On 3/17/06, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:

----- Forwarded message from NECSI Programs <programs@necsi.org> ----- ... Special program on _Homeland and International Security_ at the International Conference on Complex Systems. ... The scientific community, and particularly the Complex Systems community, should respond by providing new insights tools and approaches informing policy, preparation and action.

... --Critical infrastructure protection ... --Analysis of effective and ineffective crisis response --Network analysis of transnational emergency response

heh, i'd love to see sante fe & necsi soundly trashing tsa no fly lists and ssss labeling, nsa's tia reborn, and every other program the vast majority of "security" bureaucracy/funding is porked in. rapid repair is key, and att's ndr program a model with some success. perhaps cognitive wireless radios (software defined? fuck the fcc!) will provide a good last mile in the near future... as for other industries / organizations - some systems are just broken against a skilled asymmetric attacker. time to move on...