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| Author | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel (eds) | ||||
| Title | 18th ISCRAM Conference Proceedings | Type | Conference Volume | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
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| Abstract | The theme of ISCRAM 2021 is ?Embracing the Interdisciplinary Nature of Crisis Management.? These proceedings highlight the range of interdisciplinary research required to understand the design, behavior, and performance of crisis and emergency management systems. We are pleased to present the included papers, which offer excellent contributions on a wide range of topics related to the use of information systems in crisis response and management. |
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 2411-3387 | ISBN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | Medium | |
| Track | Proceedings | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2396 | ||
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| Author | Zijun Long; Richard Mccreadie | ||||
| Title | Automated Crisis Content Categorization for COVID-19 Tweet Streams | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 667-678 | ||
| Keywords | COVID-19, Tweet Classification, Crisis Management, Deep Learning | ||||
| Abstract | Social media platforms, like Twitter, are increasingly used by billions of people internationally to share information. As such, these platforms contain vast volumes of real-time multimedia content about the world, which could be invaluable for a range of tasks such as incident tracking, damage estimation during disasters, insurance risk estimation, and more. By mining this real-time data, there are substantial economic benefits, as well as opportunities to save lives. Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic is attacking societies at an unprecedented speed and scale, forming an important use-case for social media analysis. However, the amount of information during such crisis events is vast and information normally exists in unstructured and multiple formats, making manual analysis very time consuming. Hence, in this paper, we examine how to extract valuable information from tweets related to COVID-19 automatically. For 12 geographical locations, we experiment with supervised approaches for labelling tweets into 7 crisis categories, as well as investigated automatic priority estimation, using both classical and deep learned approaches. Through evaluation using the TREC-IS 2020 COVID-19 datasets, we demonstrated that effective automatic labelling for this task is possible with an average of 61% F1 performance across crisis categories, while also analysing key factors that affect model performance and model generalizability across locations. | ||||
| Address | University of Glasgow; University of Glasgow | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Social Media for Disaster Response and Resilience | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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2452593L@student.gla.ac.uk | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2363 | ||
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| Author | Jingxian Wang; Lida Huang; Guofeng Su; Tao Chen; Chunhui Liu; Xiaomeng Wang | ||||
| Title | UAV and GIS Based Real-time Display System for Forest Fire | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 527-535 | ||
| Keywords | forest fire, forest fire boundary extraction, UAV, GIS, 3D modeling | ||||
| Abstract | When a forest fire occurs, the commander cannot obtain information in time, and the rescue command is like groping in the dark. In order to solve the problem, this research establishes a real-time forest fire display system based on UAV and GIS. The UAV is equipped with visible light and thermal imaging cameras to transmit back forest fire scenes in real time. Based on GIS, the system can extract the boundary of the fire field through image processing and 3D modeling technology, and display various forest fire information on the screen. Through image processing and 3D modeling technology, the boundary of the fire field can be extracted and displayed on the screen. We conducted several experiments to test the accuracy and the reliability of the system. The result shows that the accuracy, reliability and real-time capability can be guaranteed in small-scale forest fires. | ||||
| Address | Tsinghua university; Tsinghua university; Tsinghua university; Tsinghua university; Beijing Global Safety Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing Global Safety Technology Co., Ltd. | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Geospatial Technologies and Geographic Information Science for Crisis Management (GIS) | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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690069938@qq.com | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2353 | ||
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| Author | Antone Evans Jr.; Yingyuan Yang; Sunshin Lee | ||||
| Title | Towards Predicting COVID-19 Trends: Feature Engineering on Social Media Responses | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 792-807 | ||
| Keywords | Big Data Analysis, Machine Learning, COVID-19, Twitter | ||||
| Abstract | During the course of this pandemic, the use of social media and virtual networks has been at an all-time high. Individuals have used social media to express their thoughts on matters related to this pandemic. It is difficult to predict current trends based on historic case data because trends are more connected to social activities which can lead to the spread of coronavirus. So, it's important for us to derive meaningful information from social media as it is widely used. Therefore, we grouped tweets by common keywords, found correlations between keywords and daily COVID-19 statistics and built predictive modeling. The features correlation analysis was very effective, so trends were predicted very well. A RMSE score of 0.0425504, MAE of 0.03295105 and RSQ of 0.5237014 in relation to daily deaths. In addition, we found a RMSE score of 0.07346836, MAE of 0.0491152 and RSQ 0.374529 in relation to daily cases. | ||||
