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Terrorism, Globalization and Fear: Physics in the 21st Century
Irving A. LerchIrving A. Lerch
The American Physical SocietyThe American Physical Society
[email protected]@aps.org
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GlobalizationScience andTechnology
National Security
Transforming Transforming US ScienceUS Science
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Technology Experiment
Theoretical,Conceptual
development
Public Domain
Mathematicalsciences rely
onformalisms
to clarifyfundamental
processesand
engineeringoutputs
However,wheninnovationsarise whichuse existingand/orcommercialtechnologiesthen thiscan lead toproliferation
Biologicaland socialsciences relyon non-mathematicalformalismsand more onexperiment,data andtechnology
Evolution and Communication of Science and TechnologyEvolution and Communication of Science and Technology
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Deliverable(publication,experiment,instrument,
facility,hypothesis,
etc)
Inceptionby research
leaderStudentsand post-
docs
Recruitment ofcolleagues
andinstitutions
Expansionto othergroups
Evolution of InternationalCollaborations
Collaborators
Institutionalsupport
Community
EvolvingCommunity of
Specialists
Institutional Domesticcolleagues
Foreigncolleagues
Previouswork
Domesticrecruitment
Foreignrecruitment
Inter-institutional(foreign anddomestic)
Evolving orallied
collaborations
Interestgroups
(industry,government)
Evolution of newstructures,institutions,
facilities,collaborations
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Tools andMethods
Basic Sciencesand
mathematics
Arts, history,culture
Societalvalues,
exigencies
MultidisciplinarySciences
Applied (multi-disciplinary
scientist
influences
Formal channelsof exchange
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Examples of Interdependencies
• Global Climate Change– Quantum mechanics (physics)
• Photochemistry (quantum chemistry)– Atmospheric chemistry (physical chemistry)
» CFCs, greenhouse gasses
• Biomedical Imaging– Nuclear magnetic resonance (physics)
• Physical chemistry– Mathematical image reconstruction
» Physical chemistry (gradient field reconstruction)
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International CollaborationAmong Physics Communities
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a handful of critical factors are highly and positively correlated with the success of a nation’s innovation
system, including:• the size of the labor force dedicated to
R&D and other technically oriented work
• the amount of investment directed at R&D
• the resources devoted to higher education
• the degree to which national policy encourages investment in innovation and commercializationThe New Challenge to America’s
Prosperity:Findings from the Innovation Index--1999
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International R&D expenditures and R&D as a percentage of GDP: 1981–98
UnitedYear States Japan Germany France Kingdom Italy Canada
Total R&D expenditures in billions of constant 1992 U.S. dollars
1981 .....109.5 NA 23.4 16.6 17.3 6.9 5.3
1985 .....146.1 48.3 28.3 20.3 18.4 9.6 6.9
1990 .....162.4 67.3 34.1 25.4 21.3 12.8 8.0
1995 .....170.4 73.6 36.6 25.7 20.1 10.7 9.7
1998 .....201.6 NA 38.6 NA NA 12.3 10.6
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R&D as a percentage of gross domestic productSweden 3.85 Russian Federation 0.95 Canada 1.60Colombia 0.41
Japan 2.92 Venezuela 0.89 Belgium 1.58Argentina 0.38
South Korea 2.89 Spain 0.86 Iceland 1.56 Panama 0.38
Finland 2.78 Brazil (1996) 0.76 Austria 1.52 Malaysia 0.34
Switzerland (1996) 2.74 Poland 0.76 Singapore 1.47Bolivia 0.33
United States 2.60 Hungary 0.73 Ireland 1.43 Mexico 0.42
Germany 2.31 Cuba 0.70 Czech Rep. 1.19Philippines 0.21
Israel 2.30 South Africa 0.69 Slovak Rep. 1.18 Thailand0.12
France 2.23 China 0.65 Costa Rica 1.13 Hong Kong 0.10
Netherlands (1996) 2.09 Portugal 0.65 New Zealand 1.10Ecuador0.08
Denmark 2.03 Chile 0.64 Italy 1.08 Uruguay 0.42
China (Taipei) 1.92 Indonesia (1995) 0.50 Norway 1.68 Turkey 0.45
United Kingdom 1.87 Greece (1993) 0.48 Australia1.68
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Changes in share of Federal Academic
research obligations, by field: 1990-99
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Growth trends in scientific and technical publications by region: 1986–99
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Scientific publications: regional share of world output
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International coauthorship of scientific papers
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Industrial R&D spending flows of U.S. and
foreign affiliates, by world region: 1998
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Natural sciences and engineering
doctoral degrees
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NASA’s HorizonU.S. Comptroller General David Walker testified that NASA "is finding it particularly difficult to hire people with engineering, science, and information technology skills." Within five years, he stated, about a quarter of NASA's scientists and engineers will be eligible for retirement, while "the pipeline of people with science and engineering skills is shrinking."
