Mathematical modeling Archives

New CINA-CCICADA Project: Early Warning about Criminal Supply Chain Disruption

In the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, the FBI and U.S. Secret service issued a press release detailing the potential for dramatic increases of novel types of [Read more...]

November 22, 2021

DHS Awards New Center to a Team Involving CCICADA

Rutgers University is part of a new Center of Excellence (COE) selected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Engineering Secure Environments from Targeted [Read more...]

November 15, 2021

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

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

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

CCICADA and the Cicada: What’s the Connection?

Rutgers Professor Nina Fefferman and CCICADA Director Fred Roberts explain the symbolic relationship of cicada insect to CCICADA's advanced data analysis. [Read more...]

February 24, 2016

REU Students Test Walkthrough Metal Detectors Used at Sports Stadiums

Undergraduate students test the accuracy of walkthrough metal detectors as part of CCICADA's homeland-security education program at Rutgers University. Their findings could make sports stadiums safer from terrorist attacks. [Read more...]

September 29, 2015

Morgan State Prof Wins Award for Homeland Security Education and Research

Dr. Ahlam Tannouri receives the special faculty award for homeland-security research and education accomplishments at Morgan State University. [Read more...]

September 25, 2015