Center for Global Studies (CGS)
The Center for Global Studies is a part of the Henry M. Jackson School
of International Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The center provides new research and knowledge to students, industries,
teachers and general public so that they can function effectively in
the globalized economy. http://jsis.washington.edu/isp/
Center for Information Assurance and Cyberspace (CIAC)
Center for Information Assurance and Cyberspace is a center where
professors, professionals, industries, students, and general people can
collaborate and assure solutions for information and cybersecurity. The
center generates research, invention, innovation, education, public
awareness, entrepreneurship, and economic growth not only for
educational institutions but for industries as well.
Barbara Endicott-Popovsky <endicott [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>
Barbara Endicott-Popovsky is the Director for the
Center of Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of
Washington, designated by the NSA as a Center for Academic Excellence
in Information Assurance Education. She holds a faculty appointment as
Senior Lecturer with the Information School of the University of
Washington, following a 20-year industry career marked by executive and
consulting positions in IT architecture and project management. Her
research interests include calibration of low layer network devices,
forensic-ready networks and integrating secure coding practices into
development efforts. Barbara earned her Ph.D. in Computer
Science/Computer Security from the University of Idaho (2007), and
holds a Masters of Science in Information Systems Engineering from
Seattle Pacific University (1987), a Masters in Business Administration
from the University of Washington (1985) and a Bachelor of Arts from
the University of Pittsburgh (1967).
Sara Curran <scurran [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>
Sara Curran joined the faculty of the Evans School
and Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies in 2005. Her
research and teaching interests encompass internal migration in
developing countries, globalization, family demography, environment and
population, and gender.
Curran previously
served as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at
Princeton University where she received the 2002 and 2004 outstanding
faculty advising award. While at Princeton University, Curran also
served as a faculty associate for its Office of Population Research and
its Center for International Studies.
Curran
holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. She also holds a MS in sociology and economics from North
Carolina State University, and a BS in natural resource management from
the University of Michigan.
Institute for National Security Education and Research (INSER)
Institute of National Security Education and Research is a
multidisciplinary institute which focuses on increasing education and
awareness in the field of national security. It creates models and
develops strategies on teaching and generating research on national
security and intelligence issues. http://cluster.ischool.washington.edu/caenser/
Jeffrey Kim <jykim [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu>
Professor Kim’s research focuses on the
organizational changes and information technologies in
knowledge-intensive firms. His research investigates the ongoing
relationship among information technologies, work practices, and
organizational structure. He has conducted field studies on the role of
technology in the collaboration and knowledge sharing practices of
engineers in the semiconductor and aerospace industries. Currently, he
is examining the social and technological aspects of information
sharing across team and organizational boundaries in the biotechnology
industry.
Professor Kim earned his BS from Seoul National University and his MS
from the University of California, Riverside. He received a PhD in
Information and Computer Science from the University of California,
Irvine.
General Expertise:information management and organizational change,
collaborative work, knowledge sharing, high-precision organizations,
biotechnology.
National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI)
PARVAC is collaborating with the University of Washington (UW), University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), and Wayne State University (WSU), Texas A&M University (TAMU), and RTI International are engaged in a multi-year research effort aimed at enhancing the principles and processes of border-security systems, with the goal of helping border stakeholders increase their situational awareness and decision-making capabilities, as well as achieve improved coordination. The project is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI).
All of the NCBSI collaborators are:
http://www.hsuniversityprograms.org/coe/current.cfm
Simon Fraser University
PARVAC is collaborating with faculty members from Simon Fraser
University in research projects to enhance visual analytics and
effective designing and developing. These faculty members are Nick
Hedley and John Dill. Nick Hedley is a researcher in the areas of
geographic and spatial visualization, advanced interface research,
geographic information science, cartography and spatial cognition. John
Dill is a professor and researcher interested in Information
Visualization, Visual Analytics, Design Visualization, Hapting
Rendering and Intelligent Graphic Interface. http://www.sfu.ca/
Nick Hedley <hedley [at] sfu [dot] ca>
Dr. Nick Hedley is a professor of Geovisualization and Geospatial Interface research in the Dept. of Geography, Simon Fraser University. He is the director of the Spatial Interface Research Lab. He is a researcher of geographic visualization, interactive 3D virtual environments, empirical geospatial interface research, and tangible and mobile mixed reality interfaces.
He works closely with regional emergency planning agencies and BC communities to implement and evaluate technology-mediate risk perception and situational awareness. Dr. Hedley"s academic research projects have been funded by NSF (US), EPA (US), DOE (US), NRSCE (US), SSHRC (Can), NSERC (Can), CWN NCE (Can), GEOIDE NCE (Can). In addition to scholarly work , Dr. Hedley has consulted for numerous organizations in government and industry, designing and developing 3D virtual environments and mixed reality interfaces for training and education. These include, Broken Hill (BHP), BBC (UK), Boston Museum of Science.
