Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Response Institute

University of Massachusetts AmherstSEPRI

Security, Emergency Preparedness, Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Response Instituteand Response Institute

SEPRISEPRIIntegrating Solutions Integrating Solutions

Facilitating Real Time DecisionsFacilitating Real Time Decisions


OpportunityOpportunity

• National priorityNational priority prevent, detect, respond, recoverprevent, detect, respond, recover

• State economic development priorityState economic development priority Battelle S&T Roadmap Battelle S&T Roadmap

• Substantial new funding Substantial new funding $4.43B DHS information technology $4.43B DHS information technology (FY05)(FY05)

$1.2B DHS R&D budget $1.2B DHS R&D budget (FY05)(FY05)

$987M science & technology research $987M science & technology research (FY05)(FY05)

$79M DHS Centers of Excellence $79M DHS Centers of Excellence (FY04)(FY04)

HS research portfolio in most agenciesHS research portfolio in most agencies


UrgencyUrgency

• No established national leadersNo established national leaders UMass is competitiveUMass is competitive

• Fluid research agendaFluid research agenda UMass can influence research prioritiesUMass can influence research priorities

• Multi-disciplinary researchMulti-disciplinary research UMass can integrate campus expertiseUMass can integrate campus expertise

• Multi-dimensional responseMulti-dimensional response UMass can provide research, education, UMass can provide research, education,

and trainingand training


MissionMission

To develop a revolutionary new paradigm for To develop a revolutionary new paradigm for the design, operation, and verification of the design, operation, and verification of

emergency response systems emergency response systems

To develop a revolutionary new paradigm for To develop a revolutionary new paradigm for the design, operation, and verification of the design, operation, and verification of

emergency response systems emergency response systems

Engineering

Polymer Sc.& ChemistryBioSystems

Food Science

ComputerScience

Psychology

Sociology

Public Health & Nursing

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Emergency ResponseEmergency Response

Real-time Real-time intelligence/intelligence/threat infothreat info

Effective,Effective,coordinatedcoordinatedresponseresponse

Decision/Decision/policy layerpolicy layer

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Vulnerability Simulator Vulnerability Simulator Emergency Response GridEmergency Response Grid

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TrainingTrainingpersonnelpersonnel

Regular Regular operations operations coordinationcoordination


PARTNERSPARTNERS

CLIENTSCLIENTSLocal, Local, State & State & Federal Federal AgenciesAgencies

FUNDINGFUNDINGFederal, Federal, State & State & CorporateCorporateResearch Research LabsLabs

RESEARCHRESEARCHSERVICESERVICE

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Medical & Healthcare ProvidersMedical & Healthcare ProvidersEmergency Response System Emergency Response System DevelopersDevelopersTechnology IntegratorsTechnology IntegratorsIndustrial R&D CentersIndustrial R&D CentersUniversitiesUniversitiesTraining and Outreach ProvidersTraining and Outreach Providers

First RespondersFirst RespondersState & Federal Emergency State & Federal Emergency PlanningPlanningDoD, DoEDoD, DoEGovernment LabsGovernment LabsNon-Profit OrganizationsNon-Profit Organizations

Institute OrganizationInstitute Organization

EDUCATIONEDUCATION


Functional OrganizationFunctional Organization

DHS DHS Center of Center of ExcellenceExcellence

NIHNIHProjectsProjects

TrainingTrainingGroupGroup

FederalFederalAppropriationAppropriation

MAPCMAPC

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MedicalMedicalpartnerspartners

CorporateCorporatepartnerspartners

University University partnerspartners

Federal LabFederal Labpartnerspartners

State & Local State & Local Agency partnersAgency partners

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UMass Amherst Emergency UMass Amherst Emergency Response ResearchResponse Research

2001-2204 Federal Grants: $38M2001-2204 Federal Grants: $38M

Areas of Application

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Harbors, Coastlines & Borders

Transportation Systems

Power Grid/Energy

Medical Facilities

Air/Water/Food

Vaccines & Antitoxins

Academic Areas

41%

13%

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Information Science/IT

Chemistry & Biology

Environment

Social Science

Engineering


Campus HS Profile Campus HS Profile

• Faculty representing 6 collegesFaculty representing 6 colleges 160 faculty have HS related interests160 faculty have HS related interests

• Significant recent funded researchSignificant recent funded research $38M funded research in past 3 years $38M funded research in past 3 years

(30 PIs, 90 projects)(30 PIs, 90 projects)

• Nationally prominent programsNationally prominent programs Sensors & sensor network, communication Sensors & sensor network, communication

& networking, complex systems, etc& networking, complex systems, etc

• Leveraging current successLeveraging current success CASA ERCCASA ERC


Faculty InitiativesFaculty Initiatives• Faculty Leadership - Faculty Leadership - Clarke, Deshmukh, Fisher, Henneman, Clarke, Deshmukh, Fisher, Henneman,

