Center for Security Technology

Director, Das Family Distinguished Professor: Ronald Indeck

Home Page: http://www.cst.wustl.edu/ Telephone: (314) 935-4767

The Center for Security Technologies addresses fundamental questions in the design of advanced security systems. Established in September 2002, the multidisciplinary center explores innovations that enhance our ability to discover, assess, and obviate potential problems and threats to security arising from both malicious planned attacks and natural events. Areas of scientific and technological development include border and physical infrastructure security; information security and cybersecurity; and public health and well-being. Clients include agencies and companies in law enforcement, forensics, data security, credit card validation, currency and coin validation, and ultrasonic fingerprinting.

For a more detailed discussion of center's goals, visit the news release on the center's establishment.

News Stories & Tip Sheets:

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Candidates' eyes could be revealing Center for Security Technologies researcher studies alertness variables Oct. 11, 2004 -- Stern The eyes may well be the window to the soul, but they also are indicators of the mind's condition. People who have watched the presidential and vice-presidential debates earlier this month and preparing for the final debate on Oct. 13 could gather clues to the candidates' state of mind by watching the candidates' eyes. According to John Stern, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, and pioneer of blinking research, there is solid evidence that people blink frequently at points in time when they momentarily stop taking in and processing information.

The beat of a different drum Honoring time, computer greats consider evading time March 3, 2004 -- To meet design and cost changes, industry and government are considering clockless computing. Computing royalty, including Ivan Sutherland, the father of computer graphics, and Wesley A. Clark, the designer of the world's first personal computer, will gather at a computing symposium Friday, March 26th, 2004, from 1:00-5:30 p.m. at Washington University in St. Louis's Whitaker Hall Auditorium. As part of the University's 150th anniversary of its founding, participants will honor time by contemplating how computing can evade time as the industry prepares to go clockless.

A tool to thwart terrorists Theory can help disable terrorists' messages July 10, 2003 -- O'Sullivan Download An electrical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has devised a theory that sets the limits for the amount of data that can be hidden in a system and then provides guidelines for how to store data and decode it. Contrarily, the theory also provides guidelines for how an adversary would disrupt the hidden information. The theory will have a major impact on homeland security applications.

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Faculty Experts:

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Ronald S. Indeck DAS Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering Ron Indeck Download Indeck earned his doctorate from the University of Minnesota. His research involves magnetic and optical components and systems, especially in the areas of information technology and security. He is working with extremely high density magnetic recording systems, fast searching of massive databases, ... Expertise: object verification, public surveillance, magnetic information storage systems, magnetism Media assistance: (314) 935-5272 / tony_fitzpatrick@wustl.edu

Pratim Biswas Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor Biswas Biswas received his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology, has published extensively in his field and served on many international organizations and conferences. His research interests include aerosol science and engineering, nanoparticle technology, air quality engineering, combustion, materials ... Expertise: aerosol science, nanoparticle technology, air quality engineering, combustion, material processing for environmental technologies, environmentally benign processing, environmental nanotechnology, … Direct contact: (314) 935-5482 / pratim.biswas@seas.wustl.edu

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