Actor Johnny Knoxville, best known for  his "Jackass" television shows and movies, was arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport when an inert hand granade was discovered in his bag.

More than a dozen weapons and a cache of ammunition wee found Friday morning in the truck of a man driving through a security checkpoint al Los Angeles International Airport.

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At 3 p.m. on a Saturday in June 2007, an SUV loaded with propane canisters was deliberately driven into the glass entrance doors of the main airport terminal at Scotland's Glasgow International Airport and set ablaze. The canisters did not detonate, and security bollards outside the entrance prevented the vehicle from entering the terminal.

CREATE-funded software credited with numerous arrests

The Los Angeles World Airport Police gave special commendations from the city of Los Angeles to the USC Viterbi School of Engineering creators of the ARMOR security scheduling system, and to the two officers who put it to effective day-to-day use.
At a morning meeting of leaders of the force, Chief George Centeno began the program with the awards to Professor of Computer Science Milind Tambe, four USC students, Lt. Tyrone Tavin and Sgt. Ernest Cruz. 

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ARMOR system receives commendation, as does new IRIS system for Federal Air Marshals

The Viterbi School had an excellent showing at the Third Annual Department of Homeland Security University Summit meeting, held March 17-19 in Washington D.C.

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Abest paper award at the 2009 International conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems went to Milind Tambe's team, for recent work done for the Federal Air Marshals.

Computer Software Prepares First Responders for Disaster

While disaster planning may not keep an event from occurring, it can mitigate its effects. Effective disaster planning depends not only on accurate and timely data but also on the ability to make the data meaningful. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers a free risk-assessment software program to help emergency planners contend with natural disasters. The program, Hazards U.S. Multi- Hazard (HAZUS-MH), harnesses the power of geographic information systems (GIS) to estimate the probability and potential...

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Computer programs that randomize scheduling of security activity, proven at LAX, will expand role

 

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is the latest government protective agency to investigate for operational use a sophisticated system that makes security operations impossible for terrorists or criminals to predict.

A research group led by Milind Tambe of the USC Viterbi School Department of Computer Science developed the system, known as "ARMOR" in the version now in use at Los...

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"Good afternoon, Chairman Wu, Congressman Smith, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. I am honored to appear before you today to report on the progress of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T Directorate) in advancing technological solutions to protect the American people and the critical infrastructures our society depends upon."