The whole world at present is reeling under the phobic neurosis due to terrorism. No matter where you go, at any part of the world, you will find special measures adopted and also updated to thwart any such possible attack. Nevertheless, among all these the airports and along with the entire aviation industry happen to be the most vulnerable. Now to quell this menace, increasing its tentacles on each day by leaps and bounds, a number of measures are taken without any effect. But that in no way can refute the wise intentions to save the human beings from the imminent danger.
To make this prospect stronger a team of acclaimed computer scientists at University of Southern California, with the imperative presence of an Indian origin researcher, has brought to the fore a competent software, which if applied have a high potential to intensify vigilance against terrorist attacks. It is called ARMOR and in the meantime is being used to give a boost to security at LAX airport in Los Angeles. The software has been developed as part of a DHS-sponsored research project. Professor Milind Tambe, engaged with the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), a DHS Center of Excellence based at USC has been instrumental behind this development. He was also key to test the software with Praveen Paruchuri.
The effectivity of the software lies in its fast pace of recording the locations of routine, random vehicle checkpoints and canine searches at the airport, and in doing so helps to identify any security breaches or suspicious activity, if there is any. Besides the software provides the security agency with a model of where to go and when. The software also makes fast decisions based on considered probabilities of a terrorist attack at those locations. If all these prove to be effective, we can at least have a sigh of relief in the coming days.
To make this prospect stronger a team of acclaimed computer scientists at University of Southern California, with the imperative presence of an Indian origin researcher, has brought to the fore a competent software, which if applied have a high potential to intensify vigilance against terrorist attacks. It is called ARMOR and in the meantime is being used to give a boost to security at LAX airport in Los Angeles. The software has been developed as part of a DHS-sponsored research project. Professor Milind Tambe, engaged with the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), a DHS Center of Excellence based at USC has been instrumental behind this development. He was also key to test the software with Praveen Paruchuri.
The effectivity of the software lies in its fast pace of recording the locations of routine, random vehicle checkpoints and canine searches at the airport, and in doing so helps to identify any security breaches or suspicious activity, if there is any. Besides the software provides the security agency with a model of where to go and when. The software also makes fast decisions based on considered probabilities of a terrorist attack at those locations. If all these prove to be effective, we can at least have a sigh of relief in the coming days.
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