Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
October Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:00-1:30 PM

Join us in Celebrating the SEC’s 45th Anniversary of Community Service - And – This Month’s Special Topic

Connecting the Dots: The Evolution of Intelligence Analysis

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, we became aware of the importance of intelligence analysis. National security and intelligence agencies, it was generally agreed, failed to prevent the tragedy by "not connecting the dots." Subsequent actions had the aim of doing better in the future. Among these actions, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 includes a sizeable section on information analysis, and the FBI established a "College of Analytical Studies" to better train agents and analysts in intelligence analysis.

Dr. Douglas H. Harris will discuss the origins, concepts, processes, and techniques of intelligence analysis. As early as 1971, he and associates at Anacapa Sciences developed basic processes and techniques now employed for intelligence analysis, and have trained analysts and agents for organizations throughout the world

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Dr. Douglas H. Harris,
Chairman & Principal Scientist,
Anacapa Sciences, Inc.

Dr. Douglas H. Harris is a founder, the Chairman, and a Principal Scientist at Anacapa Sciences, Inc. Since its formation in 1969, the company has completed more than 700 separate projects for over 150 different agencies and organizations throughout the world. Dr. Harris is a fellow and past president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He has written over 120 articles for publication in industry journals and for many years served as associate editor of the journal Human Factors. He has a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Purdue and was a Purdue Research Foundation Fellow. Before his work at Anacapa Sciences, Dr. Harris has been a faculty member at USC, a scientist at Rockwell International, and a US Navy officer.

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$14 for SEC members; $19 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com or call 805-684-4927).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road.
Website: http://www.scieng.org

From the President: SEC is pleased to welcome Roger Helkey, PhD of Goleta to Indivdual membership. Please join us in October as we celebrate the SEC’s 45th anniversary by introducing several long-standing members whose involvement with SEC spans the past four decades. Looking ahead to November, our speaker will be Dr. Steven Trainoff of Wyatt Technology whose talk will focus on “Scattering: Why Chemical and Pharmaceutical Companies are Interested in Why the Sky is Blue.”

Also, you are invited to participate with SEC in our local elementary school Science Nights during the 2005-2006 school year. Contact Barbara Keaney or Karl Blasius for more information. See you on the 13th!

Tim Murphy