| Address | University of Illinois Springfield; University of Illinois Springfield; University of Illinois Springfield | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Social Media for Disaster Response and Resilience | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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aevan7@uis.edu | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2374 | ||
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| Author | Alexander Gabriel; Babette Tecklenburg; Yann Guillouet; Frank Sill Torres | ||||
| Title | Threat analysis of offshore wind farms by Bayesian networks – a new modeling approach | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 174-185 | ||
| Keywords | Threat analysis, Bayesian networks, process modeling, Critical infrastructurs | ||||
| Abstract | As a result of the ongoing commitment to climate protection in more and more countries and the corresponding expansion of renewable energies, the importance of renewables for the security of electricity supply is also increasing. Wind energy generated in offshore wind farms already accounts for a significant share of the energy mix and will continue to grow in the future. Therefore, approaches and models for security assessment and protection against threats are also needed for these infrastructures. Due to the special characteristics and geographical location of offshore wind farms, they are confronted with particular challenges. In this context, this contribution outlines how an approach for threat analysis of offshore wind farms is to be developed within the framework of the new research project “ARROWS” of the German Aerospace Center. The authors first explain the structure of offshore wind farms and then present a possible modeling approach using Qualitative function models and Bayesian networks. | ||||
| Address | German Aerospace Center – Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures; German Aerospace Center – Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures; German Aerospace Center – Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures; Ger | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Analytical Modeling and Simulation | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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Alexander.Gabriel@dlr.de | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2323 | ||
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| Author | Anmol Haque; Duygu Pamukcu; Ruixiang Xie; Mohsen Zaker Esteghamati; Margaret Cowell; Jennifer L. Irish | ||||
| Title | Cascading Effects of Mass Gatherings on COVID-19 Infections from a Multi-hazard Perspective: A Case Study of New York City | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 218-227 | ||
| Keywords | COVID-19 pandemic, Mass gatherings, Multi-hazard, Vulnerability | ||||
| Abstract | The devastating economic and societal impacts of COVID-19 can be substantially compounded by other secondary events that increase individuals' exposure through mass gatherings such as protests or sheltering due to a natural disaster. Based on the Crichton's Risk Triangle model, this paper proposes a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation framework to estimate the impact of mass gatherings on COVID-19 infections by adjusting levels of exposure and vulnerability. To this end, a case study of New York City is considered, at which the impact of mass gathering at public shelters due to a hypothetical hurricane will be studied. The simulation results will be discussed in the context of determining effective policies for reducing the impact of multi-hazard generalizability of our approach to other secondary events that can cause mass gatherings during a pandemic will also be discussed. | ||||
| Address | Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Analytical Modeling and Simulation | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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anmol91@vt.edu | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2327 | ||
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| Author | Antonio De Nicola; Maria Luisa Villani; Francesco Costantino; Andrea Falegnami; Riccardo Patriarca | ||||
| Title | Knowledge Fusion for Distributed Situational Awareness driven by the WAx Conceptual Framework | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 79-85 | ||
| Keywords | distributed situational awareness, knowledge fusion, WAx framework, crisis management, cyber-socio-technical systems | ||||
| Abstract | Large crisis scenarios involve several actors, acting at the blunt-end of the process, such as rescue team directors, and at the sharp-end, such as firefighters. All of them have different perspectives on the crisis situation, which could be either coherent, alternative or complementary. This heterogeneity of perceptions hinders situational awareness, which is defined as the achievement of an overall picture on the above-mentioned crisis situation. We define knowledge fusion as the process of integrating multiple knowledge entities to produce actionable knowledge, which is consistent, accurate, and useful for the purpose of the analysis. Hence, we present a conceptual modelling approach to gather and integrate knowledge related to large crisis scenarios from locally-distributed sources that can make it actionable. The approach builds on the WAx framework for cyber-socio-technical systems and aims at classifying and coping with the different knowledge entities generated by the involved operators. The conceptual outcomes of the approach are then discussed in terms of open research challenges for knowledge fusion in crisis scenarios. | ||||
