Homeland Security Research Symposium
The symposium on homeland security hosted by the Coles College of Business showcases quality research by both industry and academic experts on homeland security issues. This event is meant to facilitate discussions among peers on important research advancements in the homeland security domain, the current state of affairs and related future challenges and possible strategies to tackle them. It is also gives the opportunity to build partnerships and future research collaborations as researchers attempt to strategically address these challenges.
Beyond showcasing notable research and practice-oriented work in homeland security, we publish a special working paper series issue featuring Coles faculty work submitted to this event. The symposium features student research posters conducted under the mentorship of our faculty in related areas.
October 23, 2025
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Prillaman Hall Indoor Plaza - HS 1001
This is a by invitation only event.
Speakers Included
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Sylvia Bhattacharya
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Technology, Kennesaw State University
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Robert L Bassett
Associate Professor of Operations Research and Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School
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Aaron Frech
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Kennesaw State University
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Kyle Hunt
Assistant Professor ofManagement Science and Systems, University at Buffalo
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Sheldon Jacobson
Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Richard John
Professor of Psychology,University of Southern California
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Murtaza Nisar
VP, Chief Information Security Officer, Clario
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Mia Plachkinova
Associate Professor of Information Security and Assurance, Kennesaw State University
Faculty Mentors
Agenda
- 8:00-8:45 Continental breakfast
- 8:30-8:45 Introductions
- 8:50-9:50 Plenary Session I
- Speaker 1 (Sheldon Jacobson)
- Speaker 1 (Sheldon Jacobson)
- 9:50-11:10 Invited Session I
- Speaker 2 (Robert Bassett)
- Speaker 3 (Sylvia Bhattacharya, Center for Cyber Physical Realms (CYPHR))
- 11:10-11:30 Coffee Break
- 11:30-12:50 Invited Session II
- Speaker 4 (Mia Plachkinova)
- Speaker 5 (Kyle Hunt)
- 12:50-2:00 Lunch and Student Presentation Session
- 'Saving Lives and Cash with VR Training'
(Students: Brannan Vitek, Jacob Jennings, and Meg'n Mullikin) - 'Dynamic Emotion Recognition for Defense Applications: The DEJA-VU Dataset and DynaFEAT
Framework'
(Student: Namazbai Ishmakhametov)
- 'Saving Lives and Cash with VR Training'
- 2:00-3:00 Plenary Session II
- Speaker 6 (Richard John)
- Speaker 6 (Richard John)
- 3:00-3:20 Break (refreshments served)
- 3:20-4:40 Invited Session III
- Speaker 7 (Murtaza Nisar)
Speaker 8 (Aaron French)
- Speaker 7 (Murtaza Nisar)
- 4:40-5:00 Summary
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