The National Research Center for Border Security and Immigration (BSI)

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The National Research Center for Border Security
and Immigration (BSI)

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DHS Center of Excellence Network

• Competitively-selected by DHS ST
• Led by major universities in collaboration with
  public and private-sector partners
• Brings together leading experts from intersecting
  fields to conduct critical research
• Develop research and technologies to prevent and
  respond to acts of terrorism

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Current COEs

• Risk and Economic Analysis USC
• Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Texas AM
• Food Protection and Defense U. Minnesota
• Study and Responses to Terrorism U. Maryland
• Microbial Risk Assessment Michigan State
• Study of Preparedness Catastrophic Events
  Johns Hopkins

• Border Security and Immigration U. Arizona,
  UT-El Paso
• Explosives Detection, Northeastern, U. Rhode Isl.
  
• Maritime, Island, and Port Security U. Hawaii,
  Stevens
• Natural Disasters and Emergency Management UNC,
  Jackson State
• Transportation Security Texas Southern,
  Tougaloo, U. Connecticut

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BSI Partners

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Mexican and Canadian Affiliates

• Canadian Mounted Police Research Centre
• National Research Council
• Carleton University
• Univ. British Columbia

• COLEF
• ITESM
• CONACyT

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Industry Affiliates
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National Labs
Los Alamos
Sandia
Brookhaven
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BSI Projects

• Technical Projects
• Detection
• Networks
• Fusion
• Risk
• Policy Projects
• Population
• Immigration
• Governance
• Law

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BSI Technical Projects

• Detection
• Interviewing techniques for rapid and secondary
  screening
• Biometrics
• High Risk Vehicle Identification
• Networks
• Optical Sensor Networks
• C3 Interoperability
• Extended Lifetime Sensor Networks
• Localization and Tracking
• Multi-sensor Networks
• Electromagnetic Imaging

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BSI Technical Projects

• Fusion
• Cross-Jurisdictional Data and Record Matching
• Sensor Information Integration
• Decision Support and Resource Allocation
• False Alarm Rate Reduction
• Risk
• Decision Framework
• Readiness Assessment and Maturity Model
• Risk Monitor
• Resource Allocation

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BSI Policy Projects

• Population
• Estimates of Unauthorized Population
• Visa Overstay Estimates
• Migrant Flows and Determinants
• Immigration
• Immigrant Assimilation
• Economic Impact of Immigration Policies
• Migrant Impacts on Criminal Justice System
• State Level Enforcement Policies

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BSI Policy Projects

• Governance
• Multi-Agency Coordination and Review
• Central-American Gangs and Political Violence
• Local Law Enforcement
• International Trade and Security
• Law Cross-Center Project
• Civil Rights and Liberties

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ASU Projects

• Joint Risk Assessment and Mitigation
• International Governance
• Extra-Territorial Law Enforcement
• International Gangs
• Data Fusion and False Alarm Rate Reduction

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BSI Management Team

• Dr. Jay Nunamaker Director and P.I.
• Regents Professor and Director of the Center for
  Management of Information

• Dr. Elyse Golob -- Executive Director
• Director, Office of Economic and Policy Analysis

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BSI Team - Advisory Committees

• Federal Coordinating Committee
• Strategic Advisory Board
• Technical Advisory Board
• Border Stakeholder Groups

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BSI
For additional information, contact D Rick van
Schoik nacts _at_asu.edu, 480 965-1846