Hurricane Sandy Commanding Officer to Speak at USC Symposium on Maritime Risks
November 13, 2012
WHAT: U.S. Coast Guard
Atlantic Area Commander Vice Admiral Robert
C. Parker, who commands all Coast Guard operations along the
eastern seaboard, will give the keynote address at a forum bringing
together researchers and top officials to discuss maritime risks.
Parker led all Coast Guard rescue operations, including the rescue of
the HMS Bounty crew off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane
Sandy, and reconstitution efforts in the wake of the storm in the Port
of New York & New Jersey.
WHO: Speakers include:
WHEN: Wednesday, November 14 from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
8:15-8:45 a.m. Keynote address by U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander Vice Admiral Robert C. Parker
8:55 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander Vice Admiral Paul F. Zukunft will speak about maritime risks in the Artic
1:15 - 2:30 p.m. USC Professor Milind Tambe and U.S. Coast Guard Officials will disuss how Tambe's work -- pioneering the use of game theory and randomization to improve security -- has been put to use in the Ports of New York and Boston and is being tested in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
WHERE: USC University Park Campus, Town and Gown Ballroom 665 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089
MORE: For more information on the forum, sponsored by USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), go to http://create.usc.edu/2012/07/uscg-create_maritime_risk_symp.html
About USC CREATE
Established in 2004, CREATE is an interdisciplinary national research center based at the University of Southern California in the Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Viterbi School of Engineering and funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The center is focused on risk and economic analysis and comprises a team of experts from across the country, including partnerships with numerous universities and research institutions.
Contact and RSVP: Kelly Buccola at (949) 230-2270 or uscnews@usc.edu
WHO: Speakers include:
- USC President C. L. Max Nikias
- Daniel Gerstein, Deputy Under Secretary for Science & Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Stephen Hora, director of USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
- USC computer science Professor Milind
Tambe
WHEN: Wednesday, November 14 from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
8:15-8:45 a.m. Keynote address by U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander Vice Admiral Robert C. Parker
8:55 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander Vice Admiral Paul F. Zukunft will speak about maritime risks in the Artic
1:15 - 2:30 p.m. USC Professor Milind Tambe and U.S. Coast Guard Officials will disuss how Tambe's work -- pioneering the use of game theory and randomization to improve security -- has been put to use in the Ports of New York and Boston and is being tested in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
WHERE: USC University Park Campus, Town and Gown Ballroom 665 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089
MORE: For more information on the forum, sponsored by USC's National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), go to http://create.usc.edu/2012/07/uscg-create_maritime_risk_symp.html
About USC CREATE
Established in 2004, CREATE is an interdisciplinary national research center based at the University of Southern California in the Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Viterbi School of Engineering and funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The center is focused on risk and economic analysis and comprises a team of experts from across the country, including partnerships with numerous universities and research institutions.
Contact and RSVP: Kelly Buccola at (949) 230-2270 or uscnews@usc.edu
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