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Rutgers University Homeland Security Research Initiative
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Fred RobertsChair, RUHSRIDirector, DIMACS [email protected]
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Concerns about security:
•Physical safety•Transportation•Food and water supply•The fundamental technologies underlying our economic system (communications, computing)•The very working of our modern society
RUHSRI is aimed at coordinating homeland security research at Rutgers.
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Existing efforts at Rutgers in homeland security research are widespread and impressive.
Many could lead quickly to practical R&D programs and new business development.
They could easily form the basis for a dozen major initiatives.
We present a selection of relevant current research.
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SURVEILLANCE/DETECTION
•Biosurveillance/chemosurveillance–Adverse event/bioterrorist attack detection–Pathogen detection (Terahertz (THz) wave imaging; detecting airborne anthrax particles)–Weapons detection/identification (dirty bombs, plastic explosives)–Analysis of massive, high speed data for anomaly/outlier detection–Intelligent question answering (interface between the intelligence analyst and data)–Computational/mathematical models in epidemiology
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SURVEILLANCE/DETECTION-II
•Biometrics–Face, gait, voice, iris recognition–Non-verbal behavior detection (lying or telling the truth?)
•Text Surveillance–Monitoring message streams for “new events”–Statistical methods in textual analysis
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SURVEILLANCE/DETECTION - III
•Sensors–Bioterrorism sensor location
–Sensor networks to monitor bio/chem hazards
–Design of sensors (high sensitivity ZnO sensors; UV detection devices for bio-detection; nanoscale semiconductor sensors)
BASIS bioterrorism sensor
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VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SECURITY•Communication Security
–Network security, mobile and wireless security–Secure communication through tunable adaptive filters–Secure communication through low bit-rate coding–Sharing data–Information privacy–Identity theft–Secure e-commerce
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VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SECURITY - II•Transportation and Border Security
–Transportation infrastructure security (airports, marine terminals, transit hubs)–Pattern recognition for machine-assisted baggage searches–Statistical analysis of flight/aircraft inspections–Port-of-entry inspection algorithms–Border security (decision support software)–Vessel tracking for homeland defense–Pipeline security
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VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SECURITY - III•Food and Water Supply Security
–Regional drinking water security consortium–Food and water biosecurity initiative–Remediating contaminated water–Bioterrorism training (environment & public health)–Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory for highly secure evalution of pathogens (proposed)–Agroterrorism
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RESPONDING TO AN ATTACK
•Exposure/Toxicology–Modeling dose received–Rapid risk and exposure characterization–Toxicology of WMD’s
•Evacuation–Simulating evacuation of complex transportation facilities–Plume modeling to determine areas of risk–Handling patients before ER admission.
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RESPONDING TO AN ATTACK - II•Cleanup
–Monitoring and control for chem/bio attack emergency response–Air and water purification systems–Decontamination of areas affected by chem/bio weapons–Emergency scene management
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RESPONDING TO AN ATTACK - III•Emergency Communications
–Infostations for rapid wireless communication for first responders–Rapid networking at emergency locations–Risk communication methods–Rapid “telecollaboration”
•Legal Responses to Terrorism–Analysis of laws to control or suppress terrorism
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STRENGTHS AT RUTGERS
•Many of the projects described are already receiving external funding.
•There is already substantial partnership with NJ industry (small and large).
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External Funding/Partners•Biosurveillance/chemosurveillance
–$4M external funding
–Funding Sources: NSF, ONR, ARDA, Sloan Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
–Partners: AT&T, AT&T Wireless, Avaya, Lucent, Merck, Telcordia, Princeton Scientific Instruments, state and local health departments, CDC, Los Alamos
•Biometrics
–$4.6M external funding
–Funding Sources: NSF, NSA, ONR, DHS, DARPA, Picatinny Arsenal
–Partners: Avaya, Honeywell, Princeton Plasma Physics, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
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External Funding/Partners•Text Surveillance
–$1.3M external funding
–Funding Sources: NSF, ICMIC (Intelligence Community)
–Partners: AT&T, Avaya, Telcordia, Ornarose Inc. (startup)
•Sensors
–$3.8M external funding
–Funding Sources: NSF, AFOSR
–Partners: Agere, Sarnoff, J&J, Lucent, ExxonMobil, Princeton Optronics, EMCORE, Semandex, NJ Nanotechnology Consortium
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External Funding/Partners•Communication Security
–$4M external funding
–Funding Sources: NSF, US Dept.of Justice, DARPA
–Partners: AT&T, Avaya, HP Labs (Princeton), Lucent, Telcordia, Sarnoff
•Transportation and Border Security
–$3.6M external funding
–Funding Sources: NSF, FAA, ONR, DoD Office of Counterdrug Technology
–Partners: Federal Highway Administration, Port Authority of NY/NJ, NJ Transit, US Coast Guard, US Customs, SAP Corp. (Morristown)
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External Funding/Partners•Food and Water Supply Security
–$3M external funding
–Funding Sources: EPA, USDA, water utilities
–Partners: North Jersey water utilities, NJ DEP, The Nature Conservancy
•Evacuation
–$250K external funding
–Funding Sources: US DOT, ONR, EPA
–Partners: Federal Highway Administration, Port Authority of NY/NJ, NJ Transit
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External Funding/Partners•Cleanup
–$2.2M external funding
–Funding Sources: ARO, EPA, ONR
•Emergency Communications
–$40K external funding
–Funding Source: NSF
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Current external funding for Homeland Security Research at Rutgers (without a coordinated effort of the type the bond issue could provide) is $31M
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Partial List of Partners at RutgersDepartments.: Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, ECE, Civil and Envir. Engineering
Centers: CAIP (Advanced Information Processing), DIMACS (Discrete Math & CS), EOHSI (Environmental & Occupational Health and Safety), WINLAB (Wireless Networking), Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies, Global Change and Governance, CIMIC (Information Management, Integration and Connectivity)
Schools: Engineering, SCILS (Information and Library Sciences), Cook College and NJ Agricultural Experimental Station, Business School, Law School, Criminal Justice
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JOBS, GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Many NJ industries will benefit from work in homeland security:
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, telecom, software development, advanced materials, health care, ...
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JOBS, GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
•Putting telecom researchers in NJ back to work: –Massive data set methods in use by the telecommunications industry will put many telecom researchers to work on homeland security (already starting).–Similarly for network security methods.
•Business Week forecasts a world market for over a trillion sensors by 2010.
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JOBS, GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
•Vulnerability of our computer systems creates many jobs for the software industry.•Expect a great demand for new chemical products to come out of homeland security research•Expect a great demand for new drugs to come out of public health biodefense and bioterrorist attack response.•US Coast Guard estimates cost of Port of Entry Security in Port of NY/NJ will rise to over $7.3B in next 10 years.
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Rutgers University Homeland Security Research Initiative
RUHSRI will put NJ to work.