News Article/Event Archives From September 2017

Upcoming 2017 Industrial Advisory Board Meeting September 27, 2017

ALERT is once again hosting its annual Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) meeting at the Kostas Research Institute in Burlington, MA. The October 16th event will include many of ALERT’s industrial members, representatives from ALERT’s DHS OUP customers and other DHS components, such as DHS S&T, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as representatives from OSHA.

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Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Wig September 27, 2017

Congratulations to Elizabeth Wig, a Northeastern University (NU) Electrical Engineering undergraduate conducting ALERT research, for receiving the Society of Women Engineers GE Women’s Network Scholarship! Elizabeth will receive this award, which comes with a $5,000 stipend, in October 2017 at the SWE Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. Elizabeth has been working with ALERT R3 Thrust Leader, Professor Carey Rappaport since Summer 2016, conducting research on “Computational Models & Algorithms for Millimeter Wave Whole Body Scanning for AIT,” in collaboration with Smiths Detection (Project R3-A.2).

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ALERT Researcher Awards & Accomplishments September 27, 2017

Prof. Bouman of Purdue University has been nominated for an ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Gordon Bell Prize (Project R4-B.1). Prof. Martinez-Lorenzo of Northeastern University was awarded a $546K Department of Energy (DOE) grant (Projects R3-B.1 & R3-B.2). Prof. Gregory of the University of Rhode Island was granted a patent for “Systems and Methods for the Detection of Compounds” on September 12, 2017. Read more about their awards and accomplishments!

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Video: ALERT Undergrads Discuss their Research in Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) September 27, 2017

Engineering undergraduates at Northeastern University describe their work on the ALERT AIT (Advanced Imaging Technology) project.

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ALERT Phase 2 Year 4 Annual Report Available Online! September 27, 2017

ALERT is proud to announce that the Phase 2 Year 4 Annual Report is now available for download online. This report details the continued research in ALERT’s four thrusts

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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/20: ALERT Professional Development Award September 22, 2017

ALERT Students, the deadline for the ALERT Professional Development Award has been extended to Friday, October 20, 2017. This award provides up to three students with financial support to attend a conference or visit an ALERT or DHS affiliated lab as part of their research experience.

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Postdoctoral Position Available at Tufts University September 19, 2017

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Tufts Information and Networked Systems (TINS) lab in collaboration with the recently established Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CABCS) at Tufts University and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center at Natick, MA. This appointment would be for 12-18 months with an estimated start date of October 2017.

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Industrial Advisory Board Meeting 2017 September 14, 2017

3-4 May 2012

The Industrial Advisory Board Meeting will be held on Monday, October 16, 217 from 12:00pm to 6:30pm at the Northeastern University Kostas Research Institute in Burlington, MA. The IAB Meeting is hosted by the ALERT (Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) & Gordon-CenSSIS (The Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems).

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