Hird, Reckhow, RotelloHird, Reckhow, Rotello

• DHS Center of Excellence in Emergency Response DHS Center of Excellence in Emergency Response ($18M over 3 years) ($18M over 3 years) - - Clarke, Deshmukh (12 UMass faculty, 4 Clarke, Deshmukh (12 UMass faculty, 4 NE universities, 5 industrial partners, 3 government labs, 2 hospitals NE universities, 5 industrial partners, 3 government labs, 2 hospitals and 5 state agencies)and 5 state agencies)

• Mass EOPS Center for Information Integration Mass EOPS Center for Information Integration ($3-($3-4M per year)4M per year) - - Clarke, Deshmukh, Fisher, Osterweil, JensenClarke, Deshmukh, Fisher, Osterweil, Jensen

• Medical Emergency Response Infrastructure - Medical Emergency Response Infrastructure - Clarke, Corkill, Deshmukh, Henneman, Levine, OsterweilClarke, Corkill, Deshmukh, Henneman, Levine, Osterweil

• NIH Emergency Response Training Methods - NIH Emergency Response Training Methods - Corkill, WoolfCorkill, Woolf


• US-Israel Collaboration US-Israel Collaboration ($150K)($150K) - - Corkill, Corkill, Deshmukh, Rosenberg, ZilbersteinDeshmukh, Rosenberg, Zilberstein

• Metropolitan Area Planning Council - Metropolitan Area Planning Council - Corkill, Corkill, Oppenheimer, HiltonOppenheimer, Hilton

• Mass DOT Variable Message Signage - Mass DOT Variable Message Signage - Fisher, ShuldinerFisher, Shuldiner

• FDA Food Safety - FDA Food Safety - Levin, McLandsboroughLevin, McLandsborough

• DARPA Knowledge Discovery - DARPA Knowledge Discovery - JensenJensen

Faculty Initiatives Faculty Initiatives (cont.)(cont.)


Center GoalsCenter Goals

• FundingFunding - $5-6M/year in 3-5 years - $5-6M/year in 3-5 years• RecognitionRecognition - DHS Center of Excellence - DHS Center of Excellence• ResearchResearch - integrate technological, cognitive - integrate technological, cognitive

and social aspects of emergency responseand social aspects of emergency response• ServiceService - focal point for MA research, - focal point for MA research,

development and training related to HSdevelopment and training related to HS• TeachingTeaching - new multi-disciplinary educational - new multi-disciplinary educational

programs in HS/ERprograms in HS/ER• CommercializationCommercialization - transitioning research into - transitioning research into

products products


Research ThemesResearch Themes

Hardware Layer Biological & chemical detectors Protective composites and polymers Energy efficient sensors Ad-hoc wireless networks

Application Layer Distributed inferencing and knowledge acquisition Process languages Dynamic data-driven analysis Enhanced middleware services

Decision Layer Distributed coordination Public policy-technology interactions Cognitive models of risk Shared mental models in teams

End-User Domains Healthcare systems Coasts and harbors Transportation systems Energy infrastructure Communication networks


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Energy EfficiencyEnergy Efficiency

PIC16C73B 68HC908GR4 AT90S4433 87C51

1 SPI module Yes Yes Yes No2 USART module Yes Yes Yes Yes3 Bi-directional IO pins 22 21 20 324 Max. Clock speed (MHz) 20 8 8 165 Program memory (Kbytes) 4 4 4 46 Interrupts 11 12 14 5

7 Packaging Type 28-pin SDIP 28-pin Dip 28-pin DIP 40-Pin Dip

8 In-circuit emulator Yes Yes Yes No9 A/D channels 5 6 6 No10 Number of Instruction codes 35 62 120 120

# FeaturesMicrocontrollers

GoalGoal:: Minimize overall energy consumption for Minimize overall energy consumption for prolonged sensor network operationprolonged sensor network operation

Approach:Approach: Low power hardware variable Low power hardware variable ff and and

VVDDDD ( (<3V, sleep modes, <3V, sleep modes, P=CP=Cpvpv··ff··VVDDDD22))

Energy harvesting from environmentEnergy harvesting from environment Computational vs. communication Computational vs. communication

energyenergy


Enhanced MiddlewareEnhanced MiddlewareIntegration of Heterogeneous Systems Integration of Heterogeneous Systems

in the Grid Environmentin the Grid Environment Small hand held devices for Small hand held devices for

emergency response personalemergency response personal portable SOAP version to access portable SOAP version to access

grid servicesgrid services ensure secure data transferensure secure data transfer

Interoperability of different grid Interoperability of different grid softwaresoftware

common protocols among grid common protocols among grid clustercluster

share resourcesshare resources common database interfacecommon database interface

GT3 data services

OtherGrid

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GT3 base services

GT3 core

GT3 security services

Goose


GIS Emergency Response Tools

Springfield – Population/plume overlay


Ant AlgorithmsAnt AlgorithmsGoals:Goals:

Develop search algorithms based on Develop search algorithms based on pheromone deposition methods used in ant pheromone deposition methods used in ant food foraging for combinatorial optimization food foraging for combinatorial optimization problemsproblems

