May 22-24, 2006, San Diego, U.S.A.
www.isiconference.org

Conference Scope

The science of Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) focuses on the development and use of advanced information technologies, including methodologies, models and algorithms, infrastructure, systems, and tools for national/international and homeland security related applications through an integrated technological, organizational, and policy based approach. ISI also encompasses the areas of terrorism research, intelligence analysis as well as security-related public policy.

The two previous symposiums on ISI ( ISI-2003 , ISI-2004 ) were held in Tucson, Arizona; the third ( ISI-2005 ), with sponsorship by the IEEE, in Atlanta, Georgia. These meetings provided a stimulating intellectual forum for discussions among previously disparate communities: academic researchers (in information technologies, computer science, public policy, and social and behavioral studies), local, state, and federal law enforcement and intelligence experts, and information technology industry consultants and practitioners. Proceedings of these past ISI meetings were published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS #2665, #3073, and #3495).

ISI-2006 will continue this conference series under the sponsorship of the IEEE. It will be co-located with the 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research "Integrating Information Technology and Social, Behavioral andPolitical Sciences Research for Effective Government" ( http://dgrc.org/dgo2006/ ).

Agenda

• Warning Analysis for the Information Age: Rethinking the Intelligence Process : John Bodnar, SAIC
• Tailoring Scenario Analysis for Short-Term Policy Challenges : Bill Fiora and Ken Sawka, Outward Insights
• Probability and Information: The Essential Facts and Concepts : Dr. Richard Rohwer, Fair Isaac Corp
• Complexity and Uncertainty Management for Better Decision-Making : Gene Allen and Jacek Marczyk, Complex Systems Engineering, Inc
• Bayesian Networks: An Analytic Tool for Predicting Behavior : Dennis Buede, Mary Lewellyn, Richard Rees, and Paul Sticha)
• Intelligent Information Access : Dr. Mark Maybury, MITRE
• Integrating Methods and Tools to Counter Denial and Deception : Ed Waltz, BAE Systems
• The TRA (Threat and Risk Analysis) and the Intelligence Analyst's Contribution : Henry Doucette, Canadian Military College
• Role Playing Strategy Games for Intelligence Analysis : Prof. Barry G. Silverman, University of Pennsylvania
• Designing with the Mind in Mind: Basic Phenomena in Human Memory and Problem Solving : Prof. Thomas T. Hewett, Drexel University
• Event and Temporal Awareness for Intelligence Analysis : Prof. James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University and Inderjeet Mani, Georgetown University
• Advanced data mining, link discovery and visual correlation for data and image analysis : Prof. Boris Kovalerchuk, Central Washington University