmanned Aircraft Systems, SW Border Operations

Rolf Dietrich, Deputy Director of Innovation, DHS S&T, S&T Innovation opportunities, HITS/HIPS programs

 

Session A  Chem/Bio I

Co-Chairs: Jason Dunton, Proposals Manager, and Scott Sutherland, Technical Product Manager, GE Homeland Protection

Dr. Marc Colosimo, The MITRE Corporation, Genomics for Bioforensics

Dr. Ron Fricker, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Statistical methods for improving Biosurveillance Systems Performance

Dr. Grace Hwang, The MITRE Corporation, Bio-threat Aircraft Warning System-Plasmonic Sensing of Biological Analytes Through Nanoholes

Dr. Peter Chu, Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Two types of chemical Dispersion in San Diego Bay

Dr. Victoria VanderNoot, Biosystems Research Department, Sandia National Labs, Portable Bioagent Detection Systems for Nat’l Security Applications

Dr. Albert Loui, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sensing volatile organic compounds using a portable device based on piezoresistive cantilever arrays

 

Session B  Communications, Operations and Interoperability & Advanced  Data Analysis I

Chair, Luke Klein-Berdt, Chief Technology Officer, DHS Office for Interoperability and Compatibility, Emergency Response Communications

Dr. John Stine, The MITRE Corporation, The Unique Requirements for Tactical Mobile Wireless Networks

Dr. Gurminder Singh, Professor of Computer Science, NPS, TwiddleNet: Smart phones as Personal Servers for First Responders

Dr. Carol Woody, CERT Technical Staff, Carnegie Mellon University, Assessing the Quality of a Business Process Implemented across Systems of Systems

Dr. Alex Bordetsky, Professor, NPS, Network-Centric TNT MIO Experiments and Testbed: History and Plans

Dr. Kathy Wang, The MITRE Corporation, Using Honeyclients for Detection and Response Against New Cyber Attacks

Hervey Martin-Rude, Senior Test Officer, IEWTD, Intelligence Systems Integration Laboratory at Ft. Huachuca, AZ

James Smith, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, Interoperable Acquisition for Homeland Security

 

Reception  & Poster Presentations

 

Wednesday August 22, morning

 

Session A Maritime, Coastal and Port Security

Chair:  Dr. Wadad Dubbelday, SSC-SD Coordinator SPAWAR

Captain Dave Newton (USCG), Director (acting) Borders and Maritime Security Division, DHS S&T Directorate, DHS S&T Maritime & Cargo Security Program – Requirements & Action

Dr. Russ Graves, The MITRE Corporation, Adaptive Risk Readiness Model Applied to Port Security

Terry Norbraten, Dr. Curt Blais & Wilfredo Cruzbaez, NPS, Perimeter Security Analysis for U.S. Military and Civilian Ports of Interest

George Lane, Southern University, Use of Modified Line-throwing Devices using Compressed Air in Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO) Applications

Dr. Wayne Patterson, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), Electromagnetic Systems Performance Predictions

Dr. Ed Chow, Manager, Information System Projects Office, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Intelligent Autonomous Glider for Long Duration Automatic Coastal Persistent Surveillance

Jim Winso, Space Micro Inc., Geometrically Optimized, Labr3:Ce Scintillation Sensor Array for Enhanced Stand-off Direction Finding of Gamma Radiation Sources

 

Session B Communications, Operations and Interoperability & Advanced Data Analysis II

Chair, Joe Kielman, Basic and Futures Research Program Manager, DHS S&T, Visual and Analytical Research

Professor Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California/Geosemble Technologies, Geospatial Visualization of Multiple Media for Large-Scale Strategic Knowledge Discovery

Dr. Ed Chow, Manager, Information System Projects Office, NASA/JPL, Federated Policy-Based Network Management for Cross Security Domain Operations

Dr. John Aberdeen, Lead Scientist, The MITRE Corporation, Rapidly Retargetable Approaches to De-identification in Medical Records

Tom King, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Visualizing Energy Resources Dynamically On Earth (VERDE)

Nicholas Orlans, The MITRE Corporation, Fingerprint 3x2 Challenge

Dr. Greg Shannon, CounterStorm, Inc., Field Experiences Detecting Threats Via Statistical Content Anomalies

Heidi Buck, SPAWAR, Automated Imagery Analysis for Maritime Domain Awareness

 

