Institute for National Security Education and Research at the University of Washington
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Institute for National Security Education & Research

About

The Institute for National Security Education and Research (INSER) provides a forum for independent research and cutting-edge scholarship in areas with broad relevance to public safety and national security issues, including distributed collaboration in virtual organizations and knowledge management and decision-making.

INSER coordinates research and education for more than a dozen well-recognized experts, including University of Washington faculty in a number of disciplines:

  • Applied Physics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
  • Human Centered Design & Engineering
  • Information School
  • Military Science
  • Near-Eastern Languages and Civilization
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science

INSER works closely with the following University of Washington centers:

  • Pacific Rim Visualization and Analytics Center (PARVAC)
  • Center for Global Studies (CGS)
  • Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (CIAC)

INSER Vision

To conduct cutting-edge scholarship on complex public safety and national security information issues through design and dissemination of innovative educational programs and research outcomes.

INSER Goals

Our goal is to guide practice that shapes real world decisions in both public and private sectors within the scope of public safety and national security. Areas of application include:

  • Civil liberties and ethics
  • Collaborative practices in organizations and communities
  • Decision making and knowledge management
  • Social interactions in virtual worlds

  • Meeting the Cybersecurity Challenge with General Michael Hayden

    On April 28, 2011, at Town Hall Seattle, the World Affairs Council, in partnership with INSER, presented a lecture by General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) and the country’s first Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence. General Hayden discussed what is being done to protect American military, government, and private-sector targets from cyber attacks and what must be done to ensure our national and international cybersecurity moving forward.

  • 2011 Intelligence Community Colloquium

    On Feb. 15-16, 2011, INSER hosted its 4th annual Intelligence Community Colloquium. This year's theme, Social Media: Emerging Issues of Open Information and National Security, included presentations by UW faculty, students and industry practitioners on crowdsourcing, WikiLeaks, privacy in the cloud, and more. Each session generated lively discussion relevant to national security and intelligence concerns.

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