Information Technology and Counterterrorism

Information Technology To Prevent Terror Attacks
James Hendler - professor of computer science, University of Maryland
Expertise: artificial intelligence; intelligent software agents, including applications to help security personnel "connect the dots;" semantic web

Credentials: advisor to the Department of Defense in the global war on terrorism; chief scientist for information systems at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 1999-2001; member, U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 1998-2002; member, National Academy Navy Science Board C4ISR Study, 200; finalist for the first Christopher Columbus Homeland Security Award; senior Fulbright Fellow; and recipient of an  Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal
Contact: 301-405-2696 (office); 301-768-5539 (cell); hendler@cs.umd.edu ; or Lee Tune, 301-405-4679, 301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hendler/

Surveillance Technologies
Rama Chellappa - professor, electrical and computer engineering and computer science; director, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland
Expertise : computer vision surveillance technologies such as face and gait recognition, and artificial intelligence and neural networks for computer vision; security, intelligence and military applications of these technologies including development of "seeing" machines designed to supplement or even replace humans in hostile environments such as the battlefield and space

Credentials : conducted extensive research in computer vision technologies for federal agencies; current research includes a grant from the Office of Naval Research for the use of video techniques to track and verify humans, and another from the National Science Foundation to develop techniques for distributed smart camera networks
Contact : 301-314-9115 (office ), rama@cfar.umd.edu ; or Lee Tune, 301-405-4679, 301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site : http://www.cfar.umd.edu/users/rama/main.html

Face Recognition Technologies
Larry Davis - chair, department of computer science and professor in the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland
Expertise : computer vision, including visual surveillance and monitoring applications; airborne video surveillance; audio for virtual environments

Credentials : former director of the university's Computer Vision Laboratory; current research includes detecting and tracking people in video and identification based on gait
Contact : 301-405-2662 (office); lsd@umiacs.umd.edu ; or Lee Tune, 301-405-4679; 301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site: http://cvl.umiacs.umd.edu/users/lsd/

Information Technology and Language Analysis
Amy Weinberg - associate professor, linguistics and computer science; co-director, Computational Linguistics and Information Processing Laboratory; co-director, Laboratory for Language and Media Processing, University of Maryland
Expertise : development of natural language processing tools to support computerized systems for language understanding and translation; particular emphasis on tools allowing rapid ramp-up of computerized systems in languages where automatic tools are scarce; applications include machine translation, cross language message routing and question answering

Credentials : published many papers and technical reports, including "Breaking The Resource Bottleneck For Multilingual Parsing'' (co-author)
Contacts : 301-405-4934 (office); Weinberg@umiacs.umd.edu ; or Lee Tune, 301-405-4679, 301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site : http://benreilly.umiacs.umd.edu/~weinberg/

Information Technology and Language Analysis
Bonnie Dorr - associate professor of computer science and linguistics; co-directs the Computational Linguistics and Information Processing Laboratory, University of Maryland
Expertise : machine translation; interlingual representations; lexical acquisition; cross-language information retrieval; natural language generation

Credentials : selected as National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow (1997-1999), Maryland Distinguished Young Scientist (1996) and Sloan Fellow (1994 1996)
Contact : 301-405-6768 (office); bonnie@cs.umd.edu ; or Lee Tune, 301-405 4679,301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site: www.umiacs.umd.edu/~bonnie/

First Responder Communications
Ashok K. Agrawala - professor of computer science, director of the Maryland Information and Network Dynamics (MIND) Lab, University of Maryland
Expertise : wireless communications technologies for first responders; wireless network security

Credentials : co-developed numerous wireless security and communications technologies, including DRACO, a wireless technology system designed to provide in-the-field first responders with enhanced communication and connectivity (networking command posts and individuals in the field to provide each with detailed information on location and localized conditions); co-winner of university's 2004 information technology invention of the year award for creation of software that can turn any Wi-Fi network into a detection and tracking security system; working with a Bethesda, Md.-based company to develop and test unique "edge of network" solution to the serious security and user authentication issues faced by users of Wi-Fi networks ;  developed unique location determination technologies for GPS-Free environments  
Contact : 301-405-2525 (office); agrawala@cs.umd.edu ; or Lee Tune, 301-405-4679, 301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site : http://www.cs.umd.edu/~agrawala/

IT Security
Virgil Gligor - professor of electrical and computer engineering , Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland
Expertise : information security

Credentials : served on a panel organized by a White House initiative concerning the role of information security in the current national crisis; research in the university's Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication has focused on cryptographic protocol analysis, in particular, message integrity and authentication protocols in large computer networks
Contact : 301-405-3647 (office); gligor@eng.umd.edu ; or, Lee Tune, 301-405-4679 301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site : http://www.ee.umd.edu/faculty/gligor.html

Computer and Wireless Security
William Arbaugh - assistant professor, computer science and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland
Areas of expertise: computer and wireless security; information privacy

Credentials : leads a university team developing a new test bed to improve the security of wireless communications (part of a National Institute of Standards and Technology program designed to enhance security for the nation's computer and telecommunications systems); West Point graduate and former Army officer
Contact : 301-405-2774 (office); waa@cs.umd.edu ; or Lee Tune, 301-405-4679,301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site: http://www.cs.umd.edu/%7Ewaa/

Intelligence Community Computer Networks and Information-Sharing
Lee S. Strickland - former senior intelligence officer and IT manager, CIA; professor, information law and policy, and director, Center for Information Policy, University of Maryland
Expertise : intelligence community operations and information architecture; information law and policy, privacy and homeland security needs; information processing

Credentials : career senior intelligence officer, attorney and computer specialist; served as senior official responsible for CIA's major IT development and management efforts; served as special assistant U.S. attorney; served on assignment to U.S. Marine Corps and Joint Special Operations Agency (Department of Defense); awarded Intelligence Commendation Medal (CIA); publications include "Information and the War Against Terrorism," "Were American Intelligence and Law Enforcement Effectively Positioned to Protect the Public? "New Information-Related Laws and the Impact on Civil Liberties"
Contact : 301-405-1741 (office); 1-703-994-1952 (cell); lstrickl@umd.edu
Web site : http://www.cip.umd.edu/principals/bios/stricklandbio.htm