TEDxLahore - Zeeshan Usmani - Countering terror with technology

In this impassioned talk, Dr. Usmani demos the Usmani-Kirk Model by plotting an imaginary suicide attack. While sharing his vision to fight terrorism in Pakistan, he astutely comments on the current state of affairs with a tongue-in-cheek manner.

About the speaker

Dr. Usmani is a Fulbright Scholar. He holds a PhD and MS in Computer Science from the Florida Institute of Technology. As part of his Master's thesis, he has developed a simulation of supermarkets to observe and quantify the effects of herd behavior on impulse shopping by customers. His PhD work focuses on simulation and modeling of blast waves in open and confined spaces. His work has been mentioned in Wall Street Journal, AOL News, Wired Magazine, NPR, MIT's Technology Review, Florida Today, and The Economist. He has authored dozens of research papers, articles, and three books. His research strengths include real-world simulation, programming human emergent behaviors, and modeling of catastrophic events. He has worked in Citi Bank New York, Discover Financials, Illinois and Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology in Maine. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the department of computer science at the GIK Institute, Topi, Pakistan.


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[fakhranwer]

@hamidpakistani This software might not be as useful but at least Zeeshan Usmani put all his efforts to do something about the devastation our nation is going through unlike some whinning fucks like yourself who are only good at being cynical.

[smalltimeproas]

@actorlando That was not the topic of his talk .. smarty

[haartengineer]

guys look at the other side of this software... y he got govt grants? he got the attention of defence researchers... they can modify this...and use enemy territory maps and find out best and weak areas to attack...

dont know if it will work or not but seems he caught their attention..

[farhanishaque]

@pathangpathang :: how can this help , serious medical conditions wont allow to use this software ! has some one done testing of this system ? Do not know how buggy or defective this software is !!! Also emergency need direct action and attention by doctors , not by using this never tested software , this is nothing but an stupid idea , and this person through government grants wants to make money...

[farhanishaque]

looks like he is after BIG MONEY from Government Grants, if he is sincere with country then he should do it withouth 2nd thought. He is very cunning , which is quite obvious from his speech.

[farhanishaque]

in the end of his speech he is talking about some gov person and this stupid usmani knows when that person will die ?

[farhanishaque]

@mehwishhussain28 : what kind of research you will do ? what is and what should be important for a doctor in the time of emergency , is to save human life .. Do you think , using this stupid Usmani idea , doctor's would be doing forensic analysis , so that they may know how much patients have what injuries blah blah blah ... his idea is stupid even for forensic analysis ... humn life should be saved first without losing a sinlge second.

Thank you,

[farhanishaque]

yee kiss koo chotyaa bunaa rahaa hay, he was my student during BCS , i know how he got the position in BCS , he was good in studies but not that much good. most of awards he has mentioned in his resume are fake. Sindh province is far far bad and full of corruption and people such as this guy know how to get on the ladder. And I have no doubt whatever he has developed would provide more negative impact then positive one.

[connect741]

We must have watched the same video but from two different perspectives. What perspective are you coming from?

[smalltimeproas]

@CriminalMedicine Nice one.. and what category do you fall in?... can we kill you too?

[babushka99]

bumm-ber!!! (epic!)