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      A Vision for Technology-Mediated Support for Public Participation & Assistance in Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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      ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science 2010 (VOCS)
      ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science 2010
      14 - 16 April 2010
      Crisis Informatics, Disasters, Emergency Management, Natural Hazards, Social-Technical Systems, Social Computing, Technology-Mediated Social Participation, Visions of Computer Science
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            Abstract

            We present a vision of the future of emergency management that better supports inclusion of activities and information from members of the public during disasters and mass emergency events. Such a vision relies on integration of multiple subfields of computer science, and a commitment to an understanding of the domain of application. It supports the hopes of a grid/cyberinfrastructure-enabled future that makes use of social software. However, in contrast to how emergency management is often understood, it aims to push beyond the idea of monitoring on-line activity, and instead focuses on an understudied but critical aspect of mass emergency response— the needs and roles of members of the public . By viewing the citizenry as a powerful, self-organizing, and collectively intelligent force, information and communication technology can play a transformational role in crisis. Critical topics for research and development include an understanding of the quantity and quality of information (and its continuous change) produced through computer-mediated communication during emergencies; mechanisms for ensuring trustworthiness and security of information; mechanisms for aligning informal and formal sources of information; and new applications of information extraction techniques.

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            Conference
            April 2010
            April 2010
            : 1-12
            Affiliations
            []University of Colorado, Boulder

            Department of Computer Science

            430 UCB

            Boulder CO 80309-0430
            []University of California, Irvine

            Department of Informatics

            Donald Bren Hall 5042

            Irvine, CA 92697-3440
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/VOCS2010.8
            1f31260c-6d8f-49dd-a30d-9dffc71cb810
            © Leysia Palen et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science 2010, The University of Edinburgh

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            ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science 2010
            VOCS
            The University of Edinburgh
            14 - 16 April 2010
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science 2010
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Emergency Management,Crisis Informatics,Disasters,Natural Hazards,Social-Technical Systems,Social Computing,Technology-Mediated Social Participation,Visions of Computer Science

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