Emergency Preparedness & Homeland Defense

Autonomous and Interactive Systems at UC Merced has broad applications and focuses on the extremely important capability that intelligent systems have to achieve in order to be inserted in society: the ability to autonomously act with, and/or in cooperation with, people. The projects focus on systems that can be used to train and assist people in preparation for or during complex and difficult situations.

It has been estimated that malicious code
(viruses, worms, and Trojan horses) have caused over $75 billion in economic losses
in the U.S. through 2007. As a result, continuous traffic monitoring and
accurate detection of traffic anomalies and attacks are extremely critical for
large network operators, as well as for enterprise networks that provide

Large scale incidents, whether natural such as the Katrina disaster, tsunamis, and earthquakes, or human-caused such as the WTC incident, are becoming more frequent and more problematic. We have seen that people have been ill prepared to efficiently and effectively handle such incidents, largely due to lack of adequate information and communication at the incident scene. This project focuses on increasing safety and effectiveness at urban incidents by improving information and communication quality and quant

A project of the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management.

Funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

A project of the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management.

Funded by: Beatrix Farrand Instructional / Research Technology Support

A project of the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

A project of the Center for Catastrophic Risk Management.

Funded by the National Science Foundation