The document discusses a proposed mobile early warning system called Nomad EyesTM to detect and prevent nuclear terrorism. It argues that terrorism relies on networks and readily available technology. Radiation attacks are attractive due to their ability to cause social and economic disruption even without loss of life. The system would use mobile and wireless sensors to detect suspicious movements and shipments of radioactive and conventional materials. Data would be analyzed using various techniques like sensor fusion, graph theory, and gaming to identify potential threats while also providing emergency response capabilities. The goal is to develop a flexible, low-cost, and disruptive counterterrorism system.
Cyber defense: Understanding and Combating the ThreatIBM Government
The broad subject of cyber defense makes it just as difficult to achieve. Learn about IBM solutions and SPADE conference insights on the subject of cyber defense which includes both cyber terrorism and the larger umbrella "cyber threat," and the best ways to combat them.
This document provides an overview of cyber weapons. It defines cyber weapons as computer code used to threaten or cause harm to systems or living beings. Cyber weapons have two components - a penetration component to gain access to targeted systems, and a payload component to achieve intended effects like data destruction. Characteristics of cyber weapons include their dual-use nature for intelligence and attacks, difficulty in attribution, and potential for unintended consequences. The document discusses various definitions of cyber weapons and elements that comprise cyber weapons like vulnerabilities, exploits, and propagation methods. It also outlines the unique features of cyber weapons in cyberspace.
CYBERWAR: THE NEXT THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITYTalwant Singh
Cyber is a real threat and we can not keep our eyes shut to the same. Most of the countries surrounding us are involved in cyberwar covertly and we need to take steps to counter the same at the earliest.
This document is an instructor guide for the Oracle9i PL/SQL programming language. It provides an overview of PL/SQL and its benefits, describes PL/SQL concepts like variables, data types, control structures, exceptions, and subprograms (procedures and functions). It also discusses how to interact with the Oracle database using PL/SQL. The guide contains examples and practice exercises for learning how to program with PL/SQL.
La primera invasión inglesa en el río del la plataAnisodontea Lula
Este documento describe la primera invasión inglesa al Río de la Plata en 1762/63, liderada por la colonia portuguesa de Colonia del Sacramento. La colonia era un punto estratégico para el contrabando inglés y Portugal era aliado de Inglaterra. Pedro de Cevallos, gobernador de Buenos Aires, lideró la defensa exitosa contra la invasión. El documento también proporciona antecedentes históricos sobre las disputas entre España, Portugal e Inglaterra por el control de la región.
Brian Puerling presents on teaching in the digital age with smart tools for early learners. He discusses current issues around technology use in early education and provides examples of how teachers have integrated technology into their classrooms, including book publication, blogging, video conferencing with authors, and more. He emphasizes that technology should be used as one tool among many to enhance learning and development.
Cyber defense: Understanding and Combating the ThreatIBM Government
The broad subject of cyber defense makes it just as difficult to achieve. Learn about IBM solutions and SPADE conference insights on the subject of cyber defense which includes both cyber terrorism and the larger umbrella "cyber threat," and the best ways to combat them.
This document provides an overview of cyber weapons. It defines cyber weapons as computer code used to threaten or cause harm to systems or living beings. Cyber weapons have two components - a penetration component to gain access to targeted systems, and a payload component to achieve intended effects like data destruction. Characteristics of cyber weapons include their dual-use nature for intelligence and attacks, difficulty in attribution, and potential for unintended consequences. The document discusses various definitions of cyber weapons and elements that comprise cyber weapons like vulnerabilities, exploits, and propagation methods. It also outlines the unique features of cyber weapons in cyberspace.
CYBERWAR: THE NEXT THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITYTalwant Singh
Cyber is a real threat and we can not keep our eyes shut to the same. Most of the countries surrounding us are involved in cyberwar covertly and we need to take steps to counter the same at the earliest.
This document is an instructor guide for the Oracle9i PL/SQL programming language. It provides an overview of PL/SQL and its benefits, describes PL/SQL concepts like variables, data types, control structures, exceptions, and subprograms (procedures and functions). It also discusses how to interact with the Oracle database using PL/SQL. The guide contains examples and practice exercises for learning how to program with PL/SQL.
La primera invasión inglesa en el río del la plataAnisodontea Lula
Este documento describe la primera invasión inglesa al Río de la Plata en 1762/63, liderada por la colonia portuguesa de Colonia del Sacramento. La colonia era un punto estratégico para el contrabando inglés y Portugal era aliado de Inglaterra. Pedro de Cevallos, gobernador de Buenos Aires, lideró la defensa exitosa contra la invasión. El documento también proporciona antecedentes históricos sobre las disputas entre España, Portugal e Inglaterra por el control de la región.
Brian Puerling presents on teaching in the digital age with smart tools for early learners. He discusses current issues around technology use in early education and provides examples of how teachers have integrated technology into their classrooms, including book publication, blogging, video conferencing with authors, and more. He emphasizes that technology should be used as one tool among many to enhance learning and development.
Nomad Eyes is an architecture for early warning, prevention, and response to threats. It uses both inverse and forward reasoning to detect anomalies within predictable systems and unstable patterns within nonlinear systems. The fundamental model is based on using different approaches like total isolation, vaccination, camouflage, and understanding the enemy. It aims to create associations that match expected sequences of activity consistent with planned terrorist attacks. A key principle is to create models from the attacker's perspective to treat information flow as an encrypted process.
