Collaborating in Disaster Relief Efforts
Marcos Borges
Associate Professor
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Context
• A LACCIR Sponsored Project • Started August 2009
• Cooperation between UChile and UFRJ
Prof. Jose A. Pino Prof. Marcos Borges Prof. Sergio Ochoa Prof. Adriana Vivacqua Ph.D. + M.Sc. Students M.Sc. Students
• Seed to other projects
Knowledge Exchange Network
OSU
UV
UPV
SAMU
CBRJ
ULisbon
CBS
UIUC
Information Model
1) Team
Decisions
is a
Makes use
of
Result
Modifies
Modifies
2) Team
Actions
3) Emergency
Evolution
Affect
Combined
Knowledge
Previous Personal
Knowledge
Previous Formal
Knowledge
Current Contextual
Knowledge
is a
is a
External
Events
Affect
The Project Initial Goal
• As quick as possible
• Relevant (and accurate) information
• Effective response operation
• Mobile Computing
• Information Model
• Minimize losses and effort
Feed as quick as possible the Emergency Teams with relevant information
to make the response operation more effective
Results so far
• Publications • See http://anakena.dcc.uchile.cl/~mibarra/disaster/index.html
• M.Sc. Students (3) • Two are Firefighters
• Proof of Concept and Prototypes
• Initial Experimentation
• Other Projects
• Lab for Emergency Response Studies
Communication Model (C&C and Operations)
Operations Command
Report
State
Send Support
Report
Action
Result
Request
Support
Suggest
Action
Order
Action
Request
Information
C&C Environment
External
Sources
Information
Strategic
Committee
(FIOCRUZ, UFF,
UFRJ, EIRD,OTCA
PETROBRAS)
PROJECTS
Structuring
Projects
Projects
by Demand
EDUCATION and TRAINING
Stricto Sensu
Education
Lato sensu
Qualification
Training
R&D and
Technical
Cooperation
SUPPORT for CRISIS
MANAGEMENT
Remote
Support
Local
Support
Evaluations
COMMUNICATION
Campaigns
Dissemination
Material
Museum
CEPED - RGC
CENTRE FOR STUDIES AND RESEARCH ON DISASTERS
REFERENCE IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Conclusions
• Successful Project • Results (Publications, Prototypes, Experiments)
• Visibility
• Other Research Initiatives
• Area of Growing Interest and Importance • Emergency Response
• Disasters
• Modeling
• Mobile Computing
• Further Development