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scale of equipment or investment is large project is global unique expertise is located elsewhere mission of funding agency is to support international cooperation
ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY OF SELF-ORGANIZEDCOLLABORATIONS
1997 Rand Study by C.S. Wagner:“International Cooperation in Research and Development:An Inventory ofU.S. Government Spending and a a Framework for Measuring Benefits”[http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR900/NR900web/MR900.sum.html]
~$3.5 billion distributed through government programs74% of which goes to promote collaboration in science.
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Productivity and Telecommunications
Productivity gain of a group = gain contributed by each new partner - the costs and impediments
P1(n) = g1n(n-1) - c1n2(n-1)
B. Drossel, “Simple Model for the Formation of a Complex Organism,” Physical Review Letters, Volume 82, Number25, 21, June, 1999, pages 5144-5147
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Productivityof small groups
Productivityof large groups
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Productivity of large and smallcollaboratinggroups--dependenceon large groupconnectivity
Productivity asa function of smallgroup connectivity
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Productivity of 5small groups ofoptimum size
Productivity of 5small groups of lowproductivity
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Conclusions:
• Small groups with relatively high connectivity costs may still make significant contributions
• It is possible to achieve alliances which improve total productivity without incurring excessive connectivity costs
• It may be possible to avoid “stratification” of telecommunities based on access
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COSTED Report Inferencesand Recommendations
• Mobility cannot and should not be arrested;• There is a need to keep a systematic global watch on
trends in the movement of S&T Professionals, that may help developing countries to evolve their national framework of human resource development;
• Mechanisms be created for retaining and making the best use of exceptional talents within the country;
• Favorable environment should be created for attracting resources for world-class education and research institutions in developing countries to retain talented professionals;
• and programs to attract nationals overseas either temporarily or permanently, should be formulated.
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Download history, Feb/99-July/01excluding archival downloads from Physical Review Online Archive
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Information Transfer as a Function of Bandwidth--user migration to faster access
Jakob Nielson (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9703a.html)
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Instruments Impeding Free Exchange:The U.S. Armamentarium
– Sensitive Countries List• Russia, Israel, India, Pakistan, China, Iran, Iraq,
Syria, etc…– Critical Technologies
• Dual use, encryption, combat boots, etc…– Economic and Military Embargoes
• Cuba, India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, etc…– Economic Proscriptions
• Risk for illegal immigration– National Security
• Risk of stealing our secrets– Criminal
• Wants to come to do evil
Visa denials
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LISTS
• State Sponsors of Terrorism list (Cuba, Libya, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan and Syria)
• Non-Proliferation Export Control Posts (China, India, Israel, Pakistan, and Russia)
• Technology Alert list contains 16 categories (munitions, warheads and projectiles, nuclear, missiles, aircraft and missile propulsion, navigation and guidance, chemical engineering and biotechnology, remote imaging and reconnaissance, advanced computers, materials, cryptography, lasers and directed energy systems, acoustic and sensors technologies, marine technology, robotics, ceramics, high performance metals and alloys)
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Making the Nation Safer the Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism
In particular, because much of the research performed at universities will be essential for protecting the nation, there will be increasing pressure to keep critical knowledge out of the hands of people who might aid (or actually become) terrorists. This conflict between science and security is a difficult issue.