| Address | ENEA; ENEA – CR Casaccia; Sapienza University of Rome; Sapienza University of Rome; Sapienza University of Rome | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | AI and Intelligent Systems for Crises and Risks | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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antonio.denicola@enea.it | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2315 | ||
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| Author | Apoorva Chauhan; Amanda Hughes | ||||
| Title | COVID-19 Named Resources on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 679-690 | ||
| Keywords | Crisis Named Resources, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, COVID-19 | ||||
| Abstract | Crisis Named Resources (CNRs) are social media accounts and pages named after a crisis event. They are created soon after an event occurs. CNRs share a lot of information around an event and are followed by many. In this study, we identify CNRs created around COVID-19 on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. We analyze when these resources were created, why they were created, how they were received by members of the public, and who created them. We conclude by comparing CNRs created around COVID-19 with past crisis events and discuss how CNR owners attempt to manage content and combat misinformation. | ||||
| Address | University of Waterloo; Brigham Young University | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Social Media for Disaster Response and Resilience | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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apoorva.chauhan@aggiemail.usu.edu | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2364 | ||
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| Author | Audun Stolpe; Jo Hannay | ||||
| Title | On the Adaptive Delegation and Sequencing of Actions | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 28-39 | ||
| Keywords | Decision support, AI Planning, Delegation, Sequencing, Adaptivity, Cognitive processes | ||||
| Abstract | Information systems support to crisis response and management relies crucially on presenting actionable information in a manner that supports cognitive processes, and does not overwhelm them. We outline how AI Planning can be used viably to support the \emph{delegation and sequencing} of tasks. The idea is to use standard operating procedures as initial specifications of plans in terms of actors, actions and delegation rules. When expressed in the AI planning language \textit{Answer set Programming} (ASP), machine reasoning can be used in a \textit{pre-incident review} to display relevant delegation and sequencing inherent in a plan. % together with measures of goal achievement. The purpose of this is to uncover weaknesses in the initial plan and to optimize sequencing and delegation to increase the likelihood of achieving goals. Further, adaptive planning can be supported in \textit{during-incident reviews} by updating the current status, upon which ASP will then compute new alternatives. % and corresponding goal achievement measures. At this point, initial goals may no longer be viable and the explicit suggestion of prior sub-optimal goals now worth pursuing can be a game-changer under stress. The conceptual basis we lay out in terms of delegation and sequencing can be readily extended with further planning factors, such as resource requirements, role transfer and goal achievement. | ||||
| Address | Norwegian Computing Center; Norwegian Computing Center | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | AI and Intelligent Systems for Crises and Risks | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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audun.stolpe@its.uio.no | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2310 | ||
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| Author | Briony Gray; Matthew Colling | ||||
| Title | Supporting Emergency Health Services during a Pandemic: Lessons from the Canadian Red Cross | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 320-332 | ||
| Keywords | Pandemic, Health, Emergency Management, The Red Cross, COVID-19 | ||||
| Abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic has tested Canada's readiness capacity as emergency health needs continue to exceed some communities' capacity to respond. To address this variance, the Canadian Red Cross (in collaboration with local, provincial, territorial, national, and Indigenous partners) have leveraged international experience in humanitarian response and preparedness, developing innovative new response services, delivery modalities, and protocol through which to mitigate and manage risk. This approach breaks down emergency management into two main streams – health interventions and disaster management – to innovatively and effectively cope with increasingly complex and frequent requests for support. Using internal data from within the Canadian Red Cross, this paper presents and discusses the services, roles and expectations of this two-stream approach which has been designed to (i.) support COVID-19 testing and vaccination, (ii.) support outbreak crisis management, especially through epidemic, prevention, and control interventions, and (iii.) support traditional emergency management responses in the midst of a pandemic. It concludes by reporting on the successes of the two-stream approach to date while scoping further the potential evolutionary track of some of these services, their underpinning methodology, and appetite for recovery operations in the near future. This approach may therefore be of value to other organizations or practitioners coping with emergency management challenges during a pandemic. | ||||
