Introduction
Moving Towards Crowd Taskingfor Disaster Mitigation
Daniel Auferbauer (presenting)[email protected]
Roman Ganhö[email protected]
Hilda [email protected]
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Introduction
Agenda
I Crowd tasking (in Austria)
I Introducing a new approach
I Discussion of differences
I Outlook on future work
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Status Quo
Defining "Crowd Tasking"A specialised form of crowd sourcing, distributing specific, welldefined tasks to deliberately selected volunteers
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Status Quo
Team ÖsterreichI Community effort for disaster mitigation
I Organised by the Austrian Red Cross
I Endorsed by nationwide media
I Closely governed and supervised
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Status Quo
ProcedureI Signing up
I Mobilisation requests
I Briefing
I Splitting up, travel
I Field work
I De-briefing, return
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New Approach
RE-ACTAI Utilising smartphone capabilities
I Fast sign-up and mobilisation
I Specific tasks and target audience
I Loose binding of volunteers
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New Approach
ProcedureI Signing up
I Mobilisation requests
I Task requests based on location, skills
I Execution
I Repeat until no more tasks are available
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Discussion
DifferencesI Volunteer involvement:
user involvement, supervision and types of assignments
I Lower entry barriers:a result of more loose involvement
I Information formalisation:well defined tasks, no two way communication
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Discussion
Consequences
I Rapid information acquisitionI Fast mobilisationI Automated processing
I Big outreachI Low entry barriersI Easy participation
I Rigid structureI No spontaneous contributionI No support for cooperation
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Closure
Future WorkI Further evaluation of new concept
I Improving the implementation
I Observing utilisation in the field
I Adressing communication and cooperation
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Closure
Thank you for your attention!Any questions?
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