Academics Support DHS Through Centers of Excellence
The agency's innovations in technology are bolstering national security nationwide.
University-led Centers of Excellence at the Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate conduct research and development on topics of interest to the overall agency’s mission. The COEs’ work sharpens not only DHS activity, but also its IT functions. These latest insights show how these efforts are supporting technological solutions at the agency across all its subagencies, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Coast Guard, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and more.
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How Academics Lead Research Efforts for Homeland Security Needs
Academics are changing the way federal agencies develop technological and IT solutions to resolve agency mission challenges, starting with agency-sponsored centers of excellence.
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Keys to Improved Federal Cyber Posture Lie in a DHS Center of Excellence
Cybersecurity tools and research are the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute's specialty.
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DHS Modeling Software Helped a Stranded Airplane, Deepwater Horizon Spill
The Maritime Security Center uses data modeling, radars and sensors to support homeland security missions.
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Computing Advances, AI Make Waves for Flood Software at DHS
Funding boosts in the modeling software that has been a cornerstone for federal agencies preparing and responding to natural disasters, like Hurricane Katrina, is enabling the Department of Homeland Security to better study coastal hazards in the U.S.
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Airport Security, AI Among DHS Lab's Tech Innovation Projects
A university under the Department of Homeland Security's center of excellence program is helping the agency innovate technologies around various mission areas including long security lines at airports, automation in procurement, and detection of smuggling routes.
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Academics Highlight Food Supply Chain Risks During Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, academia stepped in to help keep food supply chains moving.
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How Sampling Honey Helps DHS Encourage Legal Trade
Sampling honey can help the Department of Homeland Security promote legitimate trade, according to researchers at the Border, Trade and Immigration (BTI) Institute, a DHS Science & Technology Center of Excellence led by the University of Houston.
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Filling the Domestic Terrorism Research Gap at DHS
The Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate’s newest Center of Excellence launched during the tumultuous year of 2020, but it is already spearheading counterterrorism solutions with artificial intelligence, augmented reality, data analytics and social media analysis.
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DHS Partnership Fights Cyber Crime With Innovative Digital Tools
Jim Jones made a career of “chasing the bad guys,” and now he leads a center of excellence (COE) focused on cyber crime to support the Department of Homeland Security mission.
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DHS Tackles Cybersecurity Workforce Shortage With New Training Centers
The Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) awarded $2 million to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) to develop a network of cybersecurity institutes to train the next generation of cyber professionals and crush a ballooning cyber workforce shortage.
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