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Fireside Chat

Summary page for the Fireside Chat event with USCIS Director Ur Jaddou and CIS Ombudsman Phyllis Coven, held September 21, 2022.

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News Release: DHS Announces Results of 2020 Privacy Technology Demonstration

DHS S&T hosted a first-of-its-kind event to understand the product landscape of technologies that can assist in protecting the privacy of individuals appearing in photos and videos.

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2020 Series: Let's Talk about SeeSay

Listen to thought leaders share their perspectives on the evolution of suspicious activity reporting, the importance of partnerships, and the need to maintain vigilance.

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News Release: S&T Announces 2020 Privacy Technology Demonstration

DHS S&T is calling on companies developing privacy-enhancing technologies to submit applications for the 2020 Privacy Technology Demonstration.

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TIES: Securing Mobile Network Infrastructure - DHS and Industry Solutions for the Future

TIES are a series of nation-wide collaborative events. Watch the videos and hear how DHS and industry alike are working to secure mobile network infrastructure.

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TIES: Securing Mobile Network Infrastructure - CISA Mission Area

Watch TIES videos and hear from experts at CISA on the current landscape and future of mobile network infrastructure, 5G and the Internet of Things.

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TIES: Securing Mobile Network Infrastructure - S&T Perspective

Watch the TIES videos from July 19, 2019, and learn more about DHS S&T and our work with CISA on securing mobile network infrastructure.

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S&T Predicting Crowd Behavior Fact Sheet and Video

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is tapping a high-tech approach developed by the DHS S&T Center for Visualization and Data Analytics (CVADA) at Rutgers to enable safer crowd movement during emergencies and other events. The CVADA-Rutgers research team uses a combination of mathematical modeling and LiDAR (light and radar) to determine the best way to manage rush-hour crowds and bus schedules—including emergency evacuations— before, during, and after PANYNJ’s major reconstruction and rehabilitation construction projects.

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S&T START Fact Sheet

START advances science-based knowledge about the causes and consequences of terrorism, and the effectiveness and consequences of responses to terrorism.

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Snapshot: S&T Tests Face, Iris Systems at Biometric Tech Rally

Balancing speed and security at checkpoints, like airports, is essential to ensuring safe, reliable travel. Many of these checkpoints are increasingly using biometric technology to improve speed and reliability. While recent improvements in biometrics have lowered failure to match rates, many systems fail to quickly acquire biometric information in the first place.DHS S&T's first Biometric Technology Rally  aimed to eliminate these obstacles by testing face and face/iris recognition systems.