Geospatial Forecast Internship

A Geospatial Forecast: Current and Emerging Malign Use of Technology to Threaten Critical Infrastructure and Crowded Spaces Internship

Description of Duties: The intern will be asked to partner with an intern at the University of Nebraska-Omaha's National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) to produce scenarios for how a malign actor (terrorist) could use publicly-available open-source and commercial geospatial tools, applications, and technologies to plan an attack on critical infrastructure or crowded spaces in the United States. The START intern will need to process knowledge of state-of-the-art geospatial tools and applications. The NCITE intern they will be partnered with will possess knowledge on adversary behavior. Together, the two interns will produce a plausible scenario under the oversight of the joint Center of Excellent research team. The interns may be asked to present their results at a conference or other presentation. The intern will learn about best practices relating to red teaming scenarios, scenario planning, and future studies methodologies. 

Required application materials: Resume, cover letter, and unofficial transcripts

Required/Minimum qualifications: Advanced undergraduate or graduate student. The successful candidate will have advanced knowledge of geospatial skills, tools, and applications. 

Preferred Qualifications: A student working on a degree in geography, geospatial information systems, earth systems, computational social science, or similar. A candidate in a program working in data science, computer science, engineering, information science, or other discipline could be appropriate if they can appropriately demonstrate their expertise in geospatial methods. 

Citizenship: The intern will need to be a U.S. Person or a U.S. Citizen

Team in person days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 

Weekly team meeting: Thursdays at 1pm ET