This RFP invites proposals that will address main challenges represented by the four research themes of the CINA Center.
Extended white paper submission due date for full consideration: April 12, 2019
2018 Annual Report
View the CINA 2018 Annual Report, a comprehensive document that details the Center of Excellence’s accomplishments in its first year. CINA Annual Report 2018
Center Director, Anthony Stefanidis quoted in ABC News
Center Director, Anthony Stefanidis, weighs in on discrepancies in digital maps, how and why it happens, and the impact it makes.
Research Feature: Rita Singh, Profiling hoax callers: Forensic analysis of voice recordings
How often do we make guesses about a person’s physical traits just based on their voice? If their voice is deep, they must be tall. If their breath is shallow, they must have bad posture. How often are we correct? Rita Singh, research faculty at the Carnegie Mellon University LTI School of Computer Science, has…
Science Committee member, Allison Redlich lends interrogation expertise in Brazil
Allison Redlich, CINA Science Committee and George Mason Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, was trained as an experimental psychologist. In graduate school, her research began with studying interview techniques focused on the most effective ways to interview children who were the victim of, or witness to, a crime. Her research then evolved into how…
Science Committee member David Weisburd comments on facial recognition
David Weisburd contributes to the conversation surrounding the use of facial recognition in law enforcement.
CINA co-hosts panel on Migration, Homeland Security and Gangs
A forum at George Mason University gathered a dozen academic, media and policy experts to discuss the complex nexus of migration, gangs, and the resulting challenges to homeland security. The four-hour forum, called “Migration, Homeland Security, and Gangs” drew an audience of more than 100 to the MIX on Mason’s Fairfax Campus on Oct. 24.…
First CINA Scholars recap prestigious DHS internship
In the past year, the Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA) Center of Excellence provided undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to intern with the Department of Homeland Security. This was accomplished through the CINA Scholars program, which matched graduate students with DHS units interested in the specific expertise of these students. This program allowed…
Science committee member Mary Ellen O’Toole discusses catching bombers on NPR
Mary Ellen O’Toole draws on her former FBI Profiling experience to discuss the tactics the FBI uses to catch bombers.