This document discusses the Nomad Eyes project, which aims to use a network of mobile sensors and the general public to detect and prevent nuclear terrorism through early warning. The project would distribute radiation sensors that can attach to mobile phones to collect and transmit data. Games and advertising would encourage public participation. Collected data would be analyzed using graph theory and Bayesian methods to identify potential terrorist planning and threats. In the event of an attack, the network could quickly notify the public and route them to safety. The current status describes sensor prototypes, public engagement design, and network/database software development. The goal is to move terrorism prevention and response capabilities out of secure facilities and into the hands of the general public.
Back to the future - cyber security, privacy and visions of the futureb coatesworth
Back to the future. A retrospective look through the crystal ball at 6 Cyber security predictions from the rise Intrusion prevention to the loss of privacy
This document discusses politics and power in cybersecurity. It notes that most countries focus on passive or kinetic cyber capabilities through intelligence and military organizations. However, true innovation is in cognitive cyber effects that manipulate information to change thoughts and behaviors. The largest risk is using cyber-enabled information warfare to erode trust in societies. Offensive cyber toolchains have a distinct political architecture, and case studies show how code reuse reveals political semantics. Cyberspace is a continuously contested territory where control of data and assets does not overlap and is hard to ensure. Nation state sovereignty in cyberspace is declining as the environment becomes more contested.
This document summarizes a presentation about transmission security and failures in large systems. It discusses how the 9/11 Commission identified four kinds of failures that contributed to the 9/11 attacks. It also notes that while security has always been a priority for the electricity sector, it is an even greater priority now. The document warns that the likelihood of hidden failures increases as the number of components in a large system increases.
1) The document discusses the evolving nature of cyber security threats and how both nations and individuals are vulnerable due to increased connectivity and interdependence on internet-connected systems and infrastructure.
2) It notes that as critical systems like elections and power grids become networked and accessible online, national security will require addressing potential cyber attacks.
3) The document examines different types of cyber attacks and challenges like attribution, and argues that governments need to take cyber security seriously and invest appropriately in defenses given their growing reliance on digital technologies.
This document reviews cryptography techniques to secure the Ad-hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol in mobile ad-hoc networks. It discusses various types of attacks on AODV like impersonation, denial of service, eavesdropping, black hole attacks, wormhole attacks, and Sybil attacks. It then proposes using the RC6 cryptography algorithm to secure AODV by encrypting data packets and detecting and removing malicious nodes launching black hole attacks. Simulation results show that after applying RC6, the packet delivery ratio and throughput of AODV increase while delay decreases, improving the security and performance of the network under attack.
Cyber Training: Developing the Next Generation of Cyber AnalystsBooz Allen Hamilton
Part of the solution involves identifying and recruiting top thinkers into the field of cybersecurity, but the more immediate challenge is ensuring that cyber professionals have access to the training and information they need to keep their cyber intelligence analysis skills relevant and effective. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of the threat, education and training must be continuous, and this document focuses on strategies and best practices for developing a cyber force that maintains America’s position as a global leader in the information age.
This document provides a detailed syllabus for an Information Security course. It includes 5 units: Introduction, Security Investigation, Security Analysis, Logical Design, and Physical Design. The Introduction unit covers the history of information security and computer security. It defines key concepts like confidentiality, integrity, availability, and the CIA triangle. It also discusses security models and the components of an information system. The other units will cover topics like risk management, access control, security standards, cryptography, and physical security controls.
This document provides a detailed syllabus for an Information Security course. It covers 5 units:
1) Introduction - Provides a history of information security and an overview of key concepts like the CIA triangle of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability.
2) Security Investigation - Covers the need for security, threats, attacks, and legal/ethical issues.
3) Security Analysis - Focuses on risk management, access controls, and information flow.
4) Logical Design - Addresses security policies, standards, security architecture design and planning continuity.
5) Physical Design - Covers security technologies, intrusion detection systems, cryptography, access controls, physical security and personnel security
The document discusses applying geospatial representation and forecasting models to improve chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense. It proposes integrating CBRNE prediction, detection, and countermeasures with geospatial analysis. This would allow incorporation of mobile, wireless, and portable technologies. The goal is a smooth transition between combat, post-combat and civilian CBRNE situations. Challenges include differences between field and domestic environments and issues with sensors. The document outlines several proposed technologies, including the Nomad Eyes architecture for distributed sensor deployment using inverse modeling. It also discusses the ADaM software for real-time data processing and sensor devices like the portable OPA for chemical detection.
This document outlines Professor Matt Warren's presentation on future security research topics. It discusses the development of security research and identifies five current hot topics: malware, mobile technology, cloud security, virtualization/visualization, and privacy/security in social media. Potential areas for future research are identified, such as those relating to national broadband, cloud computing, mobile technology, and health informatics. Smart grid security is provided as a specific example for a potential research project proposal.
Models of Escalation and De-escalation in Cyber ConflictZsolt Nemeth
The cyber insecurity conundrum cuts across all things digital or networked. How can we prioritize defensive efforts across such a vast domain? This talk will describe a framework for engineering systems and policymaking based on the work factors for cyber attack and defense. After developing the work factor concept, it will be illustrated in several examples
SECURITY IN LARGE, STRATEGIC AND COMPLEX SYSTEMSMarco Lisi
Lesson on "Security in large, Strategic and Complex Systems" at the "Master di II Livello" in "Homeland Security" -
Università degli Studi Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, A. A. 2012-2013
Francesca Bosco, Le nuove sfide della cyber securityAndrea Rossetti
The document discusses cybersecurity threats and issues. It notes that many nations and non-state actors now have sophisticated cyber capabilities, and that cyber attacks are becoming more advanced, targeted, and potentially damaging. The document warns that nations are increasingly dependent on digital networks and systems, so major cyber attacks could significantly disrupt economies and undermine confidence in digital systems and services.