| Address | The Canadian Red Cross; The Canadian Red Cross | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Disaster Public Health & Healthcare Informatics in the Pandemic | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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bjg1g11@soton.ac.uk | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2336 | ||
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| Author | Boris Petrenj; Mariachiara Piraina; Giada Feletti; Paolo Trucco; Valentina Urbano; Stefano Gelmi | ||||
| Title | Cross-border Information Sharing for Critical Infrastructure Resilience: Requirements and Platform Architecture | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 247-259 | ||
| Keywords | Critical Infrastructure, Interdependencies, Resilience, Cross-border, Information sharing, IT Platform, GIS | ||||
| Abstract | Resilience of Critical Infrastructures is high on the agenda of countries' efforts. Modern CI highly interdependent and span countries, so disruptions occurring on one side of the border can significantly affect economic and social functions on the other. To build CI resilience, stakeholder organizations must collaborate and exchange information throughout the Emergency Management cycle. In this paper, we present the Critical Infrastructure Platform (PIC in Italian) which is being developed within the SICt project (Resilience of Cross-Border Critical Infrastructure). PIC is a technological piece of a broader cross-border regional resilience strategy between Lombardy Region (Italy) and Canton Ticino (Switzerland) aiming to improve the capacity to manage accidental events involving transportation CI between the two countries. The main goal of the PIC platform is to support secure and effective information-sharing, inter-organizational risk assessment, monitoring and operational coordination under critical situations. The paper presents the key requirements of such ICT system, its high-level architecture including the description of its main modules, main takeaways and future steps. | ||||
| Address | Politecnico di Milano; Politecnico di Milano; Politecnico di Milano; Politecnico di Milano; Aria S.p.A., Lombardy Region; Aria S.p.A., Lombardy Region | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Cross-Border & Transboundary Resilience | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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boris.petrenj@polimi.it | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2330 | ||
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| Author | Boris Petrenj; Paolo Trucco | ||||
| Title | Blockchain-based Solutions to support inter-organisational Critical Infrastructure Resilience | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 982-993 | ||
| Keywords | Critical Infrastructure, Blockchain, Research agenda, Resilience, Capability, Inter-organizational | ||||
| Abstract | This conceptual paper critically discusses opportunities for and challenges to the development and exploitation of blockchain-based solutions for resilience management at inter-organizational level of interdependent Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems. The main premise behind this idea is that trustful information-sharing and inter-institutional collaboration are the key elements of government and private sector efforts to build CI resilience (CIR). The discussion presents a vision that the adoption and adaptation of Blockchain Technology (BCT) could significantly improve the way a network of stakeholders prepares for and performs in face of inevitable CI disruptions. Even though BCT is regarded as technological innovation, the impacts go far beyond information systems. BCT application in this domain would entail significant benefits to organizational, managerial, legal and social issues, but would require adequate operational and organizational changes. We discuss how interdisciplinary approach (BCT and CIR) could address existing challenges, how it could introduce new challenges and how it could support other approaches and paradigms currently being regarded as the future of risk and resilience management. Even though the discussion in this paper is focused on Critical Infrastructure resilience, each point also applies to Crisis/Disaster management domain in general. This is a preliminary overview with the aim to stimulate further discussions and point to possible new, disruptive and interdisciplinary research avenues. To this end, a possible research agenda is eventually proposed. | ||||
| Address | Politecnico di Milano; Politecnico di Milano | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Visions for Future Crisis Management | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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boris.petrenj@polimi.it | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2390 | ||
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| Author | Briony Gray; Matthew Colling | ||||
| Title | Understanding Interoperability in Humanitarian Aid Organizations | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 439-447 | ||
| Keywords | Interoperability, Humanitarian Aid Organizations, Crisis Management, The Red Cross | ||||
| Abstract | Quality and timely knowledge is critical to effective humanitarian operations during crises. Despite this, there remain limitations to its capture, exchange and understanding both in the inter and intra agency settings. To improve this, methods like interoperability should be improved within humanitarian aid organizations and their wider networks. Learning from the experiences and insights of domestic and international delegates of the Canadian Red Cross, this paper highlights that the biggest added values of interoperability to the intra-agency setting are (i.) increasing organizational capacity, expertise and reputation, (ii.) better tools, processes and leveraging valuable knowledge, and (iii.) improved engagement of volunteers, employees and delegates. The most prevalent barriers are (i.) workplace culture, (ii.) differences in operations, context and communications and (iii.) the socio-technical barriers of systems, processes and integration. The paper concludes by presenting lessons for humanitarian organizations to improve interoperability, supporting resilient responses for future crisis management. | ||||
