Homeland Security Projects

CCICADA Works Closely with Law Enforcement to Prevent Sex Trafficking of Children

CCICADA’s Proprietary Algorithms Sort through Millions of Bits of Online Data, Sniffing Internet Ads for Clues Thwarting one of the world’s fastest growing criminal [Read more...]

May 9, 2014

A Coast Guard vessel prepares to board a fishing boat to inspect its compliance with fisheries regulations.

Fisheries Enforcement: US Coast Guard Is Sharpening Enforcement Tools with Big-Data Help from CCICADA

With 3.4 million square miles of ocean to patrol and protect, the US Coast Guard faces perhaps the most daunting task of any agency tasked with protecting the American public [Read more...]

December 20, 2013

Superstorm Sandy: CCICADA Leads Post-Sandy Research

From the CCICADA Newsletter, May-June 2013 issue Notes from the Director October 29, 2012. Those of us in New Jersey, our neighboring states and the full stretch of the [Read more...]

June 1, 2013

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Flood Mitigation on the Raritan River: A FEMA Region II Project at CCICADA and the NTSCOE

An overwhelming majority of the emergency response efforts addressed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency involve flood related issues. Therefore, understanding flood [Read more...]

September 1, 2012

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FACT SHEET: Flood Mitigation and Other Projects with FEMA

Overview CCICADA is involved in several projects in partnership with FEMA Region II (which covers NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). CCICADA research and methods [Read more...]

January 1, 2012

Fact Sheet: Prevention of Sex Trafficking of Children

Overview The abhorrent practices of human slavery and forced prostitution and child labor still exist in the modern world of the twenty-first century. Under the general [Read more...]

January 1, 2012

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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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