Wednesday August 22, afternoon

 

Session A Explosives Threats, Detection, Mitigation, and Response

Chair:  Hacene Boudries, Research and Applications Development Manager, GE Homeland Protection, Explosives Detection

Dr. Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn, Leader of Space Engineering Research and Graduate Program (SpaceED), UC Davis, Distressed Aircraft Recovery Technique (DART)

Edward Lesnowicz Jr., 2Col  USMC (ret), NPS, Application of Multi-Agent Simulation and Analysis Support of TOPOFF exercise

Dr. Shekar Viswanathan, National University, Detecting explosives using an Ultra-High Speed Gas Chromatograph

Dr. Ernesto Cespedes, Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho National  Laboratory’s Explosives Detection and Mitigation Programs

Steve Eng, Booz Allen Hamilton, Thoughts on Detection Requirements

Matthias Frank, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Applied Physics and Biophysics Division , Real-time Detection and Identification of Explosives and Drugs with Single Particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (SPAMS)

 

Session B Emergency Preparedness and Response

Chair:   Dr. Ed Chow, Manager, Information System Projects Office, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Bob Welty, San Diego State University, The importance of University involvement in regional grant submission, community readiness and governance structure

Jim Barnes, Boeing, Santa Susana Field Laboratory, A Philosophy of Response to Radiological Events

Dr. Vythilingam (VJ) Wijekumar, Indiana University of PA, Innovative Education and Training of CBRNE First Responders in Nuclear and Radiological Response Operations

Dr. Ed Chow, Session Chair, Non-kinetic Effects Model for Emergency Preparedness and Response Training Simulation

Dr. Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR SD, On the Need for KASERs in Decision Support for Homeland Security Application

Dr. Aruna Apte & Major Curt Heidtke, NPS, A Prepositioning Model in Anticipation of Natural Disasters

Dr. Susan Heath and Dr. Aruna Apte, Assistant Professors, NPS, Traveling Salesman Subtour Problem for Evacuating Disabled People in Case of Disaster

Dr. Susan Heath, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, NPS, Emergency Personnel Resource Allocation In Mass Casualty Disasters

 

 

Thursday August 23, morning

 

Session A Border Security

Chair:   Don Vincent, Booz Allen Hamilton, Border Security-Adapting for an Adaptive Threat

Captain Dave Newton (USCG), Director (acting) Borders and Maritime Security Division, DHS S&T Directorate, DHS S&T Border Security Program – Requirements & Action

Dr. Neill Symons, Sandia National Laboratories, Experiments and Active and Passive Detection of Small Border Tunnels

Curtiss Padgett, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Preparing Wide Area Imagery for Image Analysts and Automated Processing in Real-time

Jay Nunamaker and Elyse Golob, Director of the UA's Office of Economic and Policy Analysis, University of Arizona, University Research Laboratories and Test Sites for Border Security: Sensors, UAVs, Credibility Assessment and Network Analysis

Steve Payne, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Next Generation Materials for Radiation Detectors

Viswanath (Wish) Krishnamoorthy, Director of Technology, Qynergy Corp., Boron Solid State (BoSSTM) Neutron Detector

 

Session B Infrastructure Protection and Geophysical Applications to Natural Disasters

Chair:   Dr. Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Cmdr. Jim Bounds, National University, How to become Tsunami Ready

Derek Hesse, Idaho National Lab, Critical Infrastructure Protection – Improving Cyber & Control Systems Security

Edward Lesnowicz, Jr., Col  USMC (ret), NPS Application of Multi-Agent Simulation and Analysis Support for the protection of off-shore oil facilities

Dr. Jeffrey Paduan, Associate Professor of Oceanography, NPS, Real time mapping of coastal ocean surface currents: Applications to Search and Rescue and Hazardous Spill Mitigation

Juan Meza, Department Head, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Algorithms for Analyzing Vulnerabilities in the Electric Power Grid

Dr. Budhendra Bhaduri, Oak Ridge National Lab, High Resolution  Population Dynamics Modeling to Assess Human Dependence of Critical Infrastructures

Curtis Papke, Critical Infrastructure Test Range Director, Idaho National Lab, Analyzing  Airborne Options for Emergency Wireless Communications