| Address | The Canadian Red Cross; The Canadian Red Cross | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Enhancing Resilient Response in Inter-organizational Contexts | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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Briony.Gray@redcross.ca | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2345 | ||
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| Author | Bruna Diirr; Vânia de Oliveira Neves; Marcus Vinícius Vasconcelos de Almeida Cunha; Ana Beatriz Kapps dos Reis; Jairo Francisco de Souza | ||||
| Title | Software Requirements for Disaster Management Systems | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 1042-1054 | ||
| Keywords | Software Requirements, Systematic Literature Mapping, Repository Mining, Disaster Management Systems | ||||
| Abstract | Disasters are a major global problem and a serious threat to sustainable development. In this context, the development of disaster management systems becomes a complex activity, both due to the unpredictability of the events to be treated and the difficulty in extracting or identifying these systems users' needs (requirements). This study aims to understand the requirements usually elicited for disaster management systems and how such requirements are identified. Thus, a systematic mapping of literature (SM) and an open-source repository mining (RM) were performed. Results bring benefits both to academics and practitioners, as detail several characteristics of disaster management systems that could assist these systems development and decision-making, besides providing inputs to guide further research. | ||||
| Address | Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Universidade Federal Fluminense; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Federal University of Juiz de Fora | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Other | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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bruna.diirr@uniriotec.br | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2395 | ||
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| Author | Aikaterini Christodoulou; John Lioumbas; Kostantinos Zambetoglou; Nikoletta Xanthopoulou | ||||
| Title | Combined innovative technologies for ensuring water safety in utilities: The city of Thessaloniki case study | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 929-934 | ||
| Keywords | Water safety, satellite images, drones, risk assessment | ||||
| Abstract | Innovative technologies such as monitoring the quality of surface water aquifers with satellite images, applying UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and drone technology for a variety of operations, water quality measurements with improved techniques along with IoT (Internet of Things) and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), can provide sufficient data for enhancing water safety in urban water utilities. Specifically, these data could be an effective tool for improving risk assessment process and management of water supply systems. Nevertheless, till now, there is a relative lack of published works that validate the efficiency of combing these technologies on water safety processes by incorporating most of them with a systematic way and during real working conditions in water utilities. This work aims to present the preliminary design concept of a platform that embraces innovating water safety technologies planned to be applied to Thessaloniki's Water Supply and Sewerage Co. S.A Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). | ||||
| Address | Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Co. S.A (EYATH SA); Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Co. S.A (EYATH SA); Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Co. S.A (EYATH SA); Thessaloniki Water Supply and Sewerage Co. S.A (EYATH SA) | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Technologies for First Responders | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes |
catchristo@eyath.gr | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2385 | ||
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| Author | Cody Buntain; Richard Mccreadie; Ian Soboroff | ||||
| Title | Incident Streams 2020: TRECIS in the Time of COVID-19 | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 621-639 | ||
| Keywords | Emergency Management, Crisis Informatics, Twitter, Categorization, Prioritization, COVID-19 | ||||
