Interdisciplinary Group to Study Data Visualization for Under Homeland Security Grant Fifteen Morgan State students have been selected to go to Purdue University this June to study data visualization under a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The interdisciplinary group will be trained and conduct research during an internship at Purdue's VACCINE center from June 12-24. VACCINE stands for Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments.
The Morgan students slated to participate in the 12-day program are an interdisciplinary group composed of biology, chemistry, engineering, history, physical therapy and psychology majors.
“This is an intensive program from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day,” says Timothy A. Akers, Ph.D., Morgan’s interim associate dean for graduate studies research. “And the students will be working on data and ideas from researchers at Morgan.” Data visualization is a hot area of research in which scientists and others seek to communicate information effectively in graphical form. The goal of VACCINE is “to help this nation’s 2.3 million extended homeland security personnel, including first-responders, perform their jobs more effectively by turning mass amounts of data into manageable information.” VACCINE is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s Centers of Excellence. Kendric Squire is an electrical engineering junior from Forestville, Md. The VACCINE program will be his first internship.
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