ICATHS 2004

Thursday, August 12, 2004
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Opening Keynote Hon. Rob Simmons, U.S. Congressman
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
*ITE Auditorium* *SESSION A1: POLICY & TECHNOLOGY* Security: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why Bruce Schneier, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Counterpane Internet Security The Next Three Technology Revolutions That Could Help With Homeland Security and Why We May Miss Them John. G. Voeller, Chief Technology Officer, BV Solutions Group and White House Fellow, Office of Science & Technology Policy Technology Adoption and Emergency Responders: Opportunities and Challenges Amy K. Donahue, Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Homeland Security, NASA Technologies for Emergency Response Nancy Suski, Emergency Preparedness & Response Directorate, DHS	*Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center* *SESSION A2: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY* Technologies that Mitigate the “Security vs. Individual Privacy” Tradeoff Mikhail “Mike” Atallah, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University Agent-based Approach to Modeling Behavioral and Social Impact of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism Alok Chaturvedi, Homeland Security Institute, Purdue University On Secure and Fault-Tolerant Usage of Biometric Data for Cryptographic Purposes Yevgeniy Dodis, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, New York University Malicious Cryptography Adam L. Young, Research Scientist, Cigital Labs
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Free) South Campus, Rome Ballroom
1:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
*ITE Auditorium* *SESSION B1: POLICY & FUNDING* Advanced Sensors for Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Applications Edward Carapezza, Program Manager, Advanced Technology Office, DARPA Trends at NSF: From Sensors and Sensor Networks to Protection of Critical Infrastructures Esin Gulari, Division Director, Division of Chemical & Transport Systems, NSF Federal Homeland Security R&D Funding for 2005 Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS	*Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center* *SESSION B2: BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS* Epigenetics, Genome Instability, and Low Dose Radiation Exposure Randy Jirtle, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center Electrochemical Detection of Biological Agents Kalle Levon, Professor and Associate Dean of Research & Intellectual Property, Polytechnic University Public Health Preparedness, A Semantic Approach Parsa Mirhaji, M.D., Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Informatics Research, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
3:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
*ITE Auditorium* *SESSION C1: SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE I* Basic Science Leading to Engineered Systems for Homeland Security David L. Miller, Director – Physical Sciences, Energy and Environmental Sciences Division, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Response Equipment (SAVER) Program Don Dickson, Executive Director, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University Critical Infrastructure Protection Research & Development John C. Cummings, Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection R&D, DHS Homeland Security Technology of Today: Performance of the Here and Now Peter Nacci, Visiting Scientist, Office of Domestic Preparedness, U.S. Justice Department	*Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center* *SESSION C2: SENSORS I* 3D Object Sensing, Imaging, and Recognition for Homeland Security Bahram Javidi, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut Recent Advances in Sensor Technology with Applications to Homeland Security Braham Himed, Senior Research Engineer, Sensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory Advanced Aerosol Sampling Technologies for Homeland Security Biodetection Edward W. Stuebing, Team Leader, Aerosol Sciences, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center A National Program Against Terrorism with WMDs Alexander N. Rossolimo, President, Strategy Associates International
7:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner (Free) South Campus, Rome Ballroom
Friday, August 13, 2004
7:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
*ITE Auditorium* *SESSION D1: SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE II* DARPA's Pre- and Post-Conflict Stability Operations (P2COP) R&D Thrust Robert Popp, Special Assistant to the Administrator, DARPA Dual Benefit Solutions for Homeland Security Ruth A. David, President and Chief Executive Office, ANSER Speed, Range and Bearing: Bridging the Gap Between Technology and First Response to Counter Biological Threat Agents Francisco F. Roberto, Senior Consulting Scientist, Biotechnology Department, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory	*Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center* *SESSION D2: SENSORS II* Inference Techniques for Threat Prediction Clay Stanek, ANZUS, Inc. Improving Public Safety Wireless Communications and Interoperability Dereck Orr, Chief of Staff, SAFECOM, Science and Technology Directorate, DHS
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
*ITE Auditorium* *SESSION E1: SENSORS II* Security Assurance for Dynamic Coalitions Chip Phillips, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army and Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U.S. Military Academy, West Point Comparative Analysis of Techniques Used in Fusion of Multi-sensor Imagery Firooz Sadjadi, Staff Scientist, Lockheed Martin Sniffers: Aerodynamic Sampling for Chemical and Biological Trace Detection Gary Settles, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Gas Dynamics Lab, Penn State University	*Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center* *SESSION E2: POLICY & EDUCATION* Undergraduate Research Projects in Homeland Security Vincent Wilczynski, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Putting the "Homeland" in Security Studies: A Way Ahead for Strategic Studies in Homeland Security Joseph Vorbach, III, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Academy The TOPOFF (T3) Exercise Program as Connecticut's Preparedness Classroom: Using Human Performance technology and Continuous Process Improvement Models to Maximize Educational Opportunities in an International Action Learning Environment Robert McGarry, Program Manager, First Responder Program; and Neal Olderman, Program Manager, Exercises and Evaluation Program, Connecticut Homeland Security Education Center