 IIIA and Partners Win Governor's Technology Award
Developed in partnership with Augusta Medical Center, IIIA created a computer modeling program to help hospitals plan for a pandemic flu outbreak. Augusta Medical Center was the first hospital to use the software to model staffing, facilities and resources during community surge situation.
The program recently received the Governor's Innovative Use of Technology in Higher Education Award. Gov. Tim Kaine presented the award Monday, Sept. 8, at the Commonwealth of Virginia Information Technology Symposium in Williamsburg.
New "Constructive Cartography" Website Goes Live.
An innovative method, Constructed Cartography includes a series of validated algorithms and software to succinctly summarize the underlying patterns in data that are typically presented in less easily "digested" forms. Current charts include predications of pandemics, psychoacoustical algorithms to evaluate distraction in auditory cues, functional distances in transportation, and predictions of disease spread (cancers). The newly designed website featuring this new research can be found at http://www.csd.jmu.edu/csdsquared/.
JMU Prof Wins Mandela Award
James Madison University political-science and African students professor J. Peter Pham has been named the winner of the 2008 Nelson Mandela International Essay Competition on African Security and Development.
Dr. Pham, the director of the Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs at JMU, won the award for his paper "Imagining the Congo Secure and Stable," a look at the goings-on in Africa's third-largest country. He is one of IIIA's Fellows and Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Political Science, and Africana Studies at JMU.
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London, together with the Brenthurst Foundation, announced Pham's selection on Dec. 4. The two organizations established the prize three years ago with support from the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Pham's essay will be published at the end of December in the RUSI Journal, the institute's flagship defense and security publication at www.rusi.org/mandelaessay.
HSPI In The News: CQ Interview with Director Frank Cilluffo
Congressional Quarterly Homeland Security published a detailed interview with Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI)
at the George Washington University Director Frank Cilluffo. The interview focused on possible national and homeland security policy changes with the upcoming presidential transition. Mr. Cilluffo is a IIIA Fellow. Read the CQ interview here.
2009 IIIA Request for Research Proposals (RFP)
IIIA seeks proposals for applied research in the areas of information assurance and infrastructure protection. Submitted proposals should focus on developing technologies and methodologies with the potential for commercialization that include student participation and collaboration with other departments within JMU and/or other Virginia universities.
General areas of interest include, but are not limited to, information assurance, critical infrastructure protection, disaster management or recovery, information security, computer and network security, information assurance standards, application of information and computer assurance for the protection of the critical infrastructure, models and modeling techniques for protecting our critical infrastructure, and any applications of state-of-the-art research and state-of-the-practice technology aimed at protecting our critical infrastructure. Proposals on policy research and research leading to education, training, and public awareness materials related to information and infrastructure assurance are also welcome.
1. Prototype Development Efforts. Applied research for the development of prototype products in areas where there is known demand and funds available from government and private organizations.
2. Gap Funding Efforts. Gap funds may be provided to enable JMU innovations and inventions with a high degree of market potential to move forward to commercial applications. Gap funding support is intended to be the final infusion of resources that will make an innovation or invention market-place ready for licensing or as the basis for a new company start-up.
3. Seed Research Efforts. Basic research on highly promising innovative ideas will be considered.
For more information and application guidelines, download the Proposal Application. (RFP in WORD) (RFP in PDF) Proposals Due Date is 5 pm on January 30, 2009.
Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy's Richard Little Inducted into the National Academy of Construction
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-October 13, 2008 - Richard G. Little, director of The Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy (Keston Institute), has been elected to the National Academy of Construction (NAC) (http://www.naocon.org). Little was nominated for a career devoted to improving the planning, management, and policy development related to public facilities, and was inducted into the NAC during ceremonies that were held on October 9th & 10th in Bartlesville, OK. More.
Mark Your Calendars!!
Institute for Infrastructure & Information Assurance (IIIA) Fall Research Review
September 26, 2008 (12:30 – 4:00 pm)
ISAT Bldg, Rm 136
We cordially invite you to hear about the latest on homeland security research at JMU. Five groups of researchers will present their summer projects, including RFID Disaster ID Bracelets, a Cyber Defense Competition, WMD Training, Computer Cartography, and Energy Security. You will also hear about the latest on modeling for community preparedness and simulation strategies within the Intelligence Community. We will also introduce a workshop where faculty can learn how to collaborate with IIIA on funding opportunities related to homeland security research.
Lastly, we are delighted to report that IIIA’s Pandemic Flu Modeling project recently won the 2008 Governor’s Technology Award in the Innovative Use of Technology in Higher Education category. The award is featured on JMU’s homepage.
Need more information? Download the event schedule.
Contact Cheryl Elliott, 568-4442, elliotcj@jmu.edu or George Baker, 568-8767, bakergh@jmu.edu
IIIA and Partners Win Governor's Technology Award
A team of researchers from James Madison University's Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance collaborated with medical professionals at Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville, Virginia, to develop a tool aiding the hospital staff to understand the full impact of a influenza pandemic on the hospital, its staff, and its capacity. The tools demonstrate the impact of patient flow at the rural hospital during a flu pandemic on scarce resources. The resources include nursing staff requirements, medications, and hospital beds. The model produces various graphs, providing a more holistic view of the impact of a influenza pandemic on a hospital. Download the market brief.
The program recently received the Governor's Innovative Use of Technology in Higher Education Award. Gov. Tim Kaine presented the award Monday, Sept. 8, at the Commonwealth of Virginia Information Technology Symposium in Williamsburg.
Further press coverage related to the AMC project and Governor's Award:
JMU Media Relations
NBC29 Charlottesville
Staunton News Leader
July CIPP Report Now Available.
Please note that the July 2008 issue of The CIP Report features public-private partnerships and highlights of
recent conferences, including the 2nd National Conference on Security Analysis and Risk Management at George Mason University on May 13-15 and the 2008 Homeland Security Symposium, "Fostering Public Private Partnerships." You can access the July CIP Report here.
 Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the National Academies, Washington, DC.
2008 Homeland Security Symposium "Fostering Public Private Partnerships"
To foster the development of public-private-partnerships, this event program illuminates successful public-private partnerships at the local, regional, and national level as models and considers steps to develop and improve future public-private partnerships.
See the 2008 Symposium website for details! A summary of the emerging themes from this symposium will be posted soon on this website. Full proceedings will be forthcoming.
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