The document describes the I3BAT and Nomad Eyes systems, which are designed to incorporate terrorist thinking and tactics to help prevent terrorist attacks. Nomad Eyes would involve widely distributing sensors and collecting data using mobile phones and other devices. This data would then be analyzed using statistical and mathematical models to identify patterns that could link people, objects, and events and help forecast terrorist plans and activities. The goal is for the general public to help detect threats through passive and anonymous data collection using everyday devices to supplement formal security and law enforcement efforts.
Ensuring Privacy in opportunistic NetworkIOSR Journals
This document discusses ensuring privacy in opportunistic networks. It begins by defining opportunistic networks and how they differ from mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) in their lack of constant connectivity between source and destination. The document then outlines some common attacks on opportunistic networks like viruses and worms. It proposes using public-private cryptography techniques like encryption and decryption to ensure privacy of user data as it is forwarded through intermediate nodes in opportunistic networks. The algorithm is implemented in the NS2 network simulator to test maintaining privacy while still allowing opportunistic forwarding of messages.
Iurii Garasym. The future crimes and predestination of cyber security. Though...IT Arena
Iurii Garasym, Director of Corporate Security at ELEKS and President of Cloud Security Alliance Lviv Chapter
The future crimes and predestination of cybersecurity. Thoughts aloud in a whiskey bar.
Iurii’s professional goal is to make business survivable. He focuses on security program development/improvement based on emerging security solutions and integrates those into business goals, objectives, strategy and activities.
This document provides an annotated list of presentations, courses, seminars, and workshops by MJD and TETRAD related to topics like disaster management, biothreat detection, counterterrorism, and humanitarian applications of science and technology. It describes formal courses taught at universities, as well as presentations given at conferences on subjects such as border security, emergency response, and connecting dots to locate terrorist operations. The document aims to provide information for organizing future training opportunities on issues covered in the materials listed.
Coordinated And Unified Responses To Unpredictable And Widespread Biothreatsmartindudziak
Intelligent and rapid dissemination of information is essential for responding to CBRN threats but has been missing from most response plans. The CUBIT system provides a solution with its coordinated and unified approach. CUBIT uses sensors, analytics, diagnostics, treatments, and population control protocols incorporated as scalable and modular components that can dynamically interact. It employs principles of "plug and play" and adaptability to respond to unpredictable biothreats affecting populations when infrastructure is damaged.
Nomad Eyes is an architecture for early warning, prevention, and response to threats. It uses both inverse and forward reasoning to detect anomalies within predictable systems and unstable patterns within nonlinear systems. The fundamental model is based on using different approaches like total isolation, vaccination, camouflage, and understanding the enemy. It aims to create associations that match expected sequences of activity consistent with planned terrorist attacks. A key principle is to create models from the attacker's perspective to treat information flow as an encrypted process.
This document discusses the Nomad Eyes project, which aims to use a network of mobile sensors and the general public to detect and prevent nuclear terrorism through early warning. The project would distribute radiation sensors that can attach to mobile phones to collect and transmit data. Games and advertising would encourage public participation. Collected data would be analyzed using graph theory and Bayesian methods to identify potential terrorist planning and threats. In the event of an attack, the network could quickly notify the public and route them to safety. The current status describes sensor prototypes, public engagement design, and network/database software development. The goal is to move terrorism prevention and response capabilities out of secure facilities and into the hands of the general public.
Back to the future - cyber security, privacy and visions of the futureb coatesworth
Back to the future. A retrospective look through the crystal ball at 6 Cyber security predictions from the rise Intrusion prevention to the loss of privacy
This document discusses politics and power in cybersecurity. It notes that most countries focus on passive or kinetic cyber capabilities through intelligence and military organizations. However, true innovation is in cognitive cyber effects that manipulate information to change thoughts and behaviors. The largest risk is using cyber-enabled information warfare to erode trust in societies. Offensive cyber toolchains have a distinct political architecture, and case studies show how code reuse reveals political semantics. Cyberspace is a continuously contested territory where control of data and assets does not overlap and is hard to ensure. Nation state sovereignty in cyberspace is declining as the environment becomes more contested.
This document summarizes a presentation about transmission security and failures in large systems. It discusses how the 9/11 Commission identified four kinds of failures that contributed to the 9/11 attacks. It also notes that while security has always been a priority for the electricity sector, it is an even greater priority now. The document warns that the likelihood of hidden failures increases as the number of components in a large system increases.
1) The document discusses the evolving nature of cyber security threats and how both nations and individuals are vulnerable due to increased connectivity and interdependence on internet-connected systems and infrastructure.
2) It notes that as critical systems like elections and power grids become networked and accessible online, national security will require addressing potential cyber attacks.
3) The document examines different types of cyber attacks and challenges like attribution, and argues that governments need to take cyber security seriously and invest appropriately in defenses given their growing reliance on digital technologies.
This document reviews cryptography techniques to secure the Ad-hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol in mobile ad-hoc networks. It discusses various types of attacks on AODV like impersonation, denial of service, eavesdropping, black hole attacks, wormhole attacks, and Sybil attacks. It then proposes using the RC6 cryptography algorithm to secure AODV by encrypting data packets and detecting and removing malicious nodes launching black hole attacks. Simulation results show that after applying RC6, the packet delivery ratio and throughput of AODV increase while delay decreases, improving the security and performance of the network under attack.
