Join risk analysts, statisticians, economists and other social scientists studying terrorism for the inaugural conference on Validating Models of Adversary Behavior, June 23-26 in Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York. The conference aims to bridge theoretical and empirical research on adversarial modeling, and assess and demonstrate the validity and applicability of the best existing models of adversary behavior. Register now.
"Since September 11, 2001, the United States has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on homeland security and has developed numerous models to study the strategic interactions between defenders and terrorists," said Jun Zhuang, conference chair and Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. "Unfortunately, few if any models have yet been validated using empirical data, limiting the application of those models in practice."
Zhuang and Vicki Bier, Professor and Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, organized the conference to address those gaps and encourage synergy and communication between risk analysts, statisticians, economists and other social scientists studying terrorism. Students also have an opportunity to present a poster for a chance to win a $500 gift card.
The "First Conference on Validating Models of Adversary Behavior" is supported by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security through the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE).
Registration
All are invited to attend the conference, but registration is required. The registration fee covers the conference attendance/supplies, and includes all the meals: continental breakfast and plated lunch for three days (June 24, 25, 26), two barbecue dinner receptions at Niagara Falls (June 23, 25), dinner buffet and poster competition (June 24), and all refreshment/coffee breaks throughout the conference.
Register here: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/vmabreg/.
Speakers
Confirmed speakers include:
- Morral Andrew (RAND Corporation)
- Daniel Arce (University of Texas-Dallas)
- David Banks (Duke University)
- Vicki Bier (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Seth Guikema (John Hopkins University)
- Kjell Hausken (University of Stavanger, Norway)
- Richard John (University of Southern California/CREATE)
- Victor Jose (Georgetown University)
- Jason Merrick (Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Hamid Mohtadi (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- Nageswara Rao (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
- Laura Razzolini (Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Bob Ross (Department of Homeland Security, retired)
- John Sawyer (University of Maryland/START)
- Steve Streetman (Data Architecture Solutions, Inc)
- Milind Tambe (University of Southern California/CREATE)
- Chen Wang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Jun Zhuang (University at Buffalo)