[Infowarrior] - Conference on Mathematical Models in Counterterrorism

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Descartes Conference on Mathematical Models in Counterterrorism

http://www.c4ads.org/dcmmc2006

Honorary Chair
Vladimir Lefebvre

Co-chairs
Jerrold Post
Newton Howard
Stefan Schmidt

Organizing Committee
Shlomo Argamon
Ammar Qusaibaty
Alan Steinberg


    Honoring Vladimir Lefebvre

September 28-29, 2006

As violent non-state actors increasingly exploit technology to malignant
ends, developing effective counterterrorism methods plays an evermore
pervasive role. The 7/11 train bombings in Bombay, 7/7 in London, 3/11 in
Madrid, and 9/11 in New York and at the Pentagon--each one of these crises
called upon the scientific community to help mitigate the violence and
prevent future attacks.

In this spirit, the Descartes Conference on Mathematical Models in
Counterterrorism addresses some of the latest developments in the
application of mathematics to the development of counterterrorism, defense
and security methods. Hosted and organized by the Center for Advanced
Defense Studies, the conference is concerned with the relevance of
mathematics to enhancing national and global security. This year's
conference, to be held September 28 and 29, honors distinguished scientist
Dr. Vladimir Lefebvre.

The main themes of the conference include:

    * Cognitive psychology, models and reflexive control
    * Order structures, graph theory, lattice theory and formal concept
analysis
    * Cognitive linguistics
    * Information retrieval and knowledge discovery
    * Imaging science and surveillance
    * Modeling and agent-based simulation

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