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<p class="MsoNormal">Two DHS Centers of Excellence (Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency at Arizona State University and Center for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense at Texas A&M University) will host a Workshop on Supply Chain
Resilience this Fall. In preparation for that workshop we are seeking Research Needs and Capabilities statements describing research problems and solution approaches that could have significant practical impact on Homeland Security in the next few years.
We are particularly interested in research statements impacting Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ag/Food industry or Port/Maritime operations. We welcome you to submit a 1-2 page description as described in the attached Call for White Papers and submission template.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ronald G. Askin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emeritus Professor, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director, Center for Accelerating Operational Efficience, A DHS Center of Excellence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arizona State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tempe, AZ<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">e-mail: ron.askin@asu.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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