At the request of Congressman Frank Wolf, Governor Mark R. Warner and Secretary of Technology George C. Newstrom, the Institute for Defense and Homeland Security prepared a Research Summit that gave federal program managers and senior officials a unique opportunity to explore the cutting-edge defense and homeland security-related research from Virginia's universities.

The areas that were showcased include telecommunications, sensor systems, biodefense and risk management. Twenty-five presentations were delivered by leading scientists and researchers from universities including the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, The College of William and Mary and George Mason University. Among the specific technologies addressed were the detection and prediction of water-borne hazards, critical infrastructure modeling and assessment, tactical communications architecture, topological vulnerability analysis and low-cost remote sensors for detecting biohazards.

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