{"id":27016,"date":"2017-02-10T08:34:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=27016"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:51:59","slug":"soliman-discusses-careers-in-biometrics-with-pardee-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2017\/02\/10\/soliman-discusses-careers-in-biometrics-with-pardee-students\/","title":{"rendered":"RAND Analyst Meets with Pardee Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarah Soliman delivers a career talk to Pardee School students at 121 Bay State Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sarah Soliman, a technical analyst at the RAND Corporation, visited the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies on February 8, 2017\u00a0<\/span>to deliver\u00a0a career seminar for students looking for entry level positions, present her research\u00a0findings and participate in a working dinner with Pardee School students. John D. Woodward Jr.<\/a>, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School,\u00a0<\/span>served as the moderator for these events.<\/p>\n

In her career talk, Soliman\u00a0discussed entry level opportunities with the government,\u00a0national security-related private contractors and public-policy organizations. \u00a0She stressed the importance of networking, and\u00a0encouraged students to attend guest lectures and meet visitors to Boston University as well as emphasizing the need for young professionals to engage with mentors in their fields of interest \u00a0to help them find opportunities such as internships. \u00a0Soliman had the students participate in a biometrics-based iris recognition exercise to encourage them to overcome their shyness and possible\u00a0fears of bothering mentors.<\/p>\n

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Pardee School students participate in a biometrics-based iris recognition exercise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soliman also gave a lecture on \u201cTracing Identity: From War Zones to Social Media\u201d during which she discussed her work at RAND as well as a brief history of the use of biometrics by the United States military. As part of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, Soliman traveled throughout\u00a0Iraq and Afghanistan for two years as a field engineer supporting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and\u00a0biometrics applications, including work with U.S. Special Operations Command. \u00a0She highlighted lessons learned from these experiences.<\/p>\n

She said a 2004 suicide bombing at U.S. Forward Operating Base Moraz in Mosul, Iraq, was a major turning point for the use of biometrics by the military and went on to describe some of the ways the\u00a0use of biometrics has increased in the field.<\/p>\n

Soliman also discussed how social media could be used to help identify people, which she called \u201cDigital Fingerprinting.\u201d By studying Facebook or by tracking who uses a particular hashtag, analysts are able to develop an identity of individuals who may threaten U.S. national security, such as members of ISIS. However, Soilman\u00a0stressed the importance of maintaining a balance between security and privacy and the necessity to protect biometric data collected, especially after the 2015 Office of Personnel Management hack.<\/p>\n

Soliman then joined 20\u00a0students for a working\u00a0dinner where she discussed additional research projects she has worked on\u00a0such as studying\u00a0traumatic brain injuries in the military and using social media to detect suicide vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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