Cyber Training: Developing the Next Generation of Cyber AnalystsBooz Allen Hamilton
Part of the solution involves identifying and recruiting top thinkers into the field of cybersecurity, but the more immediate challenge is ensuring that cyber professionals have access to the training and information they need to keep their cyber intelligence analysis skills relevant and effective. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of the threat, education and training must be continuous, and this document focuses on strategies and best practices for developing a cyber force that maintains America’s position as a global leader in the information age.
This document provides a detailed syllabus for an Information Security course. It includes 5 units: Introduction, Security Investigation, Security Analysis, Logical Design, and Physical Design. The Introduction unit covers the history of information security and computer security. It defines key concepts like confidentiality, integrity, availability, and the CIA triangle. It also discusses security models and the components of an information system. The other units will cover topics like risk management, access control, security standards, cryptography, and physical security controls.
This document provides a detailed syllabus for an Information Security course. It covers 5 units:
1) Introduction - Provides a history of information security and an overview of key concepts like the CIA triangle of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability.
2) Security Investigation - Covers the need for security, threats, attacks, and legal/ethical issues.
3) Security Analysis - Focuses on risk management, access controls, and information flow.
4) Logical Design - Addresses security policies, standards, security architecture design and planning continuity.
5) Physical Design - Covers security technologies, intrusion detection systems, cryptography, access controls, physical security and personnel security
The document discusses applying geospatial representation and forecasting models to improve chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense. It proposes integrating CBRNE prediction, detection, and countermeasures with geospatial analysis. This would allow incorporation of mobile, wireless, and portable technologies. The goal is a smooth transition between combat, post-combat and civilian CBRNE situations. Challenges include differences between field and domestic environments and issues with sensors. The document outlines several proposed technologies, including the Nomad Eyes architecture for distributed sensor deployment using inverse modeling. It also discusses the ADaM software for real-time data processing and sensor devices like the portable OPA for chemical detection.
This document outlines Professor Matt Warren's presentation on future security research topics. It discusses the development of security research and identifies five current hot topics: malware, mobile technology, cloud security, virtualization/visualization, and privacy/security in social media. Potential areas for future research are identified, such as those relating to national broadband, cloud computing, mobile technology, and health informatics. Smart grid security is provided as a specific example for a potential research project proposal.
Models of Escalation and De-escalation in Cyber ConflictZsolt Nemeth
The cyber insecurity conundrum cuts across all things digital or networked. How can we prioritize defensive efforts across such a vast domain? This talk will describe a framework for engineering systems and policymaking based on the work factors for cyber attack and defense. After developing the work factor concept, it will be illustrated in several examples
SECURITY IN LARGE, STRATEGIC AND COMPLEX SYSTEMSMarco Lisi
Lesson on "Security in large, Strategic and Complex Systems" at the "Master di II Livello" in "Homeland Security" -
Università degli Studi Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, A. A. 2012-2013
Francesca Bosco, Le nuove sfide della cyber securityAndrea Rossetti
The document discusses cybersecurity threats and issues. It notes that many nations and non-state actors now have sophisticated cyber capabilities, and that cyber attacks are becoming more advanced, targeted, and potentially damaging. The document warns that nations are increasingly dependent on digital networks and systems, so major cyber attacks could significantly disrupt economies and undermine confidence in digital systems and services.
The document describes the I3BAT and Nomad Eyes systems, which are designed to incorporate terrorist thinking and tactics to help prevent terrorist attacks. Nomad Eyes would involve widely distributing sensors and collecting data using mobile phones and other devices. This data would then be analyzed using statistical and mathematical models to identify patterns that could link people, objects, and events and help forecast terrorist plans and activities. The goal is for the general public to help detect threats through passive and anonymous data collection using everyday devices to supplement formal security and law enforcement efforts.
Ensuring Privacy in opportunistic NetworkIOSR Journals
This document discusses ensuring privacy in opportunistic networks. It begins by defining opportunistic networks and how they differ from mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) in their lack of constant connectivity between source and destination. The document then outlines some common attacks on opportunistic networks like viruses and worms. It proposes using public-private cryptography techniques like encryption and decryption to ensure privacy of user data as it is forwarded through intermediate nodes in opportunistic networks. The algorithm is implemented in the NS2 network simulator to test maintaining privacy while still allowing opportunistic forwarding of messages.
Iurii Garasym. The future crimes and predestination of cyber security. Though...IT Arena
Iurii Garasym, Director of Corporate Security at ELEKS and President of Cloud Security Alliance Lviv Chapter
The future crimes and predestination of cybersecurity. Thoughts aloud in a whiskey bar.
Iurii’s professional goal is to make business survivable. He focuses on security program development/improvement based on emerging security solutions and integrates those into business goals, objectives, strategy and activities.
This document provides an annotated list of presentations, courses, seminars, and workshops by MJD and TETRAD related to topics like disaster management, biothreat detection, counterterrorism, and humanitarian applications of science and technology. It describes formal courses taught at universities, as well as presentations given at conferences on subjects such as border security, emergency response, and connecting dots to locate terrorist operations. The document aims to provide information for organizing future training opportunities on issues covered in the materials listed.
Coordinated And Unified Responses To Unpredictable And Widespread Biothreatsmartindudziak
Intelligent and rapid dissemination of information is essential for responding to CBRN threats but has been missing from most response plans. The CUBIT system provides a solution with its coordinated and unified approach. CUBIT uses sensors, analytics, diagnostics, treatments, and population control protocols incorporated as scalable and modular components that can dynamically interact. It employs principles of "plug and play" and adaptability to respond to unpredictable biothreats affecting populations when infrastructure is damaged.