Parallelize the algorithms on the gridParallelize the algorithms on the grid

Results:Results: Solved largest benchmark TSP problems in Solved largest benchmark TSP problems in

orders of magnitude less compute timesorders of magnitude less compute times Applications in dynamic packet routingApplications in dynamic packet routing


Evacuation: Highways and Evacuation: Highways and BiwaysBiways


Shared Mental ModelsShared Mental Models

Goal:Goal: Determine what and how Determine what and how

collaborators share information collaborators share information

Preliminary Results:Preliminary Results: Individual’s mental models converge Individual’s mental models converge

over timeover time Mental model content shifts from general Mental model content shifts from general

to specific over timeto specific over time Cognitive agreement positively impacts Cognitive agreement positively impacts

team performanceteam performance

Taskwork SMM

Teamwork SMM

Differentiation

Integration

Orientation

Changes oradjustments

required?

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Major Funding SourcesMajor Funding Sources

• DHS Center of ExcellenceDHS Center of Excellence Emergency Response ManagementEmergency Response Management

• NIHNIH Information Management in DisastersInformation Management in Disasters

• NSFNSF Cyber Infrastructure InitiativeCyber Infrastructure Initiative

• DODDOD MURI - DURIP ProgramMURI - DURIP Program


Other Funding AvenuesOther Funding Avenues

• State HS OfficesState HS Offices EOPSEOPS

• State Public Health ProgramsState Public Health Programs Rhode Island HEALTH InitiativeRhode Island HEALTH Initiative

• DOTDOT ITS ProgramITS Program

• Several targeted RFPs from DOD Several targeted RFPs from DOD branches, DARPA, DOE and NASAbranches, DARPA, DOE and NASA


Service and OutreachService and Outreach

• Technology Assessment TestbedTechnology Assessment Testbed Computational grid (~400 nodes) Computational grid (~400 nodes) Proof-of-concept capabilityProof-of-concept capability Unbiased evaluation - team with MITREUnbiased evaluation - team with MITRE

• Emergency Response RoundtableEmergency Response Roundtable Venue for government, non-profit, Venue for government, non-profit,

industrial and academic partners to industrial and academic partners to exchange conceptsexchange concepts

• Emergency Response ConferenceEmergency Response Conference Environmental Terrorism PanelEnvironmental Terrorism Panel


Education and TrainingEducation and Training

• Multi-disciplinary CurriculumMulti-disciplinary Curriculum NSF-IGERTNSF-IGERT Emergency response undergraduate Emergency response undergraduate

minorminor• First Responder ProgramsFirst Responder Programs

UMass Online platformUMass Online platform


Economic ImpactEconomic Impact• New Products and IndustriesNew Products and Industries

Sensors and sensor networksSensors and sensor networks Biological and chemical sensorsBiological and chemical sensors Ad-hoc sensor networksAd-hoc sensor networks

Computational gridsComputational grids Grid servicesGrid services

Large scale system integrationLarge scale system integration Healthcare systemsHealthcare systems TransportationTransportation Borders and coastlineBorders and coastline

Information aggregationInformation aggregation Data mining and knowledge discoveryData mining and knowledge discovery


Economic ImpactEconomic Impact

• Technology Assessment TestbedTechnology Assessment Testbed Collaborate with Hanscom and MITRECollaborate with Hanscom and MITRE Competitive resource for small businessesCompetitive resource for small businesses

• Risk MitigationRisk Mitigation Reduction in economic and human losses Reduction in economic and human losses

in emergenciesin emergencies Lower risk rating resulting in substantial Lower risk rating resulting in substantial

savings for small communitiessavings for small communities


Next StepsNext Steps

• Proposal for UMass President’s S&T Proposal for UMass President’s S&T initiative fundsinitiative funds

• DHS Center proposalDHS Center proposal

• FY05 Federal and State legislative FY05 Federal and State legislative appropriationsappropriations

• Mass EOPS initiativeMass EOPS initiative

• Develop and foster partnershipsDevelop and foster partnerships

• Support inter-disciplinary proposalsSupport inter-disciplinary proposals


Industrial PartnersIndustrial Partners

• IBMIBM• RaytheonRaytheon• Lucent - Bell LabsLucent - Bell Labs• MITREMITRE• Geo-Centers - EAIGeo-Centers - EAI• Court SquareCourt Square• BAE SystemsBAE Systems• General DynamicsGeneral Dynamics• Partners HealthcarePartners Healthcare


Academic PartnersAcademic Partners

• Baystate Medical CenterBaystate Medical Center

• Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College

• MITMIT

• HarvardHarvard

• University of Maine University of Maine

• University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire

• University of Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode Island


Federal/State/Local PartnersFederal/State/Local Partners

• Sandia LabsSandia Labs• Natick Army LabsNatick Army Labs• Lincoln LabsLincoln Labs• Mass DOT, DPH, DEPMass DOT, DPH, DEP• MassPortMassPort• Metropolitan Area Planning CouncilMetropolitan Area Planning Council• Boston EMSBoston EMS• Western Mass Regional LEPCWestern Mass Regional LEPC

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