The IC Colloquium addresses the challenges of intelligence collection and analysis, through a multidisciplinary approach engaging experts from the intelligence community, academia, governmental and non-governmental agencies. The Colloquium provides a venue for scholars in the IC Program to formally present their research papers. The 2006 Colloquium was held December 6, 2006.

The event attracted participants from the Atlanta metropolitan area, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and schools in the Atlanta University Center . A distinguished panel of speakers addressed the topic of the academic, industrial and governmental perspectives of national security. Speakers included:

•  Dr. N. Radhakrishnan, Director (Rtd.) Army Research Laboratory, “Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on National Security”

•  Professor Shahrouz Aliabadi, Jackson State University , “Technical Perspectives on National Security”

•  Dr. Richard Houska, CIA Officer in Residence, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Governmental Perspectives”

•  Professor Abi Abimolo, Clark Atlanta University , “Academic Perspectives”

The IC Scholars' research presentations included:

•  Historical Security Perspectives on African American Intellectuals

•  Review of National Airport Security Procedures

•  High Performance Computing Applications for National Security

•  Image Processing Algorithms for Security Applications