This document discusses a novel magneto-optic sensor called the MODE sensor that can be used for non-destructive testing of structural integrity. The MODE sensor uses thin films made of rare earth and transition metal oxides that have high magneto-optic properties, allowing it to detect cracks, fissures, and corrosion in structures. A portable system has been designed using this sensor to allow real-time inspection of bridges, fuel tanks, and other metal structures. The system includes image processing and pattern recognition capabilities to help identify defects.
This document summarizes research on using magneto-optic imaging for non-destructive testing of metal structures. It describes developing new thin-film sensors with improved sensitivity, integrating the sensors and image recognition algorithms into a portable system, and applying a neural network algorithm called SONON to enhance defect detection in images. Laboratory experiments demonstrated the new sensors could detect smaller defects than previous methods. The overall aim is more accurate, automated inspections using portable, wearable equipment.
The document describes a family of microinstruments being developed for use in space missions. The instruments use magneto-optic thin film sensors to perform tasks like non-destructive testing of spacecraft components, detecting electromagnetic fields, monitoring biomagnetic fields, and optical signal processing. Each sensor is based on a proprietary Fe-Ga thin film material and uses polarized light and a spatial light modulator. The sensors can detect magnetic fields as small as 10-7 Oersted and have applications in areas like defect detection, energy generation, medicine, and neural networks. The technology provides advantages over existing non-destructive testing methods by directly imaging defects in real-time with high resolution and low false readings.
This document proposes a technology using magneto-optic thin film sensors to study magnetic fields in deep space through wide-area arrays deployed by spacecraft. Each sensor would measure local magnetic fields and disturbances, with data communicated to reconstruct magnetic activity over large regions. The arrays could also control large space systems through parallel computing principles. The sensors use bismuth-substituted iron-garnet films that respond to magnetic fields through the magneto-optic Faraday effect, providing high sensitivity and domain wall velocity. Deployed arrays would allow unprecedented magnetic mapping beyond spacecraft's direct reach.
1. The document discusses scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and their applications in biomedical research.
2. SPM allows high-resolution imaging of surfaces and can be used to study cell topology, structures like cytoskeletons and membranes, and how electromagnetic fields impact cells.
3. Experiments aim to use AFM to image living cells over time and study phenomena like solitons and fractals at the microscopic level to gain insights into cell behavior and pathology.
The document describes a proposed system for detecting land mines using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with multiple sensors, including magneto-optic thin-film sensors (MODE sensors) and video cameras. The system would analyze sensor data using pattern recognition software to identify locations of land mines. A key challenge is developing a modular system that can efficiently integrate different sensors onto a small UAV. The document outlines designs for a modular payload assembly and embedded computer system that could process sensor data and transmit it to ground control in real-time. Initial testing of MODE sensors would be conducted on a laboratory workbench to evaluate their effectiveness at detecting ferromagnetic objects like land mines from aerial images.
This document proposes an Intelligent Data Entry and Acquisition (IDEA) system to help with on-site highway maintenance and construction. It describes an architecture using wearable computers and sensors to collect asset data in the field, process it using pattern recognition, and upload it to centralized databases. Field workers could use tools like digital notepads, cameras, and GPS to gather location-tagged images, notes and condition reports on assets, which the IDEA system would then analyze and integrate into maintenance planning databases back at the office. The goal is to streamline data collection and improve safety, productivity and data quality for tasks like infrastructure inspections.
This document outlines a proposal for a 6-month, $150,000 project to develop concepts of operations (CONOPS) for a Regional Environmental Biothreat Detection Network (REDBIONET). The network would integrate existing biodefense sensing systems and new diagnostic tools to enable early detection of biothreats through wildlife monitoring. Key components include adapting the RODS predictive system and integrating it with GITI's knowledge management tools. The proposal also describes integrating rapid diagnostic technologies, evaluating sensor placement options, and demonstrating a field-ready prototype to identify and respond to biothreats. Personnel are identified with relevant experience in pattern recognition, bioinformatics, and emergency response networks.
Global InfoTek will develop concepts of operations (CONOPS) for an Emergency Mobile Phone Incident Reporting System (EMPIRES) that leverages mobile phones and infrastructure to collect and share situational data from citizens during crises. The 6-month project will cost $90,000. Global InfoTek will conceptualize a system using mobile phones to collect incident reports, environmental effects data, and real-time audio/video from citizens. They will integrate existing programs and technologies to disseminate this data to emergency responders through an integrated display. Global InfoTek will focus on communication challenges faced by responders during crises when infrastructure may be unavailable and develop solutions using emerging technologies like sensors and GPS on mobile
This document discusses the concept of ecosymbiotics, which aims to integrate economic profitability with environmental and social sustainability. It argues that education, basic research, environmental protection, and economic development are interdependent and should be viewed holistically. Ecosymbiotics proposes developing commercial innovations through collaborative, interdisciplinary research that also benefits education and future generations. The goal is to move beyond dependence on non-profit funding and directly link basic scientific progress with business and capital growth in a mutually sustainable way.
The document outlines a seminar on how quantum events may play a role in coherent biomolecular systems. It discusses several topics: (1) introducing motivations around reconciling quantum mechanics and relativity in biological systems; (2) exploring quantum network dynamics and structures like solitons that could provide stability; and (3) investigating chiral and tensegrity-stable solitons in higher dimensions that may model quantum networks sustaining topological identities. The goal is to better understand intracellular control and signaling at the quantum scale.
