in areas of computer science information technology communications networking and socio technical systems . research for public and private clients supports national security ; emergency response ; integration of health care systems ; interoperability and security of interconnected systems ; education and learning ; technology strategy planning and decision support ; development of public policy ; and commercial product realization . three strategic themes are found in icl s research the future of communications mobile network convergence ; interoperability ; communications intelligence ; communications network vulnerability and protection ; test beds . spectrum operations and adaptive control ; integrated sensor networks ; machine to machine m2m internet of things iot ; efficient communications ; secure networks . the future of information information exchange standards architectures and governance ; open source tools ; identity and privilege management ; useable security ; information dominance . knowledge management strategies ; massive data sets ; predictive analysis ; intelligent decision making . creating the right experience visualization ; immersive environments ; social media ; augmented reality ; collaboration ; geospatial systems . computational linguistics ; personalization ; complex and human systems modeling and simulation ; policy analysis ; technology strategy . icl is home to a number of nationally and internationally recognized programs falconviewtm one of gtri s signature research programs is an internationally recognized mapping system that displays various types of maps and geographically referenced overlays and is an integral part of the portable flight planning software . falconviewtm is now open source . the national information exchange model niem is recognized by both department of justice doj and department of homeland security dhs as a national standard for information exchange and is currently being integrated with the department of defense command and control community . niem is the information exchange standard that forms the technical foundation of the suspicious activity reporting system and the national incident reporting system used by local state tribal and federal law enforcement agencies and emergency responders across the nation . icl is also host to the national information exchange federation nief linking law enforcement agencies across the country through global federated identity and privilege management gfipm . the laboratory is a prominent part of georgia tech s new institute for people and technology ipat an interdisciplinary research consortium with a focus on health education humanitarian logistics and the evolution of digital media . gis gtri provides access to the vast geospatial expertise at gtri including research and development of geospatial hardware and software geographic data modeling and geocomputation . contact information lab director jeff evans 404 407 8245 lab administrator miriam pierce 404 407 6456 building security 404 894 5671 250 14th street nw atlanta ga 30318 map & directions