文件名称：Social Computing Homeland Security
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Since before the days of Archimedes, scientists have assisted their nations in dealing with war. They have also improved the ability of societies to cope with the vagaries of Nature with safer and more robust transportation, dams, waterways, and buildings. By and large, their contributions have been in the physical domain of physics, chemistry, and engineering. In the current era, we are faced with what may be a long-term threat of terrorism intended to cause massive disruption and perhaps massive deaths. To this must be added potential threats such as the rapid emergence of new and lethal strains of influenza. A characteristic feature of these threats is that success in avoiding or coping with them will depend fundamentally on individual and collective human behavior. This is not new, of course, as illustrated by how important such matters were in the dark days of World War II. Something similar in spirit but very different in detail may be needed in the years ahead. How can today’s science help to harness citizen power in response to crisis?