The document outlines a theory of topological process dynamics and its applications to biosystems. It discusses how a stable spacetime emerges from a quantum process flux described as a "spin glass" of topological 3-surface regions. Below certain length scales, p-adic numbers and an ultrametric topology are hypothesized to apply, with favored p-adic primes corresponding to physically important length scales like those seen in biological structures. The length scale hypothesis proposes lengths scales of L(p) = sqrt(p) * L0 that match observations of elementary particles, cells, viruses, and nanobacteria. P-adic topology is proposed below these scales with continuous classical spacetime emerging at larger scales.
This document summarizes a study on pattern recognition and learning in networks of coupled bistable units. The network is composed of N oscillators moving in a double-well potential, with pair-wise interactions between all elements. Two methods are used for training the network: (1) constructing the coupling matrix using Hebb's rule based on stored patterns, and (2) iteratively updating the matrix to minimize error between applied and desired patterns. Graphs show the learning rate converges as mean squared error and coupling strengths decrease over iterations.
This document discusses a hypothesis that molecular dynamics across neural membranes and cytoskeletal structures provide a matrix for self-organized behavior and information processing in the brain. Specifically:
1) Patterns of molecular activity may form stable solitons or "chaotons" capable of storing information over time, providing a basis for learning, memory, and consciousness.
2) These solitons could behave in a self-similar way across complexes of neurons operating within synapto-dendritic field activity.
3) Atomic force microscopy may help experimentally confirm theoretical models of these solitons and emergent structures in subcellular processes.
Evolutionary IED Prevention 09 2006 Updated W Comments Jan2010martindudziak
The document provides an overview of a presentation given at a 2006 conference on evolutionary detection and prevention of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and related terrorist weapons. The presentation discusses the need for detection systems that can (1) think ahead of terrorists rather than just react, (2) detect multiple substances in diverse environments, and (3) be usable by non-technical users. It also examines challenges like evolving weapon technologies and effectiveness. The presentation proposes solutions like a single, reconfigurable detection technology that can integrate with existing systems.
Increased Vulnerability To Nuclear Terrorist Actions 20july07martindudziak
This document discusses the increased vulnerability of the continental United States to nuclear terrorism. It outlines three types of potential nuclear terrorist attacks: 1) an atomic bomb, 2) a dirty bomb using conventional explosives to disperse radioactive material, and 3) a passive radiation exposure device to contaminate areas without explosives. It argues that current container scanning methods are ineffective and may unintentionally aid terrorists. A recent assassination using polonium-210 demonstrated how easily radiation can spread, and terrorists could replicate this on a larger scale. The supply chain for nuclear materials is more accessible than assumed, as terrorist groups do not need state-level resources and can learn from incidents like the assassination. Overall, the document warns that the US remains vulnerable to nuclear
The document proposes a community program called SAFETY NET that utilizes cell phones and civilian awareness to more quickly detect and respond to emerging crisis situations through basic data collection and analysis, with the goal of preventing violence, abuse, and crime. The program could be implemented at nearly no cost while providing benefits to both community users and service providers. It aims to address issues like domestic abuse, gang activity, and terrorism by getting to the root causes within families and communities.
This document proposes using mutual information techniques in a hierarchical, staged approach to improve deformable registration of medical images for clinical applications. It involves pairing different object models corresponding to image components and measuring their mutual agreement through deformations to maximize mutual information at each stage. Overcoming failures at one stage involves introducing another level based on results from previous pairings. The goal is to leverage established algorithms and databases to improve registration accuracy and utility for clinicians without overcomplicating protocols.
1. Mobile Early Warning, Intervention and
Response to Nuclear Terrakts
October 19, 2004
Washington
TETRAD i3 Inc. Boca Raton
Moscow
2. Our Starting Points
• Terrorism is a network phenomenon, not only a “hydra” but a culture with viral
attributes
• Technology must be assumed to be completely available to the terrorist and is no
longer an issue of “can it come from former WMD centers or supplies” or is it being
done in a rogue state camp. US, CA, UK, NL, FR, DE, RU, JP are not “rogue
states” but have been basing and staging operations for techno-terrorists.
• Radiation terrorism and the “RDD” is a very attractive modality because it is one of
the most effective for social-economic-political (SEP) destabilization
EVEN IF THE BOMB KILLS NO ONE
• The likeliest targets for an RDD are those with the highest SEP disruption value
• The likeliest process of assembling an RDD involves multiple trips, parts,
components and is absolutely unlikely to be a classic single-source for the
radioactive component
• The most effective and deployed preventive countermeasures should also provide
first-responder value and vice versa
Copyright 2004 TETRAD I3 Inc. 2
3. Nomad Eyes™ and Asymmetric Thinking
Applied to Asymmetric Threats
• Applying the model and methods of terrorism thinking and principles of action
INVERSELY to develop countermeasures that are:
• rapidly and easily deployable (today, not after two years of $$ R&D)
• robust but very flexible and fault-tolerant
• low-cost, low-tech, easy-to-use, disposable technology where it counts - in the
street and neighborhoods
• engages and uses the victims themselves (the general population, “us”)
• extensible and reconfigurable as new sensing capabilities evolve (e.g., chem, rad)
• usable today as a testing platform in the real-world to build better
countermeasures in the future
• disruptive and unpredictable in the eyes of the terrorists - an “enemy in the dark”
to which they cannot know where, when, or how to respond
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4. Examination of Terrorist Methods “inside out”
and Means of Employing the Victims and Targets for Defense
You can’t take this on a plane or into
many buildings
You can take these almost anywhere.
So do they.
THIS was the key weapon for 9-11
and for АВТОЗАВОДСКАЯ
It is also one of the key defenses.
When These
Turn Into Those.