| Abstract | Between 2018 and 2019, the Incident Streams track (TREC-IS) has developed standard approaches for classifying the types and criticality of information shared in online social spaces during crises, but the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 has shifted the landscape of online crises substantially. While prior editions of TREC-IS have lacked data on large-scale public-health emergencies as these events are exceedingly rare, COVID-19 has introduced an over-abundance of potential data, and significant open questions remain about how existing approaches to crisis informatics and datasets built on other emergencies adapt to this new context. This paper describes how the 2020 edition of TREC-IS has addressed these dual issues by introducing a new COVID-19-specific task for evaluating generalization of existing COVID-19 annotation and system performance to this new context, applied to 11 regions across the globe. TREC-IS has also continued expanding its set of target crises, adding 29 new events and expanding the collection of event types to include explosions, fires, and general storms, making for a total of 9 event types in addition to the new COVID-19 events. Across these events, TREC-IS has made available 478,110 COVID-related messages and 282,444 crisis-related messages for participant systems to analyze, of which 14,835 COVID-related and 19,784 crisis-related messages have been manually annotated. Analyses of these new datasets and participant systems demonstrate first that both the distributions of information type and priority of information vary between general crises and COVID-19-related discussion. Secondly, despite these differences, results suggest leveraging general crisis data in the COVID-19 context improves performance over baselines. Using these results, we provide guidance on which information types appear most consistent between general crises and COVID-19. | ||||
| Address | New Jersey Institute of Technology; University of Glasgow; National Institute of Standards and Technology | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Social Media for Disaster Response and Resilience | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes |
cbuntain@njit.edu | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2360 | ||
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| Author | Shivam Sharma; Cody Buntain | ||||
| Title | An Evaluation of Twitter Datasets from Non-Pandemic Crises Applied to Regional COVID-19 Contexts | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 808-815 | ||
| Keywords | covid19, twitter, trecis, cross-validation, machine learning, transfer learning | ||||
| Abstract | In 2020, we have witnessed an unprecedented crisis event, the COVID-19 pandemic. Various questions arise regarding the nature of this crisis data and the impacts it would have on the existing tools. In this paper, we aim to study whether we can include pandemic-type crisis events with general non-pandemic events and hypothesize that including labeled crisis data from a variety of non-pandemic events will improve classification performance over models trained solely on pandemic events. To test our hypothesis we study the model performance for different models by performing a cross validation test on pandemic only held-out sets for two different types of training sets, one containing only pandemic data and the other a combination of pandemic and non-pandemic crisis data, and comparing the results of the two. Our results approve our hypothesis and give evidence of some crucial information propagation upon inclusion of non-pandemic crisis data to pandemic data. | ||||
| Address | New Jersey Institute of Technology; New Jersey Institute of Technology | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Social Media for Disaster Response and Resilience | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes |
cbuntain@njit.edu | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2375 | ||
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| Author | Cecilia Hammar Wijkmark; Ilona Heldal; Maria-Monika Metallinou | ||||
| Title | Experiencing Immersive VR Simulation for Firefighter Skills Training | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 913-921 | ||
| Keywords | Virtual reality, training, firefighter, skills, user experiences | ||||
| Abstract | Virtual Reality (VR) technology has gained interest for training in many domains, including firefighter education and training. However, there is hesitation in accepting immersive VR technology, especially for skills training. This paper examines the results from a field study investigating how first-time users experience immersive VR comparing with hot fire live simulation (HF-LS) training, a training involving several human senses. This study included nineteen firefighter students, eight instructors, and seven experienced firefighters using a VR technology simulating fire, smoke, heat, and via haptic feedback hose and pressure experiences. Data investigating user experiences were collected through questionnaires and observations. The results show that experienced firefighters valued the training using this VR technology higher than students. Further findings illustrate a difference between different user groups regarding expectations on the realism of simulated representations. For example, the visual realism of the smoke and the fire was more appreciated by experienced firefighters than students and instructors. | ||||
| Address | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences; Western Norway University of Applied Sciences; Western Norway University of Applied Sciences | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Technologies for First Responders | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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cecilia.hammar.wijkmark@hvl.no | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2383 | ||
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| Author | Claudio Paliotta; Klaus Ening; Sigurd Mørkved Albrektsen | ||||
| Title | Micro indoor-drones (MINs) for localization of first responders | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 881-889 | ||
| Keywords | Micro indoor-drones, Indoor localisation, Swarm | ||||
| Abstract | In this paper, we describe our approach to the localization in GNSS-denied and risky unknown environments offirst responders (FRs). The INGENIOUS project is an EU funded project which is developing a new integratedtoolkit to support the operations of FRs. The micro indoor-drones (MINs) developed within the INGENIOUSproject represent a component of the toolkit which will support the localization of FRs in search-and-rescue (SAR)operations. In this paper, the concept behind the MINs and the current achievements are illustrated. | ||||