Dr. Alper Caglayan, Milcord LLC, Bayesian Activity Monitor for Botnet Defense

 

Thursday August 23, afternoon

 

Session A Chem/Bio II

Chair: Raymond Zilinskas, MIIS, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Assessing the Bioterrorism Threat: Problems and Possibilities

Dr. William Samuels, Director, Center for Water Science and Engineering, (SAIC), Integrated Network-Based Models for Spill Response and Homeland Security

LCDR Warren Yu, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Cultivating Innovation to Rapidly Field Web-Based Tools to DOD - Chemical Downwind Forecasts

Matthias Frank, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Applied Physics and Biophysics Division, Exploring rapid screening of human breath for early detection of respiratory disease and counter-terrorism applications

Jeff Mohr, US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Factors Associated with Testing Biological Defense Equipment

Dr. Alexander Asanov, TIRF Technologies, Portable and Handheld TIRF-EC Biosensors. Dynamic DNA and Protein Microarrays for Rapid Detection of Pathogens

Dr. Jay West, Arcxis Biotechnologies, BIOPHALANX: a hand portable discrete monolithic microarray Biothreat Detector  AND Tentacle Probes: discrimination of difficult single nucleotide polymorphisms

Dr. Bob Cherry, CHP, Earth Tech, Emergency Response to Cesium-137 Contamination in a Steel Mill

 

Session B Communications, Operations and Interoperability & Advanced Data Analysis III

Chair: Gene Hayman, Manager of Business Development, Boeing Advanced Air Traffic Management, Next Generation Air Transportation System

Panel discussion:  LMCO, Boeing, Raytheon, CSC

Dr. Bryan Gorman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Innovation, Interoperability, and Homeland Security

Mathias Kölsch, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, NPS, Computer Vision for Automated Video Analysis and Integration

Professor Susan Sanchez, Co-Director SEED Center, NPS, Multi-agent Simulations and  Designs of Experiments for analysis of complex adaptive solutions

Ronald Glaser, Program Manager, Sandia National Laboratories, Trans-enterprise Services Grid SOA for Public Alert and Warning

 

Friday August 24, morning

 

Session A Unmanned Sensor Platforms Land, Sea, Air

Chair: Dr. Ned Allen, Chief Scientist, LMCO Skunkworks

Patrick Murphy, Science and Technology Directorate, Unmanned Systems for Homeland Security

Dave Thomasson, Branch Chief Aircraft/UAV Detection and Development, DHS Science and Technology Special Programs Directorate, DHS S&T Project CHLOE Overview—Sense and Avoid

Dr. Ed Chow, Manager, Information System Projects Office, NASA JPL, Autonomous Sensor Fusion, Event Detection, and Unmanned Platform Retasking

Michael Conners, Executive Advisor, US Government Security, Booz Allen Hamilton; Chairman, Homeland Security Public Policy Subcommittee, AIAA, Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in the Context of the Next Generation of Air Transportation Systems

Fred Edworthy, Aeros, Lighter than Air Technologies

Dr. Demoz Gebre-Egziabher, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of MN Twin Cities, Use of Miniature Aerial Vehicles for Infrastructure  Management and Security

Greg Kogut, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), Intelligent Radiation  Detection and Location from an Unmanned Ground Vehicle; Robotic Systems Pool

Larry Branthoover, DTI VP of OSD Programs, Defense Technologies, Inc., OpenUMI, Common Control for Multiple, Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicles using STANAG 4586 and JAUS standards

 

Session B Human Factors and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Chair:   Dr. Tiffany Lightbourne, DHS S&T Human Factors, Overview of the Human Factors Division in DHS S&T

Professor Bojan Cukic, Co-Director, NSF Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), WVU, Biometrics – Performance, Security, and Social Impact (B-PSSI): A System Level Perspective

Jim Barnes, Boeing -- Santa Susana Field Laboratory, A Short Review of Radiological Terrorism; The Threat and Countermeasures

Dr. Jay Nunamaker & Matthew L. Jensen, University of Arizona, Automatic, Multimodal Evaluation of Human Interaction

Victor Anderson, Supervising Health Physicist, Radiologic Health Branch, California Public Health Department, Equations for Disaster – Annualized Nuclear/Radiological Terrorism Risk Analysis

Dr. Isaac Maya, University of Southern CA CREATE, The Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) at the University of Southern CA