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IPASS
• of approximately 30 million foreign visitors who enter the US each year, roughly a half million come as students on F, M and J visas. And approximately 175,000 of these come to study science
• jointly directed by State and Justice? (pending bills would remove visas from State)
• will be advisory only with no direct authority over the issuance of visas since the law imposes such authority on State and Justice (presently)
• will evaluate candidates for visas whose course of study might give them information or skills that are "unique" to the US and its closest allies and which information or skills could be used against the US
• "Patriot Law" has already authorized the implementation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) to monitor those who come to the US under the Student Exchange and Visitor Program (SEVP)
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Instruments Impeding Free Exchange:U.S. Denials to Travel of U.S. Scientists
• Treasury Department Licenses for Travel to Cuba– General License Requirements
– Special License Requirements
• Permission for Travel of US Government Scientists to Sensitive Countries– Denial for Permission to attend Indian
Conferences
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Fundamental ICTinnovations
Revisions ofIPR Regime
INDUSTRY--"incumbents" disrupted by
"insurgents"
Other Public PolicyDrivers of Privatization
Altered University/IndustryResearch Relationships
and Technology Licensing
Proprietary R&D andCommercial Innovation
Privatization ofScientific Data and
Information
Open ScienceResearch
The Technology BoomerangPaul A. David
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The dynamics of secrecy
Http://www.b-I.net/mineline/more.htm
Scientific,Societal
ProblemsInquiry
Discovery of errorand full discosure
DELAY
Ability to gatherinformation
DELAY
Credibility and willingnessto set larger agenda
and address new issues
SymptomaticSolutions
BasicSolutionsSecrecy
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Trends at the interface of National Security & S&T(thanks to Pat Falcone and Eileen Vergino, CGSR workshops)
• Security increasingly dependent upon science and technology superiority and agility
• Tension between culture of science & culture of security
• Inherent dual use of technologies more significant• Technology will empower ever smaller actors to
achieve greater absolute thresholds of threats• Technology enables changes in regional power
balances• The inability of some to adapt to technologic change
likely to be destabilizing• International system increasingly interconnected and
integrated, facilitated in part by technology
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National Security Trends• Threats come from smaller states, sub-national groups
and/or coalitions of these• Defense base is increasingly a commercial industrial
base• Threat technologies will be based upon commercial off-
the-shelf products (COTS)• Law enforcement & weapons controls will be weak in
fragile & failed states• Compelling ideologies likely to be destabilizing• Security alliances and trade alliances form new base of
emerging security architecture
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Making the Nation Safer the Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism:Immediate Applications of Existing Technologies
1. Develop and utilize robust systems for protection, control, and accounting of nuclear weapons and special nuclear materials at their sources.
2. Ensure production and distribution of known treatments and preventatives for pathogens.
3. Design, test, and install coherent layered security systems for all transportation modes, particularly shipping containers and vehicles that contain large quantities of toxic or flammable materials.
4. Protect energy distribution services by improving security for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and providing physical protection for key elements of the electric-power grid.
5. Reduce the vulnerability and improve the effectiveness of air filtration in ventilation systems.
6. Deploy known technologies and standards for allowing emergency responders to reliably communicate with each other.
7. Ensure that trusted spokespersons will be able to inform the public promptly and with technical authority whenever the technical aspects of an emergency are dominant in the public’s concerns.
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S&T impacts on National Security• Enhanced robustness of infrastructures• Monitoring of WMD and associated activities• Process engineering to remove hazardous intermediates• Assessing the implications of S&T innovations and
revolutions• Interdiction of distributed networks• Intel tools to detect, warn, diagnose and interdict• Living with and managing complex systems (stable and
unstable)• Understanding and public discourse on national security• Micro- and nano-scale self-replicating systems• Engineered biological threats• Cognitive science and mind control by external means
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The DoE Labs: A Case in Point
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The International Connection: A Sketch
The 3 weapons laboratories--Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia--received some 6,398 foreign visitors or assignees (stays from 30 days to 2 years) in 1998 including 1,824 visitors from sensitive
countries.
In addition, employees traveled to foreign laboratories or scientific conferences
encompassing 5,799 trips to include 1,814 trips to sensitive countries.
Result: enhanced access to the 70-75% unclassified work needed to
progress in weapons-related research, open scientific research,
and cooperative international programs.
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The Dangers to the National Interest
• Stifle vital international exchange– non-defense research
– defense-related research
– visitors programs
• Impair lab productivity and morale– create suspicion and resentment
– institutionalize racism
• Impose cosmetic solutions while ignoring the real threat– focus on ethnicity rather than deed
– failure to implement meaningful reform
• Denigrate standards of justice and equal protection
• Sacrifice the future– recruitment
– loss of experienced researchers
– declines in appointments and visitors
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The Introduction of More Restrictive Measures
• New classifications for material already in the public domain.
• Special identity badges for foreign nationals.• New restrictions on access to unclassified facilities.• Attempts to place non-classified facilities under
restrictive controls.• Increased dependence on procedures of doubtful value--
ie, polygraph testing.• New and more draconian classification procedures that
threaten to restrict the distribution of scientific information.
• Complex management schemes that further dissipate lines of responsibility and authority.
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The Hart/Rudman Panel’s Reminder:
• AN INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE– U.S. research laboratories have
always had a tradition of drawing on immigrant talent. Perhaps the first foreign–born contributor to our nation’s nuclear program was Albert Einstein. In his letter to President Roosevelt on August 2, 1939, Einstein advised the President of the possibility of the atomic bomb and the urgent need for government action.