ADSA20 Presentations

ADSA20 Agenda

Carl Crawford – Workshop Objectives 

Frank Cartwright – TSA Perspectives and Initiatives Introduction & Checkpoint CT Roadmap

Matt Gilkeson – TSA’s Innovation Task Force

John Fortune – Apex Screening at Speed

Erin Miller – Ideological Motivations of Terrorism in the United States, 1970—2018

Jacob Wilkin – Mapping Social Media for Security Applications

Matthew Merzbacher – Defining Effectiveness

Mike Ellenbogan – What’s More Effective? 

C.J. deRuiter – On Optimization of Future Aviation Security Checkpoint Effectiveness

Robert Nishikawa – A Medical Imaging Perspective on Effectiveness

Matthew Coats – Office of University Programs (OUP)

Detlof Von Winterfeldt – Analyzing the Return on Investment of Homeland Security Research

Matthew Merzbacher – Working with 3rd Parties

Jeff Stillson – L-3 Weapons Algorithm 3rd Party API

Steve Wolff and  Peter Harris – Speeding up the BAA Process and the Involvement of Third Parties

Joel Greenberg – What’s the deal with X-ray diffraction?

Brian Lewis – Reinforcement Learning for Aviation Security Strategy

Dong Hye Ye – Deep Learning for CT Image Processing

David Anderson – Test design for consumer & producer risk

Dan Strellis – A Multi-energy Stationary Gantry CT with XRD

Brian Gonzalez – Carbon Nanotube X-Ray Stationary Gantry CT

Natalie Heller – Airport Risk Assessment Model (ARAM): Increasing the Effectiveness of Airport Security Countermeasures

David Castañón – AATR for CT Based EDS

David Castañón – Video Tracking of Passengers and Divested Objects at a Checkpoint

Jonathan Crawford – School Safety

Ronald Molway, Andrew Cox, and Yotam Margalit – Open Threat Assessment Platform Modular AIT Stream-of-Commerce 

Jean Johnson – DICOS Update

Harry Martz – Summary and Next Steps 

Doug Bauer – DICOS Deployment

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