
Ana E “Anabella” Cruz Nazario
The book reflects a decade of leading-edge research on intelligence and security informatics from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the NSF COPLINK Center for Homeland Security Information Technology Research. Working in parallel with the research has been its application in real-world community situations by the center’s director and the book’s author, Dr. Hsinchun Chen. The book’s audience is wide and includes the following: (1) college professors, research scientists, graduate students, and select undergraduate juniors and seniors in computer science, information management, information science, and other related public safety, intelligence analysis, and terrorism research disciplines; (2) researchers, analysts, and policy makers in federal departments, national laboratories, intelligence community, public safety and law enforcement agencies, and the emergency response community; and (3) consultants and practitioners in IT hardware, communication, and software companies.