ISSR/CEPS Research Fellow Dr Gentry White received The University of  Queensland New Staff Startup Grant for $12,000.  The funds will be used  to purchase high-performance computing hardware and fund a research
assistant as part of a program of research concerning counter-terrorism interventions. This program proposes to develop mathematical models to for analysing terrorist activity, utilising state of the art computational methods for a family of self-exciting models to describe terrorist activities. These models will help to advance the existing
theoretical understanding of terrorism and the effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures. The resulting research should serve as the basis for an ARC Linkage Grant proposal in partnership with The Federal Attorney-General's Office.