In 1997, Chen began development of the COPLINK software,[8] which supports information sharing, analysis, and visualization of law enforcement data.
He founded Knowledge Computing Corporation (KCC) to commercialize COPLINK,[9] which then entered the market in 2002[10] and is now used in thousands of law enforcement agencies across the United States.
[11] COPLINK's functions have been described in numerous local, regional, and national sources including the New York Times,[12] the Boston Globe,[13] and the Denver Post.
[18] Chen is also the director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab's project, "Dark Web Terrorism Research," the goal of which is to develop and use automated tools to systematically collect and analyze terrorist content from the Internet.
[19] One software program developed as part of the project, "Writeprint," aims to support authorship identification of online postings and other writings.
The intended result is a computational framework including algorithms, software, and tools for access and use by other researchers to examine how cyber attacker groups form, develop, and spread their ideas.
Salim Hariri, Mark Patton, and Paulo Goes) for the AZSecure Cybersecurity Scholarship-for-Service program at The University of Arizona (NSF DUE #1303362).
[28] Project funds provide scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students studying cyber security, in exchange for government service.
SilverLink's capabilities include a home-health system that monitors fall detection, daily health status, and activity levels, and can alert caregivers in the event of anomalous situations.
[31] Chen also founded Caduceus Intelligence Corporation (CIC), a UA spinoff company working in the area of healthcare information systems.
[35][36] The project is intended to serve individuals working in "academia, government, and industry to share data, information, and expertise relevant to research in intelligence and security informatics.