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August 29, 2002
UCSD HOMELAND SECURITY MEDIA BRIEFING
EVENT: UCSD HOMELAND SECURITY MEDIA BRIEFING
DATE/TIME:
10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, September 4, 2002
LOCATION:
San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD campus Directions:
From northbound Interstate 5, exit at G Genesee Avenue and
turn left onto Genesee, turn left onto North Torrey Pines
Road, turn left onto North Point Drive, and follow signs
to a designated parking area.
WEBCAST:
Reporters unable to attend can register for a live webcast
at http://homelandsecurity.ucsd.edu
BACKGROUND:
Thirteen UCSD scientists and policy experts will highlight
areas of research from airport security and blast protection
to wireless sensors and new technologies to detect biological
agents. Experts on disaster communications infrastructure,
cyber attacks via the Internet, and international policy
will also describe their research, including:
- Newly
developed dust-sized chips of "smart" silicon that detect
chemical or biological agents will be discussed.
- A
plan to deploy a monitoring network along 4 miles of
coastline in San Diego County to automatically track
and assess possible security threats
- Results
from full-scale building tests that indicate advanced
composite overlay materials can prevent C-4 explosive
bomb blasts from damaging critical structures.
- Stepped-up
efforts to build a disaster-response telecommunications
network for the San Diego region.
Medical first response to terrorist attacks
UCSD's
research efforts focus on technological applications and
emergency responses to a variety of security concerns and
disaster scenarios. "San Diego is a busy port city and tourist
destination on an international border with large military
installations and a nearby nuclear power plant -- all of
which make us a microcosm of the nation," said Mark Thiemens,
Dean of UCSD's Division of Physical Sciences. "This briefing
is the first of our progress reports explaining how we at
UCSD are mobilizing to provide the tools needed to respond
to terrorist threats."
SPEAKERS:
- Fran
Berman, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Welcome,
- Dr.
Sam Bozzette, School of Medicine
Bioterrorism research at UCSD and the region
- Peter
Cowhey,
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
A security strategy for responding to terrorism
- Dr.
James Dunford, School of Medicine
Medical first response to terrorist attacks
- Bill
Hodgkiss, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Environmental sensor networks
- Erin
Kenneally,
San Diego Supercomputer Center
Fact versus fiction: measuring cyber security risk
- John
Kosmatka,
Jacobs School of Engineering
Extremely lightweight and strong materials for bridges,
reconnaissance drones
and other homeland defense applications
- Jamie
Link, Division of Physical Sciences, Development
of "smart dust" to detect biological and chemical attacks
- Stefan
Savage, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering
The rise of denial-of-service and other Internet attacks
- Tom
Perrine,
San Diego Supercomputer Center
The Internet: terrorist tool or target?
- Ramesh
Rao, California Institute for Telecommunications
and Information Technology
Communications infrastructure for disaster response
- Frieder
Seible, Jacobs School of Engineering
Secure and robust telecommunications networks for crisis
management
- Mark
Thiemens, Division of Physical Sciences
Using atmospheric aerosols to detect bioterrorist attacks
- Mohan
Trivedi, Jacobs School of Engineering
Three “smart vision” projects to detect
terrorist activity
WEB
SITE: http://homelandsecurity.ucsd.edu.
The site compiles graphical and video materials on UCSDÕs
homeland security research activities, as well as news releases,
experts, and other background materials related to the September
11th terrorist attacks. The site also provides information
for reporters about the September 4 media briefing and related
events.
Media
Contacts:
Division of Physical Sciences: Kim
McDonald (858) 534-7572
San Diego Supercomputer Center: Rex
Graham (858) 822-5408
Jacobs School of Engineering: Denine
Hagen, (858) 534-2920,
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