As the field of homeland defense and security expands and matures, the contributions from various disciplines become ever more important. Particularly exciting are technical advances that have real-world application to homeland security practices. For this reason, Homeland Security Affairs is pleased to partner, for the second year, with the IEEE in presenting the best papers from the Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security. Read more.
Supplement: IEEE 2011 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers By Jason Thornton, Daniel Butler, Jeanette Baran-Gale, Michael Chan, and Heather Zwahlen ABSTRACT:Awarded Best Paper of Conference.This paper describes novel video analytics technology which allows an operator to search […]
Person Attribute Search For Large-Area Video Surveillance →
Supplement: IEEE 2011 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers By Brian M. Bowen, Salvatore J. Stolfo, and Ramaswamy Devarajan ABSTRACT:Awarded Best Paper, Cyber Security Track.This paper investigates new methods to measure, quantify and evaluate the security posture of
Measuring the Human Factor of Cyber Security →
Supplement: IEEE 2011 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers By Sebastian Šubik and Christian Wietfeld ABSTRACT:Awarded Best Paper, Attack and Disaster Preparation, Recovery, and Response Track.In this paper, the authors present a novel solution for the integration of
Integrated PMR-Broadband-IP Network for Secure Real-time Multimedia Information Sharing →
Supplement: IEEE 2011 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers By Ron Bentley ABSTRACT:Awarded Best Paper, Land and Maritime Border Security Track.Results from comprehensive testing of two prototype dual-energy (6 and 9 MeV) cargo inspection systems provide large databases
Database of High-Z Signatures in Cargo →
Supplement: IEEE 2011 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers By Joseph Chipuk, Kirby Kendall, Carolyn Mazzitelli, Stephen Straight, Melissa Reaves, and Sara Chamberlin ABSTRACT:Awarded Best Paper, Biometrics, Forensics, and Physical Security Track.Self-curing polysiloxane polymers have been developed for