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5. Value of Mobile Wireless Portable and Handheld Nets
for an Asymmetric, Dynamic Countermeasure System
For Rad Terrorism but also for other
types and necessarily looking for all,
not only one
Mobile units using both cellular and
wireless internet/intranets
Freeform but adhering to industry
standards
Incorporating the General Public
Incorporating the commercial sector
(advertising and consumer products)
Asynchronous, Atypical, Asymmetric Sensor Fusion
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6. Terrorism and Hunting Elephants
1. It is hard to miss hitting an elephant even with a
poor weapon
2. It is hard to kill one with inadequate technology
3. When the son or grandson of some unfortunate
hunter grows up, he will seek out the Big One with a
vengeance, for a trophy-kill born out of revenge for his
father’s demise
4. He will take the time to consider innovative
technology and tactics
America and Russia are classic examples of
“Elephant” Targets for Rad and other Substance-
Based Terrorism
Extensive Surface, Open Borders despite border-control
countermeasures
Extensive Commerce that cannot be halted or curtailed
Different types of open traffic to and within
Extensive non-reducible non-military nuclear industry
Well-established in-country operating front-line enemy bases
Open, non-reducible communications infrastructure available
for the enemy
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7. But where are the likely targets and means?
In the public mind’s-eye and Angst
And the less-likely form for many reasons
Psycho-Shock is the Aim and
Nuclear Radiation is Powerful
even in non-lethal doses
Mass-dispersion with
uncertain contact and
degree will create the
most widespread fears
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8. Targets
Consider only the two main targets
OBJECTIVES similar/different
MOTIVES different but complementary
TARGETS different/similar
Harm an ethnic enemy Disrupt economy
Harm largest numbers Create dramatic shocks that diminish
confidence in govt’s ability to protect
Create fear in the largest numbers
Create logistic/information network havoc
Disrupt mass transportation
Create electorate unrest, instability
Destabilize government
Destabilize government
Focus on popular (transport)
infrastructure Focus on economic infrastructure
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9. RDD in the context of conventional attacks
Considering SEP Disruption and Destabilization as the “prime-directive” of
terrorist organizations capable/active in planning RDD and chem-bio tactics
• Most likely choice is with massive dispersion through conventional+inflammatory
attack
• Spread the most compounds in the most uncertain paths among the largest
number of possible affected victims
• Affect the maximum number of structures including transportation routes
• Aim for closure and disruption of normal use/traffic - it does not have to be for
years, just months or weeks
• Multiple small disruptive attacks easier and more effective than one block-buster
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10. Nomad Eyes™ Architecture and Principles (I)
Prevention by Detection of the Planning Operation
Movement of multiple types of components, not only RAD substances
Time-matching and space-matching of logically connective, supportive events
“Sensor Fusion” of the Unordinary (Необычный) Kind -
Tracer RAD readings perhaps not individually remarkable
Photos of suspicious individuals and vehicles that have some “matches”
Exceptional shipping orders, out-of-sequence, special-route, handling
Parallel transit/shipment/transaction of non-contraband components useful
in an RDD
Goal toward Inverse Reasoning and Abductive Assimilation with other KBs / Xsys
Fall-Back Value: Emergency public alerts and First-Responder capabilities
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11. Nomad Eyes™ Architecture and Principles (II)
EVENT !
Class (x) objects received by servers results
in generation of n graphs representing
hypothetical x y… relational maps; the
majority are discarded, but events of interest
trigger feedback to both autonomous and
human-based nodes for additional collection
and reorienting. No node or subset of nodes
is reliant and the whole may be considered as
a dynamic-geometry cellular automata.
EVENT !
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12. MIMD, ETL, ADaM, MENE, Gaming
Data collection and sensor communication based upon classic MIMD parallel processing
♦ Fault tolerance, fail-safe
♦ Load balancing
♦ Doesn’t communicate? Go to the next/nearest available
Agent-enabled Extract-Transfer-Load processing from classic VLDB technology
♦ Up to 2K rows/sec, 80M rows/day
♦ Graph-theoretic architecture adapts well with semantic maps, topic maps, fuzzy logic
♦ Agents trigger DB queries in DW, others DBs, notifications to authorities, public
MENE - Morphic Exploratory Navigational Environments
♦ For authorities and responders - high-res 3D Adobe Atmosphere VR worlds
♦ For the general public - reduced-scale/detail navigation via cell phones
♦ GPS-enabled or not
Turning self-protection and communal security into a Game to get People Active
♦ Implicit, subtle educational-value mobile phone games with contests
♦ MIT collaborators - Comparative Media Studies (Klopfer, Jenkins et al)
♦ Get attention, participation, and free pertinent data with Positive Reinforcement
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13. ADaM is Fast
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14. And This is Why
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16. Tidewater -- Newport-Norfolk (II)
Port Name Tons (1,000's) [2002 stats]
Norfolk Harbor 27,901,354
Newport News 11,300,962
7,400 of @ 400K importers account for more than 80% of imports to USA
Prior to 9/11/2001, less than 2% of 6,000,000 containers inspected
Dual Vulnerability, Dual Terrakt Strategies
(1) Ship-in, use elsewhere (e.g., NYC, Washington)
(2) Disrupt the Port
Suez-class cranes, @ 70m length
Forty 50-ton containers per hour - capacity
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17. Port of Baltimore
> 30M tons per year, mainly containers
2M+ residents in Baltimore and surrounding urban center
Main East-Coast rail and interstate highways traverse region
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18. Today’s consumer-class RAD components
