News Center

In the CCICADA News Center, you’ll find links to our events, projects, research, and education. Here’s what’s in each category:

Events: Listings of upcoming events and links to register to attend those events.
Projects: News about CCICADA related projects
Research: News about research projects our partners are pursuing.
Education: News about educational opportunities of interest to CCICADA partners

Lessons learned from the successful fight to contain Ebola can be applied to the fight against the Zika virus. Shown here is a common American mosquito that can carry the Zika virus. Photo credit: Day Donaldson, Flickr, Creative Commons.

Fight Against Zika Virus to Benefit from Ebola Math Models

The lessons learned from using mathematical models to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa can be applied to the fight against the Zika virus, a Senegal workshop found. [Read more...]

May 5, 2016

Simulation of Container Inspection at Port Elizabeth, NJ for CBP

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April 22, 2016

Lockstep’s Stephen Wilson on a More Secure Approach to Cyber Identity

Lockstep’s Stephen Wilson explains how his company will implement a prototype authenticated smart-phone technology to verify the credentials of emergency responders in the field. This will speed up response times dramatically. [Read more...]

April 11, 2016

CCICADA Homeland Security News, April 2016

The lead story in this issue of Homeland Security News explains how CCICADA researchers are working to “randomize” inspection procedures at sports stadiums and other large venues to enhance security. [Read more...]

April 11, 2016

CCICADA’s Research Team “Is on the Front Lines” of Homeland Security Research

Inside Jersey magazine recently profiled CCICADA Director Fred Roberts, saying he and his Center are “on the front lines of the nation’s homeland security mission.” [Read more...]

March 31, 2016

The world prayed for Paris following the November 13, 2015 terror attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more. Photo credit: Tobias Theiler (Flickr, Creative Commons)

After Paris Terror Attacks, Sports Venue Security Directors Turn to CCICADA for Answers

CCICADA is researching how to use coordinated randomization in screening procedures at sports stadiums and other large venues to make security protocols less predictable. [Read more...]

March 23, 2016

The new identify-verification technology being developed by CCICADA and its partners will speed disaster-relief response times following natural disasters and terrorist attacks. In this photo, a US Navy sailor carries a child during a multi-national response to the 2010 earthquake that flattened Haiti. Photo credit: Flickr, Creative Commons, DVIDSHUB

CCICADA Launches ID Verification Project to Speed Responses to Natural and Terrorist Disasters

CCICADA’s new credentialing verification project will speed responses to natural and manmade disasters by developing a smart-phone technology enabling incident managers to instantly and safely verify the identities and credentials of first responders. [Read more...]

March 22, 2016

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The Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis—was founded as a US Department of Homeland Security University Center of Excellence and is led by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. CCICADA uses advanced data analysis and systems to address natural and manmade threats to the safety and security of the American people. CCICADA’s work is carried out by researchers and students with 17 partner institutions.

CCICADA and the VACCINE Center at Purdue University together formed the DHS Center for Visual and Data Analytics (CVADA).

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