Homeland Security and Faculty Expertise: University of Maryland

Homeland Security and the University Of Maryland

Dr. Doug Oard

Douglas Oard

Associate Professor
College of Information Studies and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
University of Maryland, College Park

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

Expertise: Information Filtering
Document Detection
Cross-Language Information Retrieva
Speech Retrieval

Credentials

Dr. Oard completed the Naval War College nonresident seminar program, and the completed the Air War College program by correspondence. He has 25 years of experience with Navy research, development, test, evaluation, acquisition, and operations. He has 9 years experience as DARPA PI and Co-PI for language technology projects

Phone: 301-405-7590
Address: College of Information Studies
Hornbake (South Wing)
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742
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For more information: Dr. Oard's home page

Faculty

Listed by Area of Expertise
Listed Alphabetically

Faculty Expertise Areas

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Biological and Chemical Countermeasures

Emergency Preparedness & Response

Domestic and Foreign Policy

Borders and Transportation

Standards and State / Local Government

Nuclear and Radiological Countermeasures

Linguistics and Languages

High Explosives Countermeasures

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The University of Maryland ranks among the top 20 public research universities in the nation and is the closest in proximity to the nation's capital. Maryland is uniquely positioned to address issues of homeland security with its highly ranked programs in public affairs, science and technology and its strong ties to nearby federal agencies and research laboratories. Our distinguished faculty includes members who have served as senior government officials and public policy experts, as well as leading experts in arms control and nuclear and biological weapons.