Technologies and Policies for Homeland Defense
Friday, December 7, 2001
12:15 – 2:00pm
Brookings Institute, Saul Room

Professor Ken Gabriel is the newly appointed director of the Office for Security Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University. The Office was created in response to the September 11 attacks, and will work with the federal government to match Carnegie Mellon’s capabilities with national security needs. An expert in developing microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Professor Gabriel led the Electronics Technology Office at DARPA prior to joining CMU. He also served as co-chair of the Defense Science Board Study on 21^st Century Defense Technology Needs, Acquisition and Management.

Dr. Kendra Sharp is a Congressional Science Fellow in the office of Senator Joseph Lieberman, and served as the lead in drafting the S&T portion of the legislation that helped to establish the new Department of National Homeland Security.

The AEI-Brookings Joint Center on Regulatory Policy, the Washington, D.C. partner in this venture, is a well-recognized leader in preparing lawmakers and regulators with tools for sound decision-making by facilitating thoughtful, objective analyses of emerging regulatory issues.

Carnegie Mellon, the university partner in this venture, is unique in its across-the-board excellence in both technology and technology-related social science. The Heinz School offers what are consistently regarded as the country’s best information technology policy and management programs, and has recently founded the Institute for the Study of Information Technology and Society (InSITeS) to extend the school’s impact on policy research and analysis.