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John Crissman on an AI Tool for First Responders

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CNA computer scientist John Crissman and his team developed a creative tool using machine learning and AI to improve situational awareness for disaster response.

and approaches for addressing emerging national safety and security challenges. These projects are showcased in the CNA Innovation Incubator (CNAi 2 ). From analyzing machine learning for public safety ... anomalies and signal, “Hey, this first responder could be having a health crisis.” It could perform sentiment analysis on social media data, using AI to analyze emotions expressed in posts related

Dr. Megan McBride on Increasing Resilience to Misinformation in the Workplace

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Dr. Megan McBride describes the innovation behind a study to demonstrate how to make the workforce of a large employer more resilient to disinformation.

School of Public Health and a former National Security Agency intelligence analyst. CNA continuously invests in innovative, independent research projects that explore new tools and approaches for addressing emerging national safety and security challenges. These projects are showcased in the CNA Innovation Incubator (CNAi 2 ). From analyzing machine learning for public safety to developing a Navy

A Perfect Storm of Extreme Weather and Demographics Threatens Older Adults

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Older US residents face growing risks from extreme weather because of climate change, the aging US population, and seniors moving to vulnerable regions.

Events on People with Disabilities . She leads projects focused on climate change, emergency management, public health, and justice. A confluence of circumstances is aligning to put more older US ... and geospatial analysis to examine this issue. Our CNA report, The Impacts of Extreme Weather on Older Adults , examines how weather events affect the health, housing, and economic security of older residents ... , Florida, had both the fastest growth of any US metropolitan area between 2010 and 2020 and the oldest median age . In terms of readiness to protect residents from the health effects of climate change

What Can the U.S. Do To Promote Prosperity in Africa?

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Alexander Casendino examines how the U.S. can promote economic growth and stability in Africa, considering the recent trend of military coups on the continent.

aid and public health resources sent to Africa have grown markedly in the past two decades . However, few resources are allocated to democracy, human rights and governance (DRG) programming; in 2019

6 Ways the U.S. Can Counter Extremist Groups in the COVID-19 Era

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The environment created by COVID-19 has been beneficial to violent extremist organizations. It has increased instability, amplified the risk of radicalization and had a negative effect on CT operations.

disinformation, have developed an increasingly robust capacity for stopping its spread. Similarly, after the pandemic, improvements to systems designed to monitor increasing risks to public health during

Conducting an Effective Exercise During COVID-19

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Faced with constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic, agencies have had to think creatively about how to maximize the reach and benefit of their exercises.

, personnel who would normally participate in exercises are often busy supporting pandemic response operations, particularly within emergency management and public health agencies. At the state and local ... Effective Exercises During COVID-19 Faced with constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic, agencies have had to think creatively about how to maximize the reach and benefit of their exercises. /images/InDepth/Post70.jpg Conducting an Effective Exercise During COVID-19 70 Tschuna Patterson Tschuna Patterson Associate Research Analyst in CNA’s Institute for Public Research. Exercises play a vital

Don't Wait to Review Your COVID-19 Response

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Prolonged pandemics, such as the outbreak of COVID-19, pose a particular dilemma as agencies decide when to conduct an after-action review.

of COVID-19, pose a particular dilemma as agencies decide when to conduct an after-action review. The answer is now. Many public health and emergency management agencies are conducting interim reviews ... and Security division. She is responsible for CNA's domestic preparedness portfolio, which includes projects and studies for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services

Modeling the Pandemic to Protect Prisoners and Staff

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Without adequate testing of staff and inmates and with little experience with the virus, the immediate response is frequently lockdown.

. Should certain movements be allowed? Can the staff hold a meeting? Should meals no longer be served in the mess hall? Should gym and workout facilities be closed? CNA’s Institute for Public Research ... are vital to the safety, security and health of the nation. center

cna talks: Domestic Terrorism in the United States

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In the wake of the recent mailed pipe bombs and Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting, CNA experts Bill Rosenau and Dawn Thomas discuss the historical context of domestic terrorism in America and the rise of the “lone wolf” and violent right-wing extremism over recent decades. They distinguish domestic terrorism from hate crimes and examine societal perceptions of the severity of each. They also review prevention and law enforcement responses to hate crimes and domestic terrorism. Rosenau notes that while terrorism is perceived as the more critical threat, Americans are more likely to be a victim of a hate crime. They also point out that if current systems have been unable to predict and identify perpetrators in recent years, it suggests the traditional risk factors may be outdated while modern technology and prediction tools are underutilized. Thomas questions why Americans are increasingly susceptible to malign influence, and Rosenau emphasizes the need for more academic study on domestic terrorism, as it poses a greater threat to American civilians than foreign terrorism.

evacuations, medical evacuation, earthquakes and tsunamis, mass casualty chemical incidents, public health outbreaks (human and animal), and cyberattacks. Thomas came to CNA after studying terrorism

ai with ai: The AI Is Smarter on the Other Side of the FENCE

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Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, including the new DARPA FENCE program (Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics), which seeks to create event-based cameras that only focus on pixels that have changed in a scene. NIST proposed an approach for reducing the risk of bias in AI and has invited the public to comment and help improve it. Researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder use a machine learning model to learn physical properties in electronics building blocks (such as clumps of silicon and germanium atoms), as a way to predict how larger electronics components will work or fail. Researchers in South Korea create an artificial skin that mimics human tactile recognition, and couple it with a deep learning algorithm to classify surface structures (with an accuracy of 99.1%). A survey from IE University shows, among other things, that 75% of people surveys in China support replacing parliamentarians with AI, while in the US, 60% were opposed to it. A scientist with uses machine learning to learn Rembrandt's style and then recreate missing pieces of the painter's "The Night Watch." Researchers at Harvard, San Diego, Fujitsu, and MIT present methodical research on demonstrating how classification neural networks are susceptible to small 2D transformations and shifts, image crops, and changes in object colors. The GAO releases a report on Facial Recognition Technology, surveying 42 federal agencies, and finds a general lack of accountability in the use of the technology. The WHO releases a report on Ethics and Governance of AI for Health. In rebuttal to DeepMind's "Reward is enough" paper, Roitblat and Byrnes pens separate essays on why "Reward is not enough." An open-access book by Wang and Barabasi looks at the Science of Science. Julia Schneider and Lena Ziyal join forces to provide a comical essay on AI: We Need to Talk, AI. And the National Security Commission on AI holds an all-day summary on Global Emerging Technology.

cameras that only focus on pixels that have changed in a scene. NIST proposed an approach for reducing the risk of bias in AI and has invited the public to comment and help improve it. Researchers from ... of AI for Health. In rebuttal to DeepMind's "Reward is enough" paper, Roitblat and Byrnes pens separate essays on why "Reward is not enough." An open-access book by Wang and Barabasi looks ... and Governance of AI for Health Summary Report Rebuttal of the Week Reward is   Not   Enough "Building artificial intelligence: Reward is not enough," by Herbert Roitblat