Second Workshop on Software Research and Climate Change

An interesting event to attend, especially for engineers with climate change interests. Second International Workshop on Software Research and Climate Change, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 May, 2010, P…

Tagged: workshop

Started by Justyna Zander Nov. 27, 2009.

Geographical Patterns: Are They Random or Not?

An ignite talk about spatial scan statistics

Started by Martin Kulldorff Oct. 15, 2009.

Emergency Information Service (EIS)

It is now recognized that in the aftermath of a natural disaster, information is as critical to the response as food, water, or shelter. The Thomson-Reuters Foundation and InSTEDD have begun collabor…

Tagged: citizen, journalism, communication, technology, software

Started by Robert Kirkpatrick Oct. 15, 2009.

Browsing and Analysis of Multidimensional Crisis Data at Interactive Speeds

Understanding emerging crises is easier if one is informed well and on time. This talk presents a computational approach that allows analysts to navigate through and to statistically analyze large am…

Started by Artur Dubrawski Oct. 14, 2009.

Information Management for Humanitarian Assistance: Responding to Crises

This is Jeffrey Villaveces presentation about United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. thanks

Tagged: mapping, humanitarian, colombia, ocha

Started by Luis Hernando Aguilar R Oct. 13, 2009.

Drupal as a Crisis Mapping Platform

What is a Crisis Mapping Platform exactly? How do we take into account the competing facts that every crisis is different and in rapid-onset crises, we need to be able to deploy operational tools imm…

Started by Robert Soden Oct. 13, 2009.

There is a Kitfox

Hacking OpenStreetMap, Paper, and SMS for Crisis "An extraordinary week at the Camp Roberts experiments. Simply .. the Open approach to disaster response is becoming a reality." http://brainoff.com…

Started by Mikel Maron Oct. 13, 2009.

InSTEDD's GeoChat: Informed Collective Action

This presentation describes several of the gaps within the public health and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response (HADR) communities that InSTEDD has identified. GeoChat work to address these ga…

Tagged: health, public, HADR, Cambodia, GeoChat

Started by Luke Beckman Oct. 13, 2009.

Examining local relationships between conflict and environmental factors 1 Reply

Please find the attached ppt. Cheers!

Started by John Sulik. Last reply by John Sulik Oct. 14, 2009.

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data

Presentation attached.

Started by Andrew Linke Oct. 13, 2009.