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DHS University Network Research Summit - March 14 - 16, 2007

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Ian Anderson
University at Albany
The Softest of Targets

Timothy A. Bartrand
Drexel University
Dose-Response Modeling of Plague Data Reveals High Level of Dispersion

Hamilton Bean
University of Colorado at Boulder
The Role of Homeland Security Electronic Information Bulletins within Emergency Management Organizations: A Case Study

Smriti Bhagat
Rutgers University
Link-Based Classification of Blogs

Vinayak R. Brahmakshatriya
Texas A&M University, National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
Evaluation in Chickens of a Live Attenuated NS1 Mutant Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) Vaccine

Kimberly Cowden
North Dakota State University
Understanding Risk and Crisis Messaging and Use of Spokespersons with Native and New American Populations

Trey Cunningham
The University of Southern Mississippi
Security Management Training of Intercollegiate Athletic Departments

Shannon H. Degenhart
Texas A&M University, National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
Effectiveness of Train-the-Trainer for Foreign and Emerging Animal Disease Curriculum

Elizabeth Dunn
University of South Carolina
Terrorism’s Spatiality and Identity through Media Content Analysis


Susan Fahey
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START)
Exploring the Situational Determinants of Aerial Hijackings

Megan L. Frisk
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sensing Botulinum Neurotoxin: Microfluidic Platforms Integrating Hydrogel- or SAM-based Elements

Qi Gao
Texas A&M University, Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense Center
Animal Carcass Disposal under Trial Event

Jennifer S. Goldman
Columbia University
The Differential Effects of Collective-level vs. Personal-level Humiliating Experiences

Christian Goulding
Princeton University
Optimal Detection and Identification of a Sudden Change in an Information Pattern

Alexander Gutfraind
Center for Applied Math, Cornell University
A Mathematical Model of Terrorist Organizations

Ashley Howell
The Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events
Risk Analysis of Biological Agents

Rong Hu
Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
Impact of Animal Disease-related Trade Disruption on the U.S. Beef Market

Sungye Kim
Purdue University
Visual Analytics for Emergency Response Using Mobile Devices

Zhicheng Liu
Georgia Institute of Technology, Southeast Regional Visualization and Analytics Center
Jigsaw: Facilitating Investigative Analysis Through Visualization

Hangzai Luo
Charlotte Visualization Center at UNC-Charlotte
Exploring Large-Scale News Video Databases via Visual Analysis

Huseyin Onur Mete
University of Washington
Optimization with Uncertainties for the Location and Allocation of Medical Supplies in an Emergency Situation

Ashley M. Nellis
American University
Does Watching the News Affect Perceived Risk of Terrorism?

Brian Nussbaum
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
Global Cities, Global Threats: The New York Police Department, the London Metropolitan Police Service, and the Internationalization of Municipal Policing for Counterterrorism

Edward Orehek
START Center – University of Maryland
The Quest for Certainty and Social Response to Terrorism

Chi-Chun Pan
The Pennsylvania State University
Automatic Extraction and Geo-spatial Visualization of FEMA National Situation Updates

Jacquelin D. Reed
University of Southern California
A Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Sites in California

C.A. Rossetti
Texas A&M University, Dept of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and National Center for Foreign Animal & Zoonotic Disease Defense
Host and Brucella Gene Expression Biosignatures in an In Vitro Model of Infection

Heather Rosoff
Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorist Events (CREATE), University of Southern California
Estimating the Likelihood of Terrorist Attacks on the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

Randy Rowel
Morgan State University
Low-Income Minorities’ Preparedness, Response and Recovery Experiences During Hurricane Isabel and a Tornado: Were They Ready for the Unexpected?

Aylin D. Sayir
Michigan State University in partnership with Wayne State University
Longitudinal Evaluation of Food Safety Discussion Based Exercises

Brian M. Tomaszewski
Dept. Geography, Northeast Visualization & Analytics Center, Penn State University
Mapping Open-Source Information to Support Crisis Management

M. Douglas Voss
Michigan State University (NCFPD partner under The University of Minnesota)
The Role of Security in the Supplier Selection Decision

Scott Walper
The University of Southern Mississippi
Construction of a Single-chain Fv Antibody for a Bacterial Target-specific Biosensor

Douglas S. Watson
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University and National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
Multiplex Immunoassays for Detection of Antibodies Against Avian Influenza

Mark H. Weir
Department of Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
Effect of Host Species on the Dose Response of Inhaled Bacillus Anthracis Spores

Sungyong Won
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
Rift Valley Fever Virus NSm Protein Inhibits Virus-induced Apoptic Cell Death


Weizhong Zhu
Northeast Visualization and Analytics Center (NEVAC) and College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University
Visual Analysis of Terrorists’ Networks Extracted from the Public Knowledge Bases

Jun Zhuang
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Game Theory and Homeland Security Resource Allocation

 

 
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