United States Coast Guard-Sector Seattle
United States Coast Guard-Sector Seattle is a part of the Department of Homeland Security which provides protection to the public, the environment, and United States economy. It is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, mariner assistance, and search and rescue. http://www.uscg.mil/d13/
CAPT Suzanne Englebert <FIN-DG-WebmasterWWW [at] uscg [dot] mil>
Captain Englebert is a 1984 graduate of
the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She has served as a Deck Watch Officer
aboard the 180’ buoy tender CGC IRIS which operated off the coast of
Oregon, commanded a Long Range Aids to Navigation Station in Okinawa,
Japan and trained as a junior officer right here in Puget Sound to
become a fully qualified Marine Inspector. She has run inspection and
marine safety field programs off the coast of Maine and in the Upper
Great Lakes (Duluth, MN). Captain Englebert has been assigned to Coast
Guard Headquarters, in Washington, DC where her work included
developing national regulations for lifesaving safety standards,
pollution prevention measures, and comprehensive maritime security
requirements. She has also commanded USCG missions in the mid-west
including the 11-state region known as Sector Upper Mississippi River.
Prior to coming back to Seattle, she was the Chief of Prevention for
the US Coast Guard’s 7th District in Miami, Florida.
University of British Columbia
PARVAC is collaborating with Brian Fisher from University of British
Columbia and coordinate on projects relevant to Visual Analytics and
Human Communications Technology. The focus of the research is on
cognitive science of human interaction with technology, research
methods that inform the development of technology that supports human
understanding, and decision-making. http://hct.ece.ubc.ca/research/index.html
Brian Fisher <fisher [at] cs [dot] ubc [dot] ca>
Brian Fisher’s Ph.D is in Experimental Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University and Associate Director of the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre at the University of British Columbia. He is also a member of the SFU Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences, and UBC Brain Research Centre and Institute for Computing, Intelligent and Cognitive Systems.
Brian’s research focuses on the cognitive science of human interaction with information systems, with the goal of developing new theories and research methods to inform the development of technology that supports human understanding, decision-making, creativity, and collaboration.
University of Canterbury
PARVAC is collaborating with Mark Billinghurst from the Human Interface
Technology Laboratory at the University of Canterbury. The research is
focused on Augmented Reality, Tangible Interface (TUI) and Perceptual
User Interface (PUI). More research is carried around the intersection
of these domains as well, that enhance face to face and remote
collaboration. The innovative research enhances human capabilities by
accelerating people’s ability to learn, to create, to communicate and
by making user-centered development so that people can communicate
globally without any barrier. The goal is to conduct and provide
multi-disciplinary project-based learning experiences for academia and
industry by leading-edge research on human-computer interfaces. http://www.hitlabnz.org/
Mark Billinghurst <mark [dot] billinghurst [at] canterbury [dot] ac [dot] nz>
Prof. Billinghurst has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in human
computer interface technology, particularly in the area of Augmented
Reality (the overlay of three-dimensional images on the real world).
In 2002, the former HIT Lab US Research Associate completed
his PhD in Electrical Engineering, at the University of Washington,
under the supervision of Professor Thomas Furness III. As part of the
research for his thesis titled Shared Space: Exploration in
Collaborative Augmented Reality, Prof. Billinghurst invented the Magic
Book - an animated children’s book that comes to life when viewed
through the lightweight head-mounted display (HMD).
Not surprisingly, Prof. Billinghurst has achieved several
accolades in recent years for his contribution to Human Interface
Technology research. He was awarded a Discover Magazine Award in 2001,
for Entertainment for creating the Magic Book technology. He was
selected as one of eight leading New Zealand innovators and
entrepreneurs to be showcased at the Carter Holt Harvey New Zealand
Innovation Pavilion at the America’s Cup Village from November 2002
until March 2003. In 2004 he was nominated for a prestigious World
Technology Network (WTN) World Technology Award in the education
category and in 2005 he was appointed to the New Zealand Government’s
Growth and Innovation Advisory Board.
Originally educated in New Zealand, Prof. Billinghurst is a
two-time graduate of Waikato University where he completed a BCMS
(Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Science)(first class honours)
in 1990 and a Master of Philosophy (Applied Mathematics & Physics)
in 1992.
Research interests:
Prof. Billinghurst’s research focuses primarily on advanced 3D user interfaces such as:
- Wearable Computing - Spatial and collaborative interfaces for small wearable computers. These interfaces address the idea of what is possible when you merge ubiquitous computing and communications on the body.
- Shared Space - An interface that demonstrates how augmented reality, the overlaying of virtual objects on the real world, can radically enhance face-face and remote collaboration.
- Multimodal Input - Combining natural language and artificial intelligence techniques to allow human computer interaction with an intuitive mix of voice, gesture, speech, gaze and body motion.
Veratect
Veratect is a center that provides information and early detection on
emerging threats and dangers to any of the living beings. It generates
actionable alerts so that informed decisions can be made on time to
cope with the arising situations. Identifying risks early and early
detection of threats prepares and empowers the decision-makers to make
practical and life-saving decisions on time. http://veratect.com/
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