Our simple conversion with Nomad Eyes™
Existing mobile phone
Li-ion A/D logic Nomadiks logic
or
other
Rad-sensor element mProc Interface logic to
wireless internet
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19. Deployment - Where and How
• Static but ad-hoc
– Passage locations and nexus points for cargo and transfer vehicles
– Likeliest places but not limited to one configuration
• Pseudo-random
• Personal mobile units
– Assigned to staff personnel
– Personal cell phones
• Unpredictable - a “two-edged sword” that cuts in in favor of the Defenders
– Inverse predictive models can be applied better to the data “mass”
– Al Qaeda (or “X”) cannot predict where are our eyes and ears
• Sun Tzu (“Art of War”) - Always Make Your Enemy Nervous
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20. More on Compound Eyes
Multiple TYPES of sensor data
Multiple INSTANCES at multiple TIMES
INVERSE Methods applied “as if” in surface/subsurface imaging:
the task is to find what events and processes may be the modifiers of
known or deducible behaviors
USING
•Abductive rules
•Bayesian probabilistic inference
•Fuzzy inference
•Heuristics and “common sense” rules
For all the value of sophisticated detectors, an “outlier” element or two could make all the difference:
Requests for building or water/sewer line plans Repeat-visits of unusual vehicle or people
“Non-sequitur” orders of shielding-quality materials Unusual change in shipping order or pickup
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21. Our Technology Focus:
Inverse, Nonlinear, Counter-Intuitive (sometimes)
Source
The Object causes diffusion and scattering of the Beam but the laws governing propagation and movement in
different media are known or can be ascertained. Working backwards from the Result, one computes and
estimates the Object on the bsais of how the Beam must have changed in order to produce the Result instead of a
pattern, computable, for what there would have been if no Object had been present. Now, transfer this Inverse
Model ought of imaging and into the world of semiotics and intensions. Now, one can do inverse thinking from
something Sensed and Observed, in actuality, to determine what were some of the intervening steps and processes
out of the usual and ordinary process that would have produced something different, most likely less complex.
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22. Making Sense of the Data (I)
• Basic diffusion equation - usable as starting point for inverse problems
∂ 2u 1 ∂u
Particular credits - Roger Dufour, MIT
= u( x ,0) = f ( x ) u(0, t ) = u(a, t ) = 0
∂x 2
k ∂t
• Time-transition is accomplished in Fourier domain
∞
x 2 a x
f ( x ) = ∑ fn sin πn fn = ∫ f ( x ) sin πn dx
n =1 a a 0 a
∞
n
u( x , t ) = ∑ fne −k ( πn a ) t
2
sin π
n =1 a
• Transition backwards in time requires amplification of high frequency
components - most likely to be noisy and skewed
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23. Making Sense of the Data (II)
• Heuristic and a priori constraints needed to maintain physical realism and
suppress distortions from inverse process
• First-pass solution best match or interpolation among a set of acceptable
Particular credits - Roger Dufour, MIT
alternatives
ˆ
x = arg min Ax − y s.t. x∈X
x
• Final solution may minimize the residual error and the regularization term
2 2
ˆ
x = arg min Ax − y 2 + λ L( x − x ) 2
x
Regularization offers fidelity to the observed data and an
a priori determined (e.g., higher-scale-observed) solution model
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24. Making Sense of the Data (III)
• Diffusion _ Attraction
• Modeling situations and schemas
Particular credits - J. P. Thirion, INRIA
as composite “images” in n-D
• Iterative process with
exploration of parallel tree paths
– Speculative track; not required
for Nomad Eyes sensor fusion
to be useful to analysts
– Purpose is to enable automation
of the analysis and forecasting
post-collection process
– Area of active current research
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25. Making Sense of the Data (IV) - I3BAT
• Multiple modalities
Sensor 1 Sensor 2 – Acoustic, EM, Optical, Text,
NLP, SQL, AI-reasoning…
• All looking at the same topic of
interest (aka “region”)
• Each sensitive to different
Property 3 physical/logical properties
– “Trigger” data
– Contiguity (space/time)
Property 2 – Inference relations
Property 1
– “Hits” with conventional DB
queries (immigration, known
Background associations, other
investigations)
• Compare with Terrorist Cadre
Particular credits - Eric Miller, NEU
Tactic models (schemas, maps)
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26. Public involvement, education, gaming
Educational Games
Children, adults
Individual, team
Citizen Corps concept
Volunteer Activists
Flexible E-Paper (FOLED) Commerciali$m
Public kiosks, signs Contests, ads, prizes
related to games
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27. First Responder Capability as well
Notify Maximum Numbers of People ASAP after Terrakt
Redirect Survivors
Keep Other People Away
Assist People Finding Loved Ones
Provide Essential Life-Saving Information Real-Time
Coordinate and Inform First-Responder Teams
Locations of People
Active Sensor Array including useful data from public
Coordinate with volunteers
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28. Current Status
Corporate-partnerships
IRAD program
I3BAT Phase 1
ADaM prototype completed
OpenNet prototype completed
Collaboratory prototype completed
Developments with US federal, state homeland security programs
Nomad Eyes Global “Peace Proliferation”
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29. Acknowledgements
• J. P. Thirion (INRIA, France)
• Roger Dufour (MIT, USA)
• Eric Klopfer, Henry Jenkins (MIT, USA)
• Eric Miller (NEU, USA)
• Center for Surface and Subsurface Imaging
and Sensing
• ST Microelectronics, SA
• Adobe Corporation
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30. A tetrahedron is the strongest and most
stable natural geometrical structure
1+1+1+1 = More
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Homeland The S4 Synergy
Security
Nomad Eyes I3
Integrative
Personal Inverse
Health Intelligence
BioScan
Healthcare
Clinical Disease Mgt
Therapy HealthNVest
I3DIT
In business and finance as well
as in math and science
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