1. Emerging Technologies in the Homeland Security Enterprise
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FEMA Region VIII Regional Interagency Steering Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

2. Current Technology Related Problems in The Homeland Security Enterprise
Interoperability
Cyber Security
Sensor Technologies
Knowledge Management
Technology Management
Implementation
Adoption

3. Emerging Technologies and Related Problems In the Homeland Security Enterprise:
Autonomous Unmanned Systems and Sensor Platforms
Robotics
Cognitive Computing
Computer Vision
Programmable Matter
Machine Ethics and Acculturation
Normal Accidents
Sense making

4. Emerging Technologies and Related Problems In the Homeland Security Enterprise:
How will a range of emerging technologies shape how Homeland Security organizations provide service and respond during a disaster in the next ten years?

5. 1. What is the impact of sensor augmented and autonomous Systems on Homeland Security organizations?
Ambulance Drone
Connected Vehicle Technology

6. What about the Trolley Problem?

7. 2. How will sensor networks and the “Internet of Things” shape the design of work in the HLS enterprise over the next two decades?
((IBM)The Internet of Things
The Smart Emergency Response System

8. What about Normal Accidents in HLS?
Perrow, C. (1984). Normal accidents: Living with high risk systems.

9. 3. How will humans and artificial intelligence work together in the HLS enterprise?
IBM Research Watson Paths Demo
Cognitive Computing (IBM Watson) – “BM Watson: The Science Behind an Answer “

10. What about sense-making in HLS?
John Boyd’s OODA Loop
Boyd, J. R. (1996). The essence of winning and losing. Unpublished lecture notes.

11. 4. What is the impact of Algorithmic decision-making in HLS?
Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world | TED Talk

12. 5. As A Homeland Security leader, how will you be shaping the design and use of machine learning, sense making, and decision making in your organization?
BM Analytics Working to Make Transportation Smarter Every Day
IBM Wild Ducks :

13. 6. What will the future machine interface look like and will humans trust and/ or rely on AI and Robots during an emergency?
MEET SOPHIA. HANSON ROBOTIC LIKE HUMAN
IBM Watson powered Robot
Would you trust a robot to save your life

14. 7. How will human/ machine acculturation occur in HLS?
Smart Book?
SmartBook from McGraw-Hill
IBM Watson on Sesame Street

15. 8. Beyond optimization; what social factors will guide the design and use of machine learning, sense making, and decision making in your organization?
The Ethical Robot

16. 9. How will recent advancements in Programmable Matter (Synthetic Biology, Nano Technology, and 3D Printing), impact the HLS enterprise?
(ABC News “'Synthetic biology' holds promise, but doubts simmer”
Speaking of the Future: Nanotechnology
Carbon3D's Super Fast 3D Printing

17. What about Disruptive Innovations / Technologies?
Christensen, C. (1998). The innovators Dilemma, Harvard Business School Press,
Clayton Christensen (1997)

18. References
Boyd, J. R. (1996). The essence of winning and losing. Unpublished lecture notes.
Christensen, C. (1998). The innovators Dilemma, Harvard Business School Press,
Perrow, C. (1984). Normal accidents: Living with high risk systems.