Institute for Homeland Security Solutions

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Institute for Homeland Security Solutions

https://www.ihssnc.org/Default.aspx?tabid=36

WORK IN PROGRESS

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“About“

https://www.ihssnc.org/Default.aspx?tabid=54

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IHSS is a collaborative initiative between RTI International, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the North Carolina Military Foundation. Located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Region, IHSS draws upon the expertise of a unique combination of industry-leading applied research organizations, world renowned research universities, and an entrepreneurial private sector that will be required to meet complex research challenges.

IHSS is administered by RTI International and overseen by a Steering Committee with representatives from each collaborating institution.

IHSS is federally funded and coordinates its research activities with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division, a branch of the Science and Technology Directorate.

RTI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Established in 1958 as the Research Triangle Institute, RTI has a distinguished history in scientific research and technology development. RTI continues its mission of improving the human condition by using innovative science to solve homeland security challenges through applied research. RTI’s 3,800 dedicated professionals support projects in more than 40 countries.

The North Carolina Military Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to growing the North Carolina defense and homeland security economy. The Foundation undertakes initiatives that generate new jobs and investment in North Carolina from defense and homeland security industry companies and organizations; convene government, business and academic leaders—who share the common goal of growing the defense and homeland security industry’s presence in North Carolina—with the businesses and organizations that have the potential to invest in the state; seek and create traditional and non-traditional defense and homeland security industry growth opportunities; and connect North Carolina businesses that are seeking employees with North Carolina-based military personnel who are entering the civilian workforce.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leverages resources within federal, state, and local governments, coordinating the transition of multiple agencies and programs into a single, integrated agency focused on protecting the American people and their homeland. The Directorate for Science and Technology is the primary research and development arm of the DHS. It provides federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland. Within the Science and Technology Directorate, the Institute for Homeland Security Solutions supports the Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division. For more information about DHS, please see the following document entitled, “The Top Ten Challenges Facing the Next Secretary of Homeland Security.” ….etc.

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Staff

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Joe Eyerman, Ph.D. – Director for Research and Management

   Joe Eyerman is a senior research methodologist and the director of the RTI Security Program, with more than 16 years of professional experience in the statistical modeling of social behavior and managing large applied research projects.  His substantive interest is in the modeling and analysis of the decision processes related to political behavior, political violence, terrorism, and international and sub-national conflict. His recent methodological work has focused on the relationship between the data collection process and error in population estimates. He has also conducted research on multi-agency coordination, planning, and response to terrorist threats. Dr. Eyerman is an experienced project manager, social science methodologist, and data analyst. In addition to his work with RTI, Dr. Eyerman also serves as an Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State University, where he teaches graduate courses on terrorism and political violence and quantitative research methods. Email: eyerman@rti.org. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area. 

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David Schanzer - Director for Strategy and Outreach

   David Schanzer is the Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, a collaboration between Duke University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and RTI International to promote research and educational initiatives in support of the national counterterrorism and homeland security missions. Schanzer is a Visiting Professor of the Practice of Public Policy Studies at Duke University and teaches courses on post-9/11 security strategy and counterterrorism law and policy at both Duke and UNC Chapel Hill. Prior to these appointments, Schanzer was the Minority Staff Director of the Committee on Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives. He previously served as a staff member and counsel in the United States Senate, the United States Department of Defense, and the United States Department of Justice. …For more information, see http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/PublicPolicy/faculty/schanzer. E-mail: schanzer@duke.edu

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From “The first IHSS Annual Report is available here.” [.PDF]

Steering Committee

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Dr. E. Wayne Holden, Executive Vice President, Statistics, Social, and Environmental Sciences, RTI International

 

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Dr. James N. Siedow, Vice Provost for Research, Duke University

 

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Dr. Tony G. Waldrop, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

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Rear Admiral Paul E. Busick (ret.), North Carolina Military Foundation

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Scientific Advisory Board (6 to 8 members)

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IHSS-Funded Research Briefs

Title & Authors

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Individual’s Perceptions of Terrorist Threats and Support for Select Features of Homeland Security Policies

Eric Finkelstein

Dallas Wood

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Methods for Analyzing Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information for Counterterrorism

John S. Hollywood – A researcher at the RAND Corporation.

 http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/05/10/CNN.html

Kevin J. Strom

 

Mark Pope

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Supply of and Demand for Novel ISP-based Cyber Security Services

Brent Rowe, Michael Gallaher and Douglas Reeves

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Uses of RFID Technology in U.S. Identification Documents (1) (8 years)

Noel Greis and Monica Nogueira

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Economic Models of Terrorism: The Role of Revenge Seeking

Jeremy Bray, Brendan Wedehase, and Vincent Keyes

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Individual Differences in Vigilance Tasks

Robert Hubal and David Newland

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Job Proficiency Work Sample Testing for Critical DHS Jobs and Job Tasks

Jerry Hedge and Robert Hubal

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The American Community Survey and Enhanced Community-Level Social Vulnerability Assessment

John Boos, Lee Rivers Mobley, and Gale Boyd

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Adversarial Risk Analysis

David Banks

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Intelligence and Informatics for Food Safety and Security

Noel Greis and Monica Nogueira

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Can Intuitive Decision Making Improve Homeland Security?

Jerry Hedge and Kimberly Aspinwall

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Multi-Modal Person Identification from Video

Charles Schmitt, Allan Porterfield, Ognjen Arandjelović, Michael Shoffner, and Sean Maher

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Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning Among U.S. States

Jennifer Horney and Rob Lamme

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Deradicalization: A Comparative Study of Literature on Deganging, Deprogramming, and Demobilization

Madeline Morris and Frances Eberhard

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Unintended Consequences of Reducing Border Crossing Wait Times: Security, and Induced Travel Demand

Brooks Depro

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A Systemic Approach to Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methodologies for Civil Infrastructure

Eric Solano

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Effective Communication between U.S. First Responders and Ethnic Communities

Richard Hill, Robert Hubal, and Claire Gowen

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Barriers Faced by Minority Communities in Homeland Security Planning and Response

Toby Moore

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First-Principle Modeling and Prediction of Urban Social Networks Using Persistent Surveillance

Jonathan Protz, Sam Santon, Tim Junio, and Jared Dunnmon

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Identifying Predictive Markers of Individual Differences in Threat Sensitivity

Stephen Mitroff, Ahmad Hariri

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Law Enforcement and Public Health: Models of Cross-Sector Responses to Public Health Emergencies

Maulin Chris Herring and Deborah Fortune

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Simulation & Training Technologies for Counter-terrorism, Evacuation Planning and Disaster Response

Ming Lin and Dinesh Manocha

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3D Scanning for Biometric Identification and Verification 

Anselmo Lastra, Henry Fuchs, Greg Welch, and Ali Farsaie

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The Impact of Emotion in People’s Assessments of and Reactions to Terrorism

Julie Singer

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Adequacy of the Supply of Emergency Medical Professionals

Michael Halpern

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Aging and Top-Down Attentional Control in Visual Search

David Madden and Stephen Mitroff

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Trust Calibration for Automated Decision Aids

Maranda McBride and Shona Morgan

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