Comments on: Biodefense Visualizations http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/ Strategy, Systems Thinking and Military Affairs. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Keith Eric Grant http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-514 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:55:18 +0100 http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-514 Just after my prior comment, I ran across a tweet on SickCity, currently trying to mine Twitter (and soon facebook) for info. Here's the <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/04/trying-to-track-swine-flu-acro.html" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> on the effort. Just after my prior comment, I ran across a tweet on SickCity, currently trying to mine Twitter (and soon facebook) for info. Here’s the blog post on the effort.

]]> by: Keith Eric Grant http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-513 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:00:01 +0100 http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-513 I remembered a presentation by Artur Dubrawski of the Carnegie-Mellon Auton lab on culling information from changes in drugstore and retail sales patterns. Here's a <a href="http://www.autonlab.org/autonweb/16629.html" rel="nofollow">link to this</a>. I remembered a presentation by Artur Dubrawski of the Carnegie-Mellon Auton lab on culling information from changes in drugstore and retail sales patterns. Here’s a link to this.

]]> by: Shlok http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-512 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:25:38 +0100 http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-512 Just wish this stuff wasn't behind the pay wall. Just wish this stuff wasn’t behind the pay wall.

]]> by: Wiggins http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-511 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:52:05 +0100 http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-511 Thank you, mp. Thank you, mp.

]]> by: mp http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-510 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:30:38 +0100 http://opposedsystemsdesign.blogsome.com/2009/04/26/biodefense-visualizations/#comment-510 Hey- you may find the following document interesting: New Information and Intelligence Needs in the 21st Century Threat Environment - The Henry L. Stimson Center, Report No. 70 (Sept. 2008) http://www.stimson.org/domprep/pdf/SEMA-DHS_FINAL.pdf It mentions ARGUS (in the link you provided) and several other bio-intelligence early warning systems for outbreaks and similar events used by the intelligence community, DOD, CDC, etc. (Good chart on pages 13-14). Hey- you may find the following document interesting:

New Information and Intelligence Needs in the 21st Century Threat Environment - The Henry L. Stimson Center, Report No. 70 (Sept. 2008)

http://www.stimson.org/domprep/pdf/SEMA-DHS_FINAL.pdf

It mentions ARGUS (in the link you provided) and several other bio-intelligence early warning systems for outbreaks and similar events used by the intelligence community, DOD, CDC, etc. (Good chart on pages 13-14).

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