US Coast Guard Archives

CCICADA’s MCAT Project Scenario Realized in Port of New York/New Jersey Ship Fire

Fire on the Grande Costa D’Avorio Fire on the Grande Costa D’AvorioCredit: U.S. Coast Guard The Italian-flagged Grande Costa D’Avorio is a RORO (“roll-on roll-off”) [Read more...]

April 29, 2024

ADAC, CCICADA and CREATE Organize a Workshop on the Suez Canal Incident: Implications for the Global Maritime Supply Chain

When the container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal in the morning of March 23, 2021, the incident led to some significant short-term supply- chain impacts and [Read more...]

July 22, 2021

CCICADA’s Delaware River and Bay Simulator Aids Coast Guard in Making Vessel Traffic Safer

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April 19, 2021

To Thwart Hoax Distress Calls, the Coast Guard R&D Center Has Partnered with Carnegie Mellon Researchers

The US Coast Guard is using voice-forensics data from Carnegie Mellon researchers so they can find and prosecute hoax distress callers who trigger expensive search-and-rescue missions. [Read more...]

November 14, 2016

Maritime Experts Gather to Define Cyber-Security Research Challenges

The US Coast Guard releases its first "Cyber Security" report at the Maritime Cyber Research Summit in California where experts gathered to develop research questions. [Read more...]

September 29, 2015

CCICADA Delivers Advanced Boat Allocation Module to US Coast Guard to Help Agency Make Best Use of its Fleet

Coast Guard Faces Big Challenge in Allocating and Sharing More than 1,500 Boats across 400 Stations CCICADA Director Fred Roberts delivers the BAM II User Manual and Guide to [Read more...]

June 24, 2015

CCICADA Receives Homeland Security Best Paper Award at the 2015 Institute of Industrial Engineering Conference and Expo

Award Given for ‘Optimal US Coast Guard Boat Allocations with Sharing’ The Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE) has selected the CCICADA research paper ‘Optimal US [Read more...]

June 22, 2015

CCICADA Helps Coast Guard Make Best Use of Scarce Resources

CCICADA’s mathematical modeling tools help the USCG make optimal use of its boats and planes to guard the nation’s coastal areas amid shrinking budgets. [Read more...]

April 17, 2015

Melting Ice, Oil Spills Complicate USCG Arctic Strategy

CCICADA Researchers Use Complex Algorithms to Analyze Millions of Variables By Rebekah A. Mullaney The Coast Guard Cutter “USCGC Healy”, the USCG’s newest and [Read more...]

December 18, 2014

CCICADA’s Homeland Security Partnership with the US Coast Guard Brings Commandant Zukunft to Rutgers University for a Visit

Admiral Paul F. Zukunft (center), US Coast Guard Commandant, and Dr. Matthew Clark (right), Director, DHS Office of University Programs, listen as CCICADA Director Fred [Read more...]

October 15, 2014