| Address | SINTEF Digital; SINTEF Digital; SINTEF Digital | ||||
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| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Technologies for First Responders | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes |
claudio.paliotta@sintef.no | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2380 | ||
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| Author | Julien Coche; Jess Kropczynski; Aurélie Montarnal; Andrea Tapia; Frédérick Bénaben | ||||
| Title | Actionability in a Situation Awareness world: Implications for social media processing system design | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 994-1001 | ||
| Keywords | Actionable Information, Situation Awareness, Social Media, Crisis Management | ||||
| Abstract | The field of crisis informatics now has a decade-long history of designing tools that leverage social media to support decision-makers situation awareness. Despite this history, there remains few examples of these tools adopted by practitioners. Recent fieldwork with public safety answering points and first responders has led to an awareness of the need for tools that gather actionable information, rather than situational awareness alone. This paper contributes to an ongoing discussion about these concepts by proposing a model that embeds the concept of actionable information into Endsley's model of situation awareness. We also extend the insights of this model to the design implications of future information processing systems. | ||||
| Address | IMT Mines Albi; University of Cincinnati; Ecole des Mines d'Albi Carmaux; The Pennsylvania State University; Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Visions for Future Crisis Management | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes |
coche.emac@gmail.com | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2391 | ||
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| Author | Dashley Rouwendal van Schijndel; Audun Stolpe; Jo Erskine Hannay | ||||
| Title | Toward an AI-based external scenario event controller for crisis response simulations | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 106-117 | ||
| Keywords | Scenario event controller, AI Planning, Modelling and Simulation, Simulation controller | ||||
| Abstract | There is a need for tool support for structured planning, execution and analysis of simulation-based training for crisisresponse and management. As a central component of an architecture for such tool support, we outline the design ofan AI-based scenario event controller. The event controller is a component that uses machine reasoning to computethe next state in a scenario, given the actions performed in the corresponding simulation (execution of the scenario).Scenarios are specified in Answer Set Programming, which is a logic programming language we use for automatedplanning of training scenarios. A plan encoding in ASP adds expressivity in scenario specification and enablesmachine reasoning. For exercise managers this gives AI-based tool support for before-action and during-actionreviews to optimize learning. In line with Modelling and Simulation as as Service, our approach externalizes eventcontrol from any particular simulation platform. The scenario, and its unfolding in terms of events, is externalizedas a service. This increases interoperability and enables scenarios to be designed and modified readily and rapidlyto adapt to new training requirements. | ||||
| Address | University of Oslo; Norsk Regnesentral; Norsk Regnesentral | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | AI and Intelligent Systems for Crises and Risks | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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d.k.rouwendal@its.uio.no | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2318 | ||
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| Author | David Wodak; Kenny Meesters | ||||
| Title | How To Improve HO/TO's: An Exploratory Study on The Alignment Between Information, Technology And Crisis teams | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 459-470 | ||
| Keywords | Crisis handovers, information technology, organizational processes, information quality, crisis teams | ||||
| Abstract | In the last decade, the number of crises has increased, and have become more complex. Crisis response does not only focus on rescue operations, or separate stages but rather it is an integrated and continuous process. During this continuous process, several handovers take place. A handover is an important, critical but challenging moment during a crisis, due to the organizational factors that influence the handover and the technology used to transfer information. Since these are crucial elements of a Crisis handover, it would indicate that the alignment between these factors could lead to the improvement of Crisis handovers. However, certain barriers resulted in a lack of alignment. An important barrier originates from the organizational processes. These have a lack of focus on which crisis managers are involved in the handover and thus create a lack of alignment between the systems and information used by various crisis teams. | ||||
| Address | Tilburg University; Tilburg University | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Enhancing Resilient Response in Inter-organizational Contexts | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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D.wodak@hotmail.com | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2347 | ||
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| Author | Dimitrios Sainidis; Dimitrios Tsiakmakis; Konstantinos Konstantoudakis; Georgios Albanis; Anastasios Dimou; Petros Daras | ||||
| Title | Single-Handed Gesture UAV Control and Video Feed AR Visualization for First Responders | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 835-848 | ||
| Keywords | First responders, UAV, gesture control, augmented reality | ||||
| Abstract | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly widespread in recent years, with numerous applications spanning multiple sectors. UAVs can be of particular benefit to first responders, assisting in both hazard detection and search-and-rescue operations, increasing their situational awareness without endangering human personnel; However, conventional UAV control requires both hands on a remote controller and many hours of training to control efficiently. Additionally, viewing the UAV video-feed on conventional devices (e.g. smartphones) require first responders to glance downwards to look at the screen, increasing the risk of accident. To this end, this work presents a unified system, incorporating single-hand gesture control for UAVs and an augmented reality (AR) visualization of their video feed, while also allowing for backup remote UAV control from any device and multiple-recipient video streaming. A modular architecture allows the upgrade or replacement of individual modules without affecting the whole. The presented system has been tested in the lab, and in field trials by first responders. | ||||
| Address | Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH); Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH); Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH); Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH); Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH); Centre for | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Technologies for First Responders | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
| Notes |
dsainidis@iti.gr | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2377 | ||
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| Author | Duygu Pamukcu; Christopher Zobel; Yue Ge | ||||
| Title | Analysis of Orange County, Florida 311 System Service Requests During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 208-217 | ||
| Keywords | Disaster management, COVID-19, 311 system, Orlando | ||||
| Abstract | The Orlando metropolitan area in Florida, where Walt Disney World is located, is intimately familiar with impacts of natural disasters because of the yearly threat of hurricanes in the southeastern United States. One of the tools that has aided them in their efforts to monitor and manage such disasters is their 311 non-emergency call system, through which local residents can issue requests to the municipality for disaster-related information or other services. This paper provides a preliminary examination of the potential for the Orange County 311 system to provide actionable information to them in support of their efforts to manage a different type of disaster: the COVID-19 pandemic. The potential of the system to support the County in this context is illustrated through several preliminary analyses of the complete set of service requests that were registered in the first ten months of 2020. | ||||
| Address | Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; University of Central Florida | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Analytical Modeling and Simulation | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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duygu@vt.edu | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2326 | ||
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| Author | Enrique Caballero; Angel Madridano; Dimitrios Sainidis; Konstantinos Konstantoudakis; Petros Daras; Pablo Flores | ||||
| Title | An automated UAV-assisted 2D mapping system for First Responders | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2021 | Publication | ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | Abbreviated Journal | Iscram 2021 |
| Volume | Issue | Pages | 890-902 | ||
| Keywords | UAV, drone, 2D Mapping, Swarm, First Responders, Emergency Operations | ||||
| Abstract | Recent advances in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) sector have allowed such systems to carry a range of sensors, thus increasing their versatility and adaptability to a wider range of tasks and services. Furthermore, the agility of these vehicles allows them to adapt to rapidly changing environments making them an effective tool for emergency situations. A single UAV, or a swarm working in collaboration, can be a handy and helpful tool for First Responders (FRs) during mission planning, mission monitoring, and the tracking of evolving risks. UAVs, with their on-board sensors, can, among other things, capture visual information of the disaster scene in a safe and quick manner, and generate an up-to-date map of the area. This work presents a system for UAV-assisted mapping optimized for FRs, including the generation of routes for the UAVs to follow, data collection and processing, and map generation. | ||||
| Address | Drone Hopper; Drone Hopper; Centre for Research & Technology, CERTH; Centre for Research & Technology, CERTH; Centre for Research & Technology, CERTH; Drone Hopper | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Virginia Tech | Place of Publication | Blacksburg, VA (USA) | Editor | Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language | English | Summary Language | English | Original Title | |
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| ISSN | 978-1-949373-61-5 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Track | Technologies for First Responders | Expedition | Conference | 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management | |
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e.caballero@drone-hopper.com | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | ISCRAM @ idladmin @ | Serial | 2381 | ||
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