Elias Bowie

• I start this internship in August 2025, and it ends in December 2025. Here on the UAlbany website what it says about the program.

What We Do

The OSI Lab conducts interdisciplinary and applied research on a wide variety of topics of interest to practitioners as well as scholars. As a concurrent focus, OSI Lab provides research and expertise on open source information to external stakeholders and academia.

Outcomes

The primary goals of OSI Lab are to:

• Conduct scholarly research to improve open source intelligence practice (e.g. new methodologies)
• Prepare the next generation open source intelligence analysts for the public and private sector
• Produce rigorous and high-impact research for government and private sector clients
• Disseminate evidence-based practices for conducting ethical and effective open source research between academia and stakeholders

• Conducted ride-alongs with Matthew Nash to observe traffic stops and procedures.
• Acquired skills for managing various situations during traffic stops.
• Learned ticket writing procedures and vehicle computer operations.
• Assisted Sheriff of Emergency Preparedness Team in creating a presentation on phone restrictions in schools.
• Shadowed Cyber Security section of Sheriff's Department for insight into operations.
• Visited CRACC to explore ongoing projects and initiatives.
• Obtained certification for teaching protocols in active shooter scenarios.