Homeland Security Projects

Three techniques used to analyze big data are group testing, active learning and community detection.

Rutgers Team Is Applying their ‘Differentially Private Anomaly Detection’ Research to Three Data-Analysis Techniques

Rutgers researchers are applying their research into Differentially Private Anomaly Detection to the data-analysis techniques of group testing, active learning and community detection. [Read more...]

September 30, 2016

CCICADA Solves Crowd-Management Problems at Sports Stadiums, NYC Bus Terminal

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May 25, 2016

Three professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB and NHL) have mandated the use of walk-through metal detectors (also known as magnetometers) to enhance security at sports stadiums and arenas they oversee. Seen here are WTMDs in use by the Oakland Raiders. Photo credit: Oakland Raiders.

How to Protect Large Gatherings from Paris-Style Terrorist Attacks Is Focus of CCICADA Workshop at MetLife Stadium

Security experts gather at MetLife Stadium to discuss how to improve security at sports stadiums and other large venues vulnerable to terrorist attacks [Read more...]

May 18, 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’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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