Workshop On Detecting and Countering IEDs And Related Threats

简易爆炸装置（ied）的生产、分配和引爆涉及到工程材料与人类在特定时间和地点的结合。充分了解如何发现和预防这种行为需要多学科研究。为期两天的研讨会将汇集大约20位来自社会和行为科学、信息科学和工程学的专家，以确定知识的现状，并提出解决这一复杂问题的未来研究建议。讲习班将审议简易爆炸装置的性质及其肇事者；恐怖组织的招募、组织、策划和沟通；利用传感器和行为观察进行远程观察和监视；多模态数据流融合；还有方法论问题。使用电子群件工具将促进头脑风暴、想法集群、确定可研究主题的优先级，并详细阐述每个主题的各个方面。最终的报告将确定几个利用技术和社会行为专业知识的前沿研究课题。

The production, distribution, and detonation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) involve the coming together of engineered materials with human beings at particular times and places. Full understanding of how to detect and prevent such acts requires multidisciplinary research. The proposed two-day workshop will bring together approximately 20 experts from social and behavioral sciences, information sciences, and engineering to identify the current state of knowledge and to propose future research to address this complex issue. The workshop will consider the nature of IEDs and their perpetrators; recruitment, organization, planning, and communication among terrorist organizations; remote observation and surveillance using sensors and behavioral observation; fusion of multimodal data streams; and methodological issues. Use of an electronic groupware tool will facilitate brainstorming, clustering of ideas, prioritizing researchable themes, and elaborating on facets of each theme. The resultant report will identify several leading-edge research topics that draw upon both technical and social-behavioral expertise.