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The
Crucial Role of Informatics in BioDefense and Counter-Terrorism
Agenda and Archived Presentations
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Sponsored by the UMDNJ Informatics Institute and Center
for BioDefense
(Editor's note: Those presentations made at the Wednesday, May 12, 2004
symposium that the presentors authorized for publication are linked below.
Individuals
with questions about these or other presentations are encouraged to contact
the presentors.)
The continued threat of large-scale
medical emergencies, disaster situations, and acts of terrorism involving
biological, chemical, and/or nuclear agents has given rise to an increased
demand for new technologies, procedures and solutions which enable society
to thwart or respond to such situations most effectively. The focus of this
symposium is to provide participants with an overview of progress which
has been made thus far in terms of preparedness emphasizing the current and
future role that informatics plays in advancing these efforts. As the speakers
and panelists for the symposium includes representatives from academia, private
sector, government, law enforcement and military communities it is expected
that this meeting will provide rich opportunities for future joint projects
and collaborations.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2004
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Newark,
NJ |
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8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 a.m. |
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Dr. William Welsh, Director, UMDNJ
Informatics Institute
welshwj@umdnj.edu |
9:10 a.m |
Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Dr. David Foran, Associate Director, UMDNJ Informatics Institute
foran@umdnj.edu |
9:20 a.m. |
The Anthrax Attacks
Dr. Leonard Cole, Author
LCole1@ix.netcom.com |
10:10 a.m |
Developing a Statewide Emergency Healthcare System
David Gruber, Assistant Commissioner Health Emergency Preparedness
and Response, NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services
David.Gruber@doh.state.nj.us
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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
11:00 a.m. |
Radiation Bomb Detection Through Signal Analysis
and Pattern Recognition
Prof. Joseph Wilder, Research Professor, Center for Information
Processing, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers
University
wilder@caip.rutgers.edu |
11:20 a.m. |
Dynamic Network Quality of Service for Mission
Critical Imaging Applications During Disaster Recovery
Andrei Ghetie, Senior Scientist & Director of Service Management
Research Group Network Management – Applied Research Telecordia
Technologies,
NJaghetie@telcordia.com |
11:40 a.m. |
Current Issues in Homeland Security
Major General George T. Garrett (Ret.), Director of Homeland Security,
NJ Dept. of Military and Veterans
Affairs
thomas.garrett@njdmava.state.nj.us |
12:00 noon |
Lunch and Poster Session |
1:30 p.m. |
HAZMAT Response Scenarios
Special Agent Scott Nawrocki, FBI, Newark, NJ Field Office
snawrock@leo.gov |
1:50 p.m. |
Networks Under Stress: Strategies, Trends and
Options for Coping with Increasing Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
of
Networked Resources
George Laskaris, Executive Director NJEDge.Net
laskaris@njedge.net |
2:10 p.m. |
Break |
2:20 p.m. |
The UMDNJ Center for BioDefense
Dr. Nancy Connell,
Director, UMDNJ Center for BioDefense
connell@umdnj.edu
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Data Mining
Paul Alagna
PJAlagna@CheckMI.com |
3:00 p.m. |
Panel Discussion |
3:45 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
Dr. David Foran, Associate Director, UMDNJ Informatics
Institute |
4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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