Date
Time
Program
July 30
02:00pm-06:00pm
Tour to Niagara Falls State Park (optional; no group tour is organized)
06:30pm-08:00pm
Welcome BBQ reception at Picnic Area at Niagara Falls (meet 6pm in the hotel lobby)
July 31
08:00am-09:00am
Continental Breakfast
09:00am-09:10am
Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Jun Zhuang
09:10am-10:00am
Keynote: Dr. Vicki Bier, University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA: Pitfalls of Big Data
10:00am-10:15am
Coffee Break
10:15am-10:45am
Dr. Brandon P Behlendorf, University at Albany, USA: From Hot Spots to Hot Paths: Modeling Probable Pathways for Human Smuggling Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
10:45am-11:15am
Dr. Steve Johnson, Cranfield Defence and Security, Cranfield University, UK: Application of expert elicitation for decision making in the terrorism insurance industry – results of 3 years of forecasting
11:15am-11:45am
Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee, University at Buffalo, USA: Risk assessment framework to evaluate urban vs. rural crime rates leveraging data-driven predictive analytics
11:45am-01:30pm
Lunch and Poster Lightning Talks (3 min/poster)
01:45pm-02:15pm
Dr. Richard John, University of Southern California, USA: An ROC analysis of deception detection in social media following extreme events
02:15pm-02:45pm
Dr. Jun Zhuang, University at Buffalo, USA: Tracking and Managing Misinformation on Social Media during Disasters
02:45pm-03:15pm
Dr. Kjell Hausken, University of Stavanger, Norway: Game Theoretic Analysis of Adversaries, Media Manipulation, Ideologically Biased Clickbait or Fake News and Real News
03:15pm-03:45pm
Coffee Break
03:45pm-04:15pm
Dr. Youngjun Choe, University of Washington, USA: Post-Hurricane Damage Assessment with Satellite Imagery Data
04:15pm-04:45pm
Dr. Gabriela Gongora Svartzman, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA: Quantifying Social Cohesion as a Proxy for Resilient Communities in the face of Disasters
04:45pm-05:15pm
Dr. Selva Thiru Navukkarasu, Anna University, India: Risk Reduction In Process Industries Through Online Process Parameter Analysis
05:30pm-06:30pm
Break
06:30pm-08:30pm
Poster Presentations and Dinner Buffet Reception
August 1
08:00am-09:00am
Continental Breakfast
09:00am-09:30am
Dr. Luca Allodi, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands: The Work-Averse Cyber Attacker Model: Theory and Evidence From Two Million Attack Signatures
09:30am-10:00am
Mr. Anjon Basak, University of Texas at El Paso, USA: Uncovering The Adversary: Game Models for Learning Adversary Characteristics in Cybersecurity
10:00am-10:15am
Coffee Break
10:15am-10:45am
Dr. MD Baniamin Sarder, Bowling Green State University, USA: Resilient Cyber Security Systems for Material Handling and Logistics
10:45am-11:15am
Dr. Jonathan Welburn, RAND, USA: Systemic Risk in Cyberspace
11:30am-01:15pm
Lunch and Keynote: Dr. Robert Goble, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University, USA: The Human Side of Systemic Risks can inform the use of Big Data and New Analytic methods
 
01:30pm-05:00pm
Organized Group Trip to the Niagara Falls State Park: Maid of the Mist
06:30pm-08:00pm
General BBQ reception at Picnic Area at Niagara Falls
August 2
08:30am-09:30am
Continental Breakfast
09:30am-10:30am
Keynote: Dr. James H. Lambert, University of Virginia, USA: Risk and Resilience Management of Enterprises and Systems
10:30am-10:45am
Break
10:45am-11:30am
Discussion on the Special issue of Risk Analysis; other Research Directions
11:30am-01:00pm
Lunch and Closing Panel: Funding, Publication, and Future Activities
01:00pm-05:00pm
Tour to Niagara Falls State Park (optional; no group tour is organized)

 

Contact/Questions: Dr. Jun Zhuang • Phone: 1-716-645-4707 • Fax: 1-716-645-3302 • E-mail: jzhuang@buffalo.edu • Web: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~jzhuang/