Population growth and innovation are driving increasingly complex socio-technical infrastructures and system sustainability and resiliency are needed. But there continues to be inquiry into the safety, potential threats, and security of people and systems. HSS RIA has the unique capacity to bridge the gaps between theory and application, the flexibility of expertise and approaches, and a proven record of innovation. Therefore, our vision is to bring a holistic approach to create an increasingly sustainable, safe, and secure society by applying and integrating innovative State of the Art technologies into applications in the real world.
An interdisciplinary team of Purdue Polytechnic researchers received National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to study how teams of humans and robots will work together at construction sites. The team hopes the NSF grant will serve as the foundation for years of collaborative research to improve the efficiency and scalability of human-robot teams in constrained and complex construction workplaces.
Undergraduate and graduate students in Purdue Polytechnic presented posters summarizing their 2021-2022 research projects. Student research projects affiliated with the Polytechnic’s Holistic Safety and Security research impact area are summarized here.
Purdue cybercrime expert named Fulbright Scholar for her work targeting child sex offenders in Spain
Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, associate professor of computer and information technology, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar for her work in cybersecurity — specifically, for her upcoming research that will analyze the criminological differences and online grooming strategies of child sexual exploitation offenders in Spain, train Spanish law enforcement officers, and conduct community safety seminars.
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- Autonomous Systems
- Cybersecurity
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- Physical Safety
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- Sustainability
- Systems & Networks
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Yingjie “Victor” Chen
associate professor of computer graphics technology
Chad Laux
associate professor of computer and information technology
“Safety and security concerns develop from many actors and through many different technologies in our advancing society. By applying inter-disciplinary, holistic community approaches to these problems, we will build safer and more secure systems, and in turn, build stronger communities.”
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