The Mathematical Sciences Role In Homeland Security

Download or read book The Mathematical Sciences' Role in Homeland Security written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-05-15 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical sciences play a key role in many important areas of Homeland Security including data mining and image analysis and voice recognition for intelligence analysis, encryption and decryption for intelligence gathering and computer security, detection and epidemiology of bioterriost attacks to determine their scope, and data fusion to analyze information coming from simultaneously from several sources. This report presents the results of a workshop focusing on mathematical methods and techniques for addressing these areas. The goal of the workshop is to help mathematical scientists and policy makers understand the connections between mathematical sciences research and these homeland security applications.