Terrorist Attack on the London Underground

Jessica White, Michael Frith, Monika Jurcic and Stephen Tench

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SEE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJRQLcYXYIA

Introduction

• Terrorist attack on London Underground…

• By 9am, 17 reported dead…

• …and over 200 reported ill

The Team

Michael Frith – Crime Scientist – Spatial Analysis

Jessica White – Geographer – Evacuation Planning

Monika Jurcic – Chemist – Chemical Detection

Stephen Tench – Mathematician – Predictive Modelling

Michael Frith – Crime Scientist

• Previous degrees in Criminology (York) and Crime Science (UCL)

• Previously worked for councils in York and Buckinghamshire and British Transport Police

• Research will focus on role of space and the environment in crime location choice

• Graduated coverage suggests source is moving (i.e. train)

• Intense hotspot suggests source is in one location (i.e. station)

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Jessica White – Geographer

• Degree: BA (Hons) Geography, University of Oxford. Graduated in 2013.

• Previous work: Support Time and Recovery worker with homeless refugees in King’s Cross.

• Interests: crime mapping, spatial analysis, hate crime, migration.

• Maximise information

• Clear instructions

• Discard panic model

• Uniformed personnel

• Lead passengers away

• Inform passengers of alternative exits

Monika Jurcic – Chemist

• Master of Chemistry University of Bath• Metal organic framework chemistry• Drug doping in sport

Portable device for the trace detection of explosives

• High sensitivity (Trace detection)• Highly Specific• Rapid response rates• Low cost• Reusable

• Initial detection screening• Elimination of current known chemical gas agents• Portable chemical gas detection device

• Determination of unknown agents• Analytical chemistry

Stephen Tench – Mathematician

• Degree: MMath, Warwick University

• Dissertation topic: Analysis of Continuum Models for Cell Motility

• Areas of speciality: modelling and simulation (ODEs, PDEs, FEM and MATLAB)

Goal• Predictive insights of future terrorist plans• CONTEST

Methods• Network Analysis• Pattern Recognition• Agent Based Modelling

Key• Outfighting vs Outsmarting

Conclusion

• Simultaneous chemical attack• Occurred on Circle line and at Oxford Circus• Detected chemical gas X was used• Determined the best way to evacuate passengers • Forecasted possible future terrorist attacks

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