Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security
Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security
David Riedman, PhD
Ep 61. Dr. Bellavita: "Why do you believe data will make things better?"
1 hour 51 minutes Posted Oct 24, 2025 at 12:56 pm.
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Host: Dr. Chris Bellavita, senior faculty at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security.

Guest: Dr. David Riedman, creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database and author of ‘How Critical is Critical Infrastructure’ (thesis chaired by Dr. Bellavita).

Articles mentioned:

* Imagining Future Homeland Security Threats: Known and Likely to Unknown and Unlikely

* Questioning the Criticality of Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study Analysis

* The Cold War on Terrorism: Reevaluating Critical Infrastructure Facilities as Targets for Terrorist Attacks

* Ep 59. Can AI and LLMs like ChatGPT assess school shooting threats?

* Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

David Riedman, PhD is the creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, Chief Data Officer at a global risk management firm, and a tenure-track professor. Listen to my weekly podcast—Back to School Shootings—or my recent interviews on Freakonomics Radio and the